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I'm too old for this 💩✨Forever 💙✨🇺🇦 ✨🇵🇸✨ 🏳️‍🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️✨ cis woman ✨she/her✨ History & Film nerd✨ Fuck Trump✨
Cyclones at Jupiter's North Pole https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250309.html #APOD
APOD: 2025 March 9 – Cyclones at Jupiters North Pole

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

5 reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts

Former service members already face stark challenges as they integrate back into civilian life. Cuts to veterans’ services will make that only worse.

The Conversation
In a stunning move this week, Trump's own acting US Attorney refused to comply with a Justice Department order to drop charges against NYC's Mayor in a corrupt quid pro quo. Not only did she refuse to comply but she resigned in protest, as did 6 other prosecutors. 👏 And that's just among the many acts of resistance his administration faced this week. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/week-progressive-wins-february-16
Our Wins Of The Week

This week we saw a stunning abuse of power by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice and an equally remarkable act of resistance.

The Big Picture
“I think it’s going to be something that’s going to be magnificent for the Palestinians,” Trump said. https://theintercept.com/2025/02/11/trump-jordan-egypt-gaza-palestinians/
Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working.

Even with Jordan and Egypt refusing to take in expelled Palestinians, Trump is charging on with his real estate development plan.

The Intercept
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Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-leonard-peltier-clemency_n_67608b04e4b0d06419ec6367

THIS IS ALL I'VE EVERY WANTED

Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier

The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

HuffPost
This week’s Just for Xeets and Giggles—featuring online highlights from this week—is out! https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/just-for-xeets-and-giggles-082424?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Just for Xeets and Giggles (08.24.24)

Good morning from baby watch in San Diego!

The Status Kuo
Parole denied for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has been denied parole after spending most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota. The U.S. Parole Commission says Tuesday that he won’t be eligible for another parole hearing until June 2026. His attorney argued that Peltier was wrongly convicted and said that the health of the 79-year-old was failing. The FBI and its current and former agents dispute the claims of innocence. Peltier was active in the American Indian Movement, which began in the 1960s as a local organization in Minneapolis.

AP News

If you needed long-term care, could you afford it?

For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not.

Washington state has done the most so far to make it accessible, but this November, state residents will vote on whether to make paying the program tax voluntary – which would essentially kill the statewide insurance program.

https://theconversation.com/us-long-term-care-costs-are-sky-high-but-washington-states-new-way-to-help-pay-for-them-could-be-nixed-228174
#health #healthcare

US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed

What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.

The Conversation

Again for people (racists), complaining about falling birth rates:

The birth rate for women over 40 is not falling. The birth rate for women over 30 is not falling.

What's happening, is girls 15 to 17 are having fewer babies. Kids are having fewer kids.

Also, this is an interesting way of saying that "Teen pregnancy is down, due to sex education and contraception."

In 1991 25% of 15 year olds gave birth before they turned 21. That's bad. Now it's 6%. That's better.

https://npr.org/2023/01/08/1147737247/teen-pregnancy-rates-have-declined-significantly