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US officials are reportedly threatening to revoke Starlink access for Ukraine if they don’t give us 50% of their mineral rights. That’s not diplomacy, it’s extortion. We’re also pushing them to kill a UN Resolution that blames Russia for starting the war. Facts matter.

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The thing about swastikas spray painted on the side of a cybertruck is there’s a 50/50 chance the owner did it.

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#NoKingsDay was only the beginning! Start planning for 50501’s next nationwide day of protests - March 4th For Democracy!! 💙🤍❤️‍🩹 Flyer template + more resources for organizing a demonstration: FiftyFifty.one #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy #NoKings @polrev.bsky.social

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www.wired.com/story/doge-u...

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Time for Trump's half-baked notions to trash the economy. apnews.com/article/stoc...

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Oh yay! Got to love consistency through time and space

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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

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One month into the new Administration, Elon Musk commends Donald Trump on the work he has done in the job he has assigned him.

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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

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So the President of the United States threatened the governor of Maine, in public, acting like the monarch he thinks he is. The story is nowhere to be found on the homepage of the WaPo or WSJ; the NYT has a small story buried deep down with a headline that makes it look the governor picked on POTUS.

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Another chicken is ailing and I panicked (bird flu!!) until I recalled she's ~10 years old. The one that died 2 months ago came from the same purchase. Neither had laid an egg in years and have been happy bossy hens. If the other girls pick on her, I'll bring her inside tho she'd hate that.

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Confirmed. Trump is a Russian ASSet. I'm convinced, however, that there are KGB operatives who were recruited from the Gulag prison population, & that they therefore have ties to the Russian Mafia.

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DOGE Staffer Known as ‘Big Balls’ Reportedly the Grandkid of a KGB Spy #StopElonMusk #DOGE gizmodo.com/doge-staffer...

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2 fucking headlines right next to each other

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Trashing important reseach will matter to all of us for quite a while www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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Researchers found that Connecticut’s long-enacted firearm purchaser licensing laws were associated with a reduction in gun deaths, while the 2007 repeal of Missouri’s firearm licensing law was linked to an increase in gun deaths. Learn more from our new report: publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/defaul...

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Scottish Highland bull has spent most of the winter on the loose roaming around CT town www.courant.com/2025/02/21/s...

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Trump's pick for federal prosecutor in D.C., Edward R. Martin Jr., has now sent a threat/investigation letter to a member of Congress over a hackneyed "bring a gun to a knife fight" figure of speech during a CNN interview. Martin sees fit to pretend that it's a threat to a public official. /1

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This is so good.

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The Justice Department is deleting a database tracking federal police misconduct. This is how a fascist police state operates.

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It’s very dangerous to be a woman in this county. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

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This is the most cowardly administration in history.

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They’re going to try and prosecute their political enemies

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Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

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My dentist is a guy I greatly admired This is the man who, about 20 years ago, helped a refugee I worked with katerothwell.blogspot.com/2006/03/good... Today I learned he is climate-change denying Trump voter. A much better human than Trump, but no. Nope.

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One paragraph that sums up why we aren't hearing more horror stories about Elonald destroying lives for their tax cuts. And it also reveals why that strategy is flawed. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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Vital read. Pay attention to @willbunch.bsky.social. Some of the sharpest writing you’ll get on our unfolding nightmare.

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SpaceX Has Already Infiltrated The Agency That Regulates It Read More: www.jalopnik.com/1795093/spac...

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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

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So, ridicule Americans who want to flee abroad all you want. But remember, there’s a reason why Germany produced the most Nobel laureates before World War II, but the U.S. took the lead afterward.

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Not surprising, I guess. But fucking hell. Only question is if he now gets promoted.

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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

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Arresting someone for calling you fascist seems an excellent approach to proving their point.

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All I'm saying is...

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This is how you know Patel has the votes. Collins would never be a deciding vote to sink one of Trump’s nominees.

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