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submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.

submitted 1 day ago • 255 comments

EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

submitted 2 days ago • 1122 comments

When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

submitted 2 days ago • 1017 comments

An appeals court will not allow the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship for certain children of immigrants, in a ruling that could propel the issue to the Supreme Court. Read more: cnn.it/3EIiUIF

submitted 2 days ago • 87 comments

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

submitted 4 days ago • 846 comments

Musk & Trump fired a disabled Army vet, Luke Graziani, who is a father of four, working at the Bronx Veterans Affairs hospital. "[Writing to the VA secretary], he asked for his job back: 'This can’t be how my service to my country ends.' As of Monday, Collins had not replied."

submitted 4 days ago • 64 comments

It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out. They gut the FAA. Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted. Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.

submitted 5 days ago • 1091 comments

l'etat c'est moi

submitted 7 days ago • 644 comments

There is literally HIV being transmitted from mom to baby because of the illegal shutdown of US AID and now Trump’s State Department wants to spend 400 million dollars on Tesla cyber trucks. This is not about efficiency. It’s a smash and grab.

submitted 9 days ago • 246 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 26 comments

Trump’s executive orders are not law. This doctor knows it. Many hospital systems know it. Those that comply with something not passed by congress and with power not constitutionally granted to the president are cowardly.

submitted 10 days ago • 46 comments

Public health PSA frens as botulism can paralyze and kill you: Tuna Recall Hits Costco, Trader Joe's, and More Over Botulism Risk www.eatthis.com/tuna-recall-...

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

You don’t say…

submitted 11 days ago • 176 comments

DOGE plans to slash about as much ($4B) from NIH, and hence from universities and medical centers, as the government gave SpaceX ($3.8B) last year. It's not about the money and government "waste." It's never been about the money or government "waste." www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

submitted 14 days ago • 35 comments

NEW: Health agencies are being told to rank thousands of workers as fears of layoffs grow CDC managers must identify 40% of staff on probationary periods who aren’t “mission-critical” — by today Similar efforts underway across HHS Cuts expected With @lenasun.bsky.social @emilydavies.bsky.social

submitted 16 days ago • 72 comments

SENDING AMERICANS OFF TO EL SALVADORIAN PRISONS?!? Not a joke. The U.S. outsourcing incarceration to El Salvador? This is horrifying. We cannot let this happen. youtube.com/shorts/C9WYu...

submitted 18 days ago • 486 comments

@reppaultonko.bsky.social Please hold a town hall in our district as soon as possible!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

submitted 19 days ago • 1568 comments

Finally, we’re starting to see some fight. We need more of this 🔥 🚨Trump’s decision to shut down USAID has frozen critical work to deliver vital assistance around the globe, and put China in the driver’s seat.

submitted 19 days ago • 460 comments

Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz: "If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers." BOOM!

submitted 19 days ago • 647 comments

A take on our rapidly moving Constitutional crisis that isn't exactly optimistic, but gives some plausible reasons to resist the pull of full doomerism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

submitted 20 days ago • 28 comments

This is an important piece about resisting Trump’s attempt to “flood the zone.” “He has always wanted to be king. His plan this time is to first play king on TV. If we believe he is already king, we will be likelier to let him govern as a king. Don’t believe him.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

submitted 21 days ago • 604 comments

Hassan, through tears: "I am the proud mother of a 36 year old with severe cerebral palsy. And a day does not go by when I don't think about what I did I do when I was pregnant with him... So please do not suggest that anybody in this body doesn't want to know what the cause of autism is" Powerful

submitted 23 days ago • 165 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget INSURRECTIONIST TRUMP!

submitted 28 days ago • 209 comments

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Hero.

submitted 31 days ago • 2685 comments

If you watch only one short video today, make it this one. Remarkable bravery, and the looks on the various faces could be material for a dissertation on gender, the family, and authoritarianism. youtu.be/gVInX42IQD8?...

submitted 32 days ago • 430 comments

"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."

submitted 42 days ago • 902 comments

Also, it is NOT TRUE that Karen Bass cut the LA fire department. She is being Blake Livelied by the right. Share the truth. Do your part to make sure it gets around. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

submitted 43 days ago • 10 comments

this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer

submitted 43 days ago • 1941 comments