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here's what you can do to derail Schedule F and restore an independent civil service: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-tangible...

May Day is a day where we celebrate workers. On this day, we mobilize with unions and grassroots organizations accords the country: We stand with Immigrants, we stand with workers. We stand united. #50501movement #mayday #maydaystrong

We just wanted to keep you all updated estimates are now approaching 4 million. Incredible job pulling this off on a holiday weekend! It was tough to get accurate counts today because small towns showed up in force. Some states had record-breaking turnout we didn’t expect this includes

I'm attending May Day Strong's event in Athens, “May Day Strong: We are the Many” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... @ohio50501.bsky.social

I've been in El Salvador all day fighting for the return of Mr. Abrego Garcia. The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the Court said they failed to show he was part of MS-13. This is about bringing home a man they ADMIT should never have been abducted. I won't rest until then.

I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe." But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment. 1/

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

As the government flings itself apart, we will keep coming back to the grim reality. Trump can’t be restrained, or reasoned with, or babysat for the next four years. The only way to bring power back under the rule of law is to remove a lawless man from power. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Just working their way down the list.

Stand up for Democracy and make your voices heard! Columbus, we will be at the statehouse April 19th, noon-2, rallying for democracy!

Our next series of rallies will be on April 19th! Save the date & stay tuned for the Ohio location nearest you! Once we have confirmed events, we will add them down thread for your easy access!

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS “PATH TO PERFECT LAWLESSNESS “ www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony. Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.

Sound up! This is amazing!!

@50501movement.bsky.social Even West Virginia turned out! wvmetronews.com/2025/04/05/b...

Get ready for April 19th!!

Columbus,OH showed up today! Crowd estimate was around 5,000. This is what democracy looks like!! @ohio50501.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org @columbusfreepress.bsky.social

@50501movement.bsky.social Today in London! youtu.be/vQKTMnqylzE?...

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Only three days remain until April 5th! Over 13,000 people across Ohio will unite to protest against executive overreach and the billionaire takeover of our country. Is there a protest near you? If so, share the flyer below! #50501ohio #peoplesmovement #50501movement #buildtheresistance #IAM50501

Dude built a gum launching robot

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist whose professor profile has disappeared from Indiana University — “He’s been missing for two weeks and his students can’t reach him”: fellow professor. arstechnica.com/security/202...

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Even Europeans (or expats) are getting in on the act:

This is amazing! 🤩 😭💕🙌 Congratulations to Alyssa Lui!

Bring back the Dutch guy at Davos

“…the correspondents’ association had encouraged her to be evenhanded in her satire. “They were like, ‘You need to be equal and make sure that you give it to both sides,’” Ms. Ruffin said, “and I was like, ‘There’s no way I’m going to be freaking doing that, dude. Under no circumstances.’” 👏👏👏👏

It’s trans day of visibility and since I work with trans kids every day I’d just like to say that they have suicide attempt rates way higher than the norm for their age group, but those statistics drop precipitously when just one adult is kind to them & acts as a positive influence. Just one adult.

Mister Rogers never misses

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

Warner, with Gabbard and Ratcliffe sitting in front of him: "If this was the case of a military officer or an intelligence officer and they had this kind of behavior, they would be fired."

Next in my Canada 🇨🇦 series: the Yukon. 🐡🧪 The symbols of the Yukon, its official bird, the Raven & its flower, fireweed cover the hand-carved map of the Yukon in this #linocut. The block was inked ‘à la poupée’ (with different colours in different areas) & printed by hand on lovely Japanese paper. 🧵

🚨 “This isn’t just a screw-up—it’s the kind of breach that could get American Troops killed.” Pete Buttigieg lays it out: Anyone else in the military would face serious consequences for a failure like this. But Hegseth’s still running the Pentagon—and that should terrify all of us.