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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Bondi, Gabbard, Patel & Co. investigate this...? I actually LOL'd. The only way this happens is if they see some huge advantage for themselves.

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

Even a blind hedgie can find a berry occasionally... 🙄

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

"...suggest that [they] don’t fully understand it.” Guys, you're gonna need to dial down that hyperbolic language. 🤦‍♂️

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“We are bathing in mystery and confusion… That will always be our destiny. The universe will always be much richer than our ability to understand it.” Wonderful, wonder-full lost interview with Carl Sagan

TBF, glue is probably used in most vehicles, somewhere. 👽 just didn't do adequate thermal stress testing, since everyone has a climate-controlled garage. As one assumes.

For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

The Scream: Napoleon Bonapartheid Edition

On Lawfare Daily, @qjurecic.bsky.social spoke to @wendyedelberg.bsky.social and @jleibenluft.bsky.social to understand what the Bureau of the Fiscal Service a the Treasury Dept is, why it is alarming to have political appointees accessing it, and what it tells us about the administration’s goals.

"ecexutive..." The new "covfefe."

Incredibly chilling and clear-eyed piece from @frank-bowman.bsky.social spelling out the implications of Trump’s latest executive orders—which, stripped of their muddled legalese, essentially anoint him as a monarch with absolute power. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Well. Is that the royal "we?"

🚨 NEW: 10 More Times Jay Bhattacharya, Trump's Pick for NIH Director, was Dead Wrong About COVID-19 A deeper review into the many pitiful errors and moral depravity that disqualify Jay Bhattacharya from serving as NIH Director. 👇 READ, SHARE WIDELY, SUBSCRIBE: www.panaccindex.info/p/10-more-ti...

Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

List of Telegram search tools from "OSINT Experts Society" Linkedin group. #osint #socmint

Howard Lutnick, Trump’s billionaire buddy turned commerce secretary, has confirmed that the administration was simply lying to MAGA supporters about not touching Social Security and Medicare.

A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.

I have never wished harder for an Onion story to be real.

I have no idea how tall 👽 is, but he is such a shriveled, pathetic Gollum of a man. I almost feel sorry for him. Almost.

NEW: Let’s Disavow The Myth of Government Efficiency. There is no “right” way to slash the federal government. The center, center left and left should be pushing for more federal resources, not less. 1/20 therevolvingdoorproject.org/lets-disavow...

Don't let the door hit you on your way out, Mitch. Or, do. 🤷‍♂️

A man with no law enforcement experience who promotes conspiracy theories, supports Jan 6 insurrectionists, and has an enemies list is now the head of our FBI—the "Best and Brightest," folks. Senate narrowly confirms Trump nominee Kash Patel for FBI director wapo.st/41pgR5d

Expecting this list to get longer... What was it for 1.0, 40k lies? Man has a record to beat.

"Most Americans don’t want to believe that their government is taking life­saving medicine away from sick people in Africa, or betraying Afghans who sacrificed for this country" But it's happening www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Comical, yes... Although some days it's closer to gallows-humor. 😬

You know this is 100% going to happen…

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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“put it on his fucking gravestone”

Please check out and share our very first Resistance Daily Brief, where we sum up the resistance actions of the day, provide information about upcoming actions, reveal cracks in the MAGA regime, educate on nonviolent resistance, and offer a dose of inspiration. substack.com/home/post/p-... #resist

I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road. NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

Public Environmental Data Partners archives climate datasets, uploading copies to public repositories and cataloging where and how to find them if they go missing from government websites. Scholars explain: #climatechange #data #epa #NOAA https://buff.ly/432r34Q

Evening peeps! Can I get a fave from all my followers. I was told morale in FEMA, has never been lower and it’s affecting them bad. Can we drop them some love they can see? And if your area needs a feel good SO, drop me a DM. I’ll go first.