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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

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Keep it going! #TeslaTakedown 🦾

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“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”

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What a shame. Teamsters deserve better than this.

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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

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Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window

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Jim Acosta: I think the AP should consider whether or not to sue the administration… and the rest of the press corps should start seriously considering whether it’s worth sending everyone into the Oval Office, onto Air Force One, or into the briefing room.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Amazing day out here and across the country! We have over 70 people at this store in Pasadena. Won't post shots of the crowd, up to others if they want to. This is just the beginning! #TeslaTakedown Teslatakedown.com

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Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

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Musk is working on replacing contract workers in the Department of Education with AI chatbots, aiming to use generative AI to handle student and parent inquiries.

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This is probably the most accurate take.

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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans. Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

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⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says. "Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.

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I'm hearing now that every technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people. wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/

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They’re doing project 2025, just like we said they would

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As we’ve been calling out for weeks, they had more than just “read access.” The Treasury has now revoked the editing access that was “mistakenly” given to a musk staffer.

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BREAKING: Immigrants’ rights advocates filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration today, seeking access to immigrants transferred from the U.S. to detention at Guantánamo Bay under President Trump’s recent order.

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I plan to give Republicans ZERO votes for any of their budget proposals. They are raiding the social safety net and folks want to work with them? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

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BREAKING: Tennessee's governor plans to sign a school voucher bill that bars students without legal residency. The bill mandates denial of vouchers to families who can't prove lawful presence. Another proposal would allow schools to opt out of enrolling undocumented children.

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Last night, the Trump administration stated that it would not fire probationary employees. However, layoffs of probationary employees have already begun at several offices, including the CFPB, OPM, and GSA, and are still continuing today.

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Billie Joe Armstrong voice “not gonna call it the Gulf of America” [power chords]

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BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.

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At least 1 dead after jet collides with plane at Arizona airport, officials say

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I’m going to call it Dipshit Gulf in honor of the guy who changed its previous name.

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When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?

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You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.

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Hearing nonsense that Ds are threatening a shutdown. False. Entire matter is in GOP hands. What's happening is that Rs are coming hat in hand to Ds for help because they can't agree among themselves. Ds shld have a simple demand. No help until the criminal conduct stops.

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aging well, sadly

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Thank you!! A federal judge in New York has granted a temporary restraining order in favor of the states suing over DOGE.

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Coca Cola apparently turned in employees to ICE???? Time to dump the Coke products!!!

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In a country awash with guns and right-wing propaganda, a growing pool of young, unemployed and resentful men feels like a genuine problem. www.pewresearch.org/social-trend...

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a lot of their voters love decorum. that's what people don't want to say.

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U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Houston democrat, announced plans to reintroduce a bill that would create a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients. She discussed the proposal alongside other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon.

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Alabama senators advanced bills targeting immigrants, including SB 63, requiring fingerprinting and DNA collection from non-citizens in custody, and SB 55, invalidating out-of-state licenses issued without legal presence verification. The bills now move to the Senate for consideration.

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This is Duvalín. She is proud of her Mexican heritage and immigrant roots. And like the rest of her community, our country is better because she is in it. 13/10

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Not even one month in...

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BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

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FYI:

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