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submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

If you support this, you’re an awful human being

submitted 18 hours ago • 224 comments

Folks are asking, “what should I do in this moment?” One of the most passionate, progressive voices in Congress for 30 years, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden answers that question. Here’s our conversation, inside a replica of the Senate chamber at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: youtu.be/n_nQ-Moa9fI?...

submitted 17 hours ago • 192 comments

Part of the preparations for using the American military on American streets to commit violence against American citizens. Full caudillo. bsky.app/profile/avin...

submitted 22 hours ago • 4 comments

Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding

submitted 17 hours ago • 36 comments

Even before Trump 2.0, the Social Security Administration’s staffing levels were at a 50-year low due to a decade of budget caps & cuts authored by GOP lawmakers. Further staff cuts and office closures can only make things worse for America's most vulnerable. New, @propublica.org

submitted 19 hours ago • 20 comments

Trump: Fire hundreds of thousands of career civil servants trying to keep America safe and running. Also, Trump: Give DHS a budget of up to $200 million to run anti-immigrant ads that repeatedly thank Trump for leading an immigration crackdown. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 17 hours ago • 23 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

So, I guess they did hack the election? thenewsglobe.net?p=8837#googl...

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

So much corruption. So much danger on our roads heading our way.

submitted 17 hours ago • 74 comments

“A desire to force U.S. military leaders to be obedient to him and not the Constitution is one of the constant themes of Trump’s military-related discourse.”

submitted 17 hours ago • 20 comments

say it with me: voters hate this

submitted 18 hours ago • 22 comments

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1949 comments

Republicans want to pass a bill that would disenfranchise someone you know. The SAVE Act is the GOP’s attempt at mass voter suppression disguised as an election integrity bill — and we need to get loud to stop it: indivisibleteam.medium.com/maga-has-a-b...

submitted 17 hours ago • 26 comments

Editorial: "If elected officials are looking for how to stand up to President Donald Trump and his illegal bullying threats, they should look to Maine Gov. Janet Mills."

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

The Homeland Security secretary said tonight that Trump told her to film ads that “thank me for closing the border.” DHS has budgeted up to $200 million for its anti-immigration ad campaign. w/ @swin24.bsky.social @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 1 day ago • 52 comments

Trump was willing to stand up there for a few minutes to pretend to care about black history, but hugging the guy was a deal breaker.

submitted 17 hours ago • 574 comments

Trump gangster government

submitted 17 hours ago • 74 comments

““We did not elect him,” a man shouted. As the town hall reached its scheduled end, more constituents shouted questions about Musk’s access to taxpayer data and yelled “don’t lie to us””

submitted 17 hours ago • 12 comments

Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position. www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

submitted 1 day ago • 50 comments

It’s the #FAFO time!!

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

This month, @karenhao.bsky.social spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who described how the Trump administration is pushing a new ideology and stoking paranoia. “People are terrified,” one source said, “not for losing their jobs but for losing democracy.”

submitted 16 hours ago • 18 comments

Since taking office, Trump has been trying to advance the unitary executive theory, a fringe legal theory that asserts that the president has unlimited power to control the actions of the four million people who make up the executive branch.

submitted 16 hours ago • 57 comments

NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 16 hours ago • 38 comments

Tips for using hashtags to amplify a protest: This is an effective way to track and share your actions across different platforms. (Reminder: Always use good judgment and follow proper operational security when documenting protests.) #3E #USprotests #NMP #feb22

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said she's worried Acadia National Park won't be able to hire the seasonal employees required to keep the park running.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

🚨 Stay Prepared, Stay Empowered! We’ve created a Citizen Guide to help you navigate extreme situations like Martial Law- not to alarm, but to inform. 🌐💡Again - not sounding an alarm, just informing. Print it out or save it offline so you can access it anytime, even without the internet.

submitted 16 hours ago • 37 comments

Maine leads the way of open defiance. Thank you Janet Mills!

submitted 16 hours ago • 23 comments

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would appoint retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dan “Razin” Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a Biden appointee. Here’s what to know about him.

submitted 16 hours ago • 44 comments

Trump vowing to defund the state of Maine -- to the tune of billions of dollars; stiffing cops, firefighters etc etc -- because roughly once every other year one trans girl in the entire state takes up a school sport. And Susan Collins is like, 'Well, he does have a point.' #MEpolitics

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Gee, why isn't DOGE flagging this as wasteful spending? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 17 hours ago • 38 comments

We stand with those who exhibit courage in the face of oppression, recognizing their strength and leadership in organizing resistance. Their resilience is crucial in advancing meaningful societal change.

submitted 19 hours ago • 15 comments

No matter who we are or who we love, we all belong. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎 If you're an LGBTQ student in Maine, know your rights at school at ACLUMaine.org/KnowYourRights. 📸: ACLU of Maine at Portland Pride 2024

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

"Hard to imagine a more unconstitutional order": Mississippi judge orders newspaper to take down editorial criticizing local mayor and city council. @AnneBranigin.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

submitted 16 hours ago • 14 comments

Infant mortality rates in the US have increased by 7% following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.

submitted 67 days ago • 49 comments

Republican Senators who voted for RFK Jr. have the best healthcare in the world, paid for by you. They don’t care about what’s going to happen to your kids, your parents, or you.

submitted 1 day ago • 214 comments

I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?

submitted 2 days ago • 5049 comments

So much finding out.

submitted 1 day ago • 88 comments

— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

submitted 2 days ago • 1126 comments

@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: "Inspectors general are a headache for everyone. You know why? Because they're investigating every agency and they find stuff! Including waste and fraud and abuse! They wouldn't be firing them if they cared about waste, fraud, and abuse."

submitted 2 days ago • 327 comments

"This is not improving government operations, or our national security. And, it highlights how poorly thought out this assault on our government is. Those decimating federal agencies don’t even fully understand what they do."

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I’ve asked it before and I’ll ask it again: where oh, where are all of those strict constitutionalists demanding that the executive branch’s power and reach is limited in their very, very very limited government view?

submitted 1 day ago • 57 comments

Without friends

submitted 2 days ago • 333 comments

Social Security misinfo has been coming fast & furious. Let's set the record straight: 🧟benefits aren't paid to zombies 🌍undocumented immigrants can't get SSNs or benefits 9️⃣9️⃣Social Security has 99% payment accuracy (ask the OIG that Trump just fired!) More here: www.cbpp.org/blog/setting...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

The US Education Department has lifted a pause on disability-related civil rights investigations but not cases of race, gender discrimination. // Have a related tip? Contact: ⁦‪⁦Jennifer Smith Richards at ProPublica‬⁩ www.propublica.org/article/depa...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Either way, it sucks. But at least there’s some fun physics to ponder while you’re sitting in the repair shop.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

The polar vortex has taken on an unexpected pattern this winter — one that’s made part of the United States the most unusually cold place on the planet, at least so far this year.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

America does NOT like what Trump is doing.

submitted 1 day ago • 110 comments

The Trump administration has issued a two-week ultimatum for schools and universities to end all DEI programs or risk losing federal funding. Educators are warning that the “autocratic” directive is part of a larger attempt to privatize education.

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments