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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

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I've been making some subtle FDT (Fuck Donald Trump) merch: shirts, sweatshirts, flags, signs, and stickers. This is for people who want to be a little more subtle with their activism, but still experience solidarity with those that are in the know. Check it out here: etsy.com/shop/FedUpStudio

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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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This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!

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This morning I finished the book "Billy Summers" by Stephen King. I'll let the book marinate in my mind for a while, but I would like to start "Star Wars Imperial Commando: 501st" by Karen Traviss, later this afternoon. 📚 📖

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Shout-out to @stephenking.bsky.social for his inclusion of a character considering going to college to study theater sets and lighting for their future, in his book "Billy Summers". Entertainment crafts/trades can be an incredibly fulfilling career path! Feeling seen 🙏

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He nails it.

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@fedupstudio.bsky.social I'm seeing Donald with egg, but got any art of Trump with mashed potatoes on his head? Now that's some deep, food-related trauma from Donald's childhood!

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Stronger together in solidarity! ✊

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Very happy to have my Blubaru Forester back! I can finally visit my little woods again.

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If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism

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For a US government that hates DEI, it's curious that the Secretary of State is Cuban, the FBI director is Indian, the DNI head is Samoan-Indian, and the President is South African.

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Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

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This is an attack on Labor that will not stand. We are stronger together!

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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

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There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

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IL Gov JB Pritzker is sounding the 🚨 alarm Pritzker is stepping up to fill a Dem leadership void as the Trump-Musk regime carries out its coup attempt --- Please read Prtizker's entire thread

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During Gov. J.B. Pritzker's annual budget address, the governor compared the Trump administration's approach to Nazi Germany. “We don’t have kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one,” Pritzker said. to.wttw.com/430g2kE

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Nowadays, the only upside of going to work for the federal government is getting to wear designer clothes, with uniforms designed by Hugo Boss.

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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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What a shame. Teamsters deserve better than this.

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Let’s talk about Congressional Republicans’ budget ideas. They’re scheming to raise costs for working people—on food, health care, education, child care, and more. Why? So the GOP can hand more tax breaks to billionaires and giant corporations.

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Tomorrow, Jay Kuo will break down Trump’s power grab into three buckets, looking at how successful he’s been at each. Yesterday, Todd Beeton looked at how the entire MO of Trump and his followers has become simply to “own the libs” at every opportunity. Don't miss either piece at The Big Picture.

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Today, February 19, 2025, is the Save Our Services day of action for federal employees and their unions. We are coming together to say ‘NO’ to Elon Musk's push to gut federal services and impose unlawful mass layoffs of hard-working civil servants across the federal government.

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#UpToUkraine

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#UpToUkraine

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DOGE recommended firing staff at USDA who were working on the nation's response to bird flu and hundreds of employees working at the National Nuclear Security Administration overseeing our nuclear stockpile. Now the Trump admin is scrambling to hire them back. "Efficiency."

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Yesterday I finished reading "Desperation", by Stephen King. A rollercoaster of a book! Today I am starting "Billy Summers" by the same author. 👍

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First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.

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Me being a broken record on this: Don't trust consumer-facing "AI" for anything.

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Today I got a COVID booster in one arm, and a flu shot in the other.

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@juliusgoat.bsky.social

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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

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This aggression will not stand, man!

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813 US billionaires held a record $6.72 trillion in wealth at the end of 2024. The bottom 50% of Americans held roughly $3.9 trillion in wealth. When 813 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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🇺🇲👇

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Getting out my treadmill to walk my daily 4 miles for mental health.

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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@rondorland.bsky.social

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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

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