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Gilead in FORT WORTH, TX #NoKingsDay

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Thank you, MSGT Mike Washington, for speaking out. It breaks my heart that you have to do this on the anniversary of your son's death in Afghanistan in 2008. Even more so, knowing that Trump just sent his unit, 2/7, to face off against American citizens in LA. #MarinesSpeakOut #RememberYourOath

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

On the Ben Franklin Parkway, they keep coming and coming

submitted 13 days ago • 60 comments

Raskin takes the stage at No Kings Philly.

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Worth noting: There are two prominent Jewish candidates in the NYC mayoral election, Brad Lander and Scott Stringer. Neither of them are the ones leaning hard into "Mamdani is a scary Muslim dude." In fact, one of them went so far as to endorse Mamdani as #2.

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments

I am devastated by the loss of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in a horrifying act of violence. Our prayers are with their children and all who loved them, and with State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were also targeted.

submitted 13 days ago • 410 comments

Romman: To the cynics that shrug and say, this is the way the world has always been. I remind them to look at history and compare it to where we are today, but also, if a Palestinian can get elected in a state like Georgia, I have a hard time believing anything is impossible

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#NoKings in Langhorne PA

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I like this Gavin more than podcast Gavin.

submitted 17 days ago • 898 comments

💥 NEW: Costco CEO named Fast Company’s Visionary of the Year Costco CEO Ron Vachris rose from forklift driver to the C-suite—and this year fought off challenges to the company’s DEI policies, while offering workers high wages and benefits. @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91336649/ron...

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

Gina Ortiz Jones has been elected Mayor of San Antonio making her the third female mayor and first LGBTQ mayor in the city’s history.

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Talk about a blue wall of resistance!🔥 Every single Democratic Governor has signed a statement standing with Gov. Newsom @governor.ca.gov and eviscerating Trump for abusing his power by deploying California’s National Guard and threatening to send U.S. Marines into American neighborhoods.

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🚨The GOP’s goal—To kill public education. Why? Because it’s where HOPE becomes REAL. They’re not just classrooms—they’re the foundation of a just society. Public education gives every child a fair shot. ⭐️It’s where equity, opportunity & democracy begin. #HandsOffPublicSchools

submitted 28 days ago • 12 comments

4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:

submitted 30 days ago • 971 comments

💥 BREAKING: Shareholders of Merck & Co one of the largest pharma companies in the world, voted today to reject an anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent. Merck Board recommended shareholders vote against proposal that called for eliminating "discriminatory DEI milestones" from executive compensation.

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The choice for Americans is kind of crazy... Do you want to be better off in a better country or do you want the rich to be richer in a worse country?

submitted 36 days ago • 56 comments

Why June 6th’s Unite for Veterans rally in Washington DC could be a turning point. @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/b302I... Follow The Ken Harbaugh Show here: linktr.ee/thekenharbau...

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from carrying out Trump's executive order calling for the closure of the Education Department.

submitted 36 days ago • 86 comments

"Combating an entrenched and powerful autocratic government, protesters are showing what — against all the odds — is possible. Here in the Balkans, something extraordinary is happening." #SerbiaProtests #SviUBlokade www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...

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🧵 e.l.f. Beauty is sticking with DEI “We haven’t diminished that in any way. We’re very proud to stand for positivity, inclusivity, and we think it’s part of our success recipe.” - e.l.f. Beauty Chief People Officer Scott Milstein @kris10p.bsky.social reports www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...

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None of the 35 methane gas turbines that help power xAI’s massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules. The company has no Clean Air Act permits.

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Today the faculty senate at the University of North Georgia - where I work - became second Georgia group to vote to join the Mutual Defense Compact started at Rutgers. The compact asks its administration to fight for higher education. @aaup.bsky.social

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Thucydides, in his history of the Peloponnesian war, uses the same Greek word for “survive” and “win.” In the US if we the resistance survive the idiot reign of terror, we win.

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Most Americans balk at the idea of charging women who get abortions with homicide, but post-Roe, militant anti-abortion activists are finding state lawmakers are increasingly open to it. By @oyousef.bsky.social

submitted 50 days ago • 216 comments

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized. The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.

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Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church today and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States. A member of the Order of St. Augustine, he resembles the late Pope Francis in his commitment to the poor and migrants.

submitted 50 days ago • 407 comments

There is light. May God bless Pope Leo XIV and may he guide us in that light — with grace, unity, and peace.

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That’s the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima. It happened in February 1945. It has nothing to do with victory in Europe.

submitted 50 days ago • 2421 comments

Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz just switched from Republican to Democratic. “The Republican Party is not the party I signed up with... The marginalization of Latinos and immigrants—many of whom have helped build this country—is not leadership. It’s fear-based politics.”

submitted 51 days ago • 1345 comments

Did you know about these tiny shiny ants (red arrow) living with wood ants (blue arrow)? They are Shining Guest Ants (Formicoxenus) and we have recently discovered that a wood ant nest can be home to several genetically distinct colonies of these 'guests'! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... 1/5

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

Woah! Didn’t know! Did you? Never liked hearing it because isolationism is beyond wrong, but FFS!!!

submitted 50 days ago • 7 comments

sigh

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A victory for Rümeysa Öztürk! She will be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont while her case is heard—including a hearing for potential release on bail this Friday. FULL OPINION: ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...

submitted 51 days ago • 44 comments

It’s about DAMN Time! He should be disbarred for this assault on our Democracy! Now go kick rocks, LOSER! Congratulations @allisonjriggs.bsky.social

submitted 51 days ago • 386 comments

I am so proud of my colleagues at @thebaltimorebanner.com who just won a frigging @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social . www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

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🔥 BREAKING: Bristol Myers Squibb shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals. One of the proposals called on BMS to "Cease DEI Efforts," and was rejected by shareholder vote 97-2 percent (1% abstained). BMS Board supports "our culture of inclusion" and "all decisions are merit-based."

submitted 52 days ago • 159 comments

Timeline cleanse…. Look at the #LEGO version of me that my daughter helped make at the Lego shop 🥰👩🏼‍⚕️ I am a #PalliativeCare doctor, (although they had Lego surgical equipment 🔨 and X-rays 🩻) there were no syringe drivers but a syringe 💉(pain relief 💊) …….and cup of tea fits! ☕️🫖 #Hpc #MedSky ⚕️

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Given all that is going on consider this quote from Bertram Russell's 1930 book The conquest of Happiness: “The man who can be interested in the structure of atoms or the way in which a beetle navigates, is likely to get a joy in life which no amount of success in the pursuit of power can give. ”

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When you are lucky enough to meet your idols and they turn out to be more than you could hope. Rest In Peace, Ruthie

submitted 56 days ago • 3 comments

On this date in 2020, we lost World War II veteran & former DC government employee Leroy Tonic to COVID. We honored Mr. Tonic because his name was on our Wilson Building World War II memorial & our research revealed he still lived in the area. Read more: bit.ly/2xCj2Y2

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Courts delivered wins for Pennsylvania voters Friday in two different right-wing disenfranchisement efforts.🥳 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Tucked away in the hills of Kamiyama, Tokushima, is the Karaoke Torii gate, a sacred gate made entirely of loudspeakers marking the entrance to a Shinto shrine, but reimagined as a towering wall of sound.

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Ruth Buzzi, player on ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘Laugh-In,’ dead at 88 #RuthBuzzi www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/e...

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