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This isn't some fictional zombie apocalypse series you can watch, turn off, and walk away from into the radiant light of day. This is a coordinated group of actual human beings living among you, with dangerous agendas they will not abandon unless opposed. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

submitted 91 days ago • 139 comments

they have no idea they're playing with fire here

submitted 91 days ago • 94 comments

Harvard Must Take a Stand for Democracy www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

submitted 93 days ago • 22 comments

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: "Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."

submitted 94 days ago • 98 comments

Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

submitted 94 days ago • 2080 comments

Every American I’ve heard from is embarrassed, including a lot of veterans, by this draft-dodging commander in chief who wants to sell us out to Putin and be Putin’s puppet.

submitted 98 days ago • 73 comments

Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

submitted 101 days ago • 731 comments

New — HHS just got another email with guidance stating that they aren’t required to respond to the 5 bullets email, but if they do they should follow specific guidelines including: “Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”

submitted 102 days ago • 289 comments

There are a few places in this country that serve as testing grounds for conservative tactics, places where you can see the future before it arrives elsewhere. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho is one of those places -- I've written about it before This video should scare the absolute shit out of everyone

submitted 104 days ago • 71 comments

Please!! Help us get the word out!!! Very little media coverage weekday or weekend! We have some reporters come by but this is our second protest in a week! #IndivisibleRI rally was today at RI State House! @hcrichardson.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social

submitted 104 days ago • 9 comments

I criticize @moulton.house.gov a lot but I also will always have his back when he stands up firmly to Trump & Musk. Thank you, @sethmoulton.bsky.social for your unequivocal condemnation of last night’s firings in military leadership. Now, what are you going to do about this? #MaPoli #MA6

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

I hope our members of Congress show half the courage those brave military families showed yesterday when they protested and booed Hegseth. I hope you are taking note, @moulton.house.gov.

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

#GeorgiaProtests, Tbilisi. 🇬🇪 Day 72 of continuous protest. 1000s on the streets of the Georgia capital again last night. The protestors chatting: "We don't want oligarchy, we demand democracy.” A message for the whole Western world. (🎥 Mariam Nikuradze, OC Media)

submitted 119 days ago • 21 comments

New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."

submitted 120 days ago • 152 comments

⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants. —> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you. Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?

submitted 119 days ago • 102 comments

NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately." | www.wired.com/story/treasu...

submitted 119 days ago • 324 comments

FEDERAL WORKER AT A VIRGINIA TOWN HALL: “And to top it all off one of Musk’s top lieutenants and his wife and young child have shacked up on the 6th floor.” 🤔 Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2r7Y3V7/

submitted 121 days ago • 194 comments

“…you must be aware that it is not a crime for anyone — whether WIRED journalists, X posters, or otherwise — to identify individuals openly conducting government work that is of the utmost public concern.”

submitted 121 days ago • 93 comments

Democrat Senators wrote a letter to WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles: “We want answers from Elon Musk and DOGE. There is real concern they’ve put national security at risk by accessing classified materials without the proper clearance or knowledge to protect against their misuse.” -Senator Mark Kelly

submitted 121 days ago • 24 comments

OPINION | Snap out of it America. All the warning lights are flashing, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.

submitted 122 days ago • 145 comments

NEW — DOJ fired the Special Counsel prosecutors last week hours after Trump ordered it from the White House @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 123 days ago • 18 comments

FBI is pushing back on Trump's purge of investigators who worked on January 6th cases. #January6th #FBI #TrumpPurge www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...

submitted 123 days ago • 3 comments

Collins: Is there a tangible concession in your view? Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago. Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it

submitted 123 days ago • 474 comments

I said this yesterday, I’ll say it again more firmly: this 50 states protest is either being organized by people who have no concept of safety or it is a honeypot. You’re the one who has to decide, but I would absolutely not bring children and I would absolutely think twice about going myself.

submitted 123 days ago • 5 comments

Does Musk have the authority to do this? Doesn’t matter. As we know from previous Musk experience, the real question is: who will stop him? www.theverge.com/politics/605...

submitted 123 days ago • 30 comments

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 123 days ago • 1306 comments

1/On behalf of our #FBI & #DOJ clients, my law firm & State Democracy Defenders Fund (@normeisen.bsky.social) have put Govt on notice not to unlawfully terminate employees or publicize their names. The letter reads: nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

submitted 124 days ago • 42 comments

Protest at the Treasury in DC Tuesday 5PM. Pass it on.

submitted 124 days ago • 33 comments

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

submitted 125 days ago • 190 comments

🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport. "Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.

submitted 128 days ago • 78 comments

Attacks against our right to teach, research, and advocate for higher education as a public good, are increasingly rapidly. Join our movement to organize for a better future for all higher ed workers: www.organizeeverycampus.org

submitted 128 days ago • 2 comments

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

submitted 129 days ago • 2030 comments

Next: Trump is going to pick a fight with the Cheerios bumble bee

submitted 131 days ago • 8 comments

This is worth a watch. Listen to Michael Fanone after the trash is done speaking. Pass it on.

submitted 135 days ago • 1210 comments

This is what people who say they "back the blue" voted for.

submitted 136 days ago • 39 comments

BBC not buying the gaslighting

submitted 136 days ago • 314 comments

Today we tried to trick our kid into believing that she was getting a potato for dessert instead of ice cream. Instead of getting mad, she has now adopted the potato, drawn a face on it, and insisted on bringing it to bed.

submitted 259 days ago • 0 comments

Only took 1 week of school for the kid to get sick. PreK should be designated a biohazard zone.

submitted 263 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #714,917!

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