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The Trump administration has just removed a federal ban on contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms, and drinking fountains. This is a result of Trump’s executive order to combat DEI.

The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.

Breaking News: A federal judge just ruled that Elon Musk has violated the Constitution for dismantling USAID and ordered employees to have their access immediately restored.

Who knew the Canadian flag would become the flag of resistance for angry voters in the US? Angry voters raise the Canadian flag 🇨🇦 as GOP Rep. Baumgartner faces loud, disruptive town hall in Spokane, WA […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more. Taking back our power starts now.

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY* (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

GOP lawmaker Justin Eichorn (R-MN) has been arrested on felony charges for soliciting sex from a teenage girl. He had previously spread claims that Democrats and LGBTQ people were trying to groom children.

The power of the people.....Let's keep it up!!

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸

I just learned that there is an X-rated 2005 movie called "Witches of Breastwick" where Stormy Daniels (yes that Stormy Daniels) plays a character called Felicia Day. So, that's how Tuesday's going.

Breaking: A federal judge just blocked Trump’s order banning transgender Americans from serving in the military.

Let this be a reminder: If we are willing and able to speak up against injustice, we must. We will continue to fight discriminatory attacks against trans servicemembers and veterans and the entire LGBTQ+ community. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

The VA has ceased all gender affirming care for trans veterans. This is a campaign of eradication. www.advocate.com/news/va-stop...

MeidasTouch BURIES Joe Rogan And Other Right-Wing Podcasts – Again. The MeidasTouch Podcast reigns supreme as podcast leader in total downloads and views with a staggering 141% audience surge.

This is a disgrace!

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...

youtu.be/jO8V1iE82xo?...

youtu.be/fiEYVJi7LzU?...

I missed this (Feb 6). Trump DOJ shut down “Taskforce Kleptocapture” that seized Russian oligarch super yachts. <surprised pikachu face> www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

WSJ editorial board: "But as with the war, Mr. Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?"

huh weird!

I hope Zelensky uses his mineral rights to get into the EU instead of giving Krasnov a win

You just know future generations are going to be looking back at this time and just saying “what the actual fuck.”

It’s been well over twenty years and I’m still furious about my African American literature class where this white girl (English, French, German, Irish, Italian…and a little bit of Native American) spent every class yelling at the professor (a black man) about racism

worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1

What sort of country tries to make Zelensky look like a pariah yet welcomes in the Tate boys?

Europe became a Union yesterday. 🇪🇺

Humans have 23 chromosomes, but between 1923 and 1956, textbooks taught that the number was 24 - even textbooks that showed a clear microscope picture of the 23! This is because one guy was convinced that it had to be an even number since half came from each parent, and that affected his counting

🇮🇹🇺🇦 Italy allocates €13 million to support Ukrainian energy sector.