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The Trump regime's segregationist agenda is clear. I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces. karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...

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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

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I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.

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Remember that Donald Trump's playbook is to float an idea repeatedly to normalize it before pursuing it seriously. Republicans in the House and Senate are beyond pathetic for throwing democracy, the Constitution, liberty, justice, and this country under the bus for a wannabe dictator.

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The United States will not be trusted again in my lifetime, insofar as we’ve ever been trusted.

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Following Elon Musk, the world's richest man, two speakers at CPAC, Steve Bannon, who was pardoned by Donald Trump, and Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui, have now given Nazi salutes. This is a major scandal + should push us all to mobilize, protest, and call out #CPAC for what it is: a Nazi rally.

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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America first? America alone.

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A lesson in how claims of meritocracy as justification for opposing DEI are often cover for the demand that we return to a system of preference for white men - whatever their qualifications. Fire a qualified Black man. Hire a statutorily unqualified white man. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be legislators right now. We need them to be politicians. There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.

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I love this idea. Hey, @cardsagainsthumanity.com!

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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I’ve been changing my shopping habits. My anger and spite makes it so I don’t even notice how inconvenient it is. It’s like I’m compelled to avoid MAGA and MAGA-friendly entities.

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Well-qualified candidates to be considered for cabinet level positions.

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Robber Barons are back.

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“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

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Sounds like a threat to me. Put the money and democracy in the bag and nobody gets hurt.

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Nazis doing Nazi shit.

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Once again I am telling you: if you have a uterus, do not wear an Apple Watch www.pcmag.com/opinions/if-...

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Please repost this report alleging Trump was recruited by the KGB decades ago. Attempts are being made to scrub it from the Internet.

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Staffing the security apparatus and justice department with loyalists and purging non loyal elements is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. It’s not a “shake up”; it’s power consolidation.

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WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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"In Norway, Tesla saw a 38% sales slump, in France sales dropped by 63%, and in Spain by 75%. Tesla sales dropped 13% across the whole European Union last year and are expected to fall further... Tesla registered only 1,277 new cars in Germany in January, a year-on-year drop of 59.5%."

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Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

submitted 18 hours ago • 849 comments

The shortest honeymoon in history.

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Nazis doing Nazi shit.

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History rhymes encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Judge Dale Ho coming through, appoints Paul Clement to argue against DOJ’s motion to dismiss the Adams case.

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“By advocating for school choice through taxpayer-funded vouchers, we're not strengthening the public education system. We're diverting funds away from it,” Khalilah Karriem, the President of Jackson State University's student chapter of the NAACP, said. https://buff.ly/434vmwy

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From @jasmineforus.bsky.social

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The main focus for Europe: ◾️Strategic autonomy; ◾️Own security; ◾️Reviving European military potential and military production; ◾️Ukraine is not an instrument but a partner: Ukraine has the knowledge and experience in defense and military production.

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ELON: (replying to picture comparing 90s Lara Croft’s breasts to current day Lara Croft’s breasts posted by account called Western_Gaming) Woke must be stopped. GRIMES: Elon please call me back. Your sickly child Morty Mechahitler got cut in half looking at a photo of a Cybertruck.

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FTA(“Probationary” employees are just those workers who are relatively new in their positions, and thus have fewer due process rights under federal civil service law. The term does not in any way imply that these workers have done anything wrong or are “on probation” in a colloquial sense.)

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