The Smile: 03/10/2025

 

Happy Monday! Around the world, people are demanding equal rights and an end to discrimination, proving that the fight for justice is stronger than ever. Meanwhile, scientists in D.C. are pushing back against Trump’s research cuts, and unions are taking DOGE to court to stop them from accessing Social Security data. Plus, we’re featuring our first user-submitted photo at the end of today’s email! Keep sending in pictures that make you smile, and we might share them in future editions. 💛 International Women’s Day protests demand equal rights and an end to discrimination, sexual violence DOGE's secrecy to be tested in court with sworn testimony, depositions Hebron mom on mission to bring comfy, fun hospital gowns to every child at Cincinnati Children's Videos of Bernie Sanders' Large Midwest Rallies Take Off Online "Great rally in Kenosha.4,000 people came out to say: NO tax breaks for billionaires.NO cuts to Medicaid. NO oligarchy. NO authoritarianism.NO MORE billionaires buying elections," Sanders wrote on X on Friday with photos of the rally. That post has since garnered 5.5 million views and 63,000 likes as of Sunday morning. Posting a video of the rally in Kenosha, Faiz Shakir, a political adviser to Sanders, wrote on X on Friday "If you build it, they will come -- Kenosha edition." That post has currently garnered 4.5 million views. In another video posted by Jeremy Slevin, senior adviser to Sanders, the senator is seen speaking to the crowd in Kenosha about Musk. "Bernie Sanders: 'Musk is so arrogant that he is even intervening in a Supreme Court election right here in Wisconsin... if this guy can intervene in a Supreme Court election in one state, you tell me what mayor's race, what governor's race, what Senate race he cannot buy,'" Slevin wrote. That post has since garnered over 990,000 views. VIDEO ON LINK "We're in rural Altoona, Wisconsin, where the population is 9,287. More than 2,000 people have lined up for our town hall today. The working class of this country is very clear: We will NOT accept oligarchy in America." That video has since garnered over 1 million views. On Thursday, Trump called his Cabinet into the Oval Office to clarify the scope of Musk's authority within the administration. Trump emphasized that Cabinet secretaries, not Musk, hold ultimate responsibility for staffing and policy decisions in their respective agencies. Scientists rally in DC against Trump’s cuts to research New Jersey woman returns her grandfather’s library book 99 years overdue Judge Orders Trump to Release Some Of $2B in Frozen Foreign Aid Jasmine Crockett Slams GOP for Avoiding Constituents on Budget Cuts 'They got us through it': Man receives new heart as Johns Hopkins achieves transplant record Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans Speaking of the International Women’s Day protests, below is today’s user submitted photo from Lydia H.! Thank you for reading, and we hope these articles shine a light on your day. In solidarity, Emily from The Smile