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[Katie Miller @KatieMiller]

Thanks to @elonmusk & @SpaceX, the City of Memphis finished its Fiscal Year ahead of budget for the first time in a long time.

The City is tracking roughly $5.6 million ahead for the current year.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young said this week that SpaceX generated $54 million in taxes for the City and County this year.

[Allison Spencer @AllisonESpencer]

We have a loved one scheduled to be on this flight. He will be killed if he’s returned to the Taliban. He supported the US mission in Afghanistan. He has broken no laws. He came here legally. Seeking asylum should not be a death sentence.

[McKinley Lettre @mckinleylettre]

Congratulations to Sean Penn for winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in One Battle After Another

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Failing to apologize for killing Iranian schoolchildren makes our country look immoral.

Denying that we did it -- claiming that Iran did it -- makes our leaders look like they think Americans and the world are stupid. We are not.

Reverse this stance now, President Trump.

[Zach Weissmueller @TheAbridgedZach]

Please keep Liz's family in your prayers. She has shown tremendous fortitude, gratitude, hope, and faithfulness in a situation under which many of us would collapse.

As usual, she has acted as a beacon of light, living the values she professes even when difficult. Grateful to be her friend.

[Liz Wolfe @LizWolfeReason]

King Solomon died yesterday at two and a half months old. We loved him really well, and we don't have any regrets. We got nine days at home with him after 61 days in the NICU. Nine will never feel like enough, but we must accept what is given to us––we were never in control.

Let's take stock of all God's mercies, how He worked through people: My OB, who heard my conviction about carrying Sol to term even with his disabilities, and supported it fully, with empathy and respect; the nurses in the Lenox Hill NICU, where he spent the majority of his time, who loved him so tenderly, like he was their own; his physical therapist, who saw extreme hope for him despite his disabilities, and tried to make it so; my mom, who put her own life on hold to come live in New York with us for the whole winter, to watch Zev and keep our household running; Zev, who wanted to wear matching pajamas with his brother each night he was home (and some of the nights Sol was in the NICU), who was eager to come to the hospital with us to play in the lobby even though he wasn't often allowed in the NICU, who chose not to be afraid of hospitals or tubes but to touch and kiss and snuggle his brother whenever he was able; @nwilliams030 and @rSanti97, who camped out at the hospital during Sol's final days so we would never feel alone, who watched Zev whenever our family had to dip back down to Texas; the people who covered us in prayer all over the country. Perhaps most of all, I'm grateful for my husband: He wasn't Catholic or pro-life when we met, but life experience has brought him to these beliefs. They ground us now; his faith is steadfast. He didn't leave Sol's side during those final, hardest days. He doesn't falter.

Something tragic happened to our family, but we won't become permanently sad or dark; we really believe in God's promises. We're called to hope, no matter what, and the best we can do is serve our children with everything we've got. That's what we did, and in the process we got to glimpse the goodness of the Lord over and over again.

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

What a fuckin relief

[Saagar Enjeti @esaagar]

RIP Declan

A 20 year old kid with his whole life ahead of him. Born 4/5 years after 9/11 and died fighting in another war in the Middle East

[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

Last night, I spoke to former Army Pfc. Jeremy Watson who said this about Capt. Cody Khork: “[he] enjoyed being in the service…and was a great coach,” who taught him “Compassion, friendship, loyalty…[and] to always try to stay positive when you can.”

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran.

[Isaac Reese @isaacreese]

@TheStalwart The gaming company of wordle fame?

[Acyn @Acyn]

Rahman: On January 13th, on the way to my 39th appointment at the traumatic brain injury center, I encountered a traffic jam caused by ICE vehicles and no signs indicating how to get around it. I had not wanted to pull into a block to chaotic intersection but verbally agreed to do so and rolled down my window after an agent yelled, "Move, I will break your f'ing window." 
There were conflicting threats and instructions that I could not process while watching for pedestrians. Then the glass of the passenger side window flew across my face. I yelled, "I am disabled!," at the hands grabbing at me and the agent said, "Too late."

An agent pulled a large combat knife in front of my face. Which I thought was for cutting me. And later learned was used to cut off my seatbelt. Shooting pain went through my head, neck and wrists when I hit the ground face first and people leaned on my back. 

I was carried facedown through the street by my cuffed arms and legs while yelling that I had a brain injury and was disabled.

[Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth]

this is so depraved

https://t.co/FmmoBWHFd8

[good morning, bad news @GoodMornBadNews]

Lynwood, CA — Footage shows an ICE agent pistol whipping a 16-year-old boy in the face with a handgun as the teen appears to be raising his hands and unarmed. Other officers violently force him to the ground, kneeling on his back into a curb, in the presence of an attack dog, as local residents shout at the agents to stop hurting him.

via: @allinonemobilee

#goodmorningbadnews #ice #iceout #lynwood #trump

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

As a veteran who’s deployed, I know exactly what “in theater” means. It’s a military term for operations in foreign countries. Using it to describe Minneapolis isn’t accidental…and I can’t overemphasize how dangerous that language shift is.

[Santi Ruiz @rSanti97]

Total Boomer Luxury Communism

[Conor Friedersdorf @conor64]

It's not an emotional playbook to point out that both killings were unnecessary, that the officers in both killings showed disregard for best practices, and that much of ICE's behavior under Trump is aimed at provocation as much as deportation and, to use his word, "retribution." And many in your coalition have lathered themselves up into an emotional hysteria rooted in the delusion that immigrants pose an existential threat to America and that, to use Stephen Miller's hysterical language, "insurrection" and "domestic terrorism" are everywhere.

[Ryan Moulton @moultano]

The most galling bit of propaganda is the repetition of "interfering with a police operation" when the "operation" was (illegally) beating up two women.

[Carl @HistoryBoomer]

"Disrupt federal law enforcement"- Helped a woman who'd been shoved to the ground.

"Disobeyed lawful orders"- Protested legally.

"Resisted arrest"- Was pepper-sprayed and tackled with zero warning or attempt to arrest.

"Caused officers to fear"- Stayed on knees, shot in back.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

They entered the country legally. They had a pending asylum case. They had zero criminal history. They were going to the hospital to address their child's nosebleed. Now they're all in a cage somewhere down in Texas.