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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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LIVE: Washington DC mayor speaks after Trump calls for federal takeover of city reut.rs/41mIOut

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Ivan Albright, one of most interesting artists you probably never heard of, was born today in 1897. Albright developed a detailed, almost hallucinatory realist style evident in arguably his best-known work, a portrait of the title character featured in 1945 Hollywood film The Picture of Dorian Gray

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I’m an adult!

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This is the so-called Law & Order. 🙄

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Make YOUR voice heard! 5calls.org

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Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country.

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Huge thanks to Washington and Columbia Counties for the big turnout at yesterday’s town halls in Hillsboro and Scappoose. Oregonians are outraged about the Trump administration’s lawlessness. I appreciated each question about what it means and how we fight back.

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What’s happening in Sicily, Italy 🇮🇹 is absolutely extraordinary! Mount Etna is erupting while its summit remains covered in snow—an incredible clash of fire and ice. Here are some explorers skiing between lava flows and snowy slopes—a truly unprecedented sight! ⛷🔥❄️

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Daily photo #photography

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it’s about that time

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Embarrassing and humiliating—but also dangerous and destructive—for the U.S vice president to go to Germany and give a pro-AfD speech. The current U.S. administration has aligned itself—not unwittingly but knowingly—with the international assault on liberal democracy.

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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

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Good advice ⬇️

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Photography can be an amazing gift❤️

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Keep going. No matter how bad things may seem. No matter how many tears you’ve cried. No matter how hopeless it seems. Keep going. You are worth it. You are able. We are here. We won’t let you fail. Keep going

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Nice wheel barrel.

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#BannedBookSkyClub schedule: Feb 2025: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin March 2025: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler April 2025: Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, et al. May 2025: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King Link to feed in replies. #BookSky Please join us.

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Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."

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What could possibly go wrong ?

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It's getting a little North Korean around here.

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Eye of God. A striking cosmic spectacle inspired by the Helix Nebula, located in the constellation Aquarius—one of the brightest and closest to Earth. Glowing red regions are primarily hydrogen, while vibrant blue hues at the center stem from hotter oxygen energized by the dying star. P.S. Space art

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offered payouts to its entire workforce. The CIA has become the first intelligence agency to offer employees an opportunity to leave their positions in exchange for approximately eight months of pay and benefits.

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Psyche, the Celestial 🦋 Butterfly Goddess, emerges from a nebula's cosmic dust, enduring trials to attain divine grace. Wings aflame with starlight, she bears the soul's odyssey—tempered by love's fire, tested by gods, and reborn immortal. Resilience alights where fragility yields to metamorphosis.

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Watch this. And then watch it again.

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Good morning Bluesky! Incredible sunrise in Forks, Washington 📸Mathew Nichols

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Just saw this posted on FB and had to share.

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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

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President Trump is considering declaring a national “economic emergency” to justify implementing a series of universal tariffs and establishing the Department of Government Efficiency.

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Mise "When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set." - Lin Yutang @WiseSages

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Trump and the GOP are trying to repeal a Biden admin rule that requires lead water pipes to be replaced. Tens of millions of people, including children, would continue to have contaminated drinking water if the rules are revoked. So the GOP is the party of lead poisoning now?

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Reminder: Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these. Avoid directly leaking images; instead, request that the information be rewritten and the image recreated

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Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.

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ICYMI: “The U.S. Agency for International Development closed its headquarters to agency personnel on Monday after moves by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to exert control over the foreign-aid organization.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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👇👇

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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

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A witch hunt has begun at the FBI. Employees are required to provide information by Tuesday and are being encouraged to report on their coworkers. The FBI questionnaire asks agents about their roles in various cases, including whether they made arrests or appeared in court, among other details.

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