I know everyone is having a good laugh about how the toilet bowl blue tiling is already peeling off the Reflecting Pool but it should piss us off - these are OUR tax dollars being handed over to Trump cronies to do shitty work that will cost MORE of our tax dollars to fix
.@BarackObama: Honesty, integrity, kindness, and compassion, a sense of duty and honor. These are the values I believe in. They are not Republican or Democratic. They are American values. Values every President here today has tried our best to uphold.
New research: AI hiring tools used by major employers are discriminating against Black applicants—and more than 1 in 4 Black applicants are affected. These tools must be held to the same anti-discrimination standards as any other hiring practice. https://t.co/0HgNSw86Af
Jared Kushner, Trump's pick to lead the US and Iran negotiations, was denied top-secret clearance until the president overruled intelligence officials.
“There was a risk the Saudis were playing him,” said a former White House official. https://t.co/IgFDFYO1PQ
This bill has a lot of adjustments to the rules that HUD and other housing run by. What will really change the availability of housing, though, will be to fund those programs at a realistic level. Does this bill indicate bipartisan support for that? We’ll see!
Over the next month, billions of people around the world will watch the World Cup, with 48 countries competing in 104 games across the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
We’ve listed 11 appetizers and bar snacks inspired by countries you’ll see on the field. https://t.co/BbxC1hvdAn
This is an astonishing document. Not a single war aim has been achieved, but Iran receives enormous financial incentives, and even Hezbollah gets some benefits. What an absolute disaster. https://t.co/uj3990eh6q
An estimated 530 workers died from heat on the job in 2024, but the real count is likely higher.
Every worker should be able to go home safe and healthy after their shift, and America’s unions will keep fighting to make that a reality.
We celebrate that no one is left inside Alligator Alcatraz, which is nothing more than a cruel and failed experiment. Authorities should permanently close this illegal and despicable immigrant detention center. Instead of being transferred to yet another jail, the people detained there should have been released and reunited with their families and communities. It is past time for the U.S. to dismantle the mass detention and deportation machine and move toward humane, rights-respecting migration policies.
🆕 Report: Hunger is set to worsen in 13 hotspots in the months ahead.
🔴 Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine remain at the highest level of concern, with northeast Nigeria added to that group and Somalia also now in that category.
Read more: https://t.co/OOGflqSMjX
From @TheAthleticFC: Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly has questioned why his country’s fans have been hamstrung in their attempts to support their national team during the World Cup, with Senegalese nationals facing a travel ban in the United States. https://t.co/lMngm4B7NX
Some special news. Honored to join my dear friends @BarackObama & @MichelleObama to share the invocation at the Obama Presidential Center opening, alongside my main man Pastor Joel Hunter.
Also pls pray that my 6-year-old does not fly a paper airplane during our prayer.
The first few days of the World Cup have produced a surprising and often moving reminder of the country’s capacity to welcome strangers with enthusiasm.
There's no better example than the budding romance between Lawrence, Kansas, and Algeria. https://t.co/dzlUAWloa1
For years, we've pushed California to explore new revenue—not just cuts—in tough years.
This #CABudget takes key steps.
Dozens of orgs. are calling on leaders to vote YES on #AB109. #CALeg: create new revenue from highly profitable corporations & move CA closer to fair taxes.
Norway fans are doing a “Viking Row” up the escalator at Boston’s South Station before heading to the World Cup
Adding this to the list of things I’ve never seen before and probably never will again