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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

We should not be cutting health care for working families to deliver massive tax breaks for billionaires. Repost if you agree.

I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe. She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today. RIP Elisa.

Buckle up everyone this is going to be a LONG thread but if you are a current Fed you are going to want to bookmark it because it’s the roadmap for what’s coming. #SaveUSAID #SaveAmerica 1/

The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

NEW: “Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.” www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

The White House seems to have rescinded its nationwide funding freeze via the obscure procedural tool known as “backsies”

TEXAS: “The Chronicle reports that in 2023, at least 100 minors had to leave Texas for abortion care; at least six of the minors were children under 12 years old.” 😳 #ForcedBirthNation www.jezebel.com/texas-aborti...

This is bad. Send info to anyone you know who works as federal employee. This is full-on Putin sh*t. Follow @altyellonatpark.org for more info. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

I am completely unsurprised

Our new Sec of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, promoted this anti-drug slogan as Governor of S. Dakota. I wish I were kidding.

David Fotouhi, Trump’s No. 2 EPA pick, recently challenged the agency’s ban of asbestos, which causes a deadly cancer called mesothelioma. He argued the EPA “failed to demonstrate that chrysotile asbestos presents an unreasonable risk of injury.” By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Today in Politics, Bulletin 56. Gavin Newsom crashed Trump’s visit to CA, and it did not appear to be a friendly conversation. Here is everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Republicans own every disaster Pete Hegseth causes for eternity. A reckless choice. Someone who is susceptible to blackmail, with a slew of serious allegations against him. What an abomination.

Time flies… “The tyranny of the executive power will come in its turn, but at a more distant period.” Thomas Jefferson, quoted by Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835

Bravo, Costco!

Executive orders can't erase the truth of who we are. Transgender and intersex people deserve the freedom to do what's right for our own bodies and lives.

🚨BREAKING: Trump DOJ files letter with Supreme Court withdrawing its prior brief supporting Louisiana congressional map having a second Black opportunity district. Says this "no longer represents the position of the United States." Also withdraws request to participate in oral argument.

Republican: "i am going to fucking kill you and everyone you say you care about." Democrat: "maybe we can find some common ground here. what if you just kill everyone i say i care about?"

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka: ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens. “One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.” www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

We know Trump’s anti-trans executive action is creating fear, confusion, and chaos for so many in our community. Here is what we know about federal identity documents as of Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. We will continue to provide updates from our experts as more information is released.

The goal is to overwhelm us so we give up. Don't do that!

So I’m just curious, are there any jobs women and POC can have that *aren’t* DEI?

Epic courage here.

Why will Meta let us search for Republican videos but not for Democrat videos?? What in the 1930’s Germany is this?!

The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?

“What do you think the temperatures are like in Greenland, moron?”

On Monday, let’s only focus on the important event: honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. www.msnbc.com/katie-phang/...

"What happened?" "I’m stuck. It's so embarrassing." “I guess things went... a-rye?” “Please do shut up.” "You should get out of the sun." "Why?" "Otherwise, you'll be toast." "You're an asshole, Charlie." “You’re right, you deserve butter.”

January 13, 2025:

That Felony Guy makes zero sense and is only going to get worse.

"California paid in a lot more [to the federal government] than it got back — $83 billion in total. So did Washington state and much of the Northeast. Most red states were in the reverse position, getting much more from DC than they paid in return."

Back in 2020, we looked at data showing how the number of Fall "fire weather" (high winds, low humidity) days in California will double by the end of the century.. and the fires raging in LA right now started _outside_ the standard September-November high-FWI szn.

President Zelensky: 150 Ukrainian firefighters are ready to travel to California to help combat the wildfires.🇺🇸🇺🇦

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers. See what changes are in store for your county. By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith