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this entire article is an argument for dems to refuse to lift a single fucking finger to help republicans pass a dirty CR. if congressional republicans can go straight to musk to get relief for their districts but congressional democrats can't, then there's absolutely no reason to help, at all.

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Detaining a recent grad student for exercising his right to free speech is something we’d expect from Russia—NOT AMERICA. Punishing speech by revoking legal immigration status is dangerous.

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.

submitted 3 days ago • 64 comments

A year ago Trump faced multiple federal criminal indictments and today he’s hosting a ‘crypto summit’ at the White House then flying down to host Mar a Lago for 1 million a plate group dinners & 5 million a pop face to face. Don’t ever let anyone tell ‘no one is above the law’ BS

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Yet another dedicated scientist and public servant, this time from US Fish and Wildlife, showing up unpaid after she was fired to volunteer to protect an endangered species. What are we even doing here. 🎁 link: 🧪

submitted 6 days ago • 46 comments

Can we start a list of the simple inexpensive things that are bringing you joy these days? I need suggestions. A website you’ve discovered? A song? A simple daily practice? I’ll go first. Daily walks with this guy bring me joy.

submitted 7 days ago • 47 comments

What does it say about you that you care so much? connieschultz.substack.com/p/lets-keep-...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Historians, genealogists, and any American who's concerned about the erasure of history and the preservation of our legacy:

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 10 days ago • 3343 comments

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

submitted 11 days ago • 1041 comments

The black-footed ferret has been coming back from the brink of extinction thanks to the work of US government scientists. They just got fired. www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

BREAKING: Two sources tell @theprospect.bsky.social that the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration has asked for a plan for cuts to 50% of the workforce, including at the 1,200 field offices that serve millions of beneficiaries. prospect.org/health/socia...

submitted 13 days ago • 373 comments

Emphasizing again that anyone who responds to "that's illegal" with some variant of "lol all law is meaningless you're a sucker for thinking that matters" is actively doing PR for Trump and helping him. Nihilism about the law is the best way to make sure that the rule of law dies a quicker death.

submitted 13 days ago • 108 comments

So House Republicans voted on a budget tonight that would cut ~$800B+ from Medicaid. Among other things, but it’s important to understand how much that will hurt every single one of us. (Spoiler: they know all of this - but they hate you.)

submitted 14 days ago • 27 comments

According to a WaPo article Luke Farritor is manually blocking @altusaid.bsky.social HIV/AIDS care funds in violation of court orders. Paused/stopped HIV treatment means more babies born with HIV, more infections, and more deaths. Let him know your thoughts. [email protected] [email protected]

submitted 14 days ago • 25 comments

Go get ‘em, Governor!

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All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

submitted 15 days ago • 2802 comments

With desire to secede, Illinois' rural counties miss real issue | Columnists | journalgazette.net

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I never thought my grandchildren would be raised in a country allied with Russia…

submitted 15 days ago • 65 comments

Shameful and infuriating!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

This is quite significant in many ways: the overt thuggery, Trump’s barely suppressed fury at being contradicted by a woman, the governor’s standing up, the total abandonment of the pretense of federalism, the continuing use of trans Americans the way Hitler used Jews.

submitted 18 days ago • 301 comments

Something to remind you It's a world worth saving

submitted 19 days ago • 40 comments

I'm doing free simple cat doodles again today!!! Post a picture of your cat below and I will draw as many as I can for at least a few hours! Reposts/Likes/Follows = 💜💜💜

submitted 19 days ago • 320 comments

Alex Wagner is brilliant and asks just the right questions. Check out what Chris Rufo says about how much more radically MAGA hope to change our culture-and not so far from now. Speed is part of their strategy. They want to overwhelm us. Smart and very, very scary @msnbc.com

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Five major airlines are suing to overturn a rule from then-Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg that actually holds airlines accountable for damaging disabled people's wheelchairs. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 20 days ago • 102 comments

Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.

submitted 22 days ago • 295 comments

"I'm kissing the cat bruv!" Why do bad things happen to good people? Our friend Laura is battling stage 4 breast cancer and her and her fiance Jake could use some help during this difficult time. Check out their Gofundme. gofundme.com/f/laura-support-funds

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This is not a draining of the swamp or “low-productivity workers” that the Trump administration imagines filling seats at the CDC—but the future of our epidemiology infrastructure. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

submitted 25 days ago • 12 comments

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

submitted 26 days ago • 232 comments

WHAT?!?! Low-lifes…

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This bombshell investigation from yesterday with six bylines is already off the NYT homepage. Behind the scenes on how Senator Tillis flipped to support Hegseth amid threats of retaliation from Trump. Give it a read. 🎁 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

submitted 26 days ago • 96 comments

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

submitted 26 days ago • 1772 comments

This is all a good reminder that, “no help, no votes until the criminal conduct stops” is neither a big ask nor a politically perilous one.

submitted 26 days ago • 314 comments

Very normal country we have now

submitted 26 days ago • 53 comments