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Opening Pride month with a reminder of what it takes to fight and what resistance looks like. It wasn’t polite, it wasn’t without personal costs, and it wasn’t limited to the halls of Congress. HIV funding has been eliminated and no one is coming to save it. It’s time to fight.

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You deserve 40 seconds of baby goats playing

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

State and local health departments are the backbone of public health in any community. They ensure clean water, safe food, restaurant inspections, nursing home safety, tobacco cessation, STD clinics, vaccines for children, and outbreak control. Communities will be sicker without public health.

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"I'm not trying to be dramatic, I know AmeriCorps seniors that survive on the stipends. I know that they would be homeless. I know seniors that rely on Meals on Wheels. I know kids that only get their one healthy meal at school. I know people that will go homeless." defector.com/an-interview...

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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.

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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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“According to the Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal work force, DOGE’s attacks on government personnel — its firings, rehirings, use of paid administrative leave and all the associated lack of productivity — could cost the government upwards of $135 billion this fiscal year”

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Authoritarian leaders often engage in "pardon sprees" not out of mercy—but as a deliberate tool to consolidate power, reward loyalty, punish enemies, and erode public trust in democratic systems. These patterns have repeated throughout history across different countries and regimes. (1/16)

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I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding. It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job. unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

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Someone was up late in Senate Approps minority staff going through detailed Trump Friday night news dump. Here's a rundown of cuts proposed his FY26 budget. Like all presidential budgets-it is DOA. Congress will revise. But still, what Trum proposed www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minorit...

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Folks don’t miss a beat 😂

submitted 2 days ago • 563 comments

Your brain lies and they aren't perfect in there, it just glosses over the rough parts. Never expect the version that comes out of your fingers to be the same as the one in your brain. But one that comes out of your fingers can be differently great. Work on it.

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

new loyalty tests for federal workers www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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New standards for hiring civil servants released today including having political appointees be part of hiring and requiring 4 mini essays, one of which asks applicants to pick their favorite of the president’s EOs and discuss how they will implement it. www.chcoc.gov/content/meri....

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“Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all..” The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist @notusreports.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

PEPFAR delivers life saving drugs for much of Africa and develops friendships for the US. A win-win program torn down by the MuskTrumpRubio Cerberus.

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Trump’s HHS secretary: Processed foods had resulted in a “genocide” among Native Americans. Trump’s USDA secretary: Terminates the very program that dozens of tribal food banks say has helped them provide fresh, locally produced food @maryhudetz.bsky.social

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A buried provision in the "big beautiful bill" effectively penalizes single parents who receive SNAP, or food stamps, as compared to households headed by married couples. Wrote about this today. But I shall thread for those who don't want to click! www.axios.com/2025/05/28/t...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Hmmmm, can we get to 2.7 K before #bb27 starts? If you know and love us from twitter please share us here to your fellow #bbsky lovers. Pretty please?

submitted 82 days ago • 3 comments

What is Swedish culture? It’s an almost impossibly broad question — but one that Sweden’s government is trying to answer.

submitted 6 days ago • 33 comments

Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

submitted 6 days ago • 97 comments

When male lawmakers pass these bathroom laws, they’re thinking of what they would do if they had access to the women’s bathroom, not what trans women do in the women’s bathroom…

submitted 6 days ago • 109 comments

What do the coins mean? A penny: A veteran visited. A nickel: The visitor was in basic with them. A dime: The visitor served with them in some direct capacity. A quarter: The visitor was with them when they passed. The coins should remain undisturbed. #MemorialDay🇺🇸

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments