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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

Portnoy asking better questions than most

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

New book by RFK Jr, a sequel to his first book, The Very Hungry Brain Caterpillar.

I almost bought a book on Amazon today, but then I went to eBay and got it slightly used for half the price. Boycotting Amazon is fun AND easy.

Oliver Darcy has some very good points here

Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty. It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts. Now is the time for us to be strong.

"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

Happening in #Michigan on major highways - find your local DEM & SWIM groups for deets. @Jules-28.bsky.social

We need to tax them until they bleed

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“Typically as you move further from tragedy, it grows further from the mind, but I’m encouraged people still care and people continue to come out and show support...Ahmaud’s life still means something to people.” www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...

Let’s see all those hands raised, high! 🤚 Support. Our. Veterans. Always. ✨

New York City

Drained, Chester sat down and waited for the police to arrive. Staring at Alan’s still-warm body laying among the empty shells, he felt no remorse. There were two sacred rules. You didn’t touch another man’s wife, or another man’s nuts. His ears perked up as the sound of sirens rose in the distance.

Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country." The first will be in Phoenix March 5.

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Hotez. I've had conversations with Hotez. Not only is he a brilliant man, but also a very kind human being. houston.innovationmap.com/peter-hotez-...

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"Trump cares about every day Americans. He's going to be focused on the economy." Trump: "lol no I'm banning wind and invading Greenland also wtf are eggs"

Happy Wednesday to everyone who agrees that Republicans who voted to cut Medicaid and SNAP benefits to give billionaires a fucking tax cut should be hounded about it DAILY until they're voted out of office, every last one of them. CAN I GET AN AMEN?🙏

The US government spent more during President Donald Trump's first month in office than it did during the same period a year ago, in a sign his cost-slashing effort has yet to reduce the nation's heavy fiscal obligations, a Reuters analysis of federal data shows reut.rs/3EWYnQO

It's bad that Republican Party officials fear their voters. It's worse that Democratic Party officials also fear Republican voters. 😢

As their budget cuts food and health care for low income folks while pretending to care about the debt…

So now NO ONE is looking out for workers’ safety?? 🤬

“Spending cuts for thee, but not for me” Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.

They're right. Boycotts work but they have to be sustained. We can do this!

Musk is one of the greatest beneficiaries of taxpayers’ money. Musk & his businesses received at least $38 billion in govt contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits In 2024 alone, federal & local governments gave at least $6.3 billion to Musk’s companies, www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

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