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"It is no exaggeration to say this will kill people—mainly people who are elderly, disabled and/or poor. Society’s most vulnerable sit in the crosshairs of our nation’s wealthiest people who have absolutely everything, but somehow always want more." - @marisakabas.bsky.social

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"Give us your privileged, your elites, your capitalist vultures yearning to exploit." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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I love when people from my past pop up and are like, "You probably don't remember me, but..." Friend, I am Autistic. I have never successfully forgotten a single social interaction in my life. #latediagnosed #actuallyautistic

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I'm sorry but I'm just not going to be cowering in fear of these clowns. They suck and they are cruel but they are not God.

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I don't usually share memes, but I made this one myself and I'm pretty proud of it. Here's why: 🧵

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The Trump-Putin assault on facts is shockingly brazen. No disinformation, no misinformation, nothing clever. Just a nuclear barrage on reality.

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I don't usually share memes, but I made this one myself and I'm pretty proud of it. Here's why: 🧵

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Totally normal day.

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Just look at us all. Look at the joy being found in this work. The heart connections being forged. The strength, courage, and power being realized in the face of such unrelenting bullshit. We are not just here to change the world. This broken world is changing us. For the better.

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Great turnout at the Capitol Building in Helena this morning! Over 300 Montanans showed up during a snow shower in 4°F weather (-15°C) to show their support for public schools, federal workers, and democracy. May we all bring such purpose and determination to this work!

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"That's what organizing is. Not some big, scary thing that only certain people can do. We can all do it in our own spaces. And, that's how you build power." - @jmijin.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥

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Who needs gas chambers when you can simply eliminate the social services and public health programs keeping people alive.

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Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda. Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is really saying. Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

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Everything we love must be cherished and fought for.

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So far "defending women from gender ideology" (as Trump puts it) looks a lot like shutting down programs that prevent rape and domestic violence

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Everyone have a good weekend? Okay, let's get back in it. Choose one place for your focus this week, one issue on the laundry list of horrors where you can do something. Then figure out how, and find people. It can be big or small (write a letter, make a call, organize a protest, offer shelter)

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Reminder: A system's behavior can get chaotic in advance of transitions or transformations. Don't assume that today is the end point of anything. Today is a moment of multifold potential.

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My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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If you need something to buoy your spirits today, read this piece by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social "The truth is that most of us are brave, generous, altruistic, creative as we rise to meet the demands of a sudden disaster by rescuing & taking care of each other & re-building the terms of survival."

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“Making America great again” is not a utopian vision, it is a pleasure in destruction... Trumpism is an absence of everything —except its own spectacle. - @irgarner.bsky.social A good read; one worth plugging into Google Translate.

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Today, I visited my senator's local office in person after being unable to reach any of his offices by phone. Highly recommend!

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"The end game for Musk seems to be just as it was with Twitter: seize a polarized, inefficient institution; fuse his identity with it; and then use it to punish his enemies and reward his friends. DOGE is a moon-shot program to turn the government into Musk’s personal political weapon."

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Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

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Be bold. Be audacious. Refuse to give any piece of shit fascist the satisfaction of your apathy or despair. Together, we have the power to build a world that cares for and serves all.

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I called my reps in just 5 minutes today, and you can too! Afraid you won't know what to say? Use the call scripts provided. Phone call averse? Wait until after hours and leave a message. Whether red or blue, your reps need to hear from you! 5calls.org/issue/elon-m...

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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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This NYT piece describes the devastation being wrought in the global health sector by the foreign assistance freeze. Let me say a few words about what this looks like in the sector I work in, often called democracy and governance (DRG). 🧵

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I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

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Here's to staying soft amidst the struggle, and defending fiercely all that we love and hold dear. I made a poster (formatted for 9x12"). Message me if you'd like the print file 🐰🌻❤️‍🔥

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If you'd like to learn how to safely intervene when you witness someone experiencing harassment or violence, righttobe.org/training/bys... has a ton of free videos, classes, and other resources.

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Today I advocated for Bystander Intervention Training at my workplace, so that my coworkers and I will be prepared to act if we witness discrimination, harassment, or violence against anyone in any setting.

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