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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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We are a full on Idiocracy

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

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Eddie Murphy playing Tracy Morgan right next to Tracy Morgan is just awesome. #SNL #SNL50thAnniversary

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The resignations from New York City’s government are eviscerating the DOJ‘s rationale for dismissing the criminal case against Adams.

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Run for something!

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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

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Knowledge is power…

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This past week was the 13th anniversary of Whitney Houston’s passing. She should be 61-years-old.

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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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jamelle is correct

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Because of DOGE, countless Americans are going to die.

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I loved it in Pinocchio, but in real life... not so much. 👀 😱 #WhaleOfA-Tale

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

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This is fascism.

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With everything going on, Trump taking us out of the Human Rights Council is not getting the attention it deserves. Take a few minutes and check out this must read piece by my friend @ambmicheletaylor.bsky.social on the topic.

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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

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Bravo Danielle Sassoon!!

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The acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon has resigned after being told to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams. These are the heroes we MUST acknowledge, applaud, and encourage....so more will engage in these same acts of bravery and integrity.

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The CFPB put $19.7B back into the pockets of families who were cheated by financial predators. Let’s be honest: the only reason Trump and Musk would shut down America’s consumer watchdog is because they are corrupt—and they don’t like when anybody stops them from being corrupt.

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The author of this piece was an associate WH counsel under Reagan. He has a very polite way of explaining that what Trump is doing with DOGE is a coup. wapo.st/4hSE7Ox

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The CFPB has returned $21 billion to 205 million consumers who were scammed at the hands of predatory banks. You can root out waste, fraud, and abuse... or you can eliminate the CFPB. But you can't do both.

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We’re done here. Right?

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Eggs are double the price since couch fucker got in the W.H.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

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🎯

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Every day these people show us who they are

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a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

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Clear-eyed, direct NYT op-ed by @jamellebouie.net using the kind of non-euphemistic language the headlines should embrace:

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👇🏼

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Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

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Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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So let me get this straight. Trump complained about NAFTA, did a new deal that was almost the exact same thing. 4 years later, he complained about his deal wondering, "who comes up with it," threatens Mexico and Canada, and the "negotiates" the exact same thing. Again. Am I missing something?

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Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz: "If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers." BOOM!

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Amen!!

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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

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Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship. #BlackHistoryMonth

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BREAKING: Alicia Keys last night at the Grammys: “DEI is not a threat, it's a gift."

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(h/t: @the.language.nerds)

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JFK on why he founded USAID. “The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.

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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

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🤷‍♂️

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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

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This is what "merit hire" means to them

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Hello federal civil servants!! READ THIS if you’ve received an OPM “Fork in the Road” email: www.civilservicestrong.org/resource/opm...

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Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.

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