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Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec: "... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands "...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest" apnews.com/article/hass...

submitted 5 days ago • 206 comments

The livestream had to be rebooted, so there's a new video link. Please share it, it's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMa7...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Good day! Today is World Bee Day! Take a minute to read about this important event! www.fao.org/world-bee-da...

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Snuck into the GOP budget bill: Stripping funding for Planned Parenthood. A critical reproductive health provider that Americans rely on for cancer screenings, birth control, and other essential health care. Republicans are ready to cash in on your health and freedom so Elon can get a tax cut.

submitted 22 days ago • 11 comments

Qatar's gift of a plane to Donald Trump is corruption on display – and almost certainly illegal. It also raises serious national security concerns. I'm demanding an inquiry into the Department of Defense’s involvement in facilitating the transfer of this gift.

submitted 22 days ago • 100 comments

Trump says our gov would be “stupid” to turn down a $400M jet from Qatar—yet he plans to transfer it to his own library, outside of government. This isn’t patriotism—it’s profiteering. Call Congress now. Don’t let him use public office to pull a private grift. #StopTheJet #NoMoreGrift

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

youtu.be/e7qI_HBBFU0?... At some point today, listen to this speech. This is how you speak truths to what is happening. After you listen to it, please reflect on what resistance actions we can take as individuals in whatever position we have. Government employee or not, our actions & words matter.

submitted 26 days ago • 13 comments

Literally no one should be okay living in an authoritarian surveillance/police state. If you think you’ll be safe because you’re not one of ‘those people’ you’re missing the point. We are all potentially ’those people’ Wake up, America. The tyrannical government is here!

submitted 26 days ago • 15 comments

Judge Beryl Howell: "No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit … [T]his action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase: 'The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.'"

submitted 34 days ago • 10 comments

Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption. Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. We cannot let this stand.

submitted 36 days ago • 606 comments

For the 🍴 and 🥄 who may soon face the same.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation. Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday

submitted 41 days ago • 387 comments

FBI arrest of a sitting judge is a big deal, but the looming question is what type of warrant was ICE executing: judicial or administrative. Judge Dugan is now front & center in the ongoing escalation of ICE's ready fire aim method of law enforcement.

submitted 41 days ago • 32 comments

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

submitted 49 days ago • 8420 comments

The most important thing for anyone to know right now whether citizen or non-citizen.... if you find yourself detained by ANY law enforcement, no matter who they are or what they say do NOT SIGN ANYTHING without a lawyer who is advocating for you being present!

submitted 52 days ago • 13 comments

This is such an important statement that is so simple in its explanation but seems to be overlooked by so many. I know I, for one, needed to read this today.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Giving a boost for a science job that has been slow to fill.

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

The pain our country is causing around the world is incalculable.

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

Imagine how we would respond if our allies treated us the way we have been treating them. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social on our European allies standing with us: www.thebulwark.com/p/when-ameri...

submitted 61 days ago • 11 comments

Just brilliant… www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/05/m...

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

It's midnight in Washington, and in case you're catching up... So far tonight, Republicans have blocked amendments that would: – Remove tariffs hurting families – Protect disaster response and recovery - Secure Social Security benefits - Preserve federal lands (Thread 🧵)

submitted 62 days ago • 157 comments

BREAKING: A federal court ruled the lawsuit of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Ph.D student detained for writing an op-ed, should proceed in Vermont — denying the Trump administration's motion to move the case to Louisiana. We will not stop fighting until Rümeysa is home.

submitted 62 days ago • 17 comments

The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling. People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯. America, we have a problem!

submitted 62 days ago • 1824 comments

The economy is crashing. There's four dead soldiers being flown home. Where's Trump? Fucking golfing. Are we done yet, Senators?

submitted 62 days ago • 16 comments

Absolute trash.

submitted 65 days ago • 44 comments

Our research shows: the resistance is alive and well | Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman and Soha Hammam

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submitted 68 days ago • 392 comments

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

submitted 73 days ago • 3117 comments

In today's news so absurd you can't make it up, the new head of OFCCP is Catherine Eschbach. Who, you ask? Oh, just SpaceX's lawyer. What does OFCCP do, you ask? Make sure federal contractors obey nondiscrimination laws. (Except not anymore because Trump revoked a decades-long executive order.)

submitted 73 days ago • 5 comments

Oh shit.

submitted 73 days ago • 8 comments

Want me to join you on your commute? Reply with some details about how you get around Boston and we’ll get in touch to record a #CommuteWithMe this spring!

submitted 73 days ago • 18 comments

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey. Defiantly, ME

submitted 74 days ago • 363 comments

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Folks always ask me how they can make a difference. Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online. Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.

submitted 77 days ago • 121 comments

The president is trying to fire me. Who does this help? Is it going to help the family struggling to pay for medicine or groceries or rent? Or is it going to help the billionaires behind the president at his inauguration? My interview with @npr.org Morning Edition: www.npr.org/2025/03/20/n...

submitted 77 days ago • 7 comments

Oh, look, he's now defying 90 year old SCOTUS decisions.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Trump just invoked this very same law to target people inside our borders and he’s already deporting citizens. Roberts said history repudiated Korematsu, but SCOTUS never actually overruled it. What makes anyone think he won’t do this again? Who’s gonna stop him?

submitted 80 days ago • 6 comments

This is a perfect message for today. ☘️

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments