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Get in the game, there's something for absolutely everyone to do.

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The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

submitted 7 hours ago • 296 comments

It sounds dire because... it is.

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Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 at the age of 39.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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Vladimir and Estragon waited and waited for Someone Else, who was supposed to DO SOMETHING ALREADY!!

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YESSS!! This is heartening!

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This is important.

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What does it tell you that the Israeli government is thrilled that the U.S. is now run by a group of avowed Nazis repeatedly making shows of their Nazi affiliations at public rallies? Contemporary Zionism and Nazism are not opposed; they are allied and overlapping.

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The share of Americans employed by the government steeply dropped in the decades leading up to 2000, and has remained essentially flat since. A bloating federal workforce is a myth.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 853 comments

🚨🚨 BIG NEWS today in my #FOIA lawsuit against the FBI revolving around the Trump classified documents case.

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We’re creating a list of deals and special offers for District residents impacted by the recent federal layoffs — from discounted drinks to free headshots and career coaching. Help us build this community resource by adding to the list, here: airtable.com/appl7lWf605d...

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WOW "Seven western Wisconsin Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls Friday as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." ⤵️

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On this #21st day of #BlackHistoryMonth, I am sharing a poster by Naima Green of Celia, an enslaved woman who murdered her abuser [ie slave owner] and was hung. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2152-c... - Celia's story was the anchor of my No Selves to Defend project.

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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

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NEW: Sanctions against Ruanda (specifically one minister), the same Ruanda that is a cherished partner of German football giant Bayern München @miasanmia.bsky.social. How is the club going to react? www.reuters.com/world/us-san...

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"We are in the midst of a global fight between Western liberal democracy and authoritarian government, and in this fight, the United States has just switched sides and signed up with the authoritarian camp." - Francis Fukuyama www.persuasion.community/p/the-ultima...

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Financial Times Brussels Bureau Chief:

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#RECALL: Walmart recalls Swagtron SG-5 Swagger 5 Boost Commuter Electric Scooters with Lithium-Ion Batteries due to fire and burn hazards; Risk of Serious Injury and Death. Get refund. CONTACT: 800-925-6278. Full details: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

A brutal and well-deserved takedown of a shamefully derisible position.

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On Being in Community joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...

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* EXCLUSIVE - US DECLINING TO CO-SPONSOR UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION BACKING UKRAINE AND CONDEMNING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AHEAD OF WAR ANNIVERSARY, DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAY @reuters.com

submitted 2 days ago • 93 comments

Stop calling these acts of deliberate malicious destruction mistakes — if you close your eyes and fire machine gun spray ceaselessly into a crowd claiming you just want to scare some of them off, it’s not a mistake that there are casualties.

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments

This is quite a speech.

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Brazil shows that it can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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Over 700 people in political science have signed this letter - our Constitution is being violated and the rule of law is in serious danger. drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

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I reviewed a copy of the email received by a fired FDIC employee (who was told by phone they were not being terminated for performance) and it had some very peculiar language: “FDIC finds that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the FDIC would be in the public interest.”

submitted 5 days ago • 50 comments

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

submitted 7 days ago • 302 comments

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.

submitted 5 days ago • 2288 comments

This is isn’t hard btw: A 45 second throwaway Instagram ad led to a Bud Light boycott. Boycott Tesla, Twitter, Starlink, and anything else Musk has his mitts on. Do it and share it.

submitted 21 days ago • 14 comments