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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

submitted 3 days ago • 1239 comments

Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.

submitted 4 days ago • 468 comments

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

submitted 4 days ago • 1208 comments

What the actual fuck?! America, something must be done!

submitted 4 days ago • 279 comments

After we published a public audit on Saturday, Elon Musk’s DOGE deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” wiping out an additional $4 billion in so-called savings that the group had claimed to secure for U.S. taxpayers.

submitted 5 days ago • 201 comments

Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!

submitted 7 days ago • 351 comments

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

submitted 8 days ago • 3190 comments

NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.

submitted 9 days ago • 522 comments

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

submitted 11 days ago • 3773 comments

Solid messaging.

submitted 11 days ago • 194 comments

Rather than violate their oath or comply with Musk’s illegal requests, 21 civil service employees resigned today from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (formerly the United States Digital Service), stating they would not use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services.

submitted 11 days ago • 254 comments

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Fired federal workers share the crucial jobs no longer being done Six people describe what they were doing to benefit public health, safety and the environment www.sciencenews.org/article/fire...

submitted 14 days ago • 133 comments

Anyone else see that Cybertruck stuck in the snow while the Honda Fit drives right past it? Pretty much sums up America vs rest of the world.

submitted 15 days ago • 445 comments

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

submitted 15 days ago • 1996 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 14 days ago • 2237 comments

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at [email protected].

submitted 14 days ago • 1042 comments

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

submitted 14 days ago • 416 comments

This is not normal! As if federal employees didn’t already feel threatened enough—sure, let the brown shirts have guns; that’ll certainly boost compliance.

submitted 14 days ago • 140 comments

There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

submitted 15 days ago • 1154 comments

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

submitted 17 days ago • 970 comments

We recruit individuals and we retain families. Cutting a major source of military spouse employment and injecting politics into the senior ranks is going to lead to a huge loss of mid-grade talent. This is all absolutely devastating to national security. www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

submitted 16 days ago • 80 comments

A federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing it to proceed with mass terminations of probationary federal workers. The administration has already dismissed 6,700 employees from the IRS, with plans to lay off an additional 50,000 workers from the Defense Department next.

submitted 16 days ago • 261 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 17 days ago • 2036 comments

When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

submitted 16 days ago • 1014 comments

Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

submitted 16 days ago • 242 comments

This will go down as the real end.

submitted 16 days ago • 1022 comments

Time for this old ranger to dust off the flat hat and head to D.C. to protest. I’m calling on Alt National ParkService and #50501Movement to help organize this march. If it’s just me showing up, so be it. But I refuse to sit back and watch the destruction of our National Parks.

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@altnps.bsky.social Please mobilize a protest in D.C. to save our parks and bring back our rangers. The nationwide ranger staff cuts and losing the Presidio are only the first steps by FOTUS. I’m a retired ranger, mad as hell, and ready to take to the streets!

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Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Joni Ernst, etc: You’ve seen Hegseth, RFK Jr, and others give worthless assurances. You’re now seeing the US appease Putin, and DOJ guardrails crumble. Are you going to let Kash Patel use the FBI against his enemies list and further destroy the rule of law?

submitted 17 days ago • 2104 comments

Looks like we have even bigger issues. Yikes—the Trump administration is becoming a Russian sympathizer, spreading misinformation about Ukraine. Trump won’t even stand up to Putin, essentially telling him, “Do whatever the hell you want.”

submitted 17 days ago • 246 comments

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

submitted 18 days ago • 1062 comments

Congrats, America. We're now on Putin's side.

submitted 17 days ago • 4814 comments

Elon Musk claims DOGE has saved $55 billion, but the numbers don’t add up. DOGE released a list of canceled contracts totaling $16 billion in supposed savings. However, nearly half of that came from an $8 billion ICE contract—except that contract was actually worth just $8 million.

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 17 days ago • 2374 comments

How much is Congress cutting from their $6.5 billion/year budget? Don’t you think congress can operate on say, maybe, $5 Billion? And each congressman has 18 staff, they could operate on say, 14? What about the White House?

submitted 18 days ago • 1470 comments

COLLINS: You are a coequal branch of government BERNIE SANDERS: Are we?! I kinda thought so, but you'll have to explain that to the president

submitted 18 days ago • 337 comments

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 18 days ago • 2903 comments

RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

submitted 18 days ago • 697 comments

Elon Musk has now set his sights on the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox, insisting on personally ensuring the gold remains intact. The vault was last opened to journalists and a congressional delegation in 1974.

submitted 18 days ago • 512 comments

“You should have never started it.” Such ignominious ignorance. Such betrayal of our ally. Such a cowardly surrender.

submitted 18 days ago • 893 comments

This is pure evil.

submitted 18 days ago • 763 comments

Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.

submitted 18 days ago • 629 comments