Kris Crawford

Opinions are my own. RT ≠ endorsements.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Interns sprint to spread the news that the Supreme Court has legalized same-sex marriage on the day of the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling

[Asher Lehrer-Small @small_asher]

After Uvalde, Texas undertook an ambitious effort to station a police officer at every school.

Since then, students have been tackled, pepper sprayed and Tasered. Many episodes began over minor infractions like breaking dress code or vaping.

Our report: https://t.co/kSJ6lFudqo

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy?

McDONALD: I'll take a different question

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

a lot of people on here with a lot of strong opinions are treating Gaza like a policy consideration to debate and not like the live-streamed slaughter, rape, displacement, starvation of a nation, almost half of whom were children.

[ProPublica @propublica]

1/ Tear gas was created to incapacitate grown men.

So when we started seeing reports of kids hurt by tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents, we wondered how often it was happening.

We began to count 🧵

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

“This is the country of freedom and we are taking that away from most of us”: After 45 days in ICE detention, Meenu Batra, a Texas court translator and single mom of four, is back home.

In an exclusive interview, Batra, who told CBS News she is living and working in the U.S. legally, described her time in detention: “You start to believe that perhaps you are not equal, that you are not human.”

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe. https://t.co/P4ZNeIfvPV

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A powerful tornado was seen spinning near Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma, forcing it to close on Thursday. Video shows the massive size of the twister as it moved across Enid, a city of about 50,000 people in Garfield County near the state's northern border.

The tornado ripped roofs off buildings and knocked down power poles. There were no immediate reports of fatalities and only minor injuries hours after the tornado passed through, according to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office. https://t.co/IZA1RRq4z9

[WIRED @WIRED]

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” https://t.co/31Tw2wCTE4

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

"There’s no escape from the tax collector. At least that’s what Benjamin Brière must have felt after his return from three and half years as a hostage in Iran when he got that message that we all dread: he hadn’t filed his taxes."
https://t.co/FHqKZ8qf9P

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Pope Leo says he has "no fear of the Trump administration" after he was asked about President Trump's Truth Social post calling the pontiff "weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy."

"We are not politicians, we don't deal with foreign policy with the same perspective he might understand it, but I do believe in the message of the Gospel, blessed are the peacemakers."

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Wake up, kids
We got the dreamers disease.

‘Radical’ comes from a Latin word meaning "root."

Because roots are the deepest part of a plant, ‘radical’ came to describe things understood as fundamental or essential.

‘Radical change’ was a change at the root of a system.

[United Nations @UN]

Even wars have rules.

The Geneva Conventions protect civilians in conflict and help ensure assistance reaches those in need, without discrimination.

https://t.co/Jh9e5nxBVl

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

ROME (AP) — Pope says President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable,” as deadline approaches.

[Jennifer Bendery @jbendery]

NEW: The Pentagon today invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel.

Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics. https://t.co/kit55jmmJ1

[FFRF @FFRF]

The Supreme Court just struck down bans on conversion therapy for minors—recasting a discredited, harmful practice as “free speech.”

Religious ideology is once again being used to override protections for vulnerable kids.

https://t.co/dhZOyIywPH

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today is Trans Day of Visibility.

Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here — from the hijra of India to the Diné nádleehi to the leaders who built the modern LGBTQIA+ movement here in New York.

Your existence is not up for debate. Your lives are not a political issue.

We’re fighting for a city where every trans New Yorker can live openly, safely, and with joy.

[SCOTUS Wire @scotus_wire]

🚨 The Supreme Court reversed a $1B copyright verdict, holding that Internet Service Providers aren’t liable for user piracy based solely on knowledge of infringement.

[David Shepardson @davidshepardson]

Joint statement from flight attendant unions: “Instead of paying TSOs, they have chosen to create havoc in our airports. This latest threat of ICE invasion at the airports is another distraction from solutions that protect Americans. TSOs can’t simply be replaced” https://t.co/Nik4vp91MZ