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Hey. You should text/call/voice-note some friends just because. Don't just DM silly videos. Check in with them. We all need some genuine connection right now!

This is terrible.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston is temporarily closed after Elon Musk fired members of its staff.

Really don’t know what to tell people as someone who has written and spoken about the far right and authoritarianism and is in the academic side of this that we crossed the rubicon tonight when Trump declared he and the AG are the sole arbitrators of law. This is it. It’s here there is no going back

Donald Trump signals that Ukraine should hold elections as part of Russia peace deal https://www.ft.com/content/2506b4ae-52f3-4adb-9dd2-7f07a153316d

A Missouri Representative has filed a bill to track pregnancies in the state. HB 807 will: "Maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for seeking an abortion of her unborn child and make the same available to a prospective adoptive parent who has completed screenings."

Helly R. is back and so are we with another episode of #TheYouYouArePod! Trojan’s Horse out now! tinyurl.com/TYYAS2E5Apple or tinyurl.com/TYYAS2E5Spotify #Severance

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened Thursday to sue Google after it changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico in its maps, in compliance with Donald Trump’s superficial executive order.

Nothing to worry about, just an administration official suggesting that the DOJ may prosecute a member of Congress for advising people about their rights. Happening right now. Right in front of us.

FDA Begins Layoffs as Trump Moves to Shrink Federal Workforce

Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.

Crucial thing you must do right now is strengthen and expand your community. Serve together. Try a new activity. See each other in person. Over on the other site I am continually struck by how the rabid intensity does not actually reflect community or connection. Only way we get through this.

From the get go Trump’s second term has been dominated by a rapid succession of executive orders and policy moves that have made clear the direction of the president’s administration. What have you made of his time in office thus far? You can share your views at the link below:

“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Murphy: "This isn't hyperbole to say we are staying the death of democracy in the eyes right now. The centerpiece of our democracy is we observe court rulings."

Candace Owens had the easiest job in media: be a right-wing black lady. And she fumbled the bag for antisemitism. Like getting a million dollars and then immediately spending it all on like, cauliflower.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

NYC Union Square

Departments across the federal government are being prohibited from celebrating Black History Month but the White House is hosting a celebration. blackpressusa.com/while-trump-...

Elon Musk’s team is set to delve into the nation’s aviation system, with his 20-year-old staffers utilizing AI to assist the FAA in a rapid overhaul of aviation technology. However, a more practical solution would be to simply hire more workers, as the FAA is severely short-staffed.

Murphy: "The impact is to try to distract Americans from the real story. Trump & Musk are trying to seize control of the govt so they can punish their enemies & reward their friends, try to squash dissent, & gobble up a bunch of cash to be able to pass another pass cut for their billionaire friends"

This is not a close question

Hey more crimes!

As a Sociologist, I need to tell you the chaos cascade (200+ exec orders) isn't dysfunction — it's disaster capitalism's playbook. your confusion = their strategy.

🧵 As a Sociologist, I need to tell you how Nationalism is fascism's breeding ground. And to understand how fascism takes root, you need to see how nationalism quietly shapes our world through stories we mistake for "ancient tradition" (1/12)

As a Sociologist, I need to tell you…. traditional values are astroturfed cultural propaganda masking economic exploitation 1/10

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

"Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities and demoralizing competent white men.”

BREAKING: Trump has signed an executive order creating a Sovereign Wealth Fund- popular with Middle East monarchies - so the U.S. can buy TikTok. That’s state-run media, folks. www.reuters.com/markets/weal...

NEW: EPA Tells Employees Working on Climate Change They May be Fired ➡️ https://buff.ly/4gvJbXY

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good. no democracy should be doing any business with any Musk companies www.ft.com/content/0f8e...

BREAKING: This morning E.P.A. employees received an email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs, according to the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...

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.

From the Premier of Ontario.

The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.