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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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Dismantling the department would put Pell grants and other need-based aid programs at risk, which would disproportionately harm low-income students.

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Gosh, @nytimes.com, it's almost like you shouldn't have abrogated your journalistic responsibilities or tried so hard to normalize and 'sanewash' his candidacy

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🗳️ As voting ended across Germany, the first exit polls have been released. The centre-right CDU leads with 28.5%, according to the latest ZDF and ARD poll, followed by the far-right AfD at 20%. tinyurl.com/4h4pzcmv

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"What has been happening in Serbia... is a historic development worth paying attention to, given that it comes against the backdrop of Europe-wide backsliding on democracy and a crisis of the political establishment." — #AJOpinion by Saša Savanović ⤵️

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I had to delete my book post from last night. I posted it late, and without my glasses and I didn't notice that it autocorrected 'palate' to 'pallet'. 🙄

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The two hosts who refused to normalize fascists were let go, not the bootlickers. Joy and Alex were not why their ratings have tanked post constitutional crisis.

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February 22, 2025

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Across the US government, workers failed to get clear guidance on whether or how to respond to an email asking what they did this week, despite Elon Musk’s claim that their jobs are at risk.

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Do I think he's a spy? Probably not. However, do I think he was desperate for cash, compromised, and became a useful idiot who fell prey to Putin's charm, flattery, and propaganda? The evidence of that is and has been patently obvious during his decade of political life, especially this past week.

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It’s nice to finally take an after-dinner walk while it's still light outside.

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⚡️EU considers confiscating part of Russia’s frozen $280 billion, Bloomberg reports. The European Union is discussing how to seize Russia’s frozen central bank assets to provide financial and military aid to Ukraine, as concerns grow that the United States may scale back its support.

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The federal government pays 90% of HIP costs, it saves Indiana by keeping Hoosiers out of the emergency room. Cutting healthcare for thousands will only raise premiums on everyone.

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So far only kinetic impactors such as DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) have been tested

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Kash Patel says he never promoted QAnon, here are all the times he did.

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My dear friend has entered hospice for the last part of her journey here on earth, with weeks to live, this GoFundMe is for her family. Anything you can give is appreciated. #hoosiersky

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Illegally cutting cancer research and meals on wheels to pay for PR ads for themselves.

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Welcome to affirmative action for white male mediocrity, which has a long, long history but is all ramped up and shouty and sulky right now.

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BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment. This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back. Well done AP👏

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Bravo Montréal 👏🏼

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Have you watched the newest episode of MAX's The PITT and you've just learned about the Freedom House Ambulance Service, which in the '60s and ’70s was the country’s first EMS organization, then the Freedom House Ambulance: THE FIRST RESPONDERS doc should be your next watch.

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This is how Autocrats use the tools at their disposal to suppress and intimidate critical voices, including the Free Press

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Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”

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There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

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Hunter Schafer announced in an 8+ min video that her new passport misgenders her, presumably because of Trump's announcement that the US govt only recognize gender as assigned at birth. she (rightly) connects it to fascist history, like Nazis burning the Institute of Sexology in 1933 @teenvogue.com

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The saddest thing about the MAGA voters getting screwed by MAGA is when they post online thinking that Trump and Elon Musk would care enough to read and react to their personal pleas to be made exempt from the policies they voted for. Anyway let's see how Grimes is doing

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#HoosierSky

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Trump is torching US diplomacy and soft power Abandoning alliances Repeating Russian talking points Calling for massive military cuts *Planning a purge of the US military Taking a wrecking ball to American national security and global stability.

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Oh, look, we've entered our Mad King phase Da da da dat da dat da da da ya da Da da dat da da ya da!

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If some of you would consider sharing the original post to boost it, it would be, I'm sure, extremely appreciated.

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My dear friend has entered hospice for the last part of her journey here on earth, with weeks to live, this GoFundMe is for her family. Anything you can give is appreciated. #hoosiersky

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My city, Indianapolis has pockets of walkability but remains a very car-dependent place. You can get around by bike, Uber/Lyft, and bus of course but it takes effort, and planning and you would still mostly be limited to one or two geographic regions of a city that sprawls into 5 different counties

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“An unborn child would include any fertilized egg, also effectively banning many fertility and IVF procedures."

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At the request of the Trump Admin, the Ntl Park Service removed references to trans people in this essay w/o consulting the writer, historian @wendylrouse.bsky.social. Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️ drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...

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Was just told by a longtime friend that she has about six weeks to live. She thought it was a UTI, but when they examined her, her bladder cancer had returned, and this time there is nothing else to do. She was there for me when I most needed someone during my own illness. Cancer fucking sucks

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Thread.

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As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that refraining from provoking the authoritarian is not how it works. Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.

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Indianapolis! Holla! #FiftyFiftyOne #50501movement #NoKingsDay

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I can't with Meryl Streep rn 😂🤣 #SNL50

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Environmental activist (and COVID denier) Woody Harrelson's joined his good buddy on those commercials for AI, and I wonder if anyone's explained to him just how horrible AI is for the environment and how much water it uses? What's that? They paid him a ton of money not to care? Ah, gotcha

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Watching the #SNL50 live show

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You guys have fucked up so bad you made Quebec patriotic

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Gambling ads in podcasts are crazy rn; the ads themselves are 10 seconds, followed by 20 seconds of warnings and 800 numbers about the dangers of gambling addiction. And they're everywhere. I absolutely loathe them

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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