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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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A Silicon Valley Intellectual Society Kicked Them Out. Now They’re Tied to a Killing Spree. - The Wall Street Journal

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The uncertainty caused by Trump’s funding and hiring freezes has limited training, postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation in areas vulnerable to wildfire and left some firefighters with little choice but to leave the force.

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St. Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn believes up to 800 affordable units could be built on its main parking lot.

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Run for something!

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Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Relatives and records cast doubt on Guantánamo migrants being ‘worst of the worst’ www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.

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Hagan Scotten, who wrote this spectacular resignation letter, was an army ranger for 8 years, top of his law school class (Harvard) & a John Roberts law clerk. Not exactly a candidate for Trump’s liberal deep state.

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Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

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Justice Matters interview with Rep. Jim Himes. Congressman Himes tackles the insulting "fork in the road" email sent to all federal workers, the damage Trump is doing to the FBI, & the absolute unsuitability of Kash Patel to be FBI Director. youtu.be/BdolofHRZzE?...

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Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us on E Street!

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This is just sheer brazen criminality by DOJ. Adams gets federal corruption charges dropped not because there isn’t overwhelming evidence, but because he agrees to help Homan round up migrants. And Homan says the charges will be refiled if Adams doesn’t “come through.”

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New #podcast episode: We discuss what many consider to be America’s shame on the world stage as Vice President J.D. Vance and U.S. Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth fumbled through the Munich Security Conference. 👉LISTEN NOW: on.msnbc.com/4hZq7T7

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They’re doing project 2025, just like we said they would

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after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

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#ReidOutBlog: AOC brushes off Tom Homan’s warning about ‘trouble’ over her immigration rights webinar Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently held a session to inform her New York constituents of their civil rights, and Trump’s “border czar” is complaining to the Justice Department.

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So, they’re going to take away mental health medicine and give everyone guns? What could go wrong?

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The former chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warns that 12 years of critical records could be "irretrievably lost" in the DOGE purge of the agency, per an affidavit filed in federal court Friday.

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Today, I spoke with leaders from the Illinois Beef, Corn Growers, Pork Producers, and Soybean Associations to discuss the impacts of Trump's Tax on Working Families on farmers. Grocery prices are already too high — we must protect our ag industry and Illinoisans from this chaos.

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By the way, if you'd like to hear Rachel reading highlights from the Danielle Sassoon letter, you can see/hear that here (6:11 or there'bouts): youtu.be/uHrY1rSR1U4?...

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1/So, the guy who is supposedly fighting waste & corruption in government just got a $400 mil contract with that same government he’s supposedly overseeing for his trucks that get, let’s just say less than stellar reviews www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

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I rent a lot of cars for work and noticed in 2022 that I was getting offered Teslas at DEEP discounts from Hertz. Like, save half my money if I get one of these instead of a Jeep Compass.

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Bob Kuttner is mad about Trump stopping enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Bob Kuttner is mad because he co-wrote the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Great essay where Bob laments not just expanded corruption but wonders whether the public even cares: prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

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How can we respond to the onslaught of attacks on higher ed? Feb 13 at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT: workers & allies from around the US will come together in a national strategy call. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @uaw.org @aftunion.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social

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Billionaires are waging war on workers, putting healthcare, research, education, and jobs at risk. Workers at colleges and universities are facing tremendous uncertainty. Join us Thursday 2/13 at 8pm ET for a National Higher Ed Strategy Call: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Join us! Fund don’t Freeze Higher Ed in Philly! @aaup-penn.bsky.social @uaw.org @taup4531.bsky.social @fsfccp.bsky.social @afscmedc47.bsky.social

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NYT is trying to get Vol 2 of Jack Smith's report (MAL/Classified Docs) thru FOIA in this lawsuit. DOJ denied the request on 2/5 & NYT is taking an admin appeal of that decision. If (when) they lose, they will come back to the court to try and get the report. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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If Trump defies the courts, who enforces the law? David French discusses… youtu.be/98JSl0xkJ00?...

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Sign of these crappy times: this week Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, now 40 years old, is back on the Canadian bestsellers list.

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‘Public opinion matters’: Rep. Connolly calls for Democrat mobilization to fight Trump Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., calls for Democrats to band together to challenge President Trump, discusses Republicans blocking his move to subpoena Elon Musk, and more. www.msnbc.com/weekends-wit...

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@radiofreetom.bsky.social reacts to how President Trump is seriously thinking about making Canada a U.S. state "What kind of president sits around, having these kind of thoughts, especially when there are so many other problems here at home and around the world" #SundayShow

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As someone who’s worked on these kinds of cases, I can tell you that you don’t conclusively establish fraud in a couple of days just by storming the Bastile. What they’re probably finding is programs they don’t like—the ones that help real people and make our lives better.

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I confess I really, really, really, really did Nazi this one coming

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I hate mayo. But that When Harry Met Sally remake commercial was the best one yet.

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This one needs to read the Constitution. Money doesn’t erase it.

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Wokest Superbowl ever. Gaga, NOLA culture, Trombone Shorty, Terrance Blanchard, … two Black quarterbacks and Kendrick Lamar, plus my line sister @ledisi.bsky.social singing the Black National Anthem. This is actually amazing and I love it ❤️

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@susan-chase.bsky.social I’m back on FB. I had to set up a new account and start from scratch!

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Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.

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The Trump Administration – with the help of Elon Musk – is stripping the federal government for parts: firing federal agents, dissolving whole departments and agencies, targeting civil servants for retribution. #Velshi

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Jack Schlossberg on social media strategy: "The internet is like a nuance destruction machine, there's no room for qualifying anything ever… You have to be very controversial in order to break through. Conservatives are good at playing with that... not Dems."

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Underneath the actress’ insecure comic persona lies the fearless heart of a serial entrepreneur. She has parlayed a film and television career into a jewelry collection, a haircare company, a Prosecco brand—and counting. A portrait of a modern renaissance woman. www.forbes.com/sites/maggie...

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