@burnoutqueen @paninid If Iran really wasn’t trying to get themselves a nuke *before* they sure will be *now*.

Netanyahu put pressure on Trump and once again he folds like laundry

@panamared27401@mstdn.social so you mean just a normal cat then?

For the last time:

Abyss = for staring into
Void = for screaming into

Please stop screaming into the abyss we are not insured for that

@KayVay 😅

@ArenaCops @rdgit Unlike Johnson, they weren't mentioned in the indictment.

Hi, folks. Not having a good mental-health month. #Depression and #anxiety. The meds work great until they don't. This typically happens every year about this time (and I've got a pretty good idea why), but it's worse this year than it has been many years. Good thoughts appreciated.

The rabbi of our synagogue has an op-ed in the NYT on dealing with antisemitic terror threats. Proud to be part of this community.
https://tinyurl.com/RabbiKatz

@gbhnews @damemagazine @TexasObserver @TPR @azpm @thexylom @TheConversationUS @wausaupilot @STAT

For #Newstodon Friday, we're going to share two pieces:

The first from the archives because it dovetails so well with GBH's excellent horror feature.

In it we try to get to the brain science of why we love to watch the same tv shows over and over

https://www.damemagazine.com/2020/07/31/the-science-of-watching-on-repeat/

Plus: Allison Hantschel's column on the media scolds annoyed by inclusive language <sigh>.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/04/18/that-time-euphemisms-got-too-woke-for-the-media/

Buzzfeed is shutting down its news division because despite winning a Pulitzer Prize, “it never made money.”

And this is why publicly-funded media matters. News is of immense public value, whether or not it’s profitable. #media #Journalism #Democracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/business/buzzfeed-news-shut-down.html

When GOP Attorneys General Embraced Jan. 6, Corporate Funders Fled.
Now They’re Back.
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Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including #Amazon, #Walmart and #HomeDepot have resumed their contributions to the group.

#GOP #Elections #RAGA #AttorneysGeneral #Visa #CapitalOne #MasterCard #Intuit #Walgreens #GM #Altria #Comcast

https://www.propublica.org/article/raga-gop-jan6-amazon-walmart-comcast-contributions?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Fox News’s quiet coverage of its blockbuster settlement with Dominion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/04/19/fox-news-coverage-dominion-lawsuit/

Seems nothing has changed at Fox. Kinda expected. #FoxNewsSucks

Republicans want to tell you what books you can read, what meds you can take, what words you can say, what you can learn, what you can do with your uterus, what gender you are and who you can love... but tell me more about
how the Democrats are "coming for your freedoms" -rab910

New York Prosecutors Ignored Tainted Evidence Used Against Spanish-Speaking Drivers for Years
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Mistranslated DWI warnings used in #Westchester County may have pressured some drivers into taking a Breathalyzer test. The district attorney’s office didn’t investigate for three years.

#NewYork #Police #Courts #DWI #DUI

https://www.propublica.org/article/westchester-county-prosecutors-ignored-tainted-dwi-evidence?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

@TonyStark I have 16 years of Catholic Education...
Nuns
Brothers
Priests.

I HATE ABORTION.

But.... That is my moral decision.

If these "pro-lifers" do not want an abortion don't have one.

Government needs to be separate from Religion. That is why we have lasted 250 years.

Yesterday, as his latest story on #ClarenceThomas was breaking, ProPublica's @elliottjustin answered a flood of questions in a fortuitously timed Reddit AMA. (Seriously, we did not plan for these two things to coincide!)

The question window is closed but you can still see all his responses here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/12kw44n/im_justin_elliott_one_of_the_propublica_reporters/

3rd trimester abortions are overwhelmingly due to fetus death/catastrophic anomaly or life of the mother. To pretend otherwise, is a sad attempt to cover your own lies.

Collapsing Roofs, Broken Toilets, Flooded Classrooms: Inside the Worst-Funded Schools in the Nation
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#Idaho spends less on #schools per student than any other state.

#Kids are sweating, freezing and struggling to learn.

Co-published with Idaho Statesman

#Students #Education #Teachers #School

https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-deteriorating-schools-repair-bonds?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Sanders plans to haul insulin executives to testify in Senate

https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/12/sanders-plans-to-haul-insulin-executives-to-testify-in-senate/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic