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It's a coup.

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Please share this with your favorite restaurant owners. www.eater.com/24364171/ice...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Public comment genuinely matters. Courts will overturn rules based on an administration not responding to substantive comments.

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

So... 2009 no crashes 2010 no crashes 2011 no crashes 2012 no crashes 2013 no crashes 2014 no crashes 2015 no crashes 2016 no crashes 2017 no crashes 2018 no crashes 2019 no crashes 2020 no crashes 2021 no crashes 2022 no crashes 2023 no crashes 2024 no crashes 2025: 7 plane crashes

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

This woman is brilliant.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

So here's a thought. What if all the rest of the White House press corps stopped showing up until the AP's reinstated?

submitted 20 days ago • 122 comments

The Republican lead in the House is tiny, and they're vulnerable in upcoming special elections. Consider donating and volunteering for Gay Valimont, running for Matt Gaetz's seat. We can't abandon the institutions of democracy to the kleptocrats. secure.actblue.com/donate/gay-v...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

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

Professors like these are harder and harder to come by. As more people are disillusioned by AI’s promises to cure cancer and solve crime, it’s crucial to cut through the rhetoric and gets down to the facts.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

submitted 28 days ago • 147 comments

I love this.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

submitted 29 days ago • 1308 comments

This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility

submitted 30 days ago • 86 comments

Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.

submitted 45 days ago • 101 comments

My Gen Jones take on TikTok's popularity w/ US users: it's the sole platform meeting its users at their level of sophistication in mashing up media to multiply engagement. It does this with the tools it offers right out of the box, & with an algorithm that actually serves up your community. 1/2

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

The National Archive needs cursive readers. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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