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Notice: The American Medical Association has a YouTube page. They are posting daily updates on bird flu & other outbreaks since the CDC can't. https://m.youtube.com/AmerMedicalAssn

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Breaking: Vladmir Putin recognizes Donald Trump as Russia's February 2025 Employee of the Month.

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Denmark 🇩🇰 has joined Norway 🇧🇻 in refusing to refuel US warships.

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Democratic members of Congress have come to Zelensky’s defense after Trump and Vance publicly berated the Ukrainian leader in an Oval Office meeting. “Every time I’ve met with President Zelensky, he’s thanked the American people for our strong support. We […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Hey folks! Here's a roundup of news you should know about what's going on in the U.S. govt. plus a rundown of my appearances in the news. I'd love it if you read at least the first section with the important bits, but I'm going to the important bits from the top of the article into this thread […]

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Via ‪Brad Moss‬: Bezos putting a political thumb on the WAPO op-ed pages. ‪Ben Mullin‬: SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Being a buffoon isn't incompatible with being a dangerous tyrant. Similarly, we should resist the temptation to laugh off the "Gulf of America" thing. Yeah, it's pathetic and ripe for mocking memes, but the historical precedents are deeply worrisome […] [Original post on sciences.social]

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Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI. FLOOD THE PORTAL Spam the hell out of it. Pass it on! It works! enddei.ed.gov

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I stand with #Zelenskyy 🇺🇦 Screw you dictator #Trump

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If you're negotiating, and you've got to SAY "You're not in a very good position," then you don't have the goods. It's showing that you're not getting what you want and have to spell it out. It's weak. Zelensky may or may not get the aid he seeks. But in terms of his power over Trump's ego? […]

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Ukrainians are dying every day, and this shit show is what The White House has to offer the world. What an absolute disgrace. The world must realize Washington has fallen to the Russians. The sooner we do, the sooner we can defeat Putin. https://youtu.be/DZ56ibIel1U?si=cBRhtrtVN7xoA2o9

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Turns out Zelenskyy is good at standing up against dictators.

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FT columnist: "It is clear that the US can no longer be regarded as a reliable ally for the Europeans. But the #Trump administration’s political ambitions for #Europe mean that, for now, America is also an adversary" https://www.ft.com/content/11f121f9-391c-4597-93f7-f12894e1b79d

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Via Kyle Griffin: Transportation Department workers with 'exceptional' reviews were told they were fired for 'performance' issues: "These letters that we're sending these employees, I feel so bad because they’re lying." "All of them, pretty much, were exceptional performers." […]

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Helen Keller a socialist? Who knew! https://liberationnews.org/helen-keller-a-socialist-who-knew/ #Disability #Ableism

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Tom Homan is a fucking neanderthal, racist punk. #TomHoman #ICE #ArrestTomHoman #StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

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Just gonna leave this here. The first Democratic member of Congress who gets arrested for defying doge, say by demanding access to agency offices, is setting themselves up for a great Presidential run. So is the second. And third. And the fourth… #USpol #coup

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Undead Woody: There's a stake in my boot! Vampire Hunter: Yeah, I missed.

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The new Trump administration have begun their book banning, and Julianne Moore's children's book "Freckleface Strawberry" has been banned, because it teaches children not to be sad that they are different, because everyone is different in some way — and that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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"The #Fediverse. A network NOT owned by oligarchs." That alone should be reason enough 😉

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If you have a Kindle and "bought" ebooks over the years, you have a week to download and back up your files before Amazon blocks you from doing that. There are scripts (see the thread below) that will bulk-download. It's a reminder that Amazon is a rapacious monopolist […]

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Relevant to the AP being barred from the White House press room for not using the loyalty litmus test that is "Gulf of America" in its reporting, some relevant authority in this thread. We'll start with Baltimore Sun v. Ehrlich www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2968...

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A German researcher captured the contents of "DEI.gov" before it was put behind a password wall. It contained a list of things USAID was funding filtered through the worst possible light: www.404media.co/dei-waste-go...

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The money went 'round and 'round, Elon's bounty hunters schemed and memed, but at the end they came up with no proof of voter fraud.

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A judge said in a ruling Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could not terminate employees without cause, dealing a blow to Trump’s efforts to dismantle the agency.

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A 22-year-old Temple University student was arrested for allegedly posing as an ICE agent (with two friends) at both a local business (Insomnia Cookies) and Temple residence halls. The three were traveling in a Jaguar SUV, per the Inky: www.inquirer.com/news/ice-imp...

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CBS is one of a dozen U.S. outlets that responded to authoritarianism by shifting coverage further right, which is why we're calling rounding up minorities in the middle of the night and dumping them in random countries they've never been to a "breakthrough"

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Roses are red May our bonds never sever To take down these fascists Solidarity forever

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Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

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Because AP continues to refuse to use 'Gulf of America,' it is being barred indefinitely from the Oval Office and Air Force One, but its journalists will be able to retain their credentials to the White House complex, according to Taylor Budowich, White House deputy chief of staff.

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Utah’s HB0077 bans Pride flags but leaves the door open for Nazi and Confederate flags under the guise of “education” This is who they are Deciding who is erased and who is glorified. https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP%20HB0077%20To%20HB0077S01.pdf

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To see a member of Mump's cabinet berate other nations for 'Data Security' when Elon Musk is giving it all away on a cheap server maintained by fash nonce-boys.... #Trump #ElonMusk #TulsiGabbard #Musk #Mump

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"Laughtivism (a portmanteau of laughter+ activism) is strategic use of humor & mocking by social nonviolent movements in order to undermine the authority of an opponent, build credibility, break fear & apathy & reach target audiences." - @wikipedia.org […]

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Good resources for finding out what’s happening and how to resist. https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/democracy-is-crumbling-is-anybody?triedRedirect=true

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Republicans have a federal trifecta. They could use the filibuster-bypassing budget reconciliation process to defund any government department, agency, or program they wanted. But Trump/Vance/MAGA want to do it the non-Constitutional, lawbreaking way to normalize authoritarian dictatorship.

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Folks: RATHER than being defeatist that Trump will simply blow off Judge McConnell's ruling, MAYBE do what you can to make clear that this includes PEPFAR, which a number of Republicans (including Cassidy and Cornyn, publicly) want funded. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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My new one-star (because there is no options for zero or minus-one) review of Google Maps: "Bowing to the Trump regime's beyond-absurd renaming of this body of water harms Google Maps in several ways. Most importantly, it shows that you cannot trust Google Maps to be accurate."

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just a gentle reminder that you can let go of the idea that suffering is a virtue

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With the latest update to #Mastodon's web app, we show you a little reminder when you're about to post a picture without adding alt text. Alt text is crucial for accessibility, but has other perks too, such as making it much easier to search for your post—or […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Trump is sanctioning members of The International Criminal Court for doing their job of prosecuting crime. This is a mob boss telling the police chief that if they keep investigating him, that family of hers could get hurt really bad. The US is steering […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Don’t lick the boot.

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