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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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A heartfelt thank you to former Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema for repeatedly blocking popular policies to preserve “norms” and protect “the rights of the minority” We couldn’t have gotten here without you

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Valuing diversity is not a crime Installing white men in every position of power is not a meritocracy

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“The United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources, Reuters reported on Feb. 21, citing three sources familiar with the negotiations.”

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Billionaires have more class solidarity than we do.

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Whatever comes next in the NIH case, the hearing today made it clear how huge the medical/academic constituencies are opposing these cuts. And it would seem hard to dispute that some amount of irreparable harm has already happened to some number of parties involved.

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The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.

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Trump issues new executive order: Only the president can speak for “what the law is” It was fun doing democracy with you.

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#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #FAA From Frederal News Network: Fired probationary employees bring class-wide complaint to OSC https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2025/02/fired-probationary-employees-bring-class-wide-complaint-to-osc/

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💥ATTENTION FEDS💥 All the termination letters going out that we've seen use "inadequate performance" as the reason for termination. SAVE YOUR PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. Tell your friends who aren't on bluesky! Probationary employees can't be fired for "poor performance" if their performance is not poor

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This is only the beginning. Follow us and join the movement! #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard #ImpeachTrump #NoKings #NoKingsDay @polrev.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 85 comments

We are continuing from this moment to the next step - the establishment is not the answer. #50501movement #politicalrevolution #fiftyfiftyone #ImpeachTrump

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Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.

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The vice president used a major security conference in Munich to criticize Germany's political fire wall: The postwar agreement by mainstream parties to block the far right from serving in government Kate Brady, Anthony Faiola and Ellen Francis report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

The public obituaries let me down yet again.

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We wrote about how Musk is using X as a propaganda tool to demonize each of the agencies and programs that DOGE targets for cuts, providing air cover for his engineers' incursions — with the truth as collateral damage. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... w/ @drewharwell.com

submitted 8 days ago • 78 comments

📌CDC EMPLOYEE RESOURCES📌 Thread organized by topic. Reply with resources/requests. Resources not fully vetted. SAVE DOCS (eOPF, mypay, benefeds, PMAS, CV, telework agreement, contacts). Save/BCC termination email. Opening a termination email triggers lockout countdown. DO NOT OPEN until ready.

submitted 8 days ago • 30 comments

Dude I would pay SO much to be a fly on the wall and see Putin, Un, or Jinping reacting to news of Trump and Musk just being AGGRESSIVELY stupid and tearing our government infrastructure apart from the inside.

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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 9 days ago • 1910 comments

BREAKING: A bunch of U.S. Digital Service employees (including me) were fired tonight. It's still unclear exactly how many. There is no visibility whatsoever into what determined who was let go. Legacy USDS (i.e., pre-DOGE) leadership was not involved in the decision about whom to let go and […]

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Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email on Sunday saying the bureau’s headquarters would be closed for the coming week. The move follows another directive telling agency employees to halt nearly all their work.

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A president can’t just create a new federal agency via executive order — that can only happen through an act of Congress. Then what is DOGE www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 14 days ago • 1165 comments

Imagine a coup but instead of brown shirts burning buildings it’s just some dorks from /pol/ waltzing in and deleting hard drives while a bunch of congresspeople in their 80s shake their fists

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Multiple protests across the country today. I'm not seeing any news coverage. #legacymediaisfailing #protest #protestice #massdeportation

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"Presidents Trump and Musk have merged their cult followings, attention addictions, conspiratorial mind-sets, disinformation artistry, disdain for the Constitution, talent for apocalyptic marketing and jumping-from-thing-to-thing styles," our columnist Maureen Dowd writes.

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LOL the White House released its policy stating that White House personnel may never engage in communications with DoJ that could influence an investigation. Then it spends 3 pages explaining that the president can, though.

submitted 18 days ago • 512 comments

The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.

submitted 17 days ago • 624 comments

Really comprehensive and brutal description of what’s going on at US science agencies by @dereklowe.bsky.social. Read to the end: because this doesn’t need to continue, the rest is not inevitable. We can fight back.

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Dickheads of Gargantuan Ego (DOGE) have now gained access to the IT servers at the NOAA. They have taken down several department websites, including the website that stores global CO2 data from observations taken in Hawaii. That data is still accessible here. keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

submitted 18 days ago • 36 comments

"...if Elon Musk comes across a conflict of interest with the contracts and the funding that DOGE is overseeing, that Elon will excuse himself from those contracts, and he has again abided by all applicable law."

submitted 18 days ago • 28 comments

I knew that broccoli headed fuck had to be the worst one out of them all

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BREAKING: Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been spreading through herds over the last year w/ @emilyanthes.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

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If you work at NOAA or have details about recent changes there, you can contact me via @signal.org (dell.3030) from a non-work device/network.

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