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“On Saturday, the more than 1,000 people who packed into Nevins Hall in…Framingham had just one message for the Cambridge lawmaker: Keep it up.” ‘Not on my watch’: At fiery town hall, Mass. Sen. Warren draws battle lines over Trump, Musk www.masslive.com/politics/202...

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If you’re a federal employee who got an email from Elon asking what you did last week, reply, “Not as much ketamine as you did, fuckwad”

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www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...

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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.

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USDA launches review of Maine after Maine Governor's interaction with Trump...

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Remembering W. H. Auden on his birthday 🎂 📷 George Platt Lynes, 1947 "Given poetry’s almost total isolation from public discourse today, there’s something deeply appealing about Auden’s quest to establish a poetry of public intimacy." - Meghan O'Rourke The photo must be a metaphor for something!

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My next book is set in the world of podcasts, dogs, influencers and sketchy dating advice. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720444...

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Read the real stories about what USAID cuts mean, not the Musk propaganda www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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I feel like you should know how to be a human being BEFORE we let you run for office. These people are small, horrible, and unable to have empathy for other humans. The people that voted for them are assumed to be the same until they show anything different.

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Sunset on the Sea John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872) 1872 One of the group of paintings called "The Last Summer's Work," left behind in Kensett's studio at Darien, Connecticut, at his death in December 1872.

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They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.

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"The Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity. . .in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a 'deal,' but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony."@timothysnyder.bsky.social

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These are the kind of letters people are receiving if they dare to question this administration. We have a constitutional right and duty to speak up. #DemocracyNotDictatorship

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Putting a face to what you read in the news. Until last Friday, I served our nation working as a Research Ecologist with the US Geological Survey (USGS). As a federal scientist, I provided robust, defensible information to support good decisions in natural resource management.

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"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 is. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Funding for DOGE has reached $40 million. Elon Musk's corrupt and illegal maneuvers are costing Americans huge sums as he exaggerates "savings" and cuts funding to crucial services. From @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Good questions!

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EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

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

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Dude is golfing on a f*cking Wednesday. I still can’t believe even a single person voted for him.

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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As we approach vote on government funding, let’s make one thing CLEAR: The government is already shutdown. Trump and Musk shut it down. GOP in Congress did nothing to stop them.

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I rounded up a bunch of local reporting on what cuts to agencies like the National Parks Service and the Forest Service could mean for public lands. We may never be able to draw a direct line between the decimation of the civil service and future catastrophes. But the consequences are inevitable.🌎🧪

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man this is legit no different than a 4chan /pol/ post. like truly no difference, down to the ASMR gag. from the white house account.

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These are vile, reprehensible, loathsome people, unworthy of the slightest respect or consideration. All of them. Anyone who has not abandoned the Republican Party deserves utter disdain and social shunning. I will regard you with contempt you if you so much as hold a door for one of them.

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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

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New post, from Jason Benell @jastiger.bsky.social: This is the true story of Iowa, I think. A state that would rather believe stories about ourselves than live up to them. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/14/i...

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What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

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BIG NEWS: We're holding DOGE accountable. It's not "efficient" to allow Elon Musk's operatives to mess with the systems that send Social Security checks or pay for your mom’s doctor through Medicare. It's dangerous for the economy and a breach of privacy for millions of Americans.

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One of Elon Musk’s closest friends, a billionaire co-founder of Airbnb, is taking a role in President Trump’s administration to help Musk carry out his drive to slash the federal bureaucracy, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

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One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

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In the aftermath of one of America’s most devastating natural disasters, Rolling Stone presents a three-part special report uncovering stories of survival and resilience, investigate the impact of climate change, and more. www.rollingstone.com/p/los-angele...

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13 February 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Edith Levy, was born in Paris. In April 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

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