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I wouldn’t think “moved to root out diversity initiatives” is a useful phrase for journalism at all, but using it as a euphemism for a purge of high ranking black officers is downright Orwellian.

submitted 4 hours ago • 114 comments

"In the face of the Trump II purge of the federal workforce, Protect Democracy has created a resource for federal workers on what to do, what rights they have, and what sources of support exist outside of government."

submitted 21 hours ago • 8 comments

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.

submitted 1 day ago • 2351 comments

This is so many words to say Trump fired the chairman of the joint chiefs because he’s black www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 21 hours ago • 132 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 1 day ago • 1279 comments

Please remember this @abcnewsgo.bsky.social @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

submitted 4 days ago • 8251 comments

It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint. In order to pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry. Make sure everyone knows it.

submitted 1 day ago • 65 comments

THIS. (Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social)

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 2 days ago • 244 comments

If you’ve been directly impacted by the Trump purge of government workers or his Executive Orders, please DM me. I’d like to highlight your story and also see if there are folks in your community that can provide help, if you’re in need. We’ve got to take care of each other.

submitted 4 days ago • 103 comments

autocracies work together www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

submitted 4 days ago • 107 comments

Watching a pundit on CNBC recite Trump talking points: better efficiency, better trade deals, making Europe pay for its own defense. Dispiriting to say the least.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Dear Canada, A whole lot of us are horrified and doing our best as opposition.... and yeah, we're also super-embarrassed by how stupid Donald Trump is and how crassly normalizing the New York Times is. sincerely, your friend on the left coast

submitted 4 days ago • 58 comments

A good moment to remember the Russia thing was always real. Trump's goal is to help Russia and Putin, always has been. He's trying to throw our democratic allies under the bus and America as well. Again, the Russia thing was always real.

submitted 5 days ago • 233 comments

I think anyone who's been paying attention knows this. But it's worth stating clearly. The idea that any of Elon's wilding spree is being done in the name of efficiency is absurd on its face because the terminations are virtually all being done based on duration of service because that creates ...

submitted 4 days ago • 27 comments

Could someone out there write a definitive guide on convenient alternatives to using Amazon.com for goods and books and whatnot? Asking for some folks who don’t want to see democracy die in darkness.

submitted 5 days ago • 3582 comments

It’s remarkable how quickly the Trump team has sabotaged all the things that actually made the U.S. influential on the global stage. Free trade economics, strong diplomatic networks and alliances, the soft power of democratic culture and values, the hard power of a competent military …

submitted 6 days ago • 246 comments

The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 9 days ago • 166 comments

A sick and poor population is easier to control. It’s hard to resist when you are hungry and sick.

submitted 7 days ago • 52 comments

If MAGA voters thought the price of eggs was high, just wait until they are buying tire rims and driving 100 miles for healthcare and paying school tuition after the public schools close. It is expensive to live under an oligarchy. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

submitted 8 days ago • 76 comments

ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF. Now. Print hard copies. And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...

submitted 8 days ago • 327 comments

i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.

submitted 10 days ago • 424 comments

Yes, key point here is that cosmopolitan liberalism is demanding. It requires us to continually expand outward the sphere of people who merit our concern. As I tried to argue in the piece, this is one thing that makes it attractive and worth aspiring to, and better than the Vance/MAGA worldview:

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...

submitted 10 days ago • 115 comments

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

submitted 11 days ago • 3885 comments

Hey Wisconsin!!! On the ground here! Let's make out voices heard! We can keep fighting! Supreme Court Election April 1st!!!

submitted 10 days ago • 179 comments

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

submitted 10 days ago • 2311 comments

Yes. I don't know much about theology, as they say. But my reading of Francis's treatment of the parable of the Good Samaritan is that the good Christian, via reflection, expands the sphere of those who merit our concern outward to more rings of strangers/"others." So does the cosmopolitan liberal!

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

In this context, worth noting that @daveweigel.bsky.social reported that Elon Musk's efforts to gut USAID could benefit Russia. One thing the IG probe into Musk probably looked at was whether Musk had adequately reported his convos with Putin to the US govt. www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

submitted 13 days ago • 13 comments

What do they think happens to civil rights lawyers & activists? It just amazes me.

submitted 13 days ago • 135 comments

And it’s worth law professors saying this bluntly. Don’t let professional niceties blind you to normalizing a ridiculously stupid and dangerous perspective as having any merit at all. Call it out clearly, while you still can.

submitted 13 days ago • 18 comments

Just a reminder: the draft-dodger saluting during the anthem thinks our Veterans and Troops are suckers and losers. Never forget.

submitted 13 days ago • 116 comments

So grateful that Bolts exists!! While msm has leaned into crime panics and played up good v bad immigrant tropes, Bolts in depth and thoughtful reporting is desperately what we need!

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Every decent human being at the Super Bowl should take a knee during the National Anthem.

submitted 14 days ago • 1773 comments

@sangernyt.bsky.social dedicated 800 words to Trump stripping Biden of security clearance. He couldn't fit in any to explain that Biden stripped Trump of his clearance because he launched a coup. To say nothing of the classified documents he refused to give back. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

submitted 14 days ago • 28 comments

this stuff makes perfect sense when you understand that these people have a slaveholder’s ideology and believe that liberty means the freedom to dominate others

submitted 14 days ago • 374 comments

Notable that Elons crew of incels and edgelords are full fledged men for the purposes of being given the keys to car to run the govt. But for the purposes of being accountable for their actions they’re just kids from good families with youthful indiscretions.

submitted 15 days ago • 175 comments

Can we dispense with this “unfounded claims” shit finally? He lies, pathologically. Period.

submitted 15 days ago • 303 comments

On the German press baron who "calculated that by hollowing out the political center, political consensus would become impossible and the democratic system would collapse" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 15 days ago • 74 comments

Hearing nonsense that Ds are threatening a shutdown. False. Entire matter is in GOP hands. What's happening is that Rs are coming hat in hand to Ds for help because they can't agree among themselves. Ds shld have a simple demand. No help until the criminal conduct stops.

submitted 15 days ago • 305 comments

i really hope democrats are listening to @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-win...

submitted 15 days ago • 76 comments

This tells you who their constituents are. Not American voters. Not Americans at all. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

submitted 15 days ago • 120 comments

When someone expresses genuine regret voting for Trump, the best thing we can do is welcome them into the fold. We're not gonna get anywhere with ridiculous gatekeeping and pettiness. Let's offer folks an off-ramp into the coalition of reasonable adults.

submitted 16 days ago • 388 comments

This. If media wants to stop failing us, here's a place to start.

submitted 15 days ago • 25 comments

The very definition of evil.

submitted 15 days ago • 16 comments

this is the sort of thing people like aaron and myself see all the time and we understand the msm is sanewashing him, as the great @parkermolloy.com noted, when they clean all this up and present him like he's a normal boy. for example, look at the ap report and compare it to the absolute shit

submitted 16 days ago • 174 comments

List: Examples of Trump’s Actions That Are Defying Legal Limits .. FFS. He is breaking the law. just say it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 16 days ago • 87 comments