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So true it hurts

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The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office says the Trump administration broke the law by withholding funding for the nation’s libraries as part of its federal reorganization plan. The G.A.O. will sue if the administration continues to block funds already approved by Congress.

submitted 2 days ago • 78 comments

Massive #NoKings march in New York City!

submitted 4 days ago • 705 comments

Beyond parody.

submitted 20 days ago • 1883 comments

#ProudBlue This was a beautiful moment. Now the evil GOP wants to take healthcare away from millions. The two parties are NOT the same.

submitted 25 days ago • 183 comments

“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.

submitted 25 days ago • 2074 comments

Random reminder that banning members of Congress from trading stock is a total no brainer. They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption.

submitted 32 days ago • 411 comments

With nearly 40 years of legal practice, lawyer Abbe Lowell has represented many powerful people. Now he's starting a new law firm to represent those who have drawn the ire of President Trump. By @carriejohnson.bsky.social

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submitted 52 days ago • 242 comments

@adamkinzinger.bsky.social

submitted 52 days ago • 14 comments

time.com/7266334/us-h... U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties shocker. I’m surprised it took this long after the atrocities this administration has done so far, and still to do, as they gut and ravage democracy into an authoritarian waste land.

submitted 51 days ago • 92 comments

For. The. People.

submitted 51 days ago • 1229 comments

Good luck today, Canada 🇨🇦 elbows up!

submitted 51 days ago • 297 comments

Trump administration’s pressure on universities echoes past authoritarian efforts in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Over 50 schools face federal probes for alleged discrimination. A comparative and international education expert explains: buff.ly/0Ludxjf @isilova.bsky.social, Arizona State 🗃️

submitted 68 days ago • 4 comments

It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.

submitted 69 days ago • 1223 comments

Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name. It is blatantly unconstitutional.

submitted 68 days ago • 1514 comments

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): "I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"

submitted 70 days ago • 1882 comments

The last time there was this much on-again off-again turmoil over tariffs in America, we revolted against the king over it — and won.

submitted 69 days ago • 254 comments

boosting because good and we need more good

submitted 70 days ago • 375 comments

Crockett: It has taken Texas’ largest measles outbreak in 30 years with more than 500 confirmed cases and the deaths of two children for the secretary of health and human services to say what we already knew. The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the vaccin

submitted 70 days ago • 462 comments

Tactically, this seems like a fantastic time for institutions (law firms, universities) and individuals (Repubs in Congress) who want to stand up to Trump. He's openly cratering the economy, the weakness of Elon's ability to buy elections was just revealed in Wisconsin. The emperor has no clothes.

submitted 76 days ago • 29 comments

The Department of Government Efficiency, for example

submitted 78 days ago • 959 comments

FANTASTIC NEWS: Susan Crawford has officially won her race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, allowing liberals to maintain their narrow majority. This was a hugely embarrassing defeat for Elon Musk, who spent millions of dollars to oppose her.

submitted 77 days ago • 47 comments

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

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Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

submitted 106 days ago • 1162 comments

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937

submitted 105 days ago • 239 comments

Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!

submitted 105 days ago • 1914 comments

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

submitted 106 days ago • 1796 comments

Every accusation is an intention.

submitted 107 days ago • 487 comments

Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’ Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.

submitted 131 days ago • 1337 comments

i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

submitted 133 days ago • 1728 comments

Not type A or type B but a secret third personality type where I can be either of those things but only at the worst possible moments

submitted 146 days ago • 19 comments

A small group of parents should NOT dictate what books other people's children can read. ❤️ Help #UniteAgainstBookBans defend your right to guide your own children's reading. From now — #GivingTuesday, our goal is to get $5 for each unique title targeted for censorship this year: bit.ly/DonateToUABB

submitted 197 days ago • 1 comment

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

submitted 204 days ago • 436 comments

HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

submitted 215 days ago • 38 comments

First post on Bluesky. Glad to see lots of old familiar faces. Could really use a huge blue hug right about now!💙

submitted 211 days ago • 397 comments