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Join us in Cleveland as we fight back against the proposed cuts to NASA! The proposed FY26 budget cuts 40% of civil servant jobs at NASA Glenn, crippling their testing facilities that keep us safe. Let’s make sure it doesn’t go through! #Ohio #Cleveland #StandUpForScience

"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

“The Trump Organization has consistently made use of temporary visa programs to hire foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, four golf clubs and his Virginia winery—filing to bring in at least 1,880 seasonal workers since 2008.” www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Exactly.

Look at how Donald Trump is treating the National Guard members that have been deployed to California. No plan. No respect for our troops. No respect for our democracy. Just a dangerous political stunt using our service members as pawns.

When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.

BREAKING: A judge orders the government to allow Venezuelan men who were removed from the U.S. earlier this year to challenge their ongoing imprisonment in El Salvador, saying the Trump administration attempted to create “a legal no man’s land.” From: @jaknutson.bsky.social‬

JUST IN: Judge blocks Trump administration effort to dismantle Jobs Corps. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: Our client, @milestaylor.bsky.social has filed a complaint against the #Trump Admin, calling on federal watchdogs to investigate Trump’s retaliation against him. Read our full statement below: whistlebloweraid.org/former-trump...

Can someone verify the authenticity of this? I hope it's real 🤣 www.threads.com/@ghostoflviv...

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "The Christians in Congress should be feeding the hungry, but they're cutting food stamps. They should be healing the sick, but they are cutting Medicaid. They should be standing up to the billionaire class, but instead they're cutting their taxes."

This Texan knows what it means to show up for our trans community by speaking out against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. 👏

⚡️As russian drones swarm Ukrainian skies every night, we're launching a fundraiser for 10 Sky Sentinels — AI-controlled turrets that will neutralize air threats and make nights more peaceful. Help protect Ukrainians from russian terror: u24.gov.ua/sky-sentinel...

not a data take but this is fucked up. cutting food benefits to poor moms, infants, and toddlers is pointlessly cruel. not a partisan issue, just straightforwardly fucked. the cruelty is the point. call your congressperson

The Pentagon is pulling $1B from Army barracks—money meant to fix mold, broken plumbing, and dangerous living conditions. Trump says he “has their back,” but he’s gutting Troop housing to fund his border surge. Talk is cheap. This is who he really is. MORE: www.military.com/daily-news/2...

I wish I knew where the GOP got the idea that there are so many slackers and malingerers among the citizens of our country. I don't care how much money the wealthy earn, but I don't think the poor and middle class should be expected to finance the country without the wealthy contributing.

Carnac the Magnificent: What's with all the B.S. about President Biden not being able to do his job? Trump and GOP: We're waving a red cape to distract from our disastrous budget bill.

May I point out that t-shirts with "86 46" are sold on Amazon and Etsy (the only sites I checked). Will Dan Bongino and his minions also be investigating this obvious threat to Joe Biden?

Bongino gave up his talk show to investigate threatening numerology.

Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis. It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

On this 80th Anniversary of VE Day, we remember all those who won the war against Nazis and remember the countless sacrifices they made to deliver it. The Greatest Generation stood up to evil to protect peace and freedom for generations. Now it’s our turn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pNl...

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The scale of the alleged corruption is staggering - here is the total value of the most serious alleged direct benefit to past presidents or family members as compiled by o3.

brb — tearing up tomorrow’s draft Morning Shots and instead writing an impassioned plea for continued tariff-free access to Bluey. Also to BritBox.

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.