Thursday, April 17, 2025

Today's news and jokes















(Not hard to guess who Republicans will blame for these years when they pivot away from Trump)













("[The firms thought they] would do some free legal work on behalf of largely uncontroversial causes like helping veterans...[Instead] That work could include sending the lawyers to help Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency or ... representing Mr. Trump or his allies if they became ensnared in investigations") (Wouldn't any meaningful work done on behalf of veterans have been suing the federal government?)







("a rescission would be a rare move by the IRS. In the 1980s, the agency revoked the tax exemption of a Christian college that the IRS determined had used a racially discriminatory admissions policy")











("461 of the agency’s roughly 10,000 deputy jobs sat empty, and an additional 900-plus were held by people out on leave" [But also] “There’s a reluctance to close certain positions, even when they may not be required,” she said. “They’ve been in desperate need of an external audit of their staffing for a long time.”)







(A major boulevard in Los Angeles's traffic-choked San Fernando Valley sacrificed a lane for buses, but years later it's still rare to see buses in it.)







God Phoenix











A short write-up























































(Conspiracy theorists couldn't just enjoy that the inspiring astronauts messed up the scripted hero moment for him, they thought it proved the capsule with the women never left the ground--but this article explains the usual features you'd need in a space capsule simply weren't needed because this capsule never left the atmosphere)



































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