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Passionate about public media and education. You should register to vote. Used to be ElastigirlVotes.
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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 470 comments

Stands up; claps appreciatively 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

If the Trump administration ignores court orders, judges have a range of options available to ensure compliance. Here are some of the most powerful tools at their disposal:

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

The view from Europe: still Gulf of Mexico. Though Google also tries to please its neo-colonial Overlord... who took lessons from Master Putin. "Don't obey in advance." Timothy Snyder @defenddemocracy.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

In 1950 alone, over 33,000 Americans fell victim to polio. The development & use of polio vaccines have been a major success story in public health. Research & development saves lives. Prez Musk is cutting funding to the National Institute of Health. Feel safe? youtu.be/kk2IDigWBN8?...

submitted 13 days ago • 20 comments

My timeline is full of people protesting in all 50 states, Senators speaking all night to filibuster Trump‘s cabinet nominees, and other Democrats getting in front of the camera to rally supporters and speak up. On a night when my own tank is empty, these nationwide actions give me so much hope.

submitted 16 days ago • 18 comments

Elon Musk weighed in on this April's WI State Supreme Court election on behalf of the Republican. He will spend millions to flip this seat and control of the court. 2 things: 1. Follow our candidate here: @crawfordforwi.bsky.social 2. Send her a donation here: secure.actblue.com/donate/sc-we...

submitted 30 days ago • 17 comments

**Good News** Category: Not bending the knee

submitted 30 days ago • 9 comments

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision — turning 15 this month — has played an enduring role in putting the very wealthiest donors at the center of U.S. campaigns and governance. Here's what we can do to take our elections back:

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Evening message of strength.

submitted 34 days ago • 22 comments

Bezos spiked the Washington Post editorial endorsing Harris, saying that the paper needed to stay neutral to maintain the trust of its readership. Now the Washington Post editorial board is out with a piece urging Congress to rubber stamp nearly all of Trump's cabinet nominees

submitted 41 days ago • 748 comments

Do all the CEOs who have spent the last several weeks sucking up to Trump not believe the ~2 dozen women who have accused Trump of sexual assault? Or do they just not care? What kind of message does this send to their employees?

submitted 42 days ago • 293 comments

Resolution 4 from linguist George Lakoff and communications strategist seems particularly important today. Californians must have our help and support. Also, positivity creates solidarity, which we desperately need. 💙 Be a Jimmy. #BeAJimmy

submitted 44 days ago • 6 comments

Spot on. Every antivaxxer and antimasker should be forced to listen to this.. 😷 💉 #CovidIsNotOver

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

This is highly disconcerting. WaPo editors killed an editorial cartoon that mocked Bezos and other tech oligarchs. Will the Post respond to this? Democracy dies with accommodation. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

submitted 49 days ago • 383 comments

I know you love your children, Nebraska parents. Surely you don't want your children to get polio, whooping cough, or measles. I'm sure you don't wish those horrible diseases on your friends and neighbors, either. So vaccinate your kids. #VaccinesWork #PublicHealth

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

this urge to launder rfk jr. as “just a guy who is right about a few things” is such a perfect example of how liberals are people who won’t take their own side in a fight

submitted 52 days ago • 1033 comments

Understanding conspiracy theories: 1. There’s a kernel of truth 2. Someone gains influence or power by promoting it 3. Believers dislike the group it targets 4. There’s a strong negative emotional hook. 5. Scientific evidence is dismissed as an effort to hide the “truth” #StormTipOfTheDay

submitted 52 days ago • 59 comments

Happy New Year everyone! And somehow be nostalgic for a period of time and aesthetic that I am quite certain never existed, except in an '80s executive's cocaine fever-dream!

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Here are the companies that pledged to withhold donations from election deniers in 2020 and are now funding Trump's inauguration: Ford, Intuit, Toyota, PhRMA, Goldman Sachs, General Motors, Bank of America, AT&T and Stanley Black & Decker.

submitted 52 days ago • 12 comments

“Indeed, when we compare the popular-vote-percentages of the two major-party candidates, it turns out that the 2024 election was one of the closest presidential contests in American history.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

submitted 53 days ago • 10 comments