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House Republicans voted to cut funding for NPR and PBS.

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Philly local tv station reporting that a man allegedly posed as an ICE agent in order to rob a car repair business office. How many other criminals might be getting this idea right now, given that actual ICE agents are refusing to show IDs, warrants, badges?

submitted 8 days ago • 467 comments

NYT: "I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention" Kseniia Petrova "is a Russian scientist who works in a lab at Harvard Medical School. She told her story through a Times Opinion editor, Alex Ellerbeck, over multiple calls from an ICE detention center." A 30 y.o. who erred at Customs.

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

Trump memecoin makes Page One: @nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com

submitted 36 days ago • 53 comments

People who never read books now in charge of books.

submitted 38 days ago • 630 comments

Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution? How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ? 20 minutes at the most

submitted 37 days ago • 1769 comments

So are laws not real anymore? I feel like all the scoops from the past 2 months show that Republicans don’t have to follow laws but everyone else has to?

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 SCOOP: DOGE just cut millions in Labor Department grants to support getting women into manufacturing & construction jobs & tackling gender-based violence & harassment at work. It may be illegal since some grants were mandated by law. New @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 41 days ago • 23 comments

So Republicans aren’t following the laws that they want everyone else to follow…

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NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 🧵

submitted 41 days ago • 37 comments

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

submitted 41 days ago • 421 comments

Breaking: NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election - six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost. Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.

submitted 41 days ago • 328 comments

The first lady publicized the $MELANIA coin in a Truth Social post on Jan. 19, hours before her husband was inaugurated for a second term, and two dozen digital wallets bought $2.6 million of the tokens in the two and a half minutes before her post went live, reported the Financial Times.

submitted 42 days ago • 112 comments

Party of 'family values' doesn't care at all about families www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 41 days ago • 15 comments

NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States. Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab. Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. My story for @propublica.org

submitted 42 days ago • 34 comments

There are real people hurt by HHS cuts. Imagine losing your child to a horrible disease, working tirelessly to make sure other families don't have to experience that, and then - at the last minute - all your work to save children and families is suddenly gone just to score political points.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

🚨BREAKING: Federal District Court REJECTS Republican effort to overturn North Carolina Supreme Court election result. Orders the state to certify the results of the election and not proceed with the cure process. Congratulations to our clients, the ELG team, Justice Riggs and the voters of NC!

submitted 43 days ago • 373 comments

I've just found a clip of a wild bald eagle being weighed and can't stop laughing XD

submitted 46 days ago • 318 comments

Doug Bowser: Diversity is important to Nintendo “We always want to attract the best talent we can and retain that talent. We also believe it’s important for that talent to be diverse in terms of their backgrounds, their experiences, and their understandings" nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-on-...

submitted 45 days ago • 12 comments

Liz Oyer, the Justice Department’s recently fired pardon attorney, made a staggering claim on social media this week: President Donald Trump’s pardons of people convicted of white-collar crimes have cost Americans $1 billion.

submitted 47 days ago • 36 comments

Part of the populist project of undermining expertise is to convince "regular" people that the research done by highly trained scientists is the same as the research they can do by following recommended YouTube videos down into a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories and snake oil pitches.

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

Woman sues LAPD over SWAT raid allegedly triggered by confusion over similar name

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

If you work for the FAA, and you were forced to sign an NDA that prohibits post-employment disclosures of anything other than classified information, please call a lawyer. NOW.

submitted 53 days ago • 15 comments

The NYT when someone wants to kill higher education

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

I called for an independent investigation into Donald Trump's dismantling of the Department of Education, and now, it's happening. This investigation will reveal what's at stake for families. While Trump and Musk side with billionaires, I'll side with our kids.

submitted 67 days ago • 106 comments

Minnesota abortion fund Our Justice literally GIVES PEOPLE ✈️ VOUCHERS so they can travel to MN for a safe, legal abortion. And right now, when you donate, the National Network of Abortion Funds will match your $ and give it to Our Justice. Help me help them! fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/6...

submitted 67 days ago • 3 comments

I made a video like this during Trump’s first presidency for friends and still can’t believe we are back in this place. Good content here + strong book color organization game.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re protesting today, please watch and share widely.

submitted 73 days ago • 13 comments

Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.

submitted 73 days ago • 68 comments

If you or someone you know got laid off by Trump & Elon today, consider running for local office and bringing your expertise into leadership. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

NEW: CDC FOIA page are being dismantled, including pages containing FOIA request logs and the portal to submit FOIA requests.

submitted 77 days ago • 28 comments

“ …in the worst counties of the nation, women…have a ninefold, 900 times higher risk of dying from cancer [than]…counties that are the best” #NIH #healthcarefunding #cancerresearch #researchfunding #scientificresearch

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

WE'VE RAISED $100,000 IN LESS THAN SEVEN HOURS!!!! I'm SO grateful to the thousands of grassroots donors who've contributed so far -- and none of them are corporations or lobbyists! Help us build a different type of campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...

submitted 85 days ago • 42 comments

As I said: Fight Club Democrats are not going to have a problem raising money.

submitted 85 days ago • 5 comments

Tomorrow, we expect Trump is going to sign an Executive Order claiming to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education. Reminder: Trump does not have the legal authority to destroy a cabinet department; reporting on the EO as if he does have that power is both inaccurate and unethical.

submitted 90 days ago • 36 comments

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

submitted 91 days ago • 1679 comments

Americans truly have no idea how atrocious wait times can be for testing/even getting a doctor in Canada. I came back to the US for that reason.

submitted 91 days ago • 4 comments

Run for office. runforwhat.net - our next intro call is 3/25.

submitted 95 days ago • 2 comments

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

submitted 95 days ago • 5881 comments

Posting my embroidery so people can find me... 🐯 #embroidery #handembroidery

submitted 116 days ago • 1195 comments

I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.

submitted 98 days ago • 75 comments

Slashing IRS staff will end up costing the U.S. government. Multiple studies have shown that for every dollar spent by the IRS, the agency returns between $5 and $12. New @propublica.org by @andykroll.bsky.social

submitted 105 days ago • 26 comments

One thing Trump didn't talk about last night: his plans to abandon American women’s right to abortion care in medical emergencies. I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.

submitted 104 days ago • 145 comments

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

submitted 104 days ago • 1288 comments

This is the room he'll be speaking in, where people plan to stand and politely clap and then blather about "respecting the office."

submitted 105 days ago • 22 comments

It is interesting! And interesting stuff makes the news. It would be good if more Dems were interested in making news to draw attention to the crisis we're in.

submitted 105 days ago • 26 comments