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Always stand up to a bully

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

@govpritzker.illinois.gov is using his "state of the state" speech today to bring the fight straight to Trump/Musk/MAGA. "My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one."

"MapQuest is showing us the shining Path to revolution, And it is an 8-page printout That you accidentally did in full color, And your mom’s going to ******* Kill you for it. Toner doesn’t grow on trees, Skylar." — Poetry from @stephencolbert.bsky.social

Be clear about what’s happening: Trump and his administration, and thus America, is siding with Putin and Russia against a United States ally.

National Park ranger fired from "dream job" on Valentine's Day pens emotional viral letter: "Things are not ok" www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

The idea that the harm will only come to other people is such an under-appreciated part of how we got here.

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

I’m begging Democrats to stop talking about tax breaks for billionaires and the price of eggs! They are firing Air Traffic Controllers, stranding Americans in hostile countries, and getting ready to download our data from the IRS. No one is sitting around thinking “I’m worried about the deficit!”

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You know what you call a government that rounds up its political enemies? You call it a dictatorship.

Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.

how can Trump let Elon do all this, isn’t he angry at being upstaged? When did you forget he’s fucking senile? Do you remember the last month of the campaign where he was dancing and couldn’t say words and fell asleep and shit himself? That happened! He’s done! Why have people mind-wiped this?

This is probably the most accurate take.

Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy deserved a U.S. theatrical release. Best rom com in years, and seeing most of the original cast again was everything.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

This is fascism.

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

Oh, wow… I, uh… haven’t had a Valentine since the early 2000s when my date said they were running to "Blockbuster" to grab us a movie… and never came back. But I’ll think about it. You really hurt me, Wickit411, when you unplugged the printer and ran off with that other app 😒

People you love will die as health care costs rise and your government pulls back. Ignorance will grow deeper and wider. Farms will fail and families with children will go hungry. Bridges will collapse. The rich will live well off the back of your labor. This is the Republican vision.

Why would a little boy say, “Shut the fuck up” if he wanted someone to be quiet? Was there someone in his life who maybe repeatedly said that to him? Also, where would he get the idea that Trump *isn’t* the President? Did someone also say that repeatedly to him?

“I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe.” US Secretary of Defence, February 12, 2025. Everything changed today.

This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau literally exists to protect consumers from predatory financial institutions. It's returned over $21 billion to 205 million consumers. The sole result of Elon’s effort to eliminate it is that Americans will have no recourse when they’re screwed over by a bank.

We apparently missed "Gulf of America Day" yesterday. But at least one person celebrated by sending us an aggressively hand-drawn map revision. Unfortunately, MapQuest does not accept submissions in crayon.

In a blistering statement, the American Bar Association describes "attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize" diversity initiatives as "wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself." https://buff.ly/4bb7dqp

My top Super Bowl memory is when Musk tweeted “Go Eagles” in 2023 from the game and then deleted it after a similar tweet from Biden got more engagement. Then he flew to Twitter HQ and demanded his workers find out why his posts were doing poorly, starting a multi-day fact finding mission.

This.

Democrats: stop trying to make Chuck Schumer happen. It's not gonna happen.

Finally, someone brave enough to say it

The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS

Just spitballing, but things that could happen today: *Court injunction protecting USAID *Dems demand hearings on Musk's role *Someone introduce articles of impeachment *Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers *Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved

“DEI is not a threat, it’s a gift.” - Alicia Keys

Shakira, Shakira!

The Grammys are a celebration of diversity. Tonight is not only a celebration but an affront to Trump and the MAGA movement. Our diversity is our strength, and we will win.