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On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

submitted 12 days ago • 402 comments

I think there's a good case to be made at this point that Twitter is a state actor.

submitted 12 days ago • 140 comments

Courageous women from Danielle Sassoon to Cassidy Hutchinson, Bishop Budde, Liz Cheney, Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss, and many others continue to lead the fight against America's tyrant.

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 789 comments

To clarify: TicTac is what Trump said he uses when he’s getting ready to rape a woman. TikTok is what he uses when he’s getting ready to rape a country.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Five years of pandemic politics have divided the United States, kneecapped a generation of students, and returned a conspiratorial fringe to power, @davidfrum.bsky.social writes. What could we have done differently?

submitted 14 days ago • 25 comments

Happy birthday Judy Blume #BookSky

submitted 14 days ago • 98 comments

We’re done here. Right?

submitted 15 days ago • 3516 comments

Elon Musk and his many conflicts of interest are dominating the top of the @nytimes.com home page and app right now. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

submitted 15 days ago • 72 comments

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 17 days ago • 1165 comments

"One was fired by email at 12:47 am. Another wept with colleagues as security escorted her from the office. A third frantically tried to fill a prescription after she got a 24-hour notice that her health care was ending." Stories of the purged. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

submitted 17 days ago • 58 comments

Good where-things-are piece by Katherine Stewart, and I'm glad to see it in the NY Times. In particular, thinking of the Trump governing coalition as 3 main prongs: the oligarchs, the fanatics, and the mass of Trump voters. The latter includes some who didn't sign up for what the former are doing.

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

It's hard for me to grasp the sheer cruelty of wrapped up in the story below. I fully support taking a close look at grant programs to make sure we're not wasting money, but this is what blanket freezes do. It's thoughtless. It's senseless. It's malicious. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

submitted 19 days ago • 22 comments

Cassandra Speaks: A Parable A frog went hippity hoppity through the forest one day when he came upon a crackling campfire with a pot of water on top. He was feeling tired and dirty, so he hopped right on up into the pot.

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When critics say “Who elected Elon Musk?”, MAGAs say “The President appointed him.” Remember that after it blows up and they try to distance themselves from him.

submitted 21 days ago • 8 comments

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

submitted 21 days ago • 145 comments

The orchestrated cookie cutter response to anything positive about the work of USAID relies on obvious lies, no direct experience, and questions like ‘how did that turn out, har har har’ cuz they think USAID was the one invading & occupying & impoverishing countries

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

This is completely nuts ⬇️ “USAID security personnel were defending a secure room holding sensitive and classified data in a standoff with “department of government efficiency” employees when a message came directly from Elon Musk: give the Doge kids whatever they want.”

submitted 21 days ago • 36 comments

"How Trump Tariffs Could Affect Small Businesses — and Their Customers" https://buff.ly/414S3zx “now I’m completely on hold,” "I can’t absorb the increased cost of a product" "It’s going to be harder for us to stay open"

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Same

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Clear-eyed, direct NYT op-ed by @jamellebouie.net using the kind of non-euphemistic language the headlines should embrace:

submitted 21 days ago • 49 comments

I knew they were gong to do project 2025, I just didn’t realize that Elon and his merry band of pre-teens would be the ones implementing it.

submitted 22 days ago • 285 comments

For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.

submitted 22 days ago • 73 comments

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

submitted 23 days ago • 1697 comments

Eighteenth century Americans rebelled against an English king. Will twenty-first century Americans accept a South African one?

submitted 23 days ago • 34 comments

I suspect USAID is first because it's "foreign aid" and fewer Americans will object. But once the precedent is established, expect unilateral dismantling of domestic institutions too

submitted 23 days ago • 213 comments

trying to remember that we truly do not know what tomorrow brings. for instance you can shoot your puppy and write about it and it seems like your political life is over but next day you’re running Homeland Security in a cowboy hat and lip filler

submitted 24 days ago • 32 comments

I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.

submitted 25 days ago • 311 comments

NEW: Elon Musk's team has hijacked massive datasets of government worker DOBs, home addresses, social security numbers, length of service, and performance evals - revoking the access of OPM career officials. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 26 days ago • 930 comments

WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE AN INSPECTOR GENERAL AT OPM—aw shit "Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the US government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials."

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

When combatting woke history Insist there is nothing to see. We must ensure kids Don't know what we did Or learn what it cost to be free.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Something I’ve noticed over the past two weeks is that Donald Trump and the Republican Party are really very bad, and that moderating on politically risky issues to beat them more in elections would do a lot of good for important progressive causes.

submitted 26 days ago • 38 comments

Doesn't surprise me.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

When I was 25 I was sad I had not written The Great American Novel. At 55, I realize there's no Great American Novel, there are merely the stories I'm the best person to tell. Don't worry about how others see greatness. Work on being the best version of who you are and what you can do in the world.

submitted 27 days ago • 159 comments

only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

submitted 28 days ago • 840 comments

You don't have to force people to tell true inspirational stories about themselves and their people. You often do have to force them to tell lies.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Jackson's Lament The treat you gave me Rolled under the fridge. Now I can't reach it And neither can you.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments