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HHS layoffs put Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors, disabled at risk https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/01/g-s1-57716/hhs-layoffs-seniors-disabled-liheap-acl?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
It’s an event that is expected to draw 22,000 more people to downtown Salt Lake City every day for 6 months.
The Downtown Alliance is telling businesses to prepare for major crowds when the Salt Lake Temple re-opens: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/salt-lake-temple-open-house-to-bring-22-000-visitors-daily #utpol #Utah
Cory Booker passes Strom Thurmond's record to counterbalance his evil purpose with good and whom does MSNBC book to speak about this historic moment: Elise Jordan. What?
Look, I don’t want to piss in everyone’s Cheerios, but it’s not enough. Cory is my Senator. He’s a good guy. Maybe too good of a guy. I’m glad he’s doing something.
But then what?
What is everyone else going to do? I sure do hope it’s the start of something. Big things have little beginnings. But I don’t need a folk hero. I need a real hero.
Seen outside a local hospital: an upside-down American flag. Traditionally, it's a distress sign, though per https://www.npr.org/2024/06/03/nx-s1-4987590/upside-down-american-flag-protest-symbol-history it’s regularly been used as a political statement by both right and left. Right now, given the clown in charge of public health in the US, it seems entirely appropriate for a hospital to be displaying it.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for longest floor speech in the U.S. Senate's history as a demonstration of resistance towards the policies and actions of the Trump administration.
"That's what we need in our generation now. We need a dream to call the nation together...but as long as this is a democracy, we can say the power of the people is greater than the people in power."
The record previously belonged to Strom Thurmond, who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has set the record for the longest speech in Senate history, surpassing Sen. Strom Thurmond who spoke against the Civil Rights Act for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957. Booker is still speaking against the Trump administration's "grave and urgent" threat to the country. He has shared letters from constituents and read news articles, discussing a wide range of subjects and in his opening remarks, referencing his hero, the late Rep. John Lewis. "I start tonight thinking about him; I've been thinking about him a lot during these last 71 days. 'Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, help redeem the soul of America,'" Booker said, invoking Lewis' words. "And had to ask myself, if he's my hero, how am I living up to his words?"
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Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/booker-senate-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U4.UzMm.rebrqNF1fYOi&smid=nytcore-android-share
