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This speech lives rent free in my brain nowadays.

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Amen to that.

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Congratulations to Governor Stein on being appointed as co-chair of the White House Council of Governors. I have no doubt that your leadership will benefit our state and our country. www.cbs17.com/news/capitol...

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

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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Trump’s policies will harm our economy and our environment. Halting offshore wind energy permitting will have serious consequences for North Carolina’s economy and clean energy future. cardinalpine.com/2025/02/20/t...

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NEW: In a win for democracy, the U.S. Supreme Court paused an emergency request from Trump and allowed the head of the whistleblower agency to remain in office until a Feb. 26 hearing.

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There’s something happening in this country.

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Unless people face facts and do better, catastrophe is coming. We can fix this. There is hope. It won't be easy.

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If forced to choose: I would rather live a thousand years under Biden/Harris’s milquetoast liberalism than one day under Trump’s fascism. But during every day of those thousand years, I would not stop saying a different and better world is possible, and fighting for that world.

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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General.

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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

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The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Trump's termination of the head of the nation’s top independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency.

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Senate Republicans just launched an all-night voting spree to rip apart Medicaid and starve kids—all so they can hand more cash to billionaires like Elon Musk. They’re doing this while most people aren’t watching. Absolutely disgraceful.

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🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

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Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

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Imagination is necessary for collective liberation. We can only create a better world if we imagine it first. Create. Dream. Wish. Do it out loud. As loud as possible. That’s how you find those who share your vision, who you can work with to change the world, to make the vision into reality.

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A federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing it to proceed with mass terminations of probationary federal workers. The administration has already dismissed 6,700 employees from the IRS, with plans to lay off an additional 50,000 workers from the Defense Department next.

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NEW: In a 4-2 order, the North Carolina Supreme Court rejected the state board’s petition to bypass the appeals court level in GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin’s legal bid to overturn his 2024 election loss to Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs.

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As a GOP candidate is seeking to overturn his election loss, the future of the North Carolina Supreme Court’s composition — and free and fair elections more broadly — hangs in the balance.

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Today marks 30 days under the Trump administration. We’re already tracking 44 lawsuits filed to fight back against the administration's unconstitutional actions. To stay informed on the critical fight for democracy, sign up for our free newsletters.

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#ProudBlue Proud to say I’ve NEVER supported Tangerine Twatwaffle.

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Canadians on here actually being like "I can't believe how bad things are getting in the US" without acknowledging Alberta just passed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws and are about to vote Doug Ford back into power. Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building

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Good morning 🌞 Today is fuck the haters day. Live your life how you want too and be proud of yourself. You deserve to be here. 💗

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Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

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NYC at Hakeem Jefferies’ office

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My wife was laid off today by EA. She’s an awesome video game producer with more than two decades of experience. If anyone is in need or knows of anyone in need of a producer please DM me. Greatly appreciate any leads.

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“This is truly a national tragedy and one that is being executed by people who do not understand the value of scientific research.” 🧪 from @science.org

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Also. Please send us stories of trans joy that we can also mention on the pod.

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The important thing right now is not to lose hope and become immobilized. With flooding the zone, that is precisely what they are hoping to do, to make you feel as if you have no voice. It is imperative that every single one of us stay informed and involved. 1/2

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NEW: The 9th Circuit rejected the DOJ's request to pause a block on Trump's birthright citizenship executive order, setting up a potential appeal to SCOTUS. The order remains blocked as four judges issued nationwide injunctions against it. Ruling: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...

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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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Protesters gathered in front of a Tesla showroom on Van Ness Ave. Wednesday evening to protest Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. 📸: Dan Hernandez/The Chronicle

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Seattle showed UP! 💥 500 energized workers & students, @WAaflcio, and @RepJayapal rallied with unions from campuses & across the city to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! We won’t let billionaires gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts. #LaborForHigherEd

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Boston turned out STRONG! 💪 Nearly 20 unions & worker units from across the region came together to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Billionaires want to gut higher ed & medical research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd

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Hundreds in Philly braved the freezing temps to rally for our healthcare, research, and jobs! ❄️💪 Workers & students from CCP, Drexel, UPenn, Rutgers, Temple, Jefferson, Arcadia, Rowan, Moore—alongside elected leaders & union presidents—made it clear: We won’t back down. #LaborForHigherEd

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👇🏻

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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.

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fantasizing about a world where an opposition congress responds to trump’s attempts to usurp legislative power by defunding the entire white house staff

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"Don't get distracted by the government disappearing and dehumanizing trans people. That's a deliberate strategy to distract and overwhelm you" is how some of you sound lately

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Gunshots were fired into the windows of a Salem, Oregon Tesla dealership over night. This is after a previous fire there was being investigated as arson. www.salemreporter.com/2025/02/19/g...

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I've had Elon Musk cultists tailgate me into work at a secure facility, send pictures of my house w death threats and call me in the middle of the night. Fred Lambert at Electrek threatened to doxx me. All for posting comments/blogs that Musk was breaking the law cowards

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The White House said in a court filing that Elon Musk is not a DOGE employee and has no authority to make government decisions, instead solely serving as a senior advisor to President Donald Trump.

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