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Happy Earth Day! Did you know that in 1970, on the first Earth Day, the @EPA didn't exist, and we had *no* legal environmental protections, like the Clean Air Act or Clean Water Act?
Today is a reminder that when we work together, we can do big things to protect the earth.
BREAKING: Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor deal, sources tell ESPN. While it still needs to be ratified by both parties, that is expected to be a formality, and when it is:
Baseball is back.
🚨 NEWS: The Senate just unanimously passed my Emmett Till #AntilynchingAct.
Despite more than 200 attempts to outlaw this heinous form of racial terror at the federal level, it has never before been done.
Today, we corrected that historic injustice. Next stop: @POTUS's desk!
So my wife renewed her DACA again. Two more years, until 2024! It got me thinking about how there is a not-insignificant population of young immigrants who will have lived with DACA for an entire decade this year, including my wife. Ten years lived in two year intervals.
Great point by @KimberlyEAtkins - there are not enough Black women in the conversation to replace Justice Breyer. While the issues -abortion access, voting- impact them disproportionately!
For the money MS spends each year to imprison a kid, it could have paid the annual tuition to a state college — twice. Mississippi Today https://t.co/e8adO5SFFg
DEVELOPING: After over 40 hours of deliberation, the jury in the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes say they "are unable to come to a unanimous verdict on three of the counts." https://t.co/7WN51ur52o
Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s far-right prime minister, has spent millions on an influence campaign in Washington to court the right, including Donald Trump and his allies. On Monday, Trump formally endorsed Orbán for re-election. https://t.co/jLe9a5cZPw
The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber, in the base's latest move toward secrecy. The courtroom will allow two military judges to hold proceedings simultaneously. https://t.co/nnTQBhds7z
Meta can no longer ignore the threat that social media can pose to children for the benefit of its bottom line. Our investigation will look into how Meta works to increase children's time on Instagram and the resulting harms. Stay tuned.
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