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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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I repeat, if you or a loved one was recently fired from the federal government during your probationary period, and the reason you were given was poor performance, please reach out to us at www.centerforemploymentjustice.com. We have a plan and may be able to help you.

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

submitted 3 days ago • 134 comments

This should be a huge red flag to countries other than just Ukraine. Predatory weaponization of interdependence is something the US can probably exploit in the short term but the rest of the world will, rightfully, avoid American solutions if that's our modus operandi

submitted 22 hours ago • 13 comments

My new favorite song m.youtube.com/shorts/9rgHC...

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French far-right leader cancels CPAC speech over Steve Bannon’s ‘Nazi’ salute

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How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life? In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out. doi.org/10.1017/S000... 🧵 1/9

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This message is so important, we have work to do to take back and improve our democracy Ten reasons for modest optimism open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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Obviously this is bad and very stupid, but the tenor of this kind of Trump communique is very funny to me. It's a real HOA energy, just someone being annoying and small who knows they're being that way, and who more or less sees that as both their highest personal calling and the purpose of the job.

submitted 2 days ago • 108 comments

youtu.be/cQXl5JZG-C8

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Donald Trump has reportedly spent an estimated $10.7 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration. This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment. Hello?

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📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

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#thecrueltyisthepoint that’s all this is. sociopaths run wild. nothing good comes from cruelty for cruelty’s sake.

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These are not nameless faceless bureaucrats. They are (were) dedicated public servants who worked to make our lives better. The cruelty is the point. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/p...

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Planes are crashing because Trump and Musk wanted to cut their own taxes even more. Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.

submitted 4 days ago • 80 comments

Political scientists are voicing our concerns about the Trump administration’s anti-democratic actions drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

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This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

submitted 4 days ago • 8251 comments

This is really cool!

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‘No safe place’: the BBC documentary showing Gaza through a child’s eyes

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Insiders reveal how Elon's firings will lead to countless disasters open.substack.com/pub/progress...

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I haven’t changed any travel plans involving flights yet, but I am increasingly concerned.

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While Trump “floods the zone,” we must stay focused. NO to oligarchy, tax breaks for the rich and cuts to working class programs. NO to authoritarianism and unlimited power for one man. YES to growing the union movement and raising wages. YES to health care as a human right.

submitted 6 days ago • 182 comments

Richest guy in the world is doing this

submitted 7 days ago • 354 comments

They won’t ever learn will they

submitted 7 days ago • 676 comments

You might have missed it, but Amazon warehouse workers in Raleigh, NC are voting this week on whether to form a union. If they win, they'll be the first unionized Amazon facility in the South. Remember that we can always find hope in the labor movement.

submitted 8 days ago • 908 comments

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

submitted 7 days ago • 545 comments

There are a lot of questions in our inbox these days about data (and payment) security at the IRS, the Social Security Administration and other places, with teenagers and 20-somethings rooting around in the systems. Back up everything, for any numbers of reasons. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/b...

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

At a time of massive income & wealth inequality, Republicans in Congress just introduced a budget to provide trillions in tax breaks to the wealthy, paid for by massive cuts to Medicaid that will throw millions of kids off health care & seniors out of nursing homes. Unacceptable.

submitted 9 days ago • 232 comments

If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall. tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.

submitted 10 days ago • 56 comments

You cannot make this up. DOGE's crusade isn't about government efficiency. It's about making Elon Musk richer at your expense.

submitted 10 days ago • 183 comments

www.jezebel.com/elon-musk-is...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

submitted 12 days ago • 487 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/o...

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Cutest inflation hedge!

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Flood this! DOGE wants to hire people. I suggest you overload their system with fake applications. (This is how striking Kelloggs workers crashed a scab website, btw.) join.doge.gov Ebenezer Scrooge just applied. "Experience with penny-pinching" #resist #resistDOGE

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections. Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.

submitted 16 days ago • 2294 comments