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"What can I do to stop Elon Musk's villainous rampage" muses customer at the Tesla dealership about to contribute tens of thousands of dollars that fund Elon Musk.

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ALERT TO FEDERAL WORKERS: The Thursday “deadline” set by Musk isn’t a thing. Congress hasn’t appropriated the funds to pay you what he promised should you resign by today — nor has Congress authorized anyone to threaten you with losing anything for staying on. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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From the "elections have consequences" file directly to all those supposed "egg voters," this:

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Employment Lawyers, Unite! How are we all responding to the challenges this week?* Federal employees: our firm does NOT handle claims for direct employees of the federal government, but our friends at KPWW do. Their guidance is in the comments. ⚖️

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"Our laws are the dumbest anywhere in the world." -The Actual President of the United States.

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Live look at your boss implementing a strict #RTO program.

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These were independent investigators of fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government.

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Trump’s campaign-trail promise to leave abortion regulation to the states lasted just a few days into his presidency. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

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News from Texas: the BBQ is great, the reproductive rights are not. I am still doing what I can with my law license to fight for reproductive freedom for Texans (see the news article in the comments for an update).

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Roll call! Who else is still fighting for reproductive justice in Texas out there? americanjournalnews.com/collateral-d...

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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

submitted 93 days ago • 4369 comments

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

submitted 93 days ago • 1250 comments

Firing your employees for criticizing Nazis is an "awkward gesture."

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I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat. I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.

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“Despite a partial trench collapse earlier in the day, D Guerra Construction LLC recklessly sent employees back into the excavation without protective measures to prevent another cave-in.”

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I am against Nazi Billionaires. Anyone else with me?

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Employment lawyer here: DON'T do this at work.

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Attorneys general from 18 states sued to block an executive order by President Trump that seeks to deny citizenship to babies born to unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. The states view Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme.” nyti.ms/3E2qr53

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“Cecile Richards has created generations of troublemakers who will never stop fighting for the Texas we deserve and the communities we love. Her passing is a devastating loss to our movement, but the echo of her life will live on in every rally we hold, testimony we deliver, and vote we cast.”

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“Henceforth it will be the official policy of the United States that there are only 2 genders, male and female.” -Donald Trump in his inaugural address The discrimination, ignorance, and long years of hatred begin. Now more than ever, we need to come together and create community.

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Honored to have interviewed Cecile Richards for this month's issue of @texasobserver.org magazine, likely one of her final. The Texas-born repro rights icon stressed the importance of abortion storytelling. She truly never gave up the fight. I'll share a link to our conversation soon. Rest in power.

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"This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Today, as we honor Dr. King, let's hear his words: "the road ahead will not always be smooth. There will still be rocky places of frustration and meandering points of bewilderment.

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Texas: we have a problem. We have consolidated wealth and power in a handful of individuals. The hope people had was they would have the best interests of humanity in mind. That is not what history tells us will happen, and ... behold

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Today is the day that Elon Musk truly became president.

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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King

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“When women are free to make their own decisions about their lives and to follow our dreams, we are unstoppable.” Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing. 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

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time to prep for Turkey Day!

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This holiday, progressive folks across Texas might be looking for ways to navigate - or maybe to just avoid - gatherings with MAGA relatives. Attorney Austin Kaplan and Lana Hansen of Texas Blue Action joined our Podcasting Director Chris Mosser to discuss: bit.ly/3CKER9b Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.

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And may the odds be ever in your favor. Thank you @progresstexas.bsky.social for putting together this conversation.

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