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THANK YOU, WORCESTER! First time I’ve ever needed an overflow room for “Coffee with your Congressman.” Something is happening in this country—people have had enough of Trump’s cruelty and lies. Thank you to all 700 of you for showing up. Thank you for caring 🇺🇸

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"Project 2025 and Agenda 47 both included references to enacting the Insurrection Act and using military forces to put down public protest and assist in mass deportations and interments."

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He nails it.

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DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

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Trump’s embrace of Russia is not new. This goes back a long time. It’s just more obvious now.

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Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

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The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees. The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.

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Folks are asking, “what should I do in this moment?” One of the most passionate, progressive voices in Congress for 30 years, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden answers that question. Here’s our conversation, inside a replica of the Senate chamber at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: youtu.be/n_nQ-Moa9fI?...

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“What merit means to them” General Brown’s record, which Hegseth questioned for obvious reasons: www.af.mil/About-Us/Bio...

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Free speech means we can use the vocabulary we need to use in our scientific papers and news articles. #MedSky #AcademicSky #SciSky

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Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants

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So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.

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Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense. This is a growing national security risk.

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A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

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I have no sympathy for the mom - but the daughter. She described the chaos unfolding inside the National Parks Service where she and colleagues would joke about how they weren't in it for the money since they "got paid in sunsets." I didn't think my heart could break any more.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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👇👇👇

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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LIVE: Legal hearing on NIH cuts is being live-tweeted here

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"Republicans are rubber-stamping every nominee because they are in a cult. Trump is testing them, and to a person, they are all falling in line. Every one of them has made the choice to let everything proceed as normal."

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NEW: One of Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate a critically important calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change imposes on the economy. By @abrahm.bsky.social

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Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

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New piece by @gilduran.com re: the Tech Bros targeting the S.F. Presidio and Trump’s recent Executive Order. Thanks for the hat tip, Gil! www.thenerdreich.com/trump-target...

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“NSF fired about 10 percent of its staff at the end of Tuesday, removing 168 people who included most of the agency’s probationary employees and all of its experts, a class of contract workers who are specialists in niche scientific fields.” — www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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This is what we're up against - "Tech fascists are working to establish their own sovereign, distributed state."

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Friends, read the whole thread - tech broligarchy poised to take over park land to create their own "charter cities" and "network states." Wtaf.

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“This unlawful effort is stealing federal funds from American families and businesses,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said.

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We now have a government staffed completely by a 4 Chan message board.

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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

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"Key congressional Republicans have powers they’re choosing not to use... "Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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News: CDC's MMWR just released. Four papers (the most we've seen since censorship in January), including the infamous feline H5N1 study that had been held back... www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

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Wtw???

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Stop them!

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AOC speaking to a thousand people demonstrating against Trump's destruction of our federal work force She is the leader we need

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Bears repeating: youtu.be/Ud2E6TSfJ0M?...

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Yes! Stand up universities!

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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”

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Yes, please, and thank you. I needed this take on current events. :-)

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!!!!

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Reality:

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