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ICYMI — under Trump the USDA has suspended the 1890 farm bill scholarship program that went to HBCU’s, including Tennessee State University, to increase the number of students studying agriculture and related majors. www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

submitted 7 hours ago • 35 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 1 day ago • 1323 comments

Score: Mills 1, Trump 0. She’s 100% right on the law. Trump’s “We ARE the law” was way, way over the top. No, Mr. President, you are not. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 8 hours ago • 82 comments

We can all reply at [email protected].

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?

submitted 1 day ago • 627 comments

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

submitted 13 hours ago • 166 comments

They continue to tell this debunked lie 🤥 for a reason: so when they cut social security to pave the way for their tax cuts for the rich you think they had an actual reason to do it.

submitted 14 hours ago • 447 comments

The TN Ed Report on Trump’s ed agenda: “While putting the Smackdown on the Dept of Education and advancing a school privatization scheme are both devastating, Trump is not content to stop there… Tennessee is no stranger to this march toward theocracy.” open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...

submitted 15 hours ago • 18 comments

This gets my vote for tweet/post of the year. This is a RED ALERT post. This is exactly why he’s doing it.

submitted 15 hours ago • 349 comments

A reminder to the men and women of our nations armed forces: You have a legal obligation to disobey blatantly unlawful commands. If you need verification, the legal department on any base can answer your questions about that, free of charge. Always remember your oath, and follow the law.

submitted 14 hours ago • 71 comments

If you aren’t willing to take some risks, stop kidding yourself about “doing whatever I can to preserve democracy.” That’s just playing it safe, and nothing notable ever happened by citizens playing it safe. We can have mo silenced voices. None.

submitted 14 hours ago • 7 comments

‼️ Ukraine demands to reduce the mineral fund from $500B to $100B, NV reports based on sources. Zelensky previously stated that U.S. spending on the war in Ukraine was around $100B, not $500B. nv.ua/ukr/world/ge...

submitted 14 hours ago • 21 comments

The real “Gulf of America” is between the people who believe every word Musk & Trump are saying and the people who know how incredibly full of shit they are.

submitted 14 hours ago • 26 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 hours ago • 1765 comments

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The Trump administration is canceling presentations including book talks on important civil rights issues at the Carter Center & possibly elsewhere. Let’s celebrate these authors by buying & reading their books. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...

submitted 14 hours ago • 111 comments

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman.”

submitted 14 hours ago • 38 comments

Trump didn't just fire the four-star generals. He's also removing the JAGs for the Army, Navy and Air Force — critical positions that ensure enforcement of military justice. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

submitted 14 hours ago • 40 comments

‼️ “Over 90,000 cases of rape and sexual abuse by Russian soldiers have been reported since February 2022. Victims are often elderly women & young children. 👉 Captured Russians admit they target them because ‘they don’t run as fast.’”

submitted 14 hours ago • 5 comments

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

submitted 21 hours ago • 2000 comments

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

submitted 20 hours ago • 1352 comments

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

submitted 20 hours ago • 113 comments

Trump’s Pentagon purge has included the top military lawyers. Nobody should be surprised. Dictators politicize the military. Trump wants those with the biggest guns loyal to him, not the Constitution He says he’s demilitarizing it. I call BS. Orwellian to the core. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 19 hours ago • 132 comments

Kudos to GOP Senator Thom Tillis for calling out Trump’s dangerous policy of surrendering to war criminal Putin. Now, he and other pro-Ukraine Republicans should start using their power as U.S. senators to restrain Trump as much as possible.

submitted 19 hours ago • 160 comments

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...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Democrats should go to all these ruby red and vulnerable GOP districts where voters are upset at Trump and Musk and court them. Full court press.

submitted 1 day ago • 206 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

THIS BURNS MY BRITCHES! They have no clue they are cutting out the legs from under themselves as they chainsaw their way through the government with a blindfold on.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Valuing diversity is not a crime Installing white men in every position of power is not a meritocracy

submitted 1 day ago • 59 comments

Dems want to progress into a radiant future of prosperity for all — Innovation in green energy, high speed rail, & combat climate change. maga wants to revert to the Jim Crow era where all power is consolidated by white nationalists who use their it to punish Black, brown, old, and sick Americans.

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

This is huge breaking news. Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Chief of Naval Ops, Vice of the Air Force and all three JAG’s of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Watch this breaking news report we did for @votevets.org tonight. This is outragous. www.youtube.com/live/OdOjEdR...

submitted 1 day ago • 170 comments

Another shakedown: U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

submitted 1 day ago • 177 comments

Also this week at DoD: www.military.com/daily-news/2...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Send Dems into rural America to talk about what Trump is doing. The Republicans are too scared and won’t show their faces…in the vacuum of messaging, there is power. Tell the folks who is hurting them. Point to the GOP. Be the foil to the shit that’s happening. Be the party of the people.

submitted 1 day ago • 172 comments

A year ago this month, Trump said he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies and "do whatever the hell they want" unless allies paid up. We thought it was so important, we ran it on the front page of the @mississippifreepress.org at a time when the New York Times and others didn't.

submitted 2 days ago • 36 comments

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...

submitted 1 day ago • 740 comments

Why is the Trump administration encouraging foreign interference in US politics?

submitted 1 day ago • 42 comments

Helpful explanations here. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

submitted 1 day ago • 71 comments

I was off by a workday but the rest stands.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

🚨The Pentagon purge has begun. As expected. CQ Brown is an honorable and heroic public servant who is loyal to the Constitution—not to Trump. So of course he’s out. Along with others. And the first and most-high profile of many to come.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Jackson County TN Christian nationalist pastor Andrew Isker had several interactions with this account - defending slavery as not being sinful and celebrating the notion that Kamala Harris might lose her citizenship under a right-wing government.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

This is the way back (2025): an aroused/involved American people effective lawsuits wins in state/local elections political class finds its footing *falling Republican polling numbers All are starting to happen.

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

Ruh roh

submitted 1 day ago • 387 comments

Todd Blanche, Trump’s criminal defense lawyer, promised he would follow the advice of career ethics officials at the Department of Justice. Then they fired the career ethics officials. Piece by piece they are destroying the Justice Dept. And any hope of justice along with it.

submitted 1 day ago • 89 comments

"The evidence linking James Rodden to the online accounts in question is strong, with significant biographical consistencies spanning over a decade. … The depth of the investigation leaves little room for doubt.” Strong reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social! www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

A neocolonial shakedown. The American government doesn’t share American values.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

In other words: Judge Ho did not dismiss Adams’ case at this time. Instead, he appointed Clement to act as a friend of the court to present his own briefing on the issues Judge Ho set forth in his Order. Both sides and Clement will file briefs for the court to consider to reach his decision.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

BREAKING Judge Daniel Ho has declined to dismiss the federal criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. He has, however, postponed his trial indefinitely and appointed Paul Clement of Clement & Murphy PLLC to argue against the government’s case for dismissal.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments