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Communicator w/ @RooseveltInst, @RooseveltFwd
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"All models are wrong, some are useful." - G. Box

[Mac @MeredithMac]

Democracy at work

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

New in @playbookdc: Air rehearsal for the UFC fight Sunday held up angry midwestern members of Congress on the runway at DCA yesterday.

The pilot informed the peeved passengers that if they wanted to register their frustration, they should call their congressperson.

[Mac @MeredithMac]

@Guzik_Paulina Renzo is all of us.

[Andrew Jonelis @AndrewJonelis]

"economists*" who have "done the maths" vs economists who have done the math.

[Mac @MeredithMac]

Nice to see a lady fail up every once in a while

[Discourse News @Discourse__News]

🚨 BREAKING: Trump Ally Bari Weiss set to take over CNN after Paramount-Warner Bros merger is complete.

Bari Weiss currently leads CBS, and is expected to serve as lead for both media organizations in the future.

[Papa León XIV @Pontifex_es]

Mañana comenzará el Mundial, y muchos estarán atentos a los partidos. El fútbol nos recuerda algo que no debemos olvidar: la vida no es una carrera para lucirse en solitario, sino un camino que aprendemos a recorrer juntos. Quien no sabe pasar el balón, aunque tenga talento, todavía no ha entendido el juego. Y quien no sabe vivir con los demás y para los demás, todavía no ha entendido la vida. #ViajeApostólico

[Mac @MeredithMac]

Creyeron que te enterraban y lo que hacían era enterrar una semilla.

[Jon Seidel @SeidelContent]

JUST IN: 111 ex-federal prosecutors who served in the Northern District of Illinois have issued a statement about U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' office, expressing concern about an exodus of talent, grand jury irregularities, collapsed cases and a breach of trust with judges:

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Scott Pelley reveals that Bari Weiss asked him to "make the [ICE] protesters look more violent" and "describe Renee Good as driving toward the officer" in the video of her murder.

[Kyle Clark @KyleClark]

Colorado’s Republican primary for Governor continues to get national attention from comedy shows

[Mac @MeredithMac]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

[Jason Meisner @jmetr22b]

JUST IN: 111 former federal prosecutors have signed on to a letter saying actions taken by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and others have "tarnished the reputation of the United States Attorney’s Office."
The letter does not call for Boutros to resign

[Mac @MeredithMac]

@maustermuhle @MayorBowser Sounds about right for both the mayor and the publication.

[Mac @MeredithMac]

@KRIS_tuh_fer @united They are trying to save money by keeping the APU off. United pressures pilots to keep it off and punishes them when they decide to make their own decisions.

[Elizabeth Wilkins @ewwilkins]

What would it look like if we made sure government worked for people, that it had the tools to drive the economy toward the common good and deliver the building blocks of a good life to working people? Check it out.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Pope Leo XIV: "Among these ideologies, I consider particularly insidious the one that suggests that every person must earn or justify his or her own worth, to the point of attributing greater value to those who are more efficient or effective. From this perspective, persons end up being reduced to a means of achieving results, a resource to be used and exploited, and are no longer recognized as a proper end in themselves who should never be instrumentalized. The value of persons, however, does not depend on what they achieve or produce. There are rights that apply to everyone simply by virtue of being human, and no human power can legitimately deny or arbitrarily limit them." #MagnificaHumanitas

[Ariana Jasmine @arianajasmine__]

Zohran Mamdani met with FIFA for months and worked to get New Yorkers a chance to see the World Cup for only $50, with a free bus ride.

Ticketmaster is selling the same ticket for $500+...

Imagine how much brainwashing it took to convince people that socialist progressive policies are bad for the people

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Pope Leo XIV: I hear very troubling accounts of algorithms that can block access to healthcare, employment, and security on the basis of data tainted by prejudice. I've heard the silence of those who have no voice when decisions likely to generate new forms of suffering are made. Nuclear disarmament remains a service to peace. In a similar sense, AI now demands to be disarmed, freed from logics that turned it into an instrument of domination, exclusion, and death.

[Mac @MeredithMac]

let's gooooo

[Sam Stein @samstein]

NEW: A list of Ken Martin replacements is circulating among Dems. @Lauren_V_Egan got her hands on it

https://t.co/VpUxLvX0H7

[Mac @MeredithMac]

Will never forget when Janeese ran for council in 2020, and the opposition sent mail, "Janeese wants to defund the police." Succinct endorsement.

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

Pension funds around the country invest in housing; there was just a big investment in NYC: https://t.co/zeidjRgokB

D.C. law doesn't currently allow it, though there is a bill in the D.C. Council that would change that: https://t.co/RasiKH2jr4

[Mac @MeredithMac]

I will say that this is what a paywall made of actual iron will get you!

[Matt Porter @mattyports]

Love to see this: the @BostonGlobe has more paid digital-only subscribers than any metro news organization in America. We rank 36th in the world. https://t.co/Gpz0X004es

[Mac @MeredithMac]

Just canceled a physical therapy appt b/c the office was in a hospital, which incurred an extra fee from my insurance. Thanks @UHC!

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: You might be charged double for a routine medical visit.

Corporations and hospitals are buying up private practices across the country, then tacking “facility fees” onto standard appointments.

While Americans are stuck paying hundreds more for a single doctor’s visit, corporate executives are raking in billions.

[Mac @MeredithMac]

Eso...

[Ollie Vargas @Ollie_Vargas_]

Neoliberal Ecuador: Violent crime is so high the govt just declared a military curfew on a majority of its cities, including the capital. You can't be outside after 11pm for the next month.

10 years ago 🇪🇨 ranked as 2nd safest country in region under leftist President Correa.