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This is horrific "The Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo outlines an unprecedented push to target migrant children who crossed the border illegally as unaccompanied minors." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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As chancellor, Hitler rewarded the loyalty of his aides and allies with loyalty in turn—until he didn’t, Timothy W. Ryback writes:

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If anyone brings up the increase in autism diagnoses, here's a useful graph and article www.psu.edu/news/researc...

submitted 20 hours ago • 19 comments

No LGB without the T. We are LGBTQIA+.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

submitted 16 hours ago • 650 comments

Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

submitted 1 day ago • 279 comments

Mitch McConnell made political obstruction his life’s mission

submitted 22 hours ago • 9 comments

This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!

submitted 1 day ago • 728 comments

He nails it.

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Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well. His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel. Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

submitted 1 day ago • 179 comments

From a FOIA perspective, "the entire federal workforce should write down and email what they did last week" is extremely funny

submitted 21 hours ago • 194 comments

Big protest coming to Stonewall National Monument in just an hour or two. If you are in the area, get down there, be active, show your disapproval of the removal of transgender people from all online websites for the Stonewall National Monument page!

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

For anyone who meeds insulin: www.goodrx.com/insulin-lispro

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

83% of Americans disapprove of King Donold’s pardoning his Jan. 6 goon squad, and now his poll numbers are falling faster than a gold-plated toilet in a hurricane. SMITE!

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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester.

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

I understand that their goal is to harm a lot of marginalized people. We each need to do what we can to protect the vulnerable. I really get this and ALSO I just need as many people as possible who are able to do so to notice that these people are pathetic. They truly are. Just ridiculous.

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CNN Made FOIA Request About DOGE—Only to Learn FOIA Staff Was Fired "Definitely never seen this type of response to a FOIA request," quipped one journalist. www.commondreams.org/news/cnn-foi...

submitted 4 days ago • 16 comments

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are publicly organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

submitted 5 days ago • 29 comments

Trump blames Zelensky for Russia's invasion. Ridicules him as grossly incompetent. What a vile vicious man. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

submitted 5 days ago • 551 comments

I’m not going to lie, for every list I see without disabled people listed as at risk from this administration, my dread grows. We are the easiest group to eliminate. They do it all the time. Pull treatment, minimize risks, get you to believe we don’t count. Don’t matter.

submitted 5 days ago • 13 comments

"The mission: Force Americans to turn to high-speed rail by making flying in an airplane unthinkably terrifying."

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As a result, she said, just three full-time employees remain in both the Yellowstone and Bozeman ranger districts to manage 19 rental cabins, 60 bathrooms, 21 campgrounds and other infrastructure spread across 1 million acres. www.bozemandailychronicle.com/townnews/wor...

submitted 5 days ago • 58 comments

For the record: I do not like being disabled. I do not wish disability on anyone. If I could have avoided disability, I would have; it's an awful way to live in this world. And yet I do live; and yet I deserve to live with dignity. ALL of us deserve better than this atrocity. We need your help.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

This Black family won’t back down after court allows railroad to take their land

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A Florida man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting at a vehicle with two men who he thought were Palestinians but turned out to be Israeli visitors, local authorities said reut.rs/419TqMa

submitted 5 days ago • 47 comments

I've thought a few times in the last few weeks that it would be amazing if COBOL foiled them all. I mean, NJ runs on COBOL like Dunkin'.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Trump declared himself above the law today. Literally announced it. Pinned it to his feed for emphasis. The White House reposted it. All to underscore it’s not some passing thought, which would be bad enough. It’s not the top story on any news site that I can find. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

submitted 7 days ago • 104 comments

The National Archives is responsible for SO MUCH MORE than just preserving historical documents. It has a role in the electoral college process, for example. www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-sho...

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Last year, we found that 74% of accurate Community Notes debunking misleading claims about the US election on X weren’t being shown to users. Yet, Mark Zuckerberg wants to copy Elon Musk’s flawed system. Our research in @techpolicypress.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

submitted 7 days ago • 179 comments

"...the share-price-motivated and buyback-driven public corporation, the extractive private-equity model, and the more exploitative closely held firm that dies with its founder all aim to take out as much money as possible, without much consideration for the future." jacobin.com/2021/04/take...

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I will say again: The destruction of the CFPB—an agency that has brought in $20 billion over a little more than a decade despite having an annual budget that's less than what DOD has spent so far today—is the clearest sign none of this has anything to do with saving taxpayers money.

submitted 7 days ago • 22 comments

The flocking of tech CEOs to Trump is unsurprising if you consider the consonance between the centrality of regulatory arbitrage to many Silicon Valley business models (Uber, AirBnB, and even ChatGPT) and an administration that seeks to forcefully rend the regulatory state.

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When a white student asked me why Black graduations exist, I told them that just because something isn’t made for you, meant for you, or about you doesn’t mean you’re being harmed/discriminated against. Rather than thinking of why you aren’t in a space, think of why others want a space of their own.

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NEW: Trump and Musk’s efforts to shrink the government have left the country’s wildland firefighting force unprepared for the approaching wildfire season. One federal employee likened the funding freeze to a “massive sledgehammer” hitting the force.

submitted 9 days ago • 47 comments

“If Trump is denying access to outlets that refuse to lick his boots, then any media outlet that has access is compromised. Journalists who want to be worthy of the name have a moral obligation to follow the AP’s example in enraging the toddler in chief.“

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

I rode the back of the bus. I buried Dr. King. You want me to participate in your little hate-a-thon against some other group? Kindly kiss my black ass.

submitted 9 days ago • 95 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 9 days ago • 327 comments

I know people are all hahaha about this, but I can't help thinking about the fact that these are the people who have access to so much sensitive individual, institutional, and governmental data.

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Trump's Justice Dept sent a letter to House Judiciary yesterday laying out its case for firing members at indie agencies like NLRB and EEOC. "The Dept has concluded that those tenure protections are unconstitutional." They're looking to overturn 90-year-old SCOTUS precedent in Humprey's Executor.

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