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Native NYer to Oakland, CA to Montgomery, AL. Activist for justice; labor lawyer; community photographer. ♡ NY, the Bay, & the South ♡
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It's no coincidence that Musk's companies are soaring in value as the regulatory agencies that were investigating or suing them are being gutted. The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.

submitted 22 hours ago • 155 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 2 days ago • 1214 comments

Don't think the Judge meant to be funny, but he did make me laugh at the 'box of cigars.'

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

FBI cancels community outreach programs for seniors

submitted 4 days ago • 251 comments

The billionaires are taking over our government, destroying our democracy, and enriching themselves - in broad daylight. With the two other co-equal branches abdicating their Constitutional duties, in full or in part, what could possibly go wrong? Besides everything.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2291 comments

Alabamians stood together at the State Capitol today to say NO to the F-elons destroying our democracy. #CourageisContagious #protest #NoKings #saveourdemocracy

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

These are Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division soldiers escorting the Little Rock Nine in 1957. Fort Campbell is erasing *its own* history.

submitted 5 days ago • 129 comments

Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

submitted 6 days ago • 147 comments

The US land grab attempts continues....

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

submitted 9 days ago • 417 comments

This should be plastered on every wall in every city and town in the country

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

CFPB - closed USAID - closed Medicaid - under attack NIH cancer funding - frozen Department of Education - under attack But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today? SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk

submitted 10 days ago • 382 comments

If you're in DC tomorrow, go to this protest. The CFPB protects us all from predatory/fraudulent financial institutions. We need the CFPB to continue returning millions $$$ to US consumers!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Me too.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse. The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million

submitted 13 days ago • 356 comments

Musk's "deferred resignation" contract is a TRAP. Anyone who signs it WAIVES all rights to pursue legal action against the government -- including TO ENFORCE THE RESIGNATION AGREEMENT ITSELF. So Musk and Trump can just break the contract, and there's nothing you can do.

submitted 13 days ago • 77 comments

Sounds like Alabama.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: We pulled together briefings for civil servants to provide them with news, resources, and analysis of the Trump Administration's attacks on the federal workforce including ways to plan for what happens next. Read our Dear Civil Servant series here: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/separating-t…

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments