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We are ruled by morons. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Kennedy Center ticket sales dropped roughly 50 percent week-over-week after Trump announced his takeover www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

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"Caine has not served in any of the roles — Joint Chiefs vice chairman, chief of staff for one of the branches of the armed service, or head of a combatant command — that nominees are legally required to have performed in order to be nominated." www.npr.org/2025/02/22/g...

submitted 30 minutes ago • 4 comments

This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics.

submitted 28 minutes ago • 49 comments

Members of the military are supposed to be loyal to the Constitution, not the president. Changing that seems to have been the point of the Friday Night Massacre. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 3 hours ago • 274 comments

My second starter pack highlights organizations and groups fighting fascism and working hard to save our democracy. go.bsky.app/GLFHSFo

submitted 3 hours ago • 11 comments

Tell your reps you support our national monuments and want to see them protected!!! Quick and easy letter at the link. Just fill in your info and it will send to your US reps and senators. secure.everyaction.com/YMd5DleLGUed...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I would like to follow the AltFWS and I will share any stories of USGS employees who have been terminated. DMs are available or I have other secure ways to share information. #IveGotYouBack

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

📢 Calling all high school students 📢 Join us for a week-long learning experience this summer in Washington, DC, where you'll hear from social justice activists and build your advocacy skills. Apply today at aclu.org/institute.

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

At least 79 newspapers owned by Iowa-based Lee Enterprises have been affected since Feb. 3 by a cyberattack that involved unauthorized access to critical applications and the withdrawal of files. The company is still investigating.

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Update: @apnews.com sued White House officials today over ban on its access to White House events, Oval Office and Air Force One because wire service continues referring to “Gulf of Mexico.” It asked court for emergency order rescinding ban:

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Hegseth's memo calling for 8% cuts to DoD's budget every year for 5 years "was issued the day before Trump endorsed the House’s budget plan which includes a $100 billion increase in defense spending...Hegseth called for an increase to the defense budget one week ago." www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p...

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

Secretary of Defense Hegseth could soon move to fire more than half a dozen generals and flag officers, part of an effort to purge the department of senior leaders perceived as either too political or too close to former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

submitted 2 days ago • 67 comments

Better hope that all the FAA air controllers don't decide to work on this pop quiz at the same time.

submitted 7 hours ago • 8 comments

Then we’re halfway there.

submitted 1 hour ago • 8 comments

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

submitted 11 hours ago • 139 comments

this is the crux of it!!!

submitted 5 hours ago • 7 comments

Judiciary employees and likely federal judges all got the "what did you do last week" email.

submitted 5 hours ago • 84 comments

Elon Musk is paid TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to be the CEO of Tesla. What did Elon get done last week for Tesla?

submitted 5 hours ago • 154 comments

You don't fire Judge Advocates General unless you plan on issuing unlawful orders. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...

submitted 7 hours ago • 173 comments

#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

submitted 11 hours ago • 43 comments

‘Donald Trump Recruited as Moscow Asset,’ Says Ex-KGB Spy Chief Former Soviet intelligence officer Alnur Mussayev reveals Moscow recruited Donald Trump in 1987. For decades, Trump has been groomed as a Russian asset, operating under the codename “Krasnov” — which means…

submitted 7 hours ago • 110 comments

In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

submitted 17 hours ago • 658 comments

Love how he just concedes this as a matter of fact, like he's a passive observer

submitted 7 hours ago • 12 comments

W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.

submitted 8 hours ago • 20 comments

This fantastic piece by Stewart Patrick is an excellent summary of the wrecking ball that Trump is taking to the entire international order crafted by Dem & Repub presidents over 80 yrs. Who does this benefit? The Kremlin, for certain. No one else. carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

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(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it text. Here it is (please share):

submitted 8 hours ago • 391 comments

she is right

submitted 6 hours ago • 30 comments

The Dept of Homeland Security has budgeted up to $200M to run anti-immigrant ads in the US & overseas that REPEATEDLY THANK TRUMP for leading an immigration crackdown. DHS Sec Kristi Noem said that these ads were Trump’s idea. 🔥NOT WASTEFUL AT ALL, RIGHT?!!🔥 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 7 hours ago • 40 comments

March 4th AFT is having day of action to try to save education from the Trump hatchet job! Here’s a toolkit of things you can do: www.aft.org/protectourki...

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

Just in case you forgot, Musk spent at least $250 million to get Trump elected.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

You probably already are, but…if you are not, @fpwellman.bsky.social is someone you should consider following. If you like my stuff, you’ll like his.

submitted 6 hours ago • 54 comments

Wisconsin voters will return to the polls this spring for the 1st major election since the 2024 presidential race. Guess who's in the process of BUYING this SUPREME COURT race! Yep, it's Elon Musk, AGAIN! We can't let this happen. See next post for how to help. 1/3 www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

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Pope Francis is in a "critical" condition in hospital in Rome after suffering a “respiratory crisis", the Vatican said tonight.

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Congratulations to all the “entrepreneurs.” Emboldened by Trump, Putin is seizing more private businesses in Russia www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

BREAKING: MASSIVE Ukraine rally in Washington, D.C. right now. Americans care even if Trump doesn’t.

submitted 6 hours ago • 152 comments

“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

submitted 14 hours ago • 22 comments

@janemartinson.bsky.social explores whether the odious Murdoch, Inc. could break up. My schadenfreude wishes for it but I also fear Fox could be on its own to get only worse. ‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

submitted 13 hours ago • 10 comments

I literally reported this Wednesday.

submitted 13 hours ago • 145 comments

@sulliview.bsky.social @bgrueskin.bsky.social You're both on this list. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social! "Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."

submitted 11 hours ago • 298 comments

Measles Outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico Sicken Nearly 100 People #MAGAMorons #measles #vaccine www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

submitted 11 hours ago • 7 comments

The more the American people see the Republican plan to help out Trump’s billionaire buddies in action, the less they like it. We’re going to keep fighting for the people. newrepublic.com/article/1918...

submitted 11 hours ago • 96 comments

These people all have actual conflicts of interest that should keep them from working on any investigations like this. It's a measure of how tainted and corrupt this Justice Department is becoming and it breaks my heart. I hope it doesn't break our country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 11 hours ago • 114 comments

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere 🍹 … Do you know where your Administration is? #margaritaday

submitted 11 hours ago • 4 comments

I did receive my SS check on the usual day ( 2nd wed of the month ) but I did notice it wasnt released as early in the day as it always was before. Might be nothing but we need to keep an eye on it

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