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To learn about the fight against unconstitutional efforts to quash free speech at newspapers, we spoke to publishers on the frontlines at the Marion County Record and The Clarksdale Press Register. Here’s what they had to say.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

1. A #flu season update: It looks like flu season is starting to subside in the US, with some of the deep red and purple coming out of the #CDC's map charting influenza-like illness. Last week (most recent) is on the right; left is the week before. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

submitted 71 days ago • 5 comments

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

submitted 71 days ago • 1198 comments

Trump claimed Zelenskyy's approval rating was 4% — but a Ukrainian poll said otherwise.

submitted 70 days ago • 2 comments

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

submitted 77 days ago • 933 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 77 days ago • 5575 comments

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

submitted 77 days ago • 2006 comments

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 79 days ago • 518 comments

This is the story running through everything, GOP remaking itself as a MAGA People's Assembly that just approves what the party leader wants.

submitted 80 days ago • 61 comments

“We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party or your views, change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less.”

submitted 82 days ago • 52 comments

Three local teenagers have died from the flu as of Thursday, none of whom were vaccinated, according to San Diego County.

submitted 82 days ago • 273 comments

🎯🎯🎯

submitted 82 days ago • 301 comments

HEADLINE: CDC posts, then deletes, data on bird flu spread between cats and people. The data which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. It is evident the CDC is being muzzled SO let’s talk about what YOU can do to PROTECT yourself AND your pets. 🧪🧵 ⬇️

submitted 85 days ago • 175 comments

Good resource www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

submitted 83 days ago • 17 comments

Sherrilyn Ifill: "But this moment we find ourselves in is the result of the reckless voting of our fellow Americans in 2024, the failures of our media over decades, the critical political mistakes of our leaders, the short-sighted greed of the corporate community, and the longstanding-- (1/2)

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

32 days until the government runs out of money Democratic are about to have a lot of leverage Not clear they’ll use it

submitted 82 days ago • 1802 comments

Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.” Lots of information and resources in this one. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

submitted 82 days ago • 227 comments

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submitted 83 days ago • 145 comments

"Farmers report missing millions of dollars of funding they were promised by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, despite promises from the Trump administration that a federal funding freeze would not apply to projects directly benefiting individuals." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

They’re scrubbing the name from the building Mark my words—we will regret this

submitted 85 days ago • 29 comments

SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

submitted 86 days ago • 163 comments

Lisa Murkowski says “Our phones have been ringing off the hook all morning, wondering what it means, how long it's going to last, everything from a small dam project, small hydro project down in the Angoon area, to people concerned about everything from housing to water infrastructure projects.”

submitted 95 days ago • 56 comments

Our office is receiving thousands of calls from concerned Californians. Keep 'em coming. Senate phones are having tech issues, so we're working to resolve the "voicemail full" note that you may be hearing. You can also reach us anytime at ➡️ schiff.senate.gov/contact/

submitted 86 days ago • 634 comments

Someone just called my phone, sneezed and then hung up. I'm getting sick and tired of these cold calls.

submitted 87 days ago • 80 comments

You know it's unprecedented times when Millennials are voluntarily making phone calls.

submitted 87 days ago • 16 comments

A federal court just blocked Elon Musk from interfering with the federal government’s payments system. There is power in fighting back. We won’t let up until this block is permanent.

submitted 86 days ago • 721 comments

Sparing a moment for the people who didn't vote. Particularly those who didn't vote for Kamala bc of Gaza. In abstaining, you showed you were okay with the Palestinians being fucked over, AND every country that relies on US aid. But burn it all down if you don't get exactly what you want, right?

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 87 days ago • 1294 comments

Any other person would be arrested…

submitted 88 days ago • 1163 comments

GITMO is the new Auschwitz.

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

This is a good action.

submitted 88 days ago • 45 comments

My MAGA representative's non-response to my appeal to vote against HR722: The National Abortion Ban. "I believe it's a state issue but I'll keep your thoughts in mind if it comes up in the House" Expected response: "This is a state issue, so of course I will vote it down in the house."

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

So I contacted my district "Congresswoman" last Friday (I didn't vote for her either term) about the financial catastrophe going on in the federal government. I got an automated response and a newsletter on what they are focused on in Congress: National Abortion Ban & Private Education

submitted 89 days ago • 36 comments

HB 722 Aims to give 14th ammendment citizenship to unborn persons, creating a national abortion ban. It has been introduced to the House. Call your Representative, even if they are Republican. They campaigned on Abortion as a state's rights issue. This is not that.

submitted 88 days ago • 6 comments

Hey single issue Christian voters that voted for Trump in wanting a national abortion ban: Musk’s attack on USAID will directly lead to the death of an estimated 8300 pregnant women worldwide in the next 90 days. Their blood is on your hands.

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

HERE COMES THE NATIONAL ABORTION PILL BAN. "Oh, they won't do that." Arrest Warrant Issued For New York Doctor Indicted In Louisiana For Prescribing Abortion Pill

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments