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Ag groups on the tariffs "it is a shit show" agfundernews.com/food-ag-grou...

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President Donald Trump’s executive order on voting, issued Tuesday, has caused alarm among voting rights advocates, who fear that the measure’s restrictions on mail voting and its attempt to impose proof of citizenship requirements could disenfranchise millions.

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The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections. While the courts can stand in the way of his twisted vision for America, they can never completely halt it. Trump knows this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

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A lesson in right vs wrong: Using government power to target political enemies is wrong. Standing up for those who are targeted is right. Bowing down is wrong. Refusing to be deterred and stating tall is right. Silence is wrong. Peaceful opposition is right. www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/p...

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Is "unusual" really the best the New York Times can do?

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And the legacy media will do nothing...except sit politely in their assigned seats. My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.

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This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?

submitted 6 days ago • 1374 comments

RIP to the U.S. Institute of Peace — nearly all staff members have been fired.

submitted 6 days ago • 614 comments

Great turnout for @teslatakedown.com at the 20th St location in Bellevue, WA!!

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Half of the United States has been slowly and carefully inculcated by Fox News to believe that the other half of the country is their enemy and out to ruin their lives. Once this was established, it didn't take long for those viewers to value hurting these other Americans over helping themselves.

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My politics are simple.. In the richest country on the face of the earth, no one should live on the streets.

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Over 300 Texans have gotten measles since January. So why would Trump and Musk cut funding for fighting infectious diseases? Because Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to give that money away in tax cuts for billionaires.

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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

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One consequence of tolerating pseudoscience is that people die when its legitimatization becomes baked into our culture, health care systems, and institutions.

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If any of these are your representatives, urge them to divest from Tesla: Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.).

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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc. Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight? scienceimpacts.org H/T to Prathima !

submitted 7 days ago • 945 comments

#Greenland 🇬🇱

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If you’re looking for some sleepy time white noise tonight, I had an idea this week… It’s a white noise video that donates all revenue to Partners in Health and you can watch it here: youtu.be/dv2XyqC-EQ4

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#TeslaTakedown Seattle in SODO.

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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

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#Resistance ✌️ #TeslaTakeDown

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USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...

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I don’t know who needs to hear this but fascism often begins with the slow erosion of civil liberties and the rise of authoritarianism under the guise of ‘security measures’.

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Mark Cuban wants to revolutionize US health care thehill.com/policy/healt...

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Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.

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I just got a public death threat from a few folks who noticed I am doing a library event to talk about my career and my books. They called me all the familiar names, then “I won’t be sad if someone shoots her in the face.” And a woman’s reply, “Right between the eyes.” I am a children’s author.

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we really need to stop saying “arrested” by ICE. the word you’re looking for is “kidnapped”.

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This doesn't look good, folks www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States: Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Netherlands New Zealand United Kingdom

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