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An important thread about what is going on at the VA. 👇 A reminder that this is one of the main reasons Altgov exists. To bring you our perspectives about what we are seeing and experiencing as Feds.

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what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.

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Americans deserve so much better than this

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Funny how masks are ok and so popular for certain Americans

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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing. Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle. Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop. (1 of 2)

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There are so many things I want to say right now, but really, none of those things will make a difference. Instead, please fill this thread with information about similar resources that will still be here in 30 days.

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

Very scary days ahead made 100x scarier because we have this ridiculous pathetic idiot in the White House.

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LET’S MAKE SURE THIS PATRIOT IS PROTECTED!!! 🚨DISTURBING: Airman Christian Stephens posted a video saying he’s not proud to serve under Trump and disapproves of ICE. Now it’s gone—replaced with a chilling message that he was forced into a psych hold, despite not being a threat. Please share.

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US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

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President Trump’s federal agents are now chasing migrant farm workers through fields — and circling them with a CBP chopper normally used to track smuggling at the border — in the heart of the nation’s agricultural economy. here’s my report from Ventura County, California.

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Where does this end? Seriously. This country is fucked

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As faith leaders have a crowd take a knee and pray outside the federal building, DHS officers raise their weapons at priests and National Guard members lineup with riot shields against them tonight in downtown L.A.

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James is a reporter for the LA Times who is on the ground

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If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487

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👀from @hiltzikm.bsky.social: "The abrupt removal in 2022 of mandates that children wear masks in school contributed to an estimated 21,800 COVID deaths that year—a shocking 9% of the total COVID deaths in the U.S. that year." Important study. Science & facts matter. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.

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I still think this is one of the most gutting notes I’ve ever read.

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Nearly 14 MILLION people are estimated to lose their health insurance under Republicans' “big beautiful bill.” That's like everyone in: Wyoming Vermont Alaska North Dakota Montana Maine New Hampshire Hawaii West Virginia Idaho and Nebraska COMBINED.

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"There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities: (1) Failed states, where criminals contest the government’s hold on power. (2) Authoritarian states, where the government has total, unchecked power." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...

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Next time someone in Congress glibly dismisses your need for healthcare, remember that they have some of the best healthcare in the country. And it was paid for by YOU.

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My MIL gets very expensive shots in her eyes monthly for macular degeneration. Her dr got her into a federally funded program to help with costs. But now that program has no funds to disperse. She’s 80. So I guess trumpers think we should just let our elderly go blind now.

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Texas arrested a woman for a miscarriage, jailed her for nearly half a year, let an anti-abortion group name and bury her fetus—and then quietly dropped the charges once they realized they never had a case to begin with. jessica.substack.com/p/texas-jail...

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Boyle cites CBO numbers: "For people in the bottom 1%, they will experience a 4% loss household wealth. Meanwhile, for people in the top 10%, they will see their household resources increase by 2%. It is as simple as that."

submitted 35 days ago • 91 comments

I keep telling myself “this shit is real” because it honestly does not seem possible

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Look Ma, I filibustered for 25 hours, but I can stillI betray my country for money and vote for the enemy.

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The jail in Boulder hasn’t allowed visitors in FIVE YEARS. You might think this is relatively NBD because people spend only short periods in jail, but no—some folks have been held in that facility since even before the pandemic. Must-read from Boulder Weekly: boulderweekly.com/news/jail-vi...

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An update from me from Northern Mexico—today, I visited a family who was deported, without due process, from the U.S. with their U.S. citizen children—including their 11-year-old daughter who is suffering from a brain tumor.

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Our lives depend on this testing! 🐚 #AlaskaSky #Alaskan #Alaska

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

Fucking outrageous

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.

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No words… 😢

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Is this who we are? newschannel9.com/news/local/f...

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🧵 NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night. Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.” She’s a constituent. Not a threat. Fascism again.

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Small irritation. Why do retailers not understand that we don’t want sets?? Women’s pajamas for instance. Boy child clothes is another. Most women and children wear one size on top and one on bottom.

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BUFFALO, NY: We are mobilizing to protest the arrest and detention of a group of UFW farm worker leaders we believe are being held at the Batavia ICE detention center. We believe targeting known union supporters in the name of immigration “enforcement” is an outrage. These workers must be released.

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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM. They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone. www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

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This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200. The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money. Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.

submitted 55 days ago • 389 comments