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Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. That may change. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/... via @nbcnews

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Being a Black person and being a woman makes a person DEI, apparently. Not a DEI hire, but DEI itself. Per the NYT.

submitted 12 hours ago • 19 comments

1000%

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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

submitted 13 hours ago • 788 comments

Being black and aware in America is existing in a constant fugue state of being both unsurprised and endlessly tired.

submitted 20 hours ago • 19 comments

I don’t know how many different ways to say that agency personnel don’t work for Elon. They don’t have to report to Elon. They report to their agency leadership, which reports to the President.

submitted 17 hours ago • 344 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1817 comments

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Zelenskyy has shown the world what democracy means. Donald Trump is a convicted felon and a sexual pervert. These two men shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence.

submitted 18 hours ago • 103 comments

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

submitted 21 hours ago • 240 comments

its amazing the way conservative arguments fall completely apart in court when there are actually penalties for lying

submitted 23 hours ago • 41 comments

Apparently, the mediocre-est administration of all time is gonna make America great

submitted 21 hours ago • 19 comments

A heartfelt thank you to former Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema for repeatedly blocking popular policies to preserve “norms” and protect “the rights of the minority” We couldn’t have gotten here without you

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“Trump and Musk ‘are going to break the largest, most important social program in America,’ O’Malley predicted” www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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AP says that the new guy does not meet service requirements under the law 🙃 apnews.com/article/trum...

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"Not on our watch." ✊🏾 Teacher unions across the country are fighting back against the erasure of Black history. Here in Chicago, we are demanding a contract that protects our students' right to learn and our right to teach the full truth. bit.ly/41qi6Bd

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Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

submitted 1 day ago • 719 comments

Really great piece by Prof Bruno. Nails it. No Public School Education, No Democracy open.substack.com/pub/bobbruno...

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Just a reminder: Tomorrow night on CBS & BET, Kamala Harris, the woman who received over 75 million votes and was nearly elected president, will be making her first major public appearance since Trump took office as she receives the Chairman's Award at the NAACP Image Awards.

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The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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So an open threat against a sovereign state. Where are all my “state’s rights” people?

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DEI initiatives are still legal. Universities need to stand their ground. A Friday gift to your university's General Counsel Office - courtesy of an all star lineup of civil rights lawyers and scholars. You're going to want to read this.

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100% THIS

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Trump/Elon Musk's mass firings of probationary employees cited 'performance' issues for workers with stellar performance reviews and any proclaimed 'cost-savings' from firings are likely to be wiped out by the legal challenges www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Der Spiegel cover 👀🇺🇦

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Week 5 🇺🇸

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Look people. Democrat? Republican? It doesn't matter. No one wants their wealth plundered by nazis. Push your members of Congress to impeach these motherfuckers and throw them prison.

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

submitted 2 days ago • 54 comments

Standing up to the authoritarian wave requires more than cheerleading for democracy; it demands making democratic societies more participatory, responsive, and adaptable at all levels, from local to national, in response to the societal shifts driven by the Internet over the past 15 years.

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It's past midnight, and Senate Republicans are voting NO against every Democratic-led amendment to PROTECT HEALTH CARE for our families. Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 2 days ago • 87 comments

Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

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Here's @bluestein.bsky.social's uncensored thread of the town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), in which an unhappy audience pushes back against DOGE cuts: threadreaderapp.com/thread/18927...

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Yeah this is how you know Republicans are starting to see the same shift in polling the rest of us are seeing.

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Just got out of jail. Only forty four left to go to catch John Lewis’s record. Remember - peaceful civil disobedience. Don’t comply in advance.

submitted 4 days ago • 203 comments

Basically the entire legislative strategy behind school voucher accountability since 2020

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i think it is cool that de facto first consul of the united states is a drug-addled maniac and deadbeat dad with a breeding fetish

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We are so proud of the 112th class of the Harvard Trade Union Program, who graduated last Friday with inspiring commencement remarks from Julie Su and their elected class speakers, Alex Perkins and Martin Mulkerrin. Read more from Harvard Law: hls.harvard.edu/today/julie-...

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@govpritzker.illinois.gov's campaign puts out a polling memo showing both President Trump (42% favorable/56% unfavorable) and Elon Musk (36%/56%) underwater with Illinois voters. Results not all that surprising given the state's partisan lean. Poll was conducted earlier this month. #twill

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One month. Three weeks. Two days. Eight hours. Forty minutes.

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Since when do you not get the job but still clock in? Big Sister General is unavailable at this time 😘

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Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14. Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo

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