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submitted 9 days ago • 752 comments

THREAD: Trump's intentionally flooding the news cycle w/ a stream of outrage porn to distract, scare, & confuse. These are the stories that actually matter that you might've missed this week: NIH funding cuts jeopardize ‘life-saving’ research in AL aldailynews.com/nih-funding-...

submitted 9 days ago • 124 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 9 days ago • 1910 comments

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

submitted 9 days ago • 1088 comments

Controlling where you can get info from and forcing you to have X, a privately owned company, if you want that info.

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Sucks to be in a red state now. The Judge only orders funds to the 22 democrat states. That means Trump can still withhold funds from the other states.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Good people feel it. They know we're not well because of this illness that has invaded. And it is the good people who need to be loud right now. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/defeating-...

submitted 23 days ago • 38 comments

Fuck them. Notice something missing from the acronym on the State Department website? Fuck. Them. I'm so angry, and so scared, for everyone.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

They are denying passport renewal to trans people and removed the T from the LGBT travel advisory site in travel.gov.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Trump just issued an executive order defunding public schools that accommodate transgender students. Teachers will be banned from referring to a transgender student by their desired name or pronouns. If they do not comply, their budgets can be defunded.

submitted 25 days ago • 669 comments

What would Republicans be saying if the Democratic president appointed a reality TV host as Secretary of Transportation at the same time that we experienced the first commercial airline craft in nearly 2 decades?

submitted 24 days ago • 124 comments

Tonight on #TheBreakdown: Trump exploits tragedy to stir DEI culture wars, to distract from his unfit radical appointments. @therickwilson.bsky.social and @mayaonstage.bsky.social break it all down and more, tonight at 7PM EST. 📺 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9X-...

submitted 24 days ago • 54 comments

Any US Senator who votes for Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr. or Kash Patel are betraying their oath of office to serve their constituents and uphold the Constitution.

submitted 24 days ago • 539 comments

Trump is trying to dismantle the public education system and create more ignorant students. Our children deserve better.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.

submitted 24 days ago • 2925 comments

It's only been a week and a half and this is where we are. This cannot be allowed to continue.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Hi, I’m God. I don’t care how you fight Nazis as long as you fight them.

submitted 26 days ago • 331 comments

They need to start blocking more of his asinine orders.

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submitted 27 days ago • 1980 comments

Let Denmark cook.

submitted 26 days ago • 1698 comments

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

submitted 26 days ago • 2075 comments

Trump halting federal aid will cause a huge amount of harm to the most vulnerable. It's a massive abuse of his power and appalling.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Applicants for the federal government are now being asked to prove when they had their moment of “MAGA revelation.” Career civil servants are being interrogated about who they voted for.

submitted 27 days ago • 736 comments

This is what Project 2025 looks like.

submitted 26 days ago • 1254 comments

From ballot initiatives to local elections. ⤵️

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on whether Trump’s federal aid freeze impacts Medicaid, which provides health insurance to 19% of the US population: "I’ll check back on that and get back to you."

submitted 26 days ago • 306 comments

It’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents. ⤵️

submitted 26 days ago • 10 comments

At Target, because I can't make it to Costco just yet. Maybe after our kitchen and pantry reno is done in 2 months. Shopping with Goods Unite Us open and changing what brands I get. It's tricky, but I'm making it work. Anyone else making changes? @goodsuniteus.bsky.social

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

@googlesearch.bsky.social is pandering to #Felon47 by agreeing to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in Google Maps. WTF, Google? The man child has a tantrum about a body of water and you cave???

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

SMITE!

submitted 27 days ago • 1639 comments

THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

They shall henceforth be referred to as swasticars by me too. 😂

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submitted 29 days ago • 251 comments

Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.

submitted 29 days ago • 3310 comments

submitted 28 days ago • 1351 comments

'Defeating the Cancer of Trumpism' READ: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/defeating-...

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The cost of Donold’s first deportation flights, carrying about 80 migrants each, cost up to $852,000 per trip.

submitted 29 days ago • 1325 comments