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This is a solidly red district in Georgia. Republicans are really starting to feel the pressure — let’s keep turning up the heat. Your representatives are back home for congressional recess and we’ve got events planned around the country (including Tesla dealerships). LFG: indivisible.org/muskorus

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Spineless, yellow-bellied, lily-livered, weak-kneed, pusillanimous chickenshits.

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The ‘real’ reason they are gutting the IRS…👇 Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?!

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📣 TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 📣 On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️ #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025

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I mean this. When Shillace’s book comes available, everyone should read it. One of the most incredible histories of the rise of fascism in Germany and the trans people who lived there. The stories are incredible and the things she uncovered are indispensable.

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Secretary Turner wants to cancel HUD programs that serve seniors and people with disabilities. Harming seniors and vulnerable Americans does not make our government more efficient. Senator Warren, Senator Smith, and I are holding this Administration accountable.

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1. Alabama, in a rush to pass an anti-trans law defining sex, may have also just formally greenlit sex-based segregation in many settings. The law, recently signed, ends legal recognition of transgender people. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

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Do you have an #IRA? Have you hear about Republican's Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act? Or the Retirement Enhancements and Savings Act of 2019(RESA)? The government now wants to take a large cut via “death taxes” to pay for F47’s tax cuts for the 1%. www.salon.com/2019/06/23/c...

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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We will get to the bottom of this

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San Francisco Bay Bridge view from Chinatown #scape #photography #cityscape #california #fujifilm

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Authors are proudly certifying their human-created works! From collections to mermaid tales, from diet guides to copyright histories - writers are using the Authors Guild's new Human Authored certification to verify their creative work. Learn more: authorsguild.org/human-author...

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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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The federal police misconduct database that the Department of Justice just deleted at Donald Trump's direction was one that @crewcrew.bsky.social had long advocated for. It's incredibly disheartening that a key avenue for holding officers who committed misconduct accountable is now gone.

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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#GoldenAgeOfAmerica 🇺🇸

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“Schools that are facing pressure from Trump’s appointees should be mindful that students - especially LGBTQ+ students - who are excluded from or denied access to parts of the school experience are also empowered to assert their individual rights in court.” www.glsen.org/blog/schools...

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I really hope so😅

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LGBTQIA ACTION: VIRGINIA

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This energy! Thanks to all those who showed up in person to protest Kevin Kylie’s lies as he announces the end of a high-speed rail project between SF and LA that was voted for and which receives majority support for in CA. #highspeedrail #CA #federalfunding #magalies youtube.com/shorts/1a4XQ...

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#healthcarenews #AMA

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#virginia #datacenters #energy #PEC #chrismiller #cville

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He fell victim to one of the classic blunders – the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" – but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go against Judge Reyes when snark is on the line!"

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i’m sorry i had to @topshelfrecords.com

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Democratic leaders: I think it's abundantly clear at this point that simply going along to get along ain't gonna work. Trying to negotiate ain't gonna work. Being collegial ain't gonna work. What you're doing right now isn't working. Take your gloves off and punch back. Hard.

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Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)

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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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#chriscoons #justbusiness #gaza

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#theunjustman

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#introvertedwarrior

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#resistance

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#federaljobs #federalworkers #governmentfirings

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“Judge Ana Reyes spent Tuesday picking apart the Trump administration's arguments that President Donald Trump's executive order in and of itself is not a ban on transgender military service. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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slate.com/life/2025/02...

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wapo.st/3X7yTGS #uva #wesleyan #dei #resistance “The story of American higher education has been hijacked by people who’ve benefited from it. They’ve succeeded in life in part because of the education they’ve had. But they get out and then they kind of pull up the ladder.” ~ #michaelroth

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