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They are HAPPY that a far-right Christian nationalist preacher who preaches transphobia, homophobia, and anti-abortion killed Democrats in Minnesota. They're mocking it. Remember that.

submitted 10 days ago • 21 comments

We all have heard the news. The leader of the House DFL, Melissa Hortman, was murdered early this morning by a man impersonating a police officer, along with her husband Mark. Senator Hoffmann and his wife Yvette were also shot in their home by the same murderer, who remains at large.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

Chicago ✊

submitted 11 days ago • 721 comments

Really important piece on what a catastrophe it was when Arkansas imposed (paper)work requirements on Medicaid. Now Republicans are going to do it nationwide, and it will be one of the worst policy disasters in decades. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

The University of Minnesota School of Public Health just announced that it is closing its Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity. There are so many losses right now.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

I know this is not a new observation, but every single time I read about how much the American healthcare system costs its citizens I am absolutely appalled at how US politicians still have the guts to show their faces in public without fear

submitted 60 days ago • 72 comments

It works. The government here largely works. Because we are so spoiled by how well it works, we are letting a fool convince us it is broken.

submitted 70 days ago • 26 comments

Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever: www.404media.co/nih-archives...

submitted 82 days ago • 191 comments

Seriously fuck these guys. I hope they get zero submissions and people just ignores this like the big fat stinky cowpie it is. Do not engage and give this question any veil of scientific legitimacy. There have been studies on this already. It’s a non-issue to everyone but transphobes.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

they really need to invent a second type of money these guys can play around with separate from the money I need to buy food. Business Money. Money 2

submitted 84 days ago • 268 comments

Ope! Also, dude just sucks at this. Like, the whole thing. Running a business, communicating with anyone he can’t immediately buy off, creating any kind of meaningful strategy. I have to think it’s partly because he doesn’t understand or care how literally anything works.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American. 🧵1/

submitted 86 days ago • 156 comments

@stevevladeck.bsky.social thank you for this. In my mind, the complicity in allowing these EOs to be understood by the public as laws has been one of the media’s most harmful ways of obeying in advance and not doing their job of very basic analysis. It is maddening.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

submitted 93 days ago • 420 comments

The Great Barrington Declaration, but for chickens. RFK Jr. is truly the stupidest motherfucker.

submitted 99 days ago • 121 comments

Trump and Musk are basically trying to deskill America: 1) kill all white-collar jobs and replace them with AI 2) kill universities 3) use tariffs to turn the U.S. into an economic island manufacturing, oil and ag hub 4) empty the cities 5) push men into manual labor & women back into the kitchen

submitted 102 days ago • 197 comments

Lol tell it to USAID

submitted 104 days ago • 9 comments

New Quinniac poll: If there's a shutdown... 32% blame Dems 31% blame Republicans 22% blame Trump That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.

submitted 104 days ago • 308 comments

Hell yeah. This is what actual journalism sounds like and feels like. Thank you @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

I just called Gillibrand ((202) 224-4451). She's the one I call as a mere constituent. I left a message saying "The vote on cloture MUST BE NO. The Fake out to the 30 CR JUST SO Republicans can pass their bill with 51 votes is treachery. The vote must be NO." Feel free to us my script. :)

submitted 104 days ago • 49 comments

NEW: Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...

submitted 105 days ago • 100 comments

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

submitted 105 days ago • 90 comments

@edzitron.com I discovered Better Offline after you did On the Media and I’m now going through all the episodes. I haven’t tried to understand the tech industry until now because it mostly felt like scams or insider baseball. Thanks for making it accessible and making it clear why we should care.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Here Are the Arguments for Why Senate Ds Should Vote Yes and Why They’re Wrong talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/here-...

submitted 105 days ago • 42 comments

As a nurse, I’ve wondered about this connection and haven’t heard it articulated quite this way, but this seems right. Especially with MAHA mothers making decisions about kids’ health care, based on their “intuition”.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

I learned yesterday that the MN Stand Up for Science organizers are also PhD students like us. Made me kinda proud.

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

I shouldn’t at this point, but I somehow keep being surprised that none of these assholes know how literally anything works.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

This CDC "survey" getting sent to grantees is wild yall. This is some serious "Kiss my Ring" level bullshit.

submitted 110 days ago • 98 comments

Listening to an episode of Better Offline about E.M. from not even a year ago and it feels both quaint and chilling, given his current murderous reign. Back then we were mostly just afraid of his cars killing people. It’s all gotten so dark so fast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

I agree with this, with an addendum that they then go outside and host a press conference about the actual SOTU with people directly impacted by all of the recent bullshittery and announce their intentions (ideally not engaging in any lawmaking until Musk is out and legal decisions are abided by.)

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

share.newsbreak.com/bur1st3h I wish heads or former heads of all these defunded agencies would have issued statements like this right from the beginning. Make it very clear upfront what these cuts will do so that when people see it in their daily lives, they are already pissed & know who to blame.

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

How it started/How it's going

submitted 117 days ago • 361 comments

@ltgovflanagan.mn.gov @agellison.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov We need more of these - please hold them in Minnesota!

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Meeting to choose next year's flu shots is canceled. We will not have enough shots for next flu season. endpts.com/fda-meeting-...

submitted 119 days ago • 13 comments

"...the goal is not to reform NIH. It is not to make it more efficient at reaching its goals. The goal is to get revenge on NIH for the Covid response, to get revenge on liberal eggheads, to cast doubt upon facts and knowledge..." OMG yes. Forget this "how can NIH fit into the MAGA agenda" crap.

submitted 120 days ago • 4 comments

@amyklobuchar.com I just left a VM at your office (since I couldn’t talk to a real person) asking you to speak publicly about this, especially in light of SpaceX and Tesla standing to make $$$$ in govt contracts. VOTE AGAINST BILLS that gives $$$$ to a billionaire who treats veterans like trash

submitted 124 days ago • 1 comment