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Hegseth drives out another #DEI hire. Certainly unqualified with only decades of experience and so few degrees: Doctor of Medicine, Master of Public Health, Master of Science, and a BS from West Point along with graduating from the Army Command & Staff College. thehill.com/policy/defen...

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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

submitted 2 days ago • 690 comments

NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny

submitted 2 days ago • 1107 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 2 days ago • 3291 comments

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

submitted 2 days ago • 6024 comments

Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday.

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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

submitted 3 days ago • 851 comments

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

submitted 2 days ago • 847 comments

I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

submitted 2 days ago • 437 comments

Yes

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podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... Rev. Rob James on writing a children’s Bible with 50 interactive NT stories and why it’s quite useful for adults too!

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BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun. The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.

submitted 4 days ago • 229 comments

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

submitted 24 days ago • 1525 comments

Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

submitted 8 days ago • 672 comments

The leader of the free world, folks.

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“He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich -- both will come to poverty (Proverbs 22:16)." #PrayForAmerica

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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

submitted 14 days ago • 853 comments

Not to sound like a broken record, but the only thread that runs through all the various MAGA factions is eugenics

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“They say that, "Patriotism is the last refuge To which a scoundrel clings" Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king.” Sweetheart Like You, Bob Dylan

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podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... The amazing history of Catholicism in Korea, including a personal account of the Gwangju Democratization movement in 1980 by Dr Don Baker of UBC Asian Studies. A fascinating story from 1784 to today.

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I'm going to keep saying this. The US Govt sent both of my grandfathers to Europe with rifles to shoot Nazis because this filth needs to be wiped off the earth. We were right then. What are we now? www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

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The Department of History at the University of Washington is hiring a 9 month distinguished lecturer in ancient or medieval mediterranean history. 4 classes over 3 quarters, salary $100–115k, plus benefits. Review begins April 1st, feel free to email me with any questions apply.interfolio.com/161510

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‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan. Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after Trump’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’. Incredible unity. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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We need to ensure that our govt institutions in Canada are robust enough to withstand state capture as well: Is Elon Musk taking over the US government? Here’s how ‘state capture’ works – and why we should be concerned #statecapture #ElonMusk #coups countercurrents.org/2025/02/is-e...

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

Europe just stood up. This is the way!

submitted 18 days ago • 416 comments

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... The incredible story of Catholicism in Korea, a story of martyrdom, persecution, and resilience, including the role of nuns and priests in the Gwangju democratization resistance, with Dr Don Baker of UBC Asian Studies.

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Good News for Canadians!! 🔴 #Election2025 Liberals Now Projected To Win A Majority With Mark Carney As Party Leader cultmtl.com/2025/02/libe...

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BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks. This is leadership. It’s also unprecedented. A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.

submitted 19 days ago • 704 comments

BBC News - Beginnings of Roman London discovered in office basement www.bbc.com/news/article... I'm just a kid from the Canadian prairies. This kind of stuff blows my socks off.

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This is a great To Do list. This is now my road map. choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

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Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social

submitted 19 days ago • 603 comments

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w... It’s more important than ever and as important as it ever was: how do we become a Catholic peace church? A conversation with the Mennonite-Catholic theologian Gerald Schlabach on the call to peace.

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So either a news outlet uses Trump's ridiculous "Gulf of America" name for the Gulf of Mexico (which the rest of the world doesn't even recognize) or they can't attend White House press events. Censorship and control of the media is a dictator's trademark.

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These things seem like they are connected. From the home page of @apnews.com

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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

submitted 23 days ago • 1492 comments

Whole Foods, which is owned by notorious union-buster Amazon, is arguing that Trump's dismantling of the NLRB means the company doesn't have to recognize a newly unionized store in Philadelphia. Looks like Jeff Bezos's investment in Trump is paying off.

submitted 23 days ago • 419 comments

It's getting a little North Korean around here.

submitted 24 days ago • 2539 comments

OUCH!

submitted 23 days ago • 73 comments

NFL : sideline ‘End Racism’ to avoid offending racist. I knew 47 would be there, but wish I hadn’t see this. I was looking forward to Super Bowl Sunday and it ruined it for me.

submitted 25 days ago • 760 comments

How did this guy get access to critical personal and payment information in US Treasury Databases? Which laws were violated? In which OTHER countries has Musk violated the law? How will law be enforced? #justice #police #law #crimenews

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Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli

submitted 29 days ago • 2170 comments

My book on the Ethics of Immigration. www.eerdmans.com/978146744880...

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Since I happen to be reading @sandrasulldun.bsky.social on Aquinas' order of love RIGHT NOW, I'll offer some thoughts. Sure, there is an order of love in which it's okay to love those nears to you more. HOWEVER-1/x cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_ful...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

i need someone to ask john roberts if nondelegation applies to handing over the entire federal government to a single unelected billionaire

submitted 31 days ago • 155 comments