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our neighborhood has a new mural! <3

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

great reminder to all of those Democrats and liberals saying that we need to abandon red states because they are gerrymandered into right wing autocracies where the vote isn’t in their favor instead of accepting that we are gonna have to fight for every American no matter where they are.

submitted 13 days ago • 30 comments

KMBC news in KC is reporting around 10k for the No Kings protest.

submitted 13 days ago • 68 comments

We are out in the thousands in St. Louis County today on No Kings Day. The support is overwhelming! Cars and trucks are honking and waving. This is what Democracy looks like!

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

No Kings Springfield, MO #nokings

submitted 14 days ago • 16 comments

Holy sh*t! Protesters are lined up for a mile in the small town of Geneva, Illinois for the No Kings rally!

submitted 14 days ago • 277 comments

Under Trump, we have been trained that a law enforcement officer can just be a dude wearing jeans, a T-shirt, a hat, and a gaiter covering everything but his eyes, and we must comply with anything they order us to do, or risk assault and arrest.

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

St. Louis-area immigration advocates rallied in downtown St. Louis against the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts and the subsequent federalization of the National Guard.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.

submitted 18 days ago • 205 comments

takes a break from clair obscur, is the timeline still stupid? yes, very. back to gestrals then.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Repeat after me: Elon Musk isn't going anywhere. Stop publishing otherwise.

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

Are you attending @codeforamerica.org in DC this weekend? Interested in hearing from @alt18f.bsky.social employees-in-exile? You’re in luck. Several of my super awesome colleagues will be in attendance. And some will be speaking TODAY. summit-widget.codeforamerica.org/agenda/sessi...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

We have some news to share with you. 🥄 Today we took legal action to challenge our termination, filing an appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. We did this because we believe the elimination of 18F violated safeguards that exist to protect a nonpartisan civil service.

submitted 30 days ago • 16 comments

This is the one to read. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

After last week's tornado, organizers who “self-deployed” are now coordinating relief efforts with hundreds of volunteers, such as the People’s Response Hub at the O'Fallon Park Recreation Center YMCA.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re getting ready to post a hot take like “FAFO,” don’t. St Louis is ultra blue. It’s the economic engine of the state. It passes progressive measures only to have the state legislature preempt them. It’s exhausting and requires a heroic level of persistence. 1/

submitted 39 days ago • 10 comments

Thread for organized recovery support #stlwx

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Free emergency supplies available for tornado-affected families at City Plaza Schnucks, 3431 Union Blvd. #stlwx

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

The St. Louis Arch EarthCam captured the tornado that moved through St. Louis earlier this afternoon #mowx #stlwx

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

I know the sirens work - they tested them multiple times yesterday. Did I hear it even once today? Nope.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

submitted 44 days ago • 125 comments

Shout out to Ernie for this. There are so many quotes in this thing that made me want to scream on this plane. I can tell you that if my colleagues at 18F had been able to move with 1/8th of the aircover of these guys, we'd have 100x the impact we had in our time in government.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

The DOGE vision for government technology involves centralizing Americans’ private data. But this isn’t a new idea: it’s one that has been considered, reconsidered, and left alone many times over the years—for good reasons.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Republicans look for more ways to make public service even less attractive: increase retirement contributions forcing employees to choose between civil service protections and a de factor 10% pay cut *adding fees to appeals processes if they have been subject to mistreatment

submitted 58 days ago • 7 comments

This Kaiser piece on the policy whiplash of announcing withholding of 100% of monthly SS payments to now 50% in the space of a month is one of the best examples of "we'll fix it in prod" shit-tech approach to government. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

Ms. Meyer, I love you. www.youtube.com/live/4hw1K43...

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Our cover this week.

submitted 65 days ago • 1318 comments

Missouri health department announces first measles case of 2025 #moleg #mogov via @clarabates.bsky.social

submitted 70 days ago • 11 comments

"For those continuing this work worldwide, know that your efforts matter beyond the boundaries of any single institution. The path isn’t linear, but the direction is clear." —@hillaryh.bsky.social

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

It works. The government here largely works. Because we are so spoiled by how well it works, we are letting a fool convince us it is broken.

submitted 73 days ago • 26 comments

Appreciate the work on this map so much! theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Missouri lawmakers are considering a tax measure that would privilege the state’s wealthiest by fully exempting all capital gains income from taxation. This change would force low-middle income Missourians to shoulder a larger share of financing for state public services. www.epi.org/blog/missour...

submitted 78 days ago • 28 comments

Thinking of our TTS colleagues today. 💙 "DOGE has already dismantled two of the federal government’s key tech brain trusts—the U.S. Digital Service and 18F (the latter of which is housed within TTS)—and now appears to be stripping TTS itself of its resources and purpose."

submitted 78 days ago • 11 comments

"Replacing the SSA’s core infrastructure with an entirely new system all at once is performing a high-wire act without a net, only it’s not DOGE staffers who risk falling—it’s the Social Security beneficiaries who depend on that social safety net."

submitted 87 days ago • 7 comments

The NWS office in Paducah, which has to handle some of the most frequent and impactful weather in America and was nearly taken out by a tornado tonight ahead of a catastrophic flood event has to use a parking lot porta potty because they can’t fix plumbing due to the govt funding freeze.

submitted 86 days ago • 14 comments

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

submitted 86 days ago • 427 comments

Cory Booker fan club outside the U.S. Capitol.

submitted 87 days ago • 13 comments

Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!

submitted 87 days ago • 531 comments

Almost bloomed, no hail no hail 🤞

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments