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Unfortunately I won’t be to DC in time, but this rally for Ukraine is happening in Lincoln memorial. Attend if you can and Slava Ukrainii!

200 million dollars of waste.

The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year. Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools. All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools. Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump

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Next up, they will attempt to destroy the Bureau of Labor Statistics to make accurate reporting of employment numbers impossible. They will re-mix the covid-era "if we stop testing for covid, we'ed have very few cases" but for the economy.

Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due. Pete Hegseth supports cuts of up to 8% of civilian workforce as Trump bids to institute massive government cuts. #Voices4Victory www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Brown’s dismissal, coupled with Caine’s improbable elevation, added to a sense of dismay that has prevailed across the national security establishment Trump is also poised to remove several other top military leaders—focusing on Black and women officers www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Some things to know about General Brown: - 41 years of military service - F16 fighter pilot and instructor with 3000 flight hours, 130 in combat - Master’s in aeronautical science - son of a U.S. Army colonel and Vietnam veteran - grandson of a WW2 veteran

"Golden Era"

NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

🇺🇸 I’m 2:30 minutes in and decided to post this video right away. Bernie is telling Americans how to fight. Go Bernie! 💕🇨🇦 @sanders.senate.gov #usapoli #resistTrump #resistoligarchy youtu.be/BiXs6OYBM0U?...

Folks are asking, “what should I do in this moment?” One of the most passionate, progressive voices in Congress for 30 years, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden answers that question. Here’s our conversation, inside a replica of the Senate chamber at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: youtu.be/n_nQ-Moa9fI?...

If you're in DC, be there.

Despite a federal judge’s order for foreign aid to resume, humanitarian groups said this week that global response efforts to countries in need are in chaos, with millions of pounds of food still undelivered and a government payment system barely functioning. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Today in DC 2pm Lincoln Memorial Stand with Ukraine Show the Ukrainian people and the world that we stand with democracy We reject Putin and our treasonous leader who supports him

Good morning! Happy #Caturday to all. This is Rana doing her best “cat lying in sun” impression. I think she nailed it.

Brown had to go - he was serving his country while black.

Boom! 17,000 letters sent to Congress. Help us get to 20,000 letters here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

#50501 March 4

wait this can't be right, we have two business geniuses at the helm

A must watch moment: Republican Sen Tom Tillis shows he may have a spine after all. I know it’s hard to believe, but he actually calls out Putin 👀 Thanks to @reallyamerican.bsky.social

It’s been clear since the v1.0, actually.

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.

musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds. um... www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

The People’s Hotline is blowing up on social media. Clips of YOUR CALLS are reaching MILLIONS of Americans. 🚨 We are looking for real, personal stories about how the Trump Administration is impacting you and your family. 🚨 These calls are cutting through the noise. Please call & PASS IT ON!

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.

Someone better tell DOGE there’s this guy working from home

— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

BREAKING: USCP is arresting Enrique Tarrio for swiping his hand at a counterprotester who got in his face.

Tomorrow. Stand with Ukraine.

Now why do you think it is that DOJ dismissed charges against SpaceX WITH prejudice but Emil Bove plans to hold charges over Eric Adams' head for almost four more years? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

On Saturday I'll be at the Lincoln Memorial at 2pm ET to support Ukraine

2 fucking headlines right next to each other

When even the New York Post has to publish this, you know you fucked up.

My god what’s next? This is only the beginning for those of us on Medicare!