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How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

submitted 16 hours ago • 681 comments

So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

submitted 14 hours ago • 147 comments

If you look closely, you’ll notice I’ve been wearing the same shirt on all my national appearances. This is not because I am a slovenly gamer (even though that’s what I am), it’s a very deliberate decision. This is the shirt.

submitted 14 hours ago • 57 comments

that Trumpers think the US Postal SERVICE should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

submitted 16 hours ago • 811 comments

It's been a crazy week – and Donald Trump is trying to silence journalists who stand up to him. It’s working. Here's the most important thing you missed: youtu.be/4Ch2t4ffc0o?...

submitted 20 hours ago • 111 comments

Tom Krause is in charge of both a sensitive government payment system and a company that has millions of dollars’ worth of active contracts with various federal agencies through distribution partners, a WIRED review finds. Conflicts posed by this are unprecedented in the modern era, experts say.

submitted 17 hours ago • 35 comments

Important new Times piece which has new details on issue @TPM discussed earlier this week: use of blocking notifications on Federal Register as way of circumventing court order to unfreeze NIH grant funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...

submitted 16 hours ago • 13 comments

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

submitted 21 hours ago • 2122 comments

Other than boycotting businesses and calling representatives, have you found solid ways to resist the regime? I want to do more but I’m struggling on deciding what that “what” should be.

submitted 22 hours ago • 467 comments

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

submitted 21 hours ago • 659 comments

Some updates: 1. A federal judge extended a restraining order blocking the National Institutes of Health from cutting research funds until she rules on a permanent injunction. 2. The IRS will not allow a member of Elon Musk’s team to access individual tax returns.

submitted 21 hours ago • 112 comments

it's just dribs and drabs here and there. but a lot of stuff has hit the ag sector over the last few weeks mostly out of the media sight. ag labs with half their staffs fired, small but important markets selling commodities to USAID. various grants and contracts for woodland management.

submitted 18 hours ago • 12 comments

FOX NEWS: You are against people bringing in eggs that have not been-- I mean, we have the USDA for a reason. These could be contaminated and bring illnesses in. GALLEGO: Absolutely. This is why we shouldn't be firing USDA inspectors that are actually doing oversight over avian flu

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Dear @cnn.com, The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?

submitted 22 hours ago • 1004 comments

Nice interview with Julian Vasquez Heilig!

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

submitted 18 hours ago • 642 comments

President Trump: "You better do it, because you're not going to get any federal funding at all if you don't..." Gov. Janey Mills (D-ME): "See you in court." President Trump: "Good. I'll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be an easy one."

submitted 21 hours ago • 3 comments

Friends, I need y'all to reach out to your representatives and do some advocacy for Tribal College students 🙏 Please see the announcement below. NIEA and AIHEC are also engaging in this Call to Action! Please share.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

The full NTSB data is online and easily gone through. Anyone can verify these statistics independently. If you don't trust the Tr*mp regime websites, you can pull up the previous version on the Internet Archive.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

Harbor seal & pup at Children's Pool in La Jolla #sandiego

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AOC is showing what resistance looks like; Schumer, Hochul, and the rest of D leadership not so much. www.publicnotice.co/p/aoc-homan-...

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

TOMORROW: Join us for a march to protect the safer streets, cleaner air, and better transit we won together and remind President Trump whose streets these are! 🗓️Saturday, Feb 22 | 🕒 3PM | 📍 Times Square (Broadway + 47th St)

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

There’s something happening in this country.

submitted 1 day ago • 748 comments

🏝️ Big news for island conservation! The Island Ocean Connection Challenge welcomes 3 of New Zealand’s most ecologically rich islands to its mission to restore and rewild 40 vital island-ocean ecosystems by 2030! It's an ambitious goal, but we're up for the challenge—now at 20 ecosystems and growing!

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: In a 5-4 win for unemployed workers, the Supreme Court allows their lawsuit to proceed alleging that Alabama is illegally delaying their benefits. Kavanaugh writes the majority, joined by the Dem appointees and Chief Justice. Thomas writes the dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

A small government team at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for regulating autonomous cars—which Elon Musk claims are the future of Tesla—is being cut nearly in half by Musk. Conflict of interest?

submitted 1 day ago • 203 comments

The DOJ is investigating UnitedHealthcare over billing fraud to funnel extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans, the Wall Street Journal reports. UnitedHealthcare shares have already dropped 9% since the story broke.

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

President Trump's interference in DC's governance is making the strongest case yet that DC needs statehood. Securing DC's right to govern itself is a matter of fairness and democracy. Read our new analysis:

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I wrote this for me, and also maybe for you? I hope it helps: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/feel...

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