As worker strike threat looms, #Oakland school district announces broad swath of #edu job cuts to help alleviate $100m worth of consistently mismanaged civic #budget deficit woes

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/02/26/oakland-school-district-lays-off-hundreds-of-workers-to-balance-100m-deficit/?share=soticooehfttphharnwb #SharedLink #YayArea #Education #BayArea #PublicSector #Schools #PaywallLift

Georgia says Elon Musk’s America PAC violated election law

Georgia’s State Election Board reprimanded Elon Musk’s political action committee, America PAC, for sending partially pre-filled absentee ballot applications.

The Verge
Real People, Real Newz: Guy who was involved in ton of coolest musick sh/t in yr lifetime goneski... #NashvilleCats Guitarist on everything from #StandByYourMan to #HarperValleyPTA to #PrettyWoman ... Roger Miller's King of the Road? .. yep .. Like Elvis, he's everywhere too .. if you didn't know of him then, know him now...the only #Kennedy you really need to know about...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/obituaries/jerry-kennedy-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1A.Trp7.uvPBkEoIRmvW&smid=url-share #GiftLink #SharedLink #PaywallLift
Trump Considers Building a Military Base in Gaza as Peace Plans Clash With Reality

Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed about 600 people since a cease-fire began, according to health officials in the territory. Many displaced Palestinians are still living in tents. And there are some 60 million tons of war debris to be cleared.

The New York Times

Jerry Kennedy, the guitar soloist on Roy Orbison's #PrettyWoman, collaborator on Dylan's #BlondeOnBlonde and overall hit #Nashville #CountryMusic #RecordProducer of Roger Miller, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom T Hall, and many others dead at 85 ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/obituaries/jerry-kennedy-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1A.Trp7.uvPBkEoIRmvW&smid=url-share #LinkShare #SharedLink #MusicHistory #NashvilleCats

Jerry Kennedy, Who Helped Define Music in Nashville, Dies at 85

A guitarist and record producer, he played a role in creating hits by popular singers like Roger Miller, Roy Orbison, Tom T. Hall and Tammy Wynette.

The New York Times
The Race to Save the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New Mexico.

The New York Times

Nerve wracked elderly misogynist in chief yelled “Quiet, quiet, piggy,” at female #BloombergNews reporter Catherine Lucey when pressed on #Epstein last week aboard #HairForceOne...

The reporter has worked at Philadelphia Daily News, Associated Press and #WSJ before joining Bloomberg last year and had no comment on matter.

Days later the daft dementia poster boy lashed out at another female reporter while refusing her question about #Drumpf's delay tactics regarding #EpsteinFiles release ... this time telling #ABCNews Mary Bruce “You’re a terrible person and a terrible reporter.”

Desperately doddering would be dictator #Drumpf today demanded Brendan Carr take #Disney broadcast license for reporterr's actions ...

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Trump lashes out at former Philly Daily News reporter when pressed on Jeffrey Epstein

“Quiet, quiet, piggy,” Trump shot back at Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights

The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security.

The New York Times

#Drumpf vision of #GazaRiviera is "gleaming tourism resort and high-tech manufacturing and technology hub."

A 38-page prospectus seen by The #WashingtonPost envisions #relocation for ALL of Gaza’s more than 2 million population...

Of course #TeamTrump will manage US controlled waterfront landgrab in a "trusteeship" for at least a decade...

Each #Palestinian who "chooses to leave voluntarily " would be eligible to receive a $5,000 cash payment... PLUS a "year's worth of food". No word on whether #WhiteHouse faves McDonald's or Burger King are backing this effort.

Landowners would recoeve a "digital token" in exchange for the right to redevelop their Gaza property, and potentially be eligible to relocate to one of six "AI-powered smart cities" ...

http://wapo.st/4mOz2tC #SharedLink #WaPo