REDACTED: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was ordered to release some of his emails with Elon Musk. All but 200 of the nearly 1,400 pages handed over to Lauren McGaughy are completely blacked out. propublica.org/article/greg-a… w/ KUT Austin Texas Tribune

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Paging national security hawks:

When students learn about this era in history books decades from now, the complicity of the Roberts Supreme Court in the dismantling of democratic safeguards will be required reading.

I teach typography at an AAU accredited university. I don’t even know where to begin with this. 🙄

.Brooks Brothers you just sent my wife a dog collar and said it “would look great on you.” I think that might be an AI fail.

More reasons for America’s friends to plan for the worst. Trump’s new strategy scorns Europe, bullies Latin America, and supports Russia and China. apple.news/A5jdIa0CxSwSsP…

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I expected an American president to behave like a grown up, not a mean-spirited, childish egomaniac. Is there a new list of American values and character that include pettiness and shirking?

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I think it'll be a wonderful blitz, a massive, badly needed fumigation... -- Tear down the tacky WH blimp hanger -- Rip the purile captions down from the WH Hall of Needy Donald's Lame Insults -- Kennedy Center back to JFK -- Peace back to the Peace Center Our Nation will cheer

Beyond the fact that it takes an act of Congress to rename a monument, the fonts don’t even match! And uneven kerning. 🙄

This is insane: FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced that they will be hiring a "bias monitor" at CBS "who would report directly to the President." State run TV is officially here. Make sure everyone sees this.

What he’s done to the Oval Office, literally and figuratively is a crime against decency. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Proudly supporting Chuck Redd in his group’s decision not to perform at the now partisan and renamed - without mandated congressional approval - Kennedy Center National Memorial. These artists depend on these events to put food on the table but taking a stand for democracy.