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Happening now: in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, students at Sullivan High School are walking out this afternoon in protest of ICE and Trump's deportation regime.

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WASHINGTON COUNTY: A voter was just forcibly removed from an @RepHarshbarger town hall by sheriffs deputies

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BREAKING: Lives are on the line as the Supreme Court considers the Trump admin's plea to override court orders reinstating foreign assistance funding. We filed a brief urging SCOTUS to reject this plea and to affirm the rule of law.

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Nice to know we can still have nice things. Here's the backstory on the Steel Bridge skatepark ICYMI bikeportland.org/2024/01/03/p...

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Here’s an easy way to contact City Council: one councilor, all three in your District, or all 12 councilors + Mayor. Send a comment or feedback. Select topics like economic development, transportation, and more. Using this system helps us communicate directly. www.portland.gov/help/contact...

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COP16 ended this week with countries agreeing on a crucial roadmap for directing $200 billion a year by 2030 toward protecting nature and halting global biodiversity loss. Read more in this morning’s climate briefing.

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“OPM does not have any authority whatsoever, under any statute in the history of the universe,” to hire or fire any employees but its own, Alsup said.

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I know that "throughout the universe" is often used in legal contracts/docs but it gives me such joy to see it deployed here

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As Judge Griffin seeks to overturn the results of the N.C. Supreme Court race in court, we filed an amicus brief on behalf of 6 voters, US Vote Foundation, The Association of Americans Resident Overseas, arguing that these voters followed the rules in place & their votes should count bit.ly/41nj1kR

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Broke: Trump take egg. Woke: Trump take beer.

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Trans folks in the US: if you've started (or completed) the legal name change process, share your experience in this survey! @namesake.fyi is building technology and community support to assist with legal name changes. Survey responses will directly inform what we build. We want to hear from you!

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An Arizona judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to upend election policies in Yavapai County. The decision delivered a blow to Stephen Miller's right-wing legal group which brought the challenge.

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This is amazing. Harvard has amassed a 16TB collection covering more than 311K datasets and a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov - with ongoing updates. lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...

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📢 Join us for 🎙️Power to the People – live movement updates daily at 11AM on Substack! Stay informed, stay engaged, and take action. 💪 🔗 www.newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org

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Kick-ass use of FOIA & reporting here. 👀

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NEW: A judge has ordered Trump administration officials — and at least one DOGE staffer — to sit for depositions in a lawsuit over the group's access to sensitive government systems. Judge Bates called DOGE's activities "opaque." w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now. abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews....

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Today the House passed HB 2010, which is crucial to funding the Oregon Health Plan & to ensuring our providers & hospitals have the resources they need to care for all Oregonians. Check out this coverage of the bill from @thelundreport.bsky.social www.thelundreport.org/content/heal... #orpol #orleg

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NEW: Career DOJ spokesman — a Marine Corps vet — is resigning, saying “basic decency” has come to an end and there’s a “hostile and toxic work environment” inside DOJ. Reporting from NBC News:

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@transunity.bsky.social Transgender Unity Rally in Washington D.C. this Saturday #Mar1 at the Capitol. Rally from 9:30am-2:15 ET, & march to the Ellipse starting at 12:30. #Congress are invited, please tell your members be there too. #3E #USProtests #DCprotests #resist www.congress.gov/contact-us

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Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:

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Elon Musk looks invincible, but a lot of his power and wealth is tied up in Tesla. This week @niedermeyer.online joins @parismarx.com to explain why Tesla is more vulnerable than it might appear and how hurting it can cause problems for Musk. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/265_...

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#TeslaTakedown in the news and on the march! It's working! Keep it going!

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Made these "No Kings" posters for anyone who'd like to print them. Share em far and wide. #NoKings Print files available here: MUSK: archive.org/details/no-k... TRUMP: archive.org/details/no-k...

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Every worker deserves a safe a secure retirement. Just this week we saw Tesla stock continue to sink faster than a Cybertruck in quicksand. So we're asking asset managers to honestly look at their investments in Tesla. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/b...

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NEW YORK CITY! Join us on SATURDAY, MARCH 1 at 1PM outside TESLA, 860 Washington Street, at the corner of West 13th St. We made a TOOLKIT 👉 bit.ly/TeslaToolkit so you can download posters and share online. NOBODY VOTED FOR MUSK #TeslaTakedown #StopTheCoup #PeopleWithDisabilities #RiseandResist

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Bring your questions! I hope to hear from you this Saturday. — ¡Traigan sus preguntas! Espero escuchar de ustedes este sábado.

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Yesterday we delivered our post-its to French Hill about NIH budget cuts. His staff didn’t know anything about a town hall on his schedule and he didn’t seem to be around. So, Mr Hill, could you provide to your constituents by the end of the week five bulleted accomplishments for your visit home?

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I don't need to tell you how bad misinfo is out there. But I can invite you to a convo w LONG-time misinfo expert @lewan.bsky.social about how it develops & spreads—and what to do about it. Join @healthjournalism.org next Wed, March 5. See advance resources here: https://buff.ly/41wUECp

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said that the more than $2 billion in federal funding for his state has been unfrozen after he filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.

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Someone generously shared this template of a handout they were inspired to create for their local community with me. Here's a canva link if you'd like to adapt it for your communities: www.canva.com/design/DAGgN...

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Given the dominant narrative out there, this story should be shared wide far and wide. The Spanish city of Coruña has given the status of "adopted sons" to two migrants who were the only people to intervene when a homophobic mob brutally attacked a gay man in 2021. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Investors are now warning Tesla stock could lose 50% or more of its value this year as it continues to tumble. Musk is still the wealthiest man in the world but he lost 7 billion today, about 2% of his fortune.

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“Does Our Code Kill Kids, Satya?” Five Microsoft employees were ejected from a company meeting after confronting CEO Satya Nadella over the company’s contracts with Israel’s military. They wore t-shirts reading, “Does Our Code Kill Kids, Satya?” (Read the Drop Site investigation, link in reply)

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Journalist and author @kimkelly.bsky.social shares why it is important in this moment to empower children by encouraging curiosity and courage while teaching vital lessons about the power of agency and community. theemancipator.org/2025/02/26/t...

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💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

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Keep it going! No #TeslaTakedown protest is too small, they all reach people!

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#50501Movement joins other voices sounding the alarm— a coup is already underway. Take action today and March 4th For Democracy. Learn more at www.FiftyFifty.one. 50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement. #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #ImpeachTrump @polrev.bsky.social

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This is fantastic, and @indivisible.org has a lot in the works about recreating that town hall vibe from 2017 (including what to do when your MOC refuses to hold one because they can't look constituents in the eye and defend slashing their healthcare to pay for tax cuts for billionaires).

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1/14 Our current constitutional crisis cannot be solved by voting Democrat or by removing president from office- this is a problem that will persist until we fix our information infrastructure. Please hear me out.

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How could @ourworldindata.org maps be better? Do you experience any annoyances or pain points when you interact with our maps? Is there something you wish you could do that you currently can’t? What’s the next cool thing we could build on top of our maps? Any notes welcome! Thank you 🙏

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Bullying works. Great job, Cincinnati.

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NEW: @law360.bsky.social has created a public database of legal cases involving President Trump's executive orders and other actions. The data is searchable and sortable and will be updated regularly; links to coverage for subscribers. Graphics by @benjayingly.com www.law360.com/trump-legal-...

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I know this seems way down in the bureaucratic weeds, but this is great. Without MSPB ruling it’s almost impossible to challenge all these firings in fed ct. Trump strategy was to fire MSPB board, deny it a quorum & foreclose any chance of litigation. Now, they have to fight.

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