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I’m reposting an image with only text, saying “This shit doesn't happen in France, and I'll tell you why: the rich went too far and they cut all their heads off and now, when those in charge get above themselves, the French just stop working and everyone remembers who actually holds the real power.”

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Elon Musk, who doesn’t lead or run DOGE (per legal filings) & whose only authority is to advise the President, made a demand of 2 million public servants (who already have supervisors) to send an e-mail with their accomplishments the preceding week? Does chain of command/supervision mean nothing?

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Go Judge! Seek the Truth!

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I’m reposting this picture of the singer-songwriter Woodie Guthrie holding a guitar on which it is written, “This machine kills fascists.”

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Woody Guthrie

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Brown had to go - he was serving his country while black.

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Reposting a screen print that appears to be from Elon Musk on X that says: "Consistent with President ... instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation." Dated Feb 22, 2025

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At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.

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Picking clearly unqualified white folks for many of the top positions doesn't help their argument that this is "meritocracy" or that we are correcting some discrimination against "bad asses" like Hegseth. Poor bad asses.

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Love to see it!

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Reposting a cartoon from Bill Bramhall that shows a large Trump in a blue suit, saying "Got your back" as he stabs Zelensky in the back. @billbramhall.bsky.social

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So much for encouraging our smart youth to go into the sciences....

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You ever see the Christopher walken movie "the dead zone"? Its really good. Great ending.

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83% of Americans disapprove of King Donold’s pardoning his Jan. 6 goon squad, and now his poll numbers are falling faster than a gold-plated toilet in a hurricane. SMITE!

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Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally. Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

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Trump likes a General who has a tough nickname, kind of like picking a wrestler... General Mattis is at the top of the list. See more here: www.military.com/undertherada... 'He's a real general': How Trump chose Dan Caine to be top US military officer - www.reuters.com/world/us/hes...

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Majestic mountain

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'Fatally flawed': Legendary Iowa pollster smacks down Trump’s 'outlandish' lawsuit: Even though he had already won the 2024 election, President Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and celebrated political pollster J. Ann Selzer in December over a poll that showed Vice President Kamala Harris…

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"In his written opinion, Abelson found reason to believe the orders are unconstitutionally vague, leaving federal contractors and grant recipients with 'no reasonable way to know what, if anything, they can do to bring their grants into compliance.'" www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...

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“Microscopic particles emitted from brake pads can be more toxic than those emitted in diesel vehicle exhaust, a study has found.” People generally associate pollution from cars as being from exhaust pipes… but that’s only part of the problem with cars.

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opb.org/article/2025...

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Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, US by chandan_2294 www.reddit.com/u/chandan_22... #Rockies #Colorado #photography #lake #water #blue

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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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New — All Department of Defense agencies were sent a video of an agitated Pete Hegseth debunking supposedly fake media stories. Today at least one agency called an “emergency” town hall and forced employees to watch the propaganda. www.dvidshub.net/video/953069...

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

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"Her previous books have advocated family abolition, an idea that seeks to de-privatize the care and social reproduction that capitalism assigns to nuclear families." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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A New York judge said he would not immediately dismiss Eric Adams' corruption case, but ordered the Democratic New York City mayor's trial delayed indefinitely after the Justice Department asked him to dismiss charges reut.rs/3QtGhs9

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President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk's unprecedented and frantic effort to slash the federal workforce, pushing tens of thousands of workers out of their roles, is starting to draw more significant backlash, even in strongly Republican areas reut.rs/4hKnjcM

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President Donald Trump clashed with the Democratic governor of Maine, Janet Mills, over federal funds he threatened to withhold from the state over transgender athletes participating in girls and women's sports. reut.rs/41s4jdA

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New York City sued the Trump administration after the Federal Emergency Management Agency revoked $80.5 million of grants because of the city's handling of migrants reut.rs/4ia50Oc

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Laguna Beach is an art colony. We support the arts. Chip Bok is the brilliant award-winning political cartoonist that created this artwork.

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The judge in the Eric Adams corruption case wants to hear "adversarial" arguments on the DOJ's request to drop the charges.

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How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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The FBI ordered the transfer of 1,500 staffers out of its Washington headquarters, two sources familiar with the orders told Reuters reut.rs/3QuHkbf

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Donald Trump is melting down because his approval rating is tanking. 🍿

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If someone wanted to destroy the United States from within, would they do anything differently than what Trump is doing right now?

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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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firing for "too much DEI" is plainly firing a woman and a Black man on the presumption only white men can be qualified. this is disgusting biogtry.

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Might be a good idea to bookmark this Project 2025 Observer www.project2025.observer

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