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At the Long Beach Tesla Takedown, lots of folks out here (I’d estimate probably 40-50 so far) and lots of support from cars driving by. Come out and join!

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Yes, the zoo is partially funded by public dollars. No, that does not make them “your wombats.”

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www.rawstory.com/us-military/

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Kahlenberg's housing takes are bad, but somehow he's outdone himself here. Terrible but unsurprising.

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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Nazi shit happens at CPAC every single year now. It's undeniable what that hive is. Anyone denying this shit still has their head so far up their own ass that they should never be taken seriously for any reason on any topic ever again because they're delusional.

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Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. “We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.” https://propub.li/4370xr2

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W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.

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I assume this is a typo, but I am def interested in eating some of my officials!

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I was set to launch my book at the Carter Library next month. This week, we were told all events now need approval from the National Archives. The next day, my event was forced to relocate. A book about the working homeless. A book about civil rights. Apparently these topics are now off limits.

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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

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Democrats: we can't do anything because in order to properly wield power, norms and traditions say first you need to say the magic words in sixteen different languages only spoken by the Senate Parliamentarian Republicans: We just reincarnated Hitler and cloned him just because

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trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything

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These cuts WILL impact wildfire response. Anyone who says otherwise does not know what they are talking about.

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A memo to the Education department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” cases to proceed. Thousands of outstanding race, gender complaints will continue to sit idle. @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

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Absolutely unethical behavior from HP. Just tell me you don't want my money. www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/02/...

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Trump take wing

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PBO report found that a basic income floor can slash poverty by 40% at just 5% of what we're spending on poverty, saving taxpayer money. BNN Bloomberg has called it "trickle-up economics" that grows the economy and improves people's ability to retrain and find better work.

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NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out USAID told me it can’t release documents via #FOIA due to “recent developments” Meanwhile, a memo I obtained sent to DHS FOIA officers this week directs them to “maximize transparency” when processing FOIA requests www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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There's nothing slow-motion about it. We ride.

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Sure, Halford the pallid bat (A. pallidus), has amazing ears but check out that tongue! #bats #arizona #cuteanimals #wildlife

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Defacing this to say LOGICAL MEN and giving them little fedoras

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well-before makes nice masks that are comfy and seal well on our big heads/faces (and i have high cheekbones and a low nose bridge) AND, more importantly, don't trigger my chemical allergies they're back in stock n99 with a rubber-y gasket: wellbefore.com/products/wel...

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I love my community radio station KXCI 😍

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Nina Simone. Born this day in 1933. Ink, pencil and watercolour drawing from 2018.

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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

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For all the USPS's faults, Americans have to realize: It's one of the best postal services in the world, even after being kneecapped by DeJoy. Fight for our postal service, guys. I know I will. It is an essential public good.

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What parent could object to letting this upstanding looking man inspect their children's genitals?

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Coinbase says that the SEC has agreed to drop the enforcement case against the company. It only cost them $75 million in political contributions.

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I'm digging down details on a few stories, but I'm very interested in hearing from any federal employees or contractors: * who are just seeing DOGE folks coming into your agencies now * about what has happened in the wake of a DOGE bomb: rehires, canceled programs, big changes, etc. Signal: crg.32

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I said what I said.

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Three online "news" stories published this week that include quotes from me that I didn't say. But I didn't do interviews and get misquoted. And they're not written by actual journalists. My best guess is there are massive amounts of AI slop getting posted as news and now I'm part of it. 😬

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Just as we warned, Brendan Carr is establishing himself as America's top censor, and he's not being shy about it. And a hearty "fuck you" to anyone who insisted Carr was a "free speech warrior."

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the whole 2020-2024 era of “dems shouldnt aggressively use the levers of power bc then republicans will do the same thing when theyre elected” sure looks dumb as dog shit right now huh

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I can tell you this: Ron Wyden actually cares about Medicaid and the people who rely on it. He and his staff have been fighting to protect Medicaid. The Senate Republican majority look like they're going to force the kind of cuts that will kill tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Americans.

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Hmmm where have I seen this before? Oh yea, only in every autocracy I’ve ever studied.

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by the way these are literally the exact same dumbass motherfuckers, not like them, the literal exact same fucking guys, saying government is inefficient and you should cancel it to give them all the governments money so they can provide you services instead

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As a historian, I just to make the stakes really, really clear for you. Every dollar you cut from higher education is a direct investment in authoritarianism. – @melanienewport.bsky.social

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