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MUST WATCH: DNC Vice Chair @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social breaks down how Donald Trump's Project 2025 and his lies are affecting hardworking Americans ⬇️

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www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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Firing 7000 IRS agents will make it even easier for the rich to get away with skirting what they owe. But it's also a gift to the multi-billion dollar tax prep industry. Fewer IRS agents to help you file your taxes means more money in the pockets of companies like TurboTax.

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We should have predicted the accelerated outright Nazi-ization of the US when we made "Homeland Security" instead of the "Department of Domestic Security" But then I thought the whole effort was a HUGE red flag, and it's the usual suspects: Republicans and corporate Dems who rubber stamped it.

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Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

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This is literally how the white supremacist OK symbol became so ubiquitous on the trollish right that establishment pols started flashing it.

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Percy Shelley: I propose a ghost story contest! What is the SCARIEST story concept??? Mary Shelley: a guy creates another guy Byron: I don’t get it Mary Shelley: (*looks directly into the camera)

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State politics!

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A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

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Big Balls’s past gets more scrutiny — including the internship where he was terminated. “You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old?” one frustrated executive asked the company’s CEO in 2022. “Are you for real right now?” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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I finally had a chance to sit down this morning & 1. order more paper 2. set up a form for folks to donate to the press & receive a poster/digital file We’re asking for a $35 dollar donation for posters—we will make up to 200 $5 for a high-quality digital version Here’s the form—& please share!

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I repeat, if you or a loved one was recently fired from the federal government during your probationary period, and the reason you were given was poor performance, please reach out to us at www.centerforemploymentjustice.com. We have a plan and may be able to help you.

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This is reminding me of the Tea Party - but for justice and democracy.

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Woke up in the middle of the night incensed about this. It’s bad for research & scholars. It’s also outright bigoted and so horrifically shameful for NEH to capitulate and effectively endorse this unscholarly, unfounded, hateful crap. This invalidates anything they DO fund now.

submitted 4 hours ago • 4 comments

Oh it has a whole name: Murc's law. It's always been a thing (even before the name) but has become more... MORE in the last decade. whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/y...

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Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position. www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

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Something to help you deal with "all this" (gestures aimlessly while staring into the void) @councilofgeeks.bsky.social and @jessiegender.bsky.social have a joint podcast which is an absolute delight to listen to. They are starting their watch through of Battlestar Galactica, so good time to hop on

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"No President – Republican or Democrat – can withhold Federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress and paid for by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to coerce someone into compliance with his will. It is a violation of our Constitution and of our laws, which I took an oath to uphold."

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New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."

submitted 1 day ago • 202 comments

Three things that make the U.S. the envy of the world: 1) Professionalized military with strong norm of civilian control 2) Higher education and cutting-edge scientific research 3) Ability to welcome immigrants and attract the “best and the brightest” All three are under threat.

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I don't want to ruin your morning, but if we work with the hypothesis that Hitler got a lot of his ideas from America - the Holocaust can be tied directly to American slavery practices. Please, people with better knowledge, feel free to correct me, but yeah. the dots are there to connect.

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A lot of republican events are straight up dangerous for formal acts of protest, but going NIMBY-mode on townhalls seems like a perfect way to distort the calculus of GOP electeds

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NEW: Leaked audio reveals how Tesla[.]Sexy, the company owned by 19-year-old DOGE employee Ed ‘Big Balls’ Coristine, harassed and doxed people online www.dailydot.com/debug/leaked...

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Medicaid coverage for virtual visits ends April 1st. As someone who cares for children that live up to 8 hours away, this is DEVASTATING. Children, adults, elderly will all suffer. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES The 5 calls app makes it easy!

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I have identified at least two dozen pardoned Capitol Rioters that are currently attending CPAC in Washington, D.C. —including members of far right extremists groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Updates on Pardon Tracker's interactive visualization: embed.kumu.io/39b5108ec4a0...

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Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

submitted 13 hours ago • 462 comments

Agree. In some ways that's even more chilling than firing the four stars. It's what you do when you're planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down

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Alter or abolish

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It’s like Al Mohler’s purge of “liberal” faculty at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It just so happened, by some strange coincidence, that all the women and non-white professors turned out to be “liberals.”

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What was it that the ABA said about the rule of law the other day?

submitted 13 hours ago • 17 comments

Wisconsin GOP Rep Glenn Grothman faced a hostile townhall today too in Oshkosh. It’s spreading and turning into a pattern

submitted 15 hours ago • 27 comments

apparently DOGE costs us more than a million dollars a day

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Getting 2009 ACA townhall vibes

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www.erininthemorning.com/p/2025-trans...

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Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."

submitted 2 days ago • 1461 comments

Think we're going to get into social media quote graphics business. Everybody else just does this while we're cutting woodland creatures out of stock photos. Work smarter not harder.

submitted 18 hours ago • 21 comments

another great example along with Wired and Teen Vogue of how real journalism these days can be a lot braver at outlets where no one is trying to get in good with the White House press secretary they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access

submitted 16 hours ago • 32 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

MUST WATCH: DNC Vice Chair @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social breaks down how Donald Trump's Project 2025 and his lies are affecting hardworking Americans ⬇️

www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

Firing 7000 IRS agents will make it even easier for the rich to get away with skirting what they owe. But it's also a gift to the multi-billion dollar tax prep industry. Fewer IRS agents to help you file your taxes means more money in the pockets of companies like TurboTax.

We should have predicted the accelerated outright Nazi-ization of the US when we made "Homeland Security" instead of the "Department of Domestic Security" But then I thought the whole effort was a HUGE red flag, and it's the usual suspects: Republicans and corporate Dems who rubber stamped it.

Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

This is literally how the white supremacist OK symbol became so ubiquitous on the trollish right that establishment pols started flashing it.

Percy Shelley: I propose a ghost story contest! What is the SCARIEST story concept??? Mary Shelley: a guy creates another guy Byron: I don’t get it Mary Shelley: (*looks directly into the camera)

State politics!

A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

Big Balls’s past gets more scrutiny — including the internship where he was terminated. “You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old?” one frustrated executive asked the company’s CEO in 2022. “Are you for real right now?” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

I repeat, if you or a loved one was recently fired from the federal government during your probationary period, and the reason you were given was poor performance, please reach out to us at www.centerforemploymentjustice.com. We have a plan and may be able to help you.

This is reminding me of the Tea Party - but for justice and democracy.

Woke up in the middle of the night incensed about this. It’s bad for research & scholars. It’s also outright bigoted and so horrifically shameful for NEH to capitulate and effectively endorse this unscholarly, unfounded, hateful crap. This invalidates anything they DO fund now.

Oh it has a whole name: Murc's law. It's always been a thing (even before the name) but has become more... MORE in the last decade. whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/y...

Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position. www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

Something to help you deal with "all this" (gestures aimlessly while staring into the void) @councilofgeeks.bsky.social and @jessiegender.bsky.social have a joint podcast which is an absolute delight to listen to. They are starting their watch through of Battlestar Galactica, so good time to hop on

"No President – Republican or Democrat – can withhold Federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress and paid for by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to coerce someone into compliance with his will. It is a violation of our Constitution and of our laws, which I took an oath to uphold."

New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."

Three things that make the U.S. the envy of the world: 1) Professionalized military with strong norm of civilian control 2) Higher education and cutting-edge scientific research 3) Ability to welcome immigrants and attract the “best and the brightest” All three are under threat.

I don't want to ruin your morning, but if we work with the hypothesis that Hitler got a lot of his ideas from America - the Holocaust can be tied directly to American slavery practices. Please, people with better knowledge, feel free to correct me, but yeah. the dots are there to connect.

A lot of republican events are straight up dangerous for formal acts of protest, but going NIMBY-mode on townhalls seems like a perfect way to distort the calculus of GOP electeds

NEW: Leaked audio reveals how Tesla[.]Sexy, the company owned by 19-year-old DOGE employee Ed ‘Big Balls’ Coristine, harassed and doxed people online www.dailydot.com/debug/leaked...

Medicaid coverage for virtual visits ends April 1st. As someone who cares for children that live up to 8 hours away, this is DEVASTATING. Children, adults, elderly will all suffer. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES The 5 calls app makes it easy!

I have identified at least two dozen pardoned Capitol Rioters that are currently attending CPAC in Washington, D.C. —including members of far right extremists groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Updates on Pardon Tracker's interactive visualization: embed.kumu.io/39b5108ec4a0...

Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

Agree. In some ways that's even more chilling than firing the four stars. It's what you do when you're planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down

Alter or abolish

It’s like Al Mohler’s purge of “liberal” faculty at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It just so happened, by some strange coincidence, that all the women and non-white professors turned out to be “liberals.”

What was it that the ABA said about the rule of law the other day?

Wisconsin GOP Rep Glenn Grothman faced a hostile townhall today too in Oshkosh. It’s spreading and turning into a pattern

apparently DOGE costs us more than a million dollars a day

Getting 2009 ACA townhall vibes

www.erininthemorning.com/p/2025-trans...

Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."

Think we're going to get into social media quote graphics business. Everybody else just does this while we're cutting woodland creatures out of stock photos. Work smarter not harder.

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

Hegseth is going to fire every woman or Black person in military leadership.

This is weaponization of the government. Plain and simple.