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In Letter Accusing VA Secretary of 'Cover-Up,' Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE-Led VA Firings www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Crisis responders who answer veterans hotline warn of ‘a lapse in the mission’ under Trump administration www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...

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Veterans are being hit hard by Trump administration firings Veterans make up thirty percent of the federal workforce www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Trump’s VA secretary defends 80,000 layoffs in a wildly unpersuasive way Defending deep cuts at his agency, VA Secretary Doug Collins said, “The federal government does not exist to employ people.” He’s badly missing the point. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

The Enola Gay was apparently a DEI plane. This kind of ham-fisted error is almost enough to make one wonder whether an inexperienced, careless, drunken idiot is overseeing the Department of Defense… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 2 days ago • 44 comments

Veterans, you know this poem? Yeah, Elon and Trump finally got to us on the list, veterans. Did you speak out before when it was someone else? What are you going to do now?

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

In a stunning reversal, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces that for the first time in its long history, a non-member of the entertainment industry will be awarded an Oscar for best performance by an actor in a supporting role. Mike Johnson for his portrayal of a Christian.

submitted 7 days ago • 32 comments

Every single resister here is vetted and approved! I spent the last 8 years with them trying to save our country from the GOP cult! go.bsky.app/JchusRe

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

I'm deeply saddened after hearing of the passing of a North Carolina legend. The Grammy Award-winning, Roberta Flack, has died. She was born in the town of Black Mountain on February 10, 1937. Before my daughter was born, we visited Black Mountian and her mural.

submitted 13 days ago • 13 comments

Veteran was helping fellow troops at the Springfield Vet Center when the Trump administration fired him www.masslive.com/westernmass/...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

‘We are watching the gutting of VA,’ veterans groups warn in wake of federal worker firings www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

It’s never too late to start something new! I was a single mom and raised two daughters by myself. Now that they are grown, wedding planning has become my baby! Here is a picture of a wedding planner in her natural habitat! 🤍

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

A military vet and a scientist were securing America's food system. Trump fired them www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans The president’s new executive order gives Musk and DOGE carte blanche and sets limits on hiring veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

This Watchdog Agency Shielded Troops and Veterans from Fraud. Musk and Trump Just Gutted It. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Call on Congress to Oppose The Save Act: Vote no on H.R. 22/S. 128! House Republicans have introduced the extreme anti-voter SAVE Act and declared it among their top priorities this term. Tell your members of Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act! act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-savea...

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

I had a good meeting with the high school writing club this afternoon, talking about character development. As is so often the case with writing, some of those lessons connect to understanding ourselves and the people and country around us. (Thread)

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

1/This may truly blowup #KashPatel nomination On left: Patel Testimony: "I'm not aware" of purge inside DOJ/FBI and "don't know what's going on." On right: Whistleblowers tell Senate that Patel was directing the purge! Contemporaneous note: “KP wants movement at FBI, reciprocal actions for DOJ”

submitted 26 days ago • 633 comments

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a NYT analysis found. The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

submitted 33 days ago • 118 comments

Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you. Do something

submitted 34 days ago • 2126 comments

USAID security officials put on leave and faced arrest after refusing access for Elon Musk Two senior security officials at the USAID were threatened with arrest and then put on leave after refusing to let Elon Musk's DOGE access systems at the agency. Resistance! www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-us...

submitted 35 days ago • 9 comments

I'm in position to stop my purchasing power for at least 3 weeks. It's time to make a stand with our wallets.

submitted 35 days ago • 6 comments

...meanwhile, at the Canadian border.

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

Trump's tariffs spark trade war fears: North Carolina braces for rising costs www.wral.com/news/state/t...

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Stop purchasing things. If you need to stock up now, do it immediately before Tuesday. It's time to make a stand with your wallets and purses. If you want to impose tariffs and hurt Americans, we can do something about it. This month is "F" you February. Stop purchasing goods immediately.

submitted 35 days ago • 43 comments

Canadian patriotism has always been about wanting prosperity and health for all Canadians from coast-to-coast of our beautiful country. It’s about knowing we’re stronger together. So I’m happy to say… Step aside, convoy people. We’re taking our flag back. 🇨🇦

submitted 35 days ago • 12 comments

Deleted tweet from the son whose name his own father can’t remember. The Nazi’s called it the “golden age” as well

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

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submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Wow — What a dickhead… GEORGIA Republican Rep. Rich Mccormick says low income kids who qualify for free lunches should just go get jobs:

submitted 40 days ago • 321 comments

The blinkered view of the far-left that university tuition should be free belies the fact that, unlike health care or primary/secondary education, universities are NOT a universal service. Subsidizing tuition as if it were is inherently regressive. 1/n

submitted 41 days ago • 24 comments

Dear members of the press, Can one of you, PLEASE just ONE: When Trump says we deleted all the evidence, please for the love of God, push back. The evidence is all here: www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...

submitted 46 days ago • 916 comments

Acting VA Sec warns against disguising DEI programs targeted for termination Acting Veterans Affairs secretary Todd Hunter’s email told employees that he was “aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

submitted 46 days ago • 5 comments

In blow to GOP, NC Supreme Court won't fast-track lawsuit seeking to throw out 60,000 ballots www.wral.com/story/in-blo...

submitted 46 days ago • 5 comments

Justice Department issues freeze for civil rights division The letter instructs Kathleen Wolfe to ensure that civil rights attorneys do not file “any new complaints, motions to intervene, agreed-upon remands, amicus briefs, or statements of interest.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 46 days ago • 7 comments

DeSantis' "kiss of death" for Florida's citizen-led ballot measures If lawmakers enact the governor's wish list, Floridians will effectively lose access to a policy-making avenue. www.axios.com/local/tampa-...

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

Trump Changes Health Care Enrollment for 24 Million People: Who's Impacted Trump's changes will impact key provisions, including enrollment deadlines, eligibility criteria and federal subsidies. These shifts could result in reduced access for millions of Americans. www.newsweek.com/trump-execut...

submitted 47 days ago • 11 comments

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

submitted 48 days ago • 5 comments

Migrants left in despair at the border as asylum system shuts down www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g...

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

Elon Musk. When in your life have you ever seen anyone do this other than a Nazi salute? Seriously. The enthusiasm in that motion and edge of hand palm down. Not once, but twice. That isn't a dog whistle. That is a fog horn.

submitted 48 days ago • 27 comments