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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 10 hours ago • 395 comments

Once again diving into Abeokuta's history #HistoryBookChat 🗃️

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Musk gets the ball rolling: - prevented children getting medicines - stopped veterans’ support - pushed Nazi propaganda - destabilised allies - diverted taxpayer money to my own companies List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers www.bbc.com/news/article...

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This is why JD Vance was in Europe claiming that the US values free speech. It is part of the imperial project to force Europe to allow Nazi incitement like the US allows.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

A tech company with links to DOGE is expanding its health footprint — in the U.S., internationally, and maybe in Canada. You'll want to know about this.

submitted 6 days ago • 19 comments

The UK has contracts with this idiot.

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The coup accelerates. Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership. A black men and a woman removed, replaced by cronies. Trump and his cronies will have their fingers on the nuclear button. What next?

submitted 1 day ago • 42 comments

Most Western governments and politicians right now have no idea what they are up against. Our infrastructure and our alliances are completely outdated.

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Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position. www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

submitted 2 days ago • 51 comments

It's time to call it. AI is built on a house of cards of intellectual property violations starting with Facebook which is starting to look a lot like a crime scene as held back discovery documents begin to be compelled and unsealed in court. /1

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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.

submitted 2 days ago • 129 comments

2 fucking headlines right next to each other

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This Byline Times story on Farage pictured with far-right activists has not been picked up by any established media outlet - including liberal/democratic/left publications. Why? Because people like being comfortable in their own power and status. The newspaper I edit will keep sounding the alarm.

submitted 19 days ago • 39 comments

a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.

submitted 5 days ago • 839 comments

The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

submitted 5 days ago • 237 comments

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 6 days ago • 861 comments

At least 20 FDA staffers reviewing Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, were fired in an ongoing DOGE purge of federal workers.

submitted 6 days ago • 281 comments

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau uncovered $21 billion of cheating and returned it directly to Americans. That little agency is proof that we can make the government work for people. Trump and Musk want to take that away, but we won't stop fighting to protect it.

submitted 6 days ago • 106 comments

WATCH: “ @aoc.bsky.social is 6th from the bottom in net worth in Congress, and hasn’t traded a single stock since being in Congress.” PSA: Anyone who won’t back a ban on congressional stock trading is unworthy of your vote, regardless of party. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGHs8gg...

submitted 8 days ago • 228 comments

If you claim to be a leader but are too scared to lead, fine -- sit down and let someone else take your place. It is easy to be bold when there is no threat. Now is a time for courage. www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

submitted 7 days ago • 1416 comments

Trump et al are instituting a new version of Jim Crow. What are MPs doing to end the UK's dependence on contracts with musk and thiel across the government? Is this who decides the UK's future? www.propublica.org/article/elon...

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JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington state, who blocked Trump's executive order re: transgender health care, says it is unconstitutional in multiple ways, including usurping Congress' power of the purse storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 7 days ago • 108 comments

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

submitted 8 days ago • 382 comments

If the U.S. really does crumble into authoritarian dictatorship, let the history books remember that it was neoliberal/free market capitalism and the conservative movement that caused it. It began with civil rights and the unleashing of money in politics.

submitted 7 days ago • 14 comments

This is why ending musk and thiel contracts in the UK is essential. This quote is from a longer thread on resegregation and the return of Jim Crow.

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NEW: A moment in Munich. Zelenskyy says Russia is creating 15 new divisions of 150,000 soldiers: "Maybe these soldiers are for Ukraine. Maybe they are for you.” He ends hoping for peace. A long, standing ovation. What a contrast to Vance, met with silence as he torched transatlantic relations.

submitted 8 days ago • 68 comments

A white supremacist like Vance uses "freedom of speech" the way his ideological forefathers used "freedom of religion" to pretend what the Nazis wasn't all that bad.

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"Do you act like a schoolchild, who can survive and succeed only by conforming, or do you insist on your dignity and adult agency? Even in situations where the end seems preordained, as it certainly seemed to be in this case, will you be able to say, “I won’t be the one to do it”?" M. Gessen2/15/25

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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans. Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

submitted 9 days ago • 834 comments

CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 9 days ago • 53 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

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"The speech was silly and immature" Lord Sumption says of JD Vance. Sumption does see free speech challenges [from society] in UK but says authoritarianism of Trump Admini js a much bigger challenge to democracy. "The Administration of which Vance is part has come closest to destroying these values"

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NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

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Strong rumor with credible sourcing: DOJ has put all of public integrity line attorneys in a room and told them they have an hour for someone to choose who will sign motion to dismiss and if nobody does, they will all be fired. The nastiest strong-arming in DOJ history by a long shot.

submitted 9 days ago • 607 comments

George Monibot, "We have a Chancellor and. Prime Minister who seem to have no vision at all, except this thing called growth, GDP growth" "GDP should not be used as a measure of national welfare" #BBCQT

submitted 10 days ago • 44 comments

It gets worse, if you can believe it!

submitted 9 days ago • 12 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

submitted 10 days ago • 418 comments

I have an unexpected trip to Armenia in a couple of days. I don't have much time to prepare---I have never been before and know only basic current events and would love recommendations for biography, history, or fiction or any any great long-form journalism.

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