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The Trump regime is trying to pressure Zelenskyy to leave Ukraine and force him into exile in France, this is part of an ongoing US / Russia ploy to force a surrender and plunder the country's resources. #StandWithUkraine

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Apparently, the mediocre-est administration of all time is gonna make America great

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The dance of the emu and the goat.

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musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds. um... www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

submitted 21 hours ago • 682 comments

NEW: Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behind.

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Eleven People Have Died at this South King County Jail in the Last Two Years. Their Families Are Demanding Answers. New today from @andyengelson.bsky.social: publicola.com/2025/02/21/e...

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Call to Action: No Kings protest. Wenatchee, Washington. February 22 at 12PM "We the people resist" #3E #USProtest #ProtestWA #ProtestWenatchee #Feb22

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NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

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BULLETIN: Setting the Record Straight: The U.S. Department of Education’s Anti-Opportunity “Dear Colleague Letter” is full of disinformation. Read LDF fact check. #SHARE - www.naacpldf.org/education-de...

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After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

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People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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The month of moping ends now. Here is an incredibly practical plan for fighting fascism. And it involves you acting, not waiting for Democratic spinal growth. Let’s go. Watch and share Anat Shenker-Osorio’s brilliance. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

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Protests happen when they happen, if you can only show up on certain days show up on those days, if no protest is available on your dates then organize one, open your own spaces. Protests need to be daily, but not everyone is expected to show up daily. Do what you can when you can. Just show up.

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If you see an image created with AI and it’s being used for a call to action or to promote a protest, instead of telling posters “stop using Ai” or barking orders, contribute and create the content you want to see. This isn’t uber, do more and say less. If you are an artist get to arting.✌️

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"You don’t need leaders. You don’t need to sign up anywhere. You don’t need consensus with the finger wagging brigade. You just need a time and a place and an action. ... Most importantly, act now." - Heather Marsh, Binding Chaos #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #EndAutogenocide

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Hanceville PD wasn't fighting crime, they were franchising it.

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Sit down with your family & friends, have a serious conversation about the state of the United States right now; what Trump's actions mean for your future. Let them know this isn't about politics but ultimately the survival of you as a country, nation, and people. This is a war. #3E

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“Yet here we are, listening to perfectly intelligent journalists and pundits declaring Danielle Sassoon a hero. She is not.”

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At the beginning of the year, Lola E. Peters formulated her own list of things to remember for the coming struggle. Here they are, each building on the next.

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How I’m navigating the maelstrom. southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...

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Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...

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Over 2,000 people rallied in #Seattle on Presidents Day in support of federal workers, in response to efforts by the Trump administration and Elon Musk to fire them. Organizers urged greater public and governmental support. Alex Garland reports here:

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NEW: At least 200 Afghan Americans in the U.S. military have relatives who applied for refugee status only to be blocked by Trump’s refugee ban. “We serve this country because it protected us, but now it is abandoning my sister,” said one soldier. By @lomikriel.bsky.social

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"51 employees at CIA and the Office of Director of National Intelligence received calls Friday from their human resources office telling them to report to the visitors center at CIA headquarters in Virginia at 8AM on Tuesday with their badges and without lawyers..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Call to Action #Feb19: Fund don’t freeze DC rally, February 19th at 12 PM “Join the nationwide fight for healthcare, education, and jobs!” #3E #USprotests #FDF

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Eric Adams's attorneys to Judge Dale Ho: "There was no quid pro quo. Period." Eric Adams's attorneys to acting DAG Emil Bove:

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Candlelight vigil for the state of US democracy, Wednesday February 19, 6 to 8 PM, Portland, City Hall #3E #USProtests

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No surprise for a guy with more incarnations than a Hindu god, but JD Vance — once the media darling who tried to paulrevere about Trump’s Hitlerian potential — has become the concubine in a governing triumvirate that wants to jail U.S. reporters and free German neo-Nazis. the.ink/p/free-speec...

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NEW: Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform. Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.

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Denying legal services to unaccompanied minors is the latest of the vile measures Trump is taking to not just to stoke xenophobia but to embody it. Every person, especially children, deserves due process and legal defense in a civil society.

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February 19 marks the Day of Remembrance for Japanese Internment. On this day, we remember the wrongful incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans as the result of Executive Order 9066.

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BREAKING: We’re suing Trump and more than two dozen members of his administration. Civil and Human Rights Organizations Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Orders Banning Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Erasing Transgender People - www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

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We are learning that, at the commanding heights of American life, there is little courage. But courage is rising from below. And it is only that that will save us. I talked about yesterday‘s 50501 protests, which should not be ignored. FULL ESSAY: the.ink/p/essay-home...

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Transparency? www.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...

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