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Big protest coming to Stonewall National Monument in just an hour or two. If you are in the area, get down there, be active, show your disapproval of the removal of transgender people from all online websites for the Stonewall National Monument page!

submitted 6 hours ago • 11 comments

My weekly column and news roundup of our national crisis, written in the style of how the US media would—with more clear-eyed authority—cover these events if they were happening overseas: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...

submitted 9 hours ago • 17 comments

This is a huge ruling. It signals that court will not be a rubber stamp.

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

“Operation Whirlwind” What’s Happening Now? In 2025, Operation Whirlwind was launched under Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin to investigate alleged threats against employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

submitted 5 hours ago • 112 comments

"We know that Project 2025 and Agenda 47 both included references to...using military forces to put down public protest and assist in mass deportations and interments. Lawyers with a loose relationship with the law would happily approve...uses of our apolitical military against our own people."

submitted 2 hours ago • 0 comments

Oh, FFS, this is nuts. Beyond legallity, love to see how this works for DOD/Intel people who only have classified email working on TS and above stuff. Or say, wildland fire fighters or prison guards? www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 3 hours ago • 29 comments

Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with DOGE when Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 8 hours ago • 27 comments

Temporary Protective Status allows immigrants fleeing violence and persecution to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation. Revoking TPS is not only cruel — it's unlawful.

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

New, from me: Unpacking the Friday night news: *The military purges have begun - why do they also include lawyers? *A Judge is allowing the dismantling of USAID to proceed. This reflects a pattern where Judges are ignoring the broader democratic risks. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

submitted 6 hours ago • 11 comments

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

submitted 6 hours ago • 280 comments

10 Signs You Might Be A Sociopath

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Elon is now promoting a propaganda mouthpiece of the Kremlin. Aleksandr Dugin is a Russian far-right political philosopher whose stated goals are Ukrainian genocide and the destruction of America.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 1 day ago • 341 comments

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to pull thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers off the job in the United States and around the world.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

One of the first targets here will almost certainly be blocking the mailing of abortion medications like mifepristone. If I'm right, it'll be a the biggest blow to reproductive freedom since the repeal of Roe.

submitted 1 day ago • 453 comments

I wrote about the push to "billionaire-proof" social media, including plans for a new nonprofit to build out "an entire ecosystem of interconnected apps" running on Bluesky's protocol. Gift link to today's Tech Brief: wapo.st/40fTk4X

submitted 39 days ago • 39 comments

🏳️‍⚧️ The State of WA v Donald Trump 🏳️‍⚧️ Yesterday, CDC and other federal staff were notified of a temp restraining order that blocks the EO to freeze fed funds to institutions in WA, OR and MN providing gender affirming care.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

This is really something

submitted 1 day ago • 1774 comments

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from illegally firing the chair of a board that protects federal workers from unfair employment practices like politically motivated firings.

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS @democracyforward.org request to allow expedited discovery in lawsuit challenging DOGE access to Department of Labor data. First instance of discovery being permitted in the Trump accountability cases. Visit Democracy Docket for more info. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 3 days ago • 221 comments

s/o to @goldengateblond.bsky.social pulling these screenshots from twitter - just mind numbing ineptitude with DOGE [alt text added minus the charts]

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments