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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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

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The Supreme Court, in its first ruling on President Trump’s use of executive power during his second term, decided that he cannot, for now, dismiss the government lawyer leading the watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistle-blowers.

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Literally no one asked him and no one cares what he has to say. 🧄

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Turns out the Dow doesn’t love it

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Gen-X knows 🤣

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Worst. Episode. EVER.

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From training to rehearsal: Why ‘brazen’ Chinese warships are off Sydney’s coaston February 22, 2025 at 3:18 am The geopolitical earthquake in Europe will inevitably see aftershocks in Asia. Those aftershocks have arrived. Welcome, Australia, to an entirely new Pacific security environment. The…

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Modern-Day Peaceful Protest… TikTokers are hunting Cybertrucks—pulling up behind them and projecting anti-Elon Musk messages onto the tailgate. What’s genius: the driver has zero rear visibility & zero idea. The Cybertruck Hunters account launched a week ago and already dropped a dozen videos.

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So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

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Yes, please.

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Trump's KGB Codename: Krasnov

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@propublica.org with great reporting again on DOGE. DOGE is Schroedinger's organization according to the Trumpers: it both is and is not an agency, is and is not run by Elon, is and is not receiving federal funding. Propublica identified $40M in federal funding redirected to DOGE from agencies.

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Go off @jayasaxena.com

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BREAKING - The Dow just had its worst drop since March 2020 — at the beginning of Covid Back then it was a pandemic mismanaged by Trump Now it’s tariffs and inflation mismanaged by Trump Watch out — Trump is giving America economic Covid

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What would MLK think? What would John Lewis think? What would Malcolm X think? What would James Baldwin think? What would Fredrick Douglass think? What would W.E.B Du Bois think? What would Rosa Parks think? What would Thurgood Marshall think? What would Harriet Tubman think of King Trump?

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"We the Builders” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real world impact of its access to government tech systems"

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THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

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Great essay not just on #takedowntesla but how it's working and how it exemplifies direct action (Waging Nonviolence is always worth checking out):

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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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@resistlist.bsky.social here's a cool event. Angelenos protesting transportation secretary Sean Duffy with wit and bravado. bsky.app/profile/awal...

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At the core of transphobia is the belief that men are inherently superior to women. It's the reason fascists and evangelical fundamentalists embrace it so wholeheartedly.

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During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived. His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Slava Ukraine! Heroyam Slava! 💙💛

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"The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe," - Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola.

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I suppose it’s the most tactical calculus. Go it alone & depend on EU military puts them in the middle of the next European WWIII—a risky yet principled choice. Throw in with Trump and hope midterms will reverse him—odds aren’t totally bad. Take a bad deal with Russia—absolute worst option.

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It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint. In order to pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry. Make sure everyone knows it.

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So glad I took the time to read this piece by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social: "The people wreaking all this destruction are betting on us being self-interested, not idealistic, fearful not rebellious, and I hope we'll prove it was a bad bet." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/this-is-real...

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So traditionally/historically. Republicans have always done what trump and republicans are doing now. Difference is. They've done it low key. Using their ability to hide in the bushes specifically to blame others. Trickledown economics is an example of that. Not many followed politics...(1)

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EXACTLY.

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Der Spiegel is HUGE PUBLICATION NOT ONLY GERMANY BUT EUROPE "VERRATEN" German for BETRAYRD

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