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New, from me @theatlantic.com: No, the federal government is not too big It has real human capital needs Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Kept getting responses like this when I posted about cut services for disabled students. One person demanded to know who their parents voted for. 1) idk and idgaf; all students have educational rights no matter the politics of their families; 2) ZERO children voted for Trump; 3) ffs fix your hearts

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1. AUDIO On Monday in Fairbanks, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) told a constituent laid off from a job with the federal gov't that there was nothing he could do to stop budget cuts imposed by DOGE and Elon Musk Begich said he was "not in a position to approve or deny the cuts"

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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Federal funding cuts have forced wildland firefighters to cancel prescribed burns, which help prevent wildfires. “We will be more vulnerable to a catastrophic fire in the future as a result,” one firefighter said.

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URGENT: Tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 19), a committee of Utah senators will discuss HB 0209, a bill that would allow convicted child abusers to homeschool. Here’s how you can help us stop it (thread):

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National Science Foundation fired nearly 170 workers this morning in Zoom call. This included workers who had completed a 1-yr requisite probation and shouldn't have been included in termination but were suddenly told recently that the 1-yr should have been 2-yrs, revoking their permanent status.

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Reminder that Trump has demonstrated on multiple, multiple occasions in his life that he hates, fears and is disgusted by disabled people. There is no reason whatsoever to believe attacks on the disabled are accidental.

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It kills me how deeply stupid people like Staci White, quoted in the piece, are. Like it just makes me feel despair. I know it’s not productive but on an emotional level I feel like she should be shamed for the rest of her life for being SO STUPID.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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The National Park Service has removed references to transgender and queer people from the website for the Stonewall National Monument, a key site in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. www.instagram.com/p/DGD513dzrRJ/

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

Trans people and all LGBTQ+ people deserve love, support, celebration, and freedom to live as themselves with their civil rights fiercely defended. Cis people have to completely reject transphobia. Solidarity every single day!

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The dentist should have to pay me a cancellation fee, too. One free tooth per last minute cancellation perhaps

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the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.

submitted 10 days ago • 60 comments

to speak the true definition of "the Economy" is to look upon the source of all creation totally unprotected, so we argue with substitute words that represent its fractal concepts like "unemployment numbers" so that we are never blinded from witnessing Economy's totality

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You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

submitted 11 days ago • 53 comments

To put a finer point on it, the Trump administration is mass firing federal employees and telling them if they dispute their termination that they can take it up with a board that will (I just learned) lack a quorum to function as of March 1 when another of the current board member’s term expires.

submitted 11 days ago • 41 comments

my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory

submitted 11 days ago • 1141 comments

the “administrative state” in practice is a lot of very hard working, practically anonymous people doing the thankless work of making this country run and a drug-addled dipshit is slandering them in order to steal our money for himself

submitted 12 days ago • 160 comments

one of the things that drive me crazy about the defense of impoundment is that it is in such obvious bad faith. like, of course congressional appropriations are directives! why would congress have oversight powers if the constitutional expectation was that appropriations were advisory?

submitted 12 days ago • 39 comments

The idea that there should be a public debate about the appropriate medical care for a minuscule population of children remains one of the most absurd lies that these liberal transphobes, NYT edit board included, tell themselves. No there shouldn’t! It’s not an appropriate matter for public debate!

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WATCH: While Republican proposals include further tax breaks for the ultrawealthy and corporations, other proposals would eliminate tax breaks for families with children, like the current tax credit for up to $2,100 in child care expenses. 📽️ @josesepulveda.bsky.social

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Hey friends, I have a book announcement! I recently illustrated Em Dickson's "Beyond They/Them: 20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse People You Should Know," and it's now available as part of Barnes & Noble's sale for the pages event! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beyond-the... #booksky #art

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I hate Mike Lee so much. Fuck that guy.

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Despite the Trump administration’s efforts, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. And thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot live on ProPublica’s website and other places. 👇

submitted 16 days ago • 83 comments

Literally yes! What good are our representatives if they are only out for themselves???

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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

submitted 18 days ago • 1757 comments

Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.

submitted 18 days ago • 526 comments

‪ lmao sorry this is so fucked up??? I was using they/them pronouns when I started at the NYT in 2021 and when I left in 2022.

submitted 18 days ago • 125 comments

if you're a democratic senator and you're still voting to confirm trump nominees despite him allowing elon musk to gleefully dismantle the government then your brain has fallen out of your ass.

submitted 19 days ago • 107 comments

Hey all, we've gotten a lot of tips since this post. Keep 'em coming. The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent. Thanks for your trust in us.

submitted 20 days ago • 65 comments

What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.

submitted 20 days ago • 306 comments

I've heard a number of people say, "I live in a safe blue district/state--there's no point in calling my reps since they're already on the right side." Yes, there is: You can call and insist that they be among the loudest voices on the issues you care about, since they can afford to be.

submitted 23 days ago • 61 comments

On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican. Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries. We are not going anywhere. Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.

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1. Anyone who has read reports in the Associated Press, the New York Times, CBS News, CNN, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, or Axios would be under the impression that the Trump administration has offered 2 million federal workers a "buyout" offer. IT IS NOT TRUE

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