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Joni Ernst clearly doesn’t want her job anymore

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The greatest threat to ocean biodiversity in the past 50 yrs—more than climate change or plastic pollution—is unsustainable fishing. So countries around the world have been creating marine protected areas. But in the US, 47 is undoing marine protection. A marine biologist explains, No pay wall.

submitted 51 days ago • 5 comments

There’s a fairly straightforward solution to this, but it would require collective action across classes: Don’t buy self driving cars. They will kill us all.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

What are elected officials doing to protect PHI for autistics? We don’t want our names on a “registry.” We begged you to stop w/ registries but no one listened. Now it’s a 5 alarm fire. #autism #RFK @amo.house.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @magaziner.house.gov

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

This is a legitimate question-what is the issue with RFK’s ability to talk? I’m not interested in ableist jabs, but I’m genuinely trying to understand why it’s so hard for him. Did I miss it?

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: A Democratic congressional delegation visited Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE facilities in Louisiana today, to demand their release and observe conditions there. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/n...

submitted 55 days ago • 6 comments

www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Not all “Hands Off” events were in-person. I attended two virtual events centering chronically ill and disabled people for @motherjones.com, who are terrified about attacks to Medicaid, Section 504, research funding, education and more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 72 days ago • 16 comments

Lawyers have a duty to defend our Constitution. It is an absolute outrage that, in order to curry favor with Trump and continue making their billions, giant law firms like Paul Weiss have abrogated their responsibilities. Thanks to those defending democracy. We will remember.

submitted 72 days ago • 103 comments

Via New York Times: “The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court.”

submitted 72 days ago • 278 comments

“Tariffs are a regressive tax, they hurt lower-income families more than they do upper-income families.” Experts continue to prove that Republicans are not the party for working families. www.nbcnews.com/politics/eco...

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump admin violated a court order by halting FEMA's disbursement of millions of dollars in grant funding to states.

submitted 73 days ago • 39 comments

Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...

submitted 73 days ago • 162 comments

Reuters: COLUMBIA STUDENT MAHMOUD KHALIL MAY CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THE LEGALITY OF HIS ARREST IN NEW JERSEY FEDERAL COURT, JUDGE RULES

submitted 76 days ago • 13 comments

remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...

submitted 78 days ago • 661 comments

For those of you folks who are a little younger, this is the story of the filibuster record that Cory Booker just broke. A finger in the eye of white supremacy. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_T...

submitted 76 days ago • 13 comments

:: BREAKING NOW: Multiple polling places across Milwaukee are running low or have run out of ballots as turnout is at record levels. MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots. If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.

submitted 76 days ago • 173 comments

@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.

submitted 76 days ago • 86 comments

Gay Valimont is in the lead with 37% of the vote in.

submitted 76 days ago • 118 comments

Wasn't expecting Cory @booker.senate.gov blocking senate business with an actual in fact standing filibuster to protest what the fuck is going on but I'll take it. @ossoff.bsky.social @ossoff.senate.gov @warnock.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov &c can ask questions to work in breaks

submitted 77 days ago • 10 comments

trans day of visibility was created with good intentions, when people barely knew trans people existed. today, everyone knows we exist, but fascist Christian nationalists and neo-Nazis are trying to erase our very existence. we need a new day to meet this moment—a trans day of resistance.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

ALERT: Democratic Natl Committee & campaign leaders file suit, asking judge to declare new Trump executive order on elections "legally void" They argue the new Trump orders would "suppress voters, upend voter registration systems and hand over sensitive information to DOGE"

submitted 77 days ago • 18 comments

We are all in danger when our thirst for “othering” overtakes any desire to keep people safe. I want the victim safely in my community and I want the perpetrator to be the one addressed. We should all want that

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

It was never about states rights. Not back then and not now.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Joni Ernst clearly doesn’t want her job anymore

The greatest threat to ocean biodiversity in the past 50 yrs—more than climate change or plastic pollution—is unsustainable fishing. So countries around the world have been creating marine protected areas. But in the US, 47 is undoing marine protection. A marine biologist explains, No pay wall.

There’s a fairly straightforward solution to this, but it would require collective action across classes: Don’t buy self driving cars. They will kill us all.

What are elected officials doing to protect PHI for autistics? We don’t want our names on a “registry.” We begged you to stop w/ registries but no one listened. Now it’s a 5 alarm fire. #autism #RFK @amo.house.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @magaziner.house.gov

This is a legitimate question-what is the issue with RFK’s ability to talk? I’m not interested in ableist jabs, but I’m genuinely trying to understand why it’s so hard for him. Did I miss it?

NEW: A Democratic congressional delegation visited Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE facilities in Louisiana today, to demand their release and observe conditions there. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/n...

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Not all “Hands Off” events were in-person. I attended two virtual events centering chronically ill and disabled people for @motherjones.com, who are terrified about attacks to Medicaid, Section 504, research funding, education and more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Lawyers have a duty to defend our Constitution. It is an absolute outrage that, in order to curry favor with Trump and continue making their billions, giant law firms like Paul Weiss have abrogated their responsibilities. Thanks to those defending democracy. We will remember.

“Tariffs are a regressive tax, they hurt lower-income families more than they do upper-income families.” Experts continue to prove that Republicans are not the party for working families. www.nbcnews.com/politics/eco...

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump admin violated a court order by halting FEMA's disbursement of millions of dollars in grant funding to states.

Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...

Reuters: COLUMBIA STUDENT MAHMOUD KHALIL MAY CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THE LEGALITY OF HIS ARREST IN NEW JERSEY FEDERAL COURT, JUDGE RULES

remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...

For those of you folks who are a little younger, this is the story of the filibuster record that Cory Booker just broke. A finger in the eye of white supremacy. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_T...

:: BREAKING NOW: Multiple polling places across Milwaukee are running low or have run out of ballots as turnout is at record levels. MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots. If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.

@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.

Gay Valimont is in the lead with 37% of the vote in.

Wasn't expecting Cory @booker.senate.gov blocking senate business with an actual in fact standing filibuster to protest what the fuck is going on but I'll take it. @ossoff.bsky.social @ossoff.senate.gov @warnock.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov &c can ask questions to work in breaks

trans day of visibility was created with good intentions, when people barely knew trans people existed. today, everyone knows we exist, but fascist Christian nationalists and neo-Nazis are trying to erase our very existence. we need a new day to meet this moment—a trans day of resistance.

ALERT: Democratic Natl Committee & campaign leaders file suit, asking judge to declare new Trump executive order on elections "legally void" They argue the new Trump orders would "suppress voters, upend voter registration systems and hand over sensitive information to DOGE"

We are all in danger when our thirst for “othering” overtakes any desire to keep people safe. I want the victim safely in my community and I want the perpetrator to be the one addressed. We should all want that

It was never about states rights. Not back then and not now.

At the risk of being cheesy: History has its eyes on you and you will be ashamed. People will not forget those who bow down to fascism.

This is a long thread but really worth it.

This is the second person arrested today.