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Friendly reminder that Joann Fabrics isn’t closing because it’s a bad business. It’s closing bc it was bought by a private equity firm. This is also what is happening to Hooters and what happened to US Toys R Us and Red Lobster. These companies are being dismantled intentionally.

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Killing Medicaid, killing vaccines, killing Social Security: It all has one purpose. The Nazis called people who required public assistance Lebensunwertes Leben: Lives unworthy of living. They had another term too, for people unable to work — Unnütze Esser: useless eaters. The elderly, the disabled.

submitted 9 hours ago • 6 comments

These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."

submitted 13 hours ago • 91 comments

I’ve been saying for over two decades there is no better bargain in the area of national defense than a proactive response to the threat of H5N1. Finally, someone was willing to do it…and now, of course, the GOP wants to kill it.

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Apparently the reason Wired is absolutely crushing it right now is because a year ago they staffed up to create a political news division anticipating that there would be an urgent need for journalism at the nexus of politics and tech.

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

replying "im going to tell your mom" to random people's instagram stories

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For anyone feeling overwhelmed by world anxiety, here’s what I’ve been saying to clients. You can’t take it all in. It will just make you crazy and hopeless. You have to take in a little at a time then do something about it. Take space to rest a little if you need before taking in the next thing. >

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I called my reps, first time I have ever done so in my life. I wrote what I wanted to say in my notes app and said it over speaker. Please call, Im in a red state but we have to pressure them. Even if we didnt vote for them they still technically represent the district in which you live.

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Still thinking about the time I got to hold a baby bunny.

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Point out things are illegal not from a belief that the courts will save us (they almost certainly won’t) but because it’s important to not shift toward an authoritarian mindset by allowing them to normalize illegal shit

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never forget that if #adoption “saves orphans,” it does so by making orphans. I had two living parents. I still do. I was “orphaned” not by an act of god but by an act of law. The absolutely overwhelming majority of adoptees are likewise orphans on paper only.

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👇🏽🥚

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People comply with tyranny... and offer obedience... until one day they don't Your senators are complying Your reps are complying Phone them Fax them Send a @resist.bot Be heard resist.bot/petitions/PI...

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First session with a new therapist today and the kitties are here for moral support.

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If you're struggling with living in a perpetual Rising Fascism Dumpster Fire Can you go give our buddy a heartclick? Maybe make a new friend? Aaron is a good human feeling a little alone in all of this, and could use a little reminder that there are MANY out here fighting the good fight.

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The State Department is soliciting public comments about their new passport policy regarding gender until March 17th. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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It seems there was a dinner at the WH where a military choir serenaded the orange turd and his guest with a rendition of One Day More from Les Miserables, and the ignorant fools loved it. This is what happens when you don’t read. People mock you to your face. 😹

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This is why we support science. So we can find ways to stop devastating diseases like these.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

It's the little things that bring me joy. Like the knowledge that my cat has figured out that this little bed is for him.

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I've been saying, you can't play chess if the other side is setting the board on fire. You are no longer playing chess. You're now losing at a new game, arson.

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Couldn’t agree more. This is how the Tea Party transformed the Republican Party back in 2009: they kept confronting reps and Senators all across the country until it snowballed into a major media issue. Scientists all across the country: do this! Students, fellows, PIs, you all can do this.🧪

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1) Shut up 2) Dance with me

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So many elements to be alarmed about. Morning Joe gets to stay but @joyannreid.bsky.social loses her show. Her replacements are political operatives. AND MSNBC is being spun off meaning left wing media is seen as a corporate liability.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

submitted 3 days ago • 248 comments

🖋️ “Protect Medicare Telehealth – A Lifeline for Millions of Americans” hit 500 signers!

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I imagined how goofy the shoulders would end up looking, giggled, then immediately drew it because I needed to see it made real

submitted 4 days ago • 135 comments

🖋️ “Defend judicial oversight, reject excessive presidential powers” hit 100 signers!

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Here's a direct link to the petition for ease of access to read and sign it! resist.bot/petitions/PJ...

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For my Ao3 girlies out there, solo ttrpgs like this one below make great vehicles for writing fanfic. I know someone out there wants to write a monster hunter/werewolf AU for their favorite toxic couple. #ttrpg

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It’s obvious, but I’ll say it anyway. The massive purge of government employees—who are loyal to their jobs and their mission and their craft—is to replace them with people who are loyal to DJT only. That’s it. Loyalty and obedience over skill and competence. At our cost. All of us.

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As Americans we must keep this front and center anytime we hear discussion of invading Canada - under Hegseth, any invasion of Canada would inevitably involve mass graves like this. Call out every person even joking about "51st" state bullshit. It's not funny, it's not a joke, lives are on the line.

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There is always ways to help! 🐻☎️ Call your local representative today and tomorrow and the next day, too!

submitted 21 days ago • 9 comments

Immigrants aren’t stealing jobs, Trump is.

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

This isn’t Nazi shit. This is straight up slave shit . It’s deeper in America than Nazis

submitted 7 days ago • 28 comments

Today is National Day of Remembrance for the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were put into internment/concentration camps by an Executive Order. This is a very real part of US history, and I can only hope that we never repeat it again, but it feels, more than before, a real possibility again.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

I know you've heard this a thousand times, but if you are in a state with GOP reps/senators, CALL THEM. Pick your topic and let them know. Otherwise they think all their constituents agree with Trump/Musk or don't care And call your Dem reps/senators to let them know to fight harder/keep fighting.

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> DeJoy warned that the post office, which has lost more than $100bn since 2007, must continue to cut costs or will remain on the path to either a “government bailout or the end of this great organization as we know it” THE POST OFFICE IS A PUBLIC SERVICE AND SHOULD NOT BE TREATED LIKE A FOR PROFIT

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Did You Know? The inventor of the bestselling Super Soaker was a Black man—and Hasbro tried to cheat him out of his royalties. In 2013, Lonnie Johnson, a nuclear engineer and former NASA scientist, won a $73 million settlement from Hasbro for underpaid royalties. Johnson holds over 80 patents.

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