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Just a reminder that the German courts have ordered Musk to hand over X data pertaining to the most recent German elections in regards to election interference specifically. This needs to be covered more than it is. It's a huge red flag.

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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps. www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

submitted 16 hours ago • 2478 comments

Trump and Musk now demand federal workers, who have dedicated their lives to helping people, explain what they did last week to justify keeping their jobs. Let’s take a look at what Republicans did this week. 🧵

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After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, researchers can finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. But thanks to the Trump administration’s executive orders, it’s unclear when—or possibly even ever—this breakthrough medicine will see the light of day.

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

This is heartbreaking.

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

submitted 2 days ago • 1071 comments

"Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the DC beltway," writes Senator Bernie Sanders for Guardian US. "It will only be defeated by millions of Americans, in every state in this country, coming together in a strong, grassroots movement."

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

30% of all federal employees are veterans. Trump and Elon are ripping hundreds of thousands of jobs away from those who have served our country.

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

The Vermont senator warned the U.S. is moving "into an authoritarian form of society" under the Trump administration.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

The Trump administration is eviscerating post-Watergate efforts to protect the Justice Department’s integrity, and the case of NYC Mayor Eric Adams illustrates the results.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

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When you fire a bunch of air traffic controllers, then you have a bunch of accidents: you are not saving US money When you fire a bunch of poultry inspectors, then you have a massive outbreak that wipes out chickens & eggs, leading to soaring scarcity & soaring prices: you are not saving US money

submitted 4 days ago • 56 comments

Proud to share that another bill of mine has passed the General Assembly: #HB2781 Local Affordable Dwelling Unit Programs ✅ This bill will allow counties with the county executive form of government to create local #ADU programs. Read more: lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...

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A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system

submitted 6 days ago • 605 comments

Again, how is this in US interests www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

submitted 7 days ago • 36 comments

New, longer and stronger statement from Gov. Kathy Hochul on the lawsuit filed against her and other NY leaders over the Green Light Law. "There's no way I'm letting federal agents, or Elon Musk's shadowy DOGE operation, get unfettered access to the personal data of any New Yorker in the DMV system"

submitted 11 days ago • 39 comments

So, where exactly are people supposed to meet with their government for services?

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Believing that Tulsi Gabbard — longtime Russian asset and newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence — is acting in the interests of the United States requires an extraordinary level of self-delusion.

submitted 11 days ago • 1041 comments

Call your member of Congress. Tell them to put up barriers to the bill & vote NO on the SAVE Act. The phone number to call Congress: 202-224-3121 The SAVE Act will disenfranchise millions of American citizens from voting. You can read more here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

If the SAVE Act becomes law, it would upend most methods of voter registration, including registering online and by mail. It’s ill-conceived and anti-voter.

submitted 11 days ago • 24 comments

Gwynne Wilcox was illegally fired from the NLRB, grinding their operations to a halt and leaving workers on their own against union-busting. Congress must act now to reinstate her. Call your reps: 866-832-1560. go.aflcio.org/wilcox

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Oh beat their ass, Birds. Do it for Black History Month.

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments

This energy.

submitted 14 days ago • 645 comments

I've lived democratic backsliding & authoritarianism across multiple countries. I've watched repression creep across staff planning sessions & editorial rooms, from both the left & right. The #1 way it happens? Self-censorship. Before your opponents ever censor you, self-professed allies do.

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

submitted 16 days ago • 2174 comments

Keep calling and tell every member of Congress to stop President Trump and Elon Musk's illegal actions.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Exactly my point I make here: wapo.st/4144prC

submitted 17 days ago • 10 comments

People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)

submitted 20 days ago • 383 comments

Sign this letter to tell your Virginia State Legislators to Oppose Mass Surveillance, House Bill 2724 in the Virginia General Assembly. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Not a single person in the Executive Branch — not Donald Trump, not Elon Musk, and not any of their cronies — has the authority to shut down USAID. Congress created the agency by statute. We ask a lot of our civil servants. Today, we ask of them another task — show up to work. Continue to serve.

submitted 20 days ago • 121 comments

This is evil. Democrats in Congress should be suing to have the aid disbursed and to have the system be monitored by a Federal judge.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

New: A Boston federal judge has temporarily blocked prison officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men's facility and denying her access to gender-affirming care in accordance with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. www.reuters.com/legal/us-jud...

submitted 24 days ago • 8 comments

This is very very bad. Musk wants access to government payment systems. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 23 days ago • 34 comments

More of this please

submitted 24 days ago • 7 comments

“Senator Danica Roem, Virginia’s only openly trans member of the General Assembly, told Radio IQ her office was looking into ways to help those impacted. “‘We are going to not give up. We are going to fight like hell every step of the way.’” @bradkutner.bsky.social www.wvtf.org/news/2025-01...

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

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submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

States voting rights acts are protecting our access to the ballot. Hear directly from the experts, Patrick Gaspard and @janainelson.bsky.social , and stay tuned for more from CAP and Legal Defense Fund:

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 25 days ago • 3793 comments

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Was literally talking to the union representing federal air traffic controllers earlier today about how there’s already a major shortage of air traffic controllers and the resignation offers they all just got from OPM could seriously endanger public safety.

submitted 25 days ago • 289 comments

Another illegal act by the current President. The Courts must step in and stop him. Democrats and the Labor movement have got to join forces to stop the Republican agenda because they GOP's next stop is to repeal federal labor and worker protection laws. www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

The NLRB no longer an rule on any employment issues after an illegal firing from Trump: prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

submitted 26 days ago • 3342 comments

Trump is unconstitutionally freezing federal funds that Congress sent our constituents and dismantling the democratic system. This isn't business as usual—Congress needs to stop it. I will not support any Trump nominee who will do his illegal bidding. I urge my colleagues to join.

submitted 26 days ago • 127 comments

I'm a former OMB official and this is absolutely true. And let's also not forget that these illegal actions have direct, harmful consequences for actual people. New moms won't get help feeding their infants. Small businesses won't make payroll. People could lose their jobs, their homes.

submitted 26 days ago • 65 comments

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jews, and millions of others, including LGBT individuals and disabled persons, who were murdered under the Nazi regime. We must remain committed to fighting antisemitism and bigotry in all of its forms.

submitted 27 days ago • 45 comments

Democrats in both the House and Senate should sue him and his administration for violating the law. #Democrats #SenateDemocrats #HouseDemocrats www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment