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🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org sues on behalf of unions, retirees to block access to personal and sensitive data at SSA. This case comes after SSA commissioner stepped down due to concerns about DOGE accessing data. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 3 hours ago • 145 comments

Last week Trump "eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law" (i) the Presidio Trust; (ii) the Inter-American Foundation; (iii) the United States African Development Foundation; and (iv) the United States Institute of Peace. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 27 minutes ago • 0 comments

Did you all know? In BRAZIL, it's illegal to make, sell, distribute or promote symbols, emblems, ornaments, badges or propaganda that uses the swastika with the purpose of promoting nazism. Punishment - two to five years reclusion and fine.

submitted 7 hours ago • 17 comments

“The Washington Post reported earlier on Sunday that the I.R.S. was considering a memorandum of understanding that would give DOGE staff members broad access to its systems, including the Integrated Data Retrieval System, which contains taxpayer accounts.” 2/17/25 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

submitted 1 hour ago • 4 comments

Big court win: judge rules Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP and others must face claims by Puerto Rican towns in a RICO case alleging the companies engaged in a coordinated, decades-long deception campaign to conceal the true dangers of fossil fuel consumption. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

submitted 55 minutes ago • 1 comment

Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

submitted 4 hours ago • 13 comments

People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out. Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.

submitted 6 hours ago • 37 comments

. General Mark Milley was right . . . ... and he's still right ! 💠 👊 💠

submitted 11 hours ago • 219 comments

No doubt last night’s purge reflects racism and misogyny. But those wrongs are just a cover for the far more serious evils and dangers that exist here.

submitted 6 hours ago • 228 comments

So here’s what happens when they actually go after Social Security & Medicare: They officially PISS OFF approximately 73+ Million Voters, their Families & Friends, and their political lives END! Are you paying attention GOP? We’re watching very, very closely, we know who you are! CONSEQUENCES!

submitted 7 hours ago • 34 comments

Musk and DOGE are closing local Social Security offices, making it hard for people with disabilities to access help. Frank Bisignano, former FISERV CEO, is Trump’s nominee for commissioner of Social Security. He is likely to expand this. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 8 hours ago • 61 comments

More subtle outcomes of litigation. Courts have not just blocked DOGE and other actions, but also forced Gov to produce answers and commitments. Friday night's Treasury decision requires: Gov certifying what is the security clearance process for DOGE team; revealing authorizations for DOGE; more⬇️

submitted 7 hours ago • 15 comments

Good Morning friends 💙 Friday night #47 fired several military officials leading us closer toward fascism. Thank you, #GovernorPritzker for being the leader we need ~ #SheShed #Illinois youtu.be/u3qaPhMmoIk?...

submitted 8 hours ago • 9 comments

Pure uncontainable rage is what I feel "Kfir and Ariel were murdered with bare hands; they killed them with their hands. After that, they committed horrific acts to their bodies to cover up the atrocities." www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

We don’t have massive federal debt because of Social Security & Medicare. We have massive federal debt because the rich don't pay their fair share of taxes. Now R's want to make major cuts to SS to give rich people more tax breaks. #ProudBlue #HandsOffMyMedicaid #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

submitted 8 hours ago • 18 comments

Don’t be a nice person…

submitted 7 hours ago • 62 comments

Every day, they're testing how far they can take this. If they think they can take it all the way, they absolutely will. But we don't have to let them.

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

Rep. don't care about your right to vote. Project 2025 would weaken voting laws by stripping the Dept of Justice's Civil Rights Division, (responsible for enforcing the Voting Rights Act). It would also give the government access to state voter rolls. Utterly unacceptable! #votingrights #BlueCrew

submitted 9 hours ago • 8 comments

It’s nonsense—but deliberately. The terms are vague and meaningless so they can ban ANYTHING if they want to.

submitted 9 hours ago • 23 comments

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

submitted 9 hours ago • 557 comments

submitted 16 hours ago • 55 comments

nowmarch.org This a peaceful March that is being organized right now. It will be in Washington DC on March 14th. Trump has got to go . . .

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

"Leland Dudek, a data analyst working in a small anti-fraud office, was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with representatives of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner." wapo.st/41qBKwR

submitted 8 hours ago • 48 comments

submitted 15 hours ago • 4 comments

Much media coverage: These Pentagon moves are unusual but Trump's within his rights and wants supporters of his America First agenda. The truth: How is removing the JAGs relevant to any agenda? New, Hegseth-selected JAGs are needed for total loyalty to Trump and finding all his orders lawful.

submitted 8 hours ago • 45 comments

In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

submitted 12 hours ago • 586 comments

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

submitted 10 hours ago • 431 comments

For those at the back…

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submitted 8 hours ago • 810 comments

📣 TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! 📣 On March 7th, we’re Standing Up for Science in DC & ALL 50 STATES to make our voices heard. We hope you’ll join us! ☀️ #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall #standupforscience2025

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

🚨☀️ Hey Bluesky! Know anyone near the following cities that would be willing to help us Stand Up for Science? ☀️🚨 Annapolis, MD Bismarck, ND Boise, ID Charleston, WV Dover, DE Jackson, MS Anchorage or Juneau, AK Montpelier, VT Richmond, VA Send them our way! #standupforscience2025

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

🚨 Trump’s DOGE purge just made Veterans’ data a massive target. They fired key cybersecurity staff protecting VA.gov —leaving millions of Veterans’ medical & personal records exposed. This isn’t efficiency. It’s reckless and dangerous.

submitted 1 day ago • 76 comments

"Six weeks ago, we had the strongest economy, employment, and stock market in history. ..All gone in 30 days."

submitted 17 hours ago • 318 comments

MORE NEWS: A federal judge has granted an even more extensive block of DOGE's access to Treasury systems, saying there is a "realistic danger" that the "rushed" process to access sensitive payment systems has compromised data. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 22 hours ago • 43 comments

Trump and Hegseth’s Reckless Purge of Military Leadership Endangers National Security. Common Defense calls on Congress, military leaders, and every American who cares about democracy to speak out and stand against this dangerous coup in the making.

submitted 19 hours ago • 11 comments

Reuters is reporting that Ukraine has been notified that Elon will shut off Starlink access to Ukrainian Armed Forces unless Zelensky signs the rare earth minerals paperwork. 100% extortion.

submitted 17 hours ago • 26 comments

The more I think about it, the more disgusted I am to know that nazism was just rotting under the floorboards, waiting to try again the very moment the last veterans of WW2 started shoveling off this mortal coil.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Rep. Jason Crow: “The purge of senior officers at DOD is deeply troubling, but purging JAG officers worries me the most. “JAG officers interpret law for our commanders. They help determine what's lawful and constitutional. “Replacing these military lawyers with Trump loyalists is so dangerous.”

submitted 19 hours ago • 206 comments

Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

submitted 20 hours ago • 415 comments

So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

submitted 20 hours ago • 155 comments

Putinization of America

submitted 1 day ago • 269 comments

This is how ‘Dr.’ Death is going destroy vaccine programs and make vaccines unaffordable to most. “Insurance companies are mandated to cover recommended vaccines; however, if the CDC and ACIP don't make a recommendation for a new vaccine, insurers have the autonomy to decide whether to cover them.”

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

Reagan's also responsible for the fact that social security benefits are taxed.

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submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

It is mind-boggling to me that people say "but I had to comply with the fascists because otherwise there would be some cost—" NO FUCKING KIDDING. Did you think you'd never have to make a hard choice in Fascist America? That you wouldn't be asked to sacrifice someone and be rewarded for it?? JFC

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

A fertile environment for fascism

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 23 hours ago • 944 comments