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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

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What the Trump administration wants to do by creating these camps is monstrous enough. But a key thing I found when writing a book on concentration camp history is that when you establish this kind of detention, it tends over time to devolve into much worse kinds of camps.

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There are a few places in this country that serve as testing grounds for conservative tactics, places where you can see the future before it arrives elsewhere. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho is one of those places -- I've written about it before This video should scare the absolute shit out of everyone

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I did notice that the email address is one that anyone could email

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ALL RESEARCH ON SUCCESSFUL DRUG POLICY SHOWS THAT TREATMENT SHOULD BE INCREASED AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DECREASED WHILE ABOLISHING MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES

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Sheriff said he was "not acting in his official capacity," which means he gave up any claim of qualified immunity for battery and deprivation of rights.

submitted 16 hours ago • 30 comments

My advice to anybody who’s ever considered moving to the Pacific Northwest is to first visit during February specifically for no fewer than 10 days

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this is an act of unspeakable violence. it benefits no one, it doesn’t move a number on a balance sheet. it only guarantees that every one of these incarcerated transgender people will be tortured.

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One caution about federal employees sharing Musk's emails. He has claimed that he has embedded watermarks in such emails to find leakers. (Though this probably won't work for more than a few thousand employees). theintercept.com/2022/12/15/e...

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PLEASE

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Edmonton pals, you have until tomorrow night to pre-order my new book from the wonderful Porch Light Books! I'll be shipping signed copies down next week, once we have a better sense of numbers. Spread the word to anyone you know who might be keen? Thx!

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Yes @adamserwer.bsky.social gets it right. But for all these reasons, it is necessarily an attack on the 14th Amendment. We have to start talking about it in constitutional terms. Because that is what they are resisting.

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I truly think people don’t realize how many universities and colleges — especially public ones — may shut down if restrictions on and withholding of federal funding persists for even one presidency We are facing the demolition of American higher education

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Current status: we're smuggling eggs in from Mexico now. So let's talk about WHY Mexico's egg industry has been stable- while US egg prices are through the roof! 1. Mexico puts people in jail for price-fixing. 2. Mexico lets farmers vaccinate their chickens against bird flu.

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Great 🧵 on mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer that has patients w/no recurrence for 3 years so far, possible cancer cure. The 5-yr survival rate for pancreatic cancer is 44% if caught early, only 13% if it's spread. Currently #idleg has bill SB1036, to enact a 10-yr ban on mRNA vaccines in #Idaho. 😐

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$200 million taxpayer dollars spent on “tell me I’m pretty” ads to stroke his own ego, while he fires people to “save money.” Sociopathic.

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This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

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I don’t understand how there’s any debate about whether to characterize them as Nazis when they’re out here sieg heiling. It’s an absolute failure of messaging not to name and condemn this behavior, and build a narrative around it.

submitted 1 day ago • 52 comments

I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.

submitted 2 days ago • 1142 comments

Say what now?

submitted 1 day ago • 43 comments

It’s an important time to develop a strong sense of your own values & integrity & lean into how you practice them Institutional leaders capitulating says a lot about institutions & those leaders, not about how we best proceed & so grateful for institutional leaders who continue to lead on the good

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This is misinformation. It was set to end March 31 after the extension given in the end of year Congressional package. It doesn't mean it can't be renewed, and the end date wasn't a Trump decision.

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A Polish acquaintance went to British Museum specifically to see this tablet only to be cheated by Ea-nasir from beyond the grave

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

Let me take this format for a spin

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Every day, they're testing how far they can take this. If they think they can take it all the way, they absolutely will. But we don't have to let them.

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I feel like $50 to treat this is an achievable goal

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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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you know this is sincere animosity because egging something is a significant expense these days

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Some good news! Pancreatic cancer is almost always a death sentence - fewer than 15% of pancreatic cancer patients survive more than 5 years. The Phase 1 trial had only 16 participants. The next trial will have 250 participants and will include only those without splenectomy.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Creating a mood board for woke jock masculinity

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This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

I've been building and installing Corsi-Rosenthal boxes since the southern California wildfires were really bad a few weeks back and they've made a huge difference in my indoor air quality. Really highly recommend, should have done this years ago

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Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.

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This is a stunning betrayal by Whitman Walker in DC. You CANNOT jettison the trans community to protect yourself. It’s shameful. I got my name changed at WWH. I have promoted their research. Now they are capitulating to save gay people at trans people’s expense by trying to erase us.

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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

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btw, i will tell you this - i have been talking to people all day, and the media is missing, whether intentionally or not, how absolutely, volcanically angry the people who have been fired are, not because they lost their jobs, but because their jobs matter, to us

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Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.

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Unfortunately you have to primary everyone, not just because they don't have what it takes to fight, but because they don't have what it takes to rebuild. Last thing you want is them to win by default and then tread water until the next Trump comes to power

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I'm digging down details on a few stories, but I'm very interested in hearing from any federal employees or contractors: * who are just seeing DOGE folks coming into your agencies now * about what has happened in the wake of a DOGE bomb: rehires, canceled programs, big changes, etc. Signal: crg.32

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BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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feetcuffs is insane. do they think he's Jason Bourne

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another great example along with Wired and Teen Vogue of how real journalism these days can be a lot braver at outlets where no one is trying to get in good with the White House press secretary they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access

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BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

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CEO for Boise construction company addresses a “salute” he made during an event this week. Via KTVB / Brian Holmes

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Down 29.6% over the past 60 days

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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.

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