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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

submitted 8 hours ago • 181 comments

I can't think of a faster way to undermine the country than simultaneously firing government workers, cutting scientific research, rolling back protections on public health & environment, & cutting essential services. It's like the US was defeated in war and is being occupied by a hostile enemy.

submitted 17 hours ago • 328 comments

Five former defense secretaries denounced President Trump’s firing last week of the Joint Chiefs chairman and several other senior military officials, saying that the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons” and urging Congress to hold hearings.

submitted 11 hours ago • 115 comments

No, the Pentagon budget is not actually being slashed. It's being reshuffled to finance some alarming Trump priorities, including: border militarization, "Iron Dome" for America, and militarization against China. @stephensemler.bsky.social and I analyze the latest. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

submitted 12 hours ago • 34 comments

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge ordered Trump officials with knowledge of the workings of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to testify under oath in a lawsuit challenging the faux agency’s access to sensitive governmental databases. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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submitted 14 hours ago • 195 comments

Gutting Alzheimer's research. First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru... See also... newrepublic.com/article/1917... See also... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 13 hours ago • 322 comments

DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

submitted 15 hours ago • 1655 comments

"Frank traveled this month to DC to speak with Alaska’s congressional delegation... she said she was well received by Begich. “He assured that he 100% backed us on fighting to not have any cuts to Medicaid,” said Frank. Now, she said she feels betrayed by his vote..." www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

submitted 15 hours ago • 359 comments

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

submitted 15 hours ago • 337 comments

The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.

submitted 22 hours ago • 606 comments

You've heard of girl math, but have you heard of billionaire math? Trump's temporary tax handouts for the rich are expiring this year, and Republicans want working Americans to foot the bill. They're claiming it'll cost you nothing, but in reality, these tax handouts cost trillions.

submitted 21 hours ago • 69 comments

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submitted 17 hours ago • 79 comments

"Contracts to calibrate radiation detection equipment, to support cancer care and veterans cemetery management, among others were also targeted..." Just restating that for a sec here: -- calibrating radiation detection equipment -- cancer care -- veterans cemetaries www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 16 hours ago • 145 comments

Thank you, everyone! Trump’s staff purge at USAID prompted well-wishers to greet terminated workers at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. Dismissed employees were allotted 15 minutes to collect their personal belongings.

submitted 16 hours ago • 65 comments

Cowards, every single one of them

submitted 16 hours ago • 252 comments

Thought we were attempting to reduce the federal deficit? Instead, Trump’s proposed budget plan is projected to significantly increase it.

submitted 1 day ago • 158 comments

If this is enacted, Indiana will be sued.

submitted 1 day ago • 188 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 1 day ago • 475 comments

After Trump embraced crypto, Coinbase gave millions to PACs backing pro-Trump candidates. After Trump's win, they gave $1M to his inaugural and listed his meme coin. Now, Trump's SEC has dropped a major lawsuit against Coinbase. See how this works?

submitted 1 day ago • 122 comments

Lawrence: Trump and House GOP taking health care away from poor people so “Elon Musk can be richer.” @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com explains the “theft” behind Elon Musk’s effort to dismantle the agency that protects against exploitation by businesses. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqSS...

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

The Capitol Police arrested a group of peaceful protesters who demonstrated today in the Cannon House Office Building against the Trump’s decision to freeze foreign aid and lay off thousands of USAID workers. The president has made his message clear: disagree with them, and they will come after you.

submitted 1 day ago • 284 comments

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

submitted 1 day ago • 387 comments

Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 313 comments

Here is Rep. Nicole Malliotakis calling 264,000 of her own constituents “criminals” and “fraudsters”.

submitted 1 day ago • 43 comments

Rep Nicole Malliotakis represents Staten Island in Congress. One in three of her constituents receives health care through Medicaid. She voted LAST NIGHT to cancel the health insurance of 264,000 of her OWN constituents. She's betraying the voters that sent her to Congress.

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

Enough with the gaslighting. It is mathematically impossible to meet the requirements of the budget you voted for last night without gutting Medicaid. In fact, you signed the below letter A WEEK AGO acknowledging that. So were you lying then or are you lying now?

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

The GOP passed a budget resolution tonight that will gut Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs — as 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Why? To finance more tax cuts for the top 1%. We have socialism in this country for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.

submitted 2 days ago • 291 comments

This is what House Republicans voted for tonight. Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.

submitted 2 days ago • 255 comments

R’s have the votes in the House to cut Medicaid. That could/should change. Voting for the “framework” might be easier than voting to actually enact Medicaid cuts, but R’s won tonight. We will fight this in Senate but it will come down to people outside of the capitol being sufficiently pissed off.

submitted 2 days ago • 50 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Haha 😂 Trump appointees at USAID sent terminated employees a list of over 100 prohibited weapons they cannot bring when retrieving their belongings. The list includes firearms, axes, martial arts weapons like nunchucks and throwing stars, spearguns, and even dynamite.

submitted 2 days ago • 861 comments

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince wants the Trump administration to let private military contractors take over mass deportations. None of this is about making America safe. It's about using human suffering to enrich the border-industrial complex.

submitted 2 days ago • 137 comments

Vital services and protections for everyday Americans are being gutted thanks to DOGE. And this is happening in exchange for renewing one of the biggest tax cuts in American history that will predominantly benefit people like...you guessed it...Elon Musk. See the problem here?

submitted 2 days ago • 69 comments

They’re cutting Medicaid

submitted 2 days ago • 2129 comments

Trump says his 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican goods will begin next week. Reminder: tariffs aren't paid by other countries. They're eventually paid by us at the checkout line.

submitted 2 days ago • 154 comments

1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs: "Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..." www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 1236 comments

When Musk’s role in govt or in FAA oversight was under consideration, perhaps it was fair to say “raising concerns about conflicts.” When he announced SpaceX would redesign the ATC system, that was at least a clear conflict. Now they’re buying SpaceX products to do it, it is just plain corruption.

submitted 2 days ago • 126 comments

Not really the intention of this particular act of protest, but if anyone wanted Donald Trump to take the problem of AI deepfakes seriously, this is probably not a bad way to go about it: youtu.be/26SNH8iuC-M?...

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments