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submitted 61 days ago • 396 comments

Do it

submitted 69 days ago • 290 comments

A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.

submitted 69 days ago • 79 comments

Finally. A Missouri judge on Friday cleared the way for abortion procedures to begin in Kansas City and across the state, blocking clinic licensure rules that represented the last remaining obstacles to renewed access. Read more at: www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

submitted 73 days ago • 30 comments

On Monday, USAID's IG warned that Trump's agency cuts have made it harder to root out fraud and abuse — and that nearly $500M in food was about to spoil due to Trump's foreign aid freeze. On Tuesday, Trump fired him. So much for transparency.

submitted 75 days ago • 110 comments

Thousands of investors in Trump’s crypto scheme lost $2 billion in just weeks while the Trump Organization racked up $100 million in trading fees. Just so happens that the CFPB, which Trump is trying to kill, recently announced new regulations for the crypto industry. Hello?

submitted 75 days ago • 257 comments

Call to Action: Picket Tesla, Saturday February 15, 11am, at all Tesla dealerships everywhere to oppose Elon Musk and the oligarchy. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakeover If you can't make it, flood the lines with your concerns, all US locations and numbers here: www.tesla.com/findus/list/...

submitted 76 days ago • 184 comments

Oh, hell yes…

submitted 81 days ago • 405 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

submitted 87 days ago • 4354 comments

Can confirm. Grassroots power is impressive. In fact, it's the only thing that scares them. That's why they're trying to hard to overwhelm and depress you. Don't give them the satisfaction.

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia just accomplished something huge: they overcame Amazon's union-busting tactics and voted to form the store's first union in over four decades. Remember that we can always find hope in the labor movement.

submitted 89 days ago • 401 comments

if i see one more senator or congressperson posting MAN THIS IS SO ILLEGAL SOMEBODY SHOULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING i think i might actually fucking black out

submitted 90 days ago • 11 comments

Here’s something easy you can do today. Block USA Today on Blue Sky. If thousands of us can do it, we can have an immediate impact on their reach on social media.

submitted 92 days ago • 1568 comments

If you enjoy gumming up the works, there’s a new snitch line to report the entire script of the bee movie to!

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance. Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

submitted 97 days ago • 316 comments

We can be very effective when we take action at the local level. I am Executive Director of Blue Missouri -- we support down-ballot Dem candidates in MO. Join us for our meeting with MO Minority Whip Ashely Aune and "On Democracy" host Fred Wellman. Register Here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

submitted 97 days ago • 53 comments

Reminder that law and morality are separate things Reminder that your worldview and belief system should not be primarily based on laws. Reminder to wear a mask. Reminder that trans rights are human rights. Reminder: be Good

submitted 98 days ago • 4 comments

America’s new nobility… politicsgirl.supercast.com youtu.be/WACdyTFv7TA

submitted 98 days ago • 24 comments

The opposition begins. We are not alone. We are not powerless. We fight for the America that should be and we don’t back down.

submitted 98 days ago • 25 comments

In honor of the most important observation of today, a look at a few of Rev. Dr. King's most fire quotes. youtube.com/shorts/426BR...

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment