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We are in a dangerous time but here are two important facts: 1. Trump's base of support is a minority. 2. That base is going to shrink as his agenda is enacted. The opposition is the majority. No moping allowed. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

submitted 8 days ago • 63 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 1 day ago • 2406 comments

30% of all federal employees are veterans. Trump and Elon are ripping hundreds of thousands of jobs away from those who have served our country.

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

If there’s one group of people who know how to handle entitled middle aged white dudes

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

Trump fires federal workers protecting America's food system www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

She’s not alone. slate.com/news-and-pol...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

things are very bad right now, but the US also has advantages that other backsliding democracies haven't. the best example of this imo is our bafflingly decentralized elections system: there is literally no way for the federal govt to "cancel" a midterm election, bc the feds don't run elections

submitted 6 days ago • 99 comments

Simple as this. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/11/d...

submitted 11 days ago • 38 comments

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Just an example of what’s happening everywhere Layoffs and buyouts at Bonneville Power Authority, based in Portland OR “….a significant lights-out risk for virtually every customer in the Northwest, particularly those in Oregon and Washington” www.kgw.com/article/news...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Powerful analysis and leadership from Greisa Martinez Rosas of @unitedwedream.org. Read the whole thing.

submitted 10 days ago • 14 comments

Pretty damn good framing for Dems

submitted 10 days ago • 570 comments

From a former OMB General Counsel under Reagan and GHW Bush wapo.st/4hSE7Ox

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Up to $489M worth of foreign food aid at risk of spoilage, despite Rubio promise humanitarian aid could get through Oversight of assistance at USAID "now largely nonoperational" From a new internal (!) report... www.huffpost.com/entry/inspec...

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

When Stanford IT staff and a pro-diversity group shared a list of words they encouraged others not to use, it was national news, despite the fact it never represented campus policy. When the government erases any mention, data or research related to words, will it be treated as a free speech issue?

submitted 12 days ago • 71 comments

“This is a revolution by the rich against the poor carried out wholly by bureaucratic intermediaries on each side”

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Elon is using his billions to smear USAID and its life-saving work. We need to use our networks to get the truth out. Please share: youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8?...

submitted 13 days ago • 14 comments

Indirect Costs and Trump's Attack on Independent Voices. My latest post: buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...

submitted 14 days ago • 20 comments

planetdetroit.org/2025/02/dte-...?

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Trump should obviously be impeached. Either he has lost control, or he is using his power to do obviously illegal things. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 15 days ago • 108 comments

Many Americans chose not to believe what they were saying. Will we now believe what we are seeing? My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

submitted 15 days ago • 72 comments

“Just since Donald Trump’s election, Musk’s personal net worth has grown by far more than the entire annual budget of U.S.A.I.D.”

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have cut off funding for half of the health centers that serve 400,000 Virginians, forcing some to close, which could mean up to 200,000 Virginians are suddenly without healthcare www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...

submitted 17 days ago • 79 comments

Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.

submitted 17 days ago • 526 comments

It's mostly obvious. But it's worth saying explicitly and this is an example. Under the heading of "DEI" they're not simply banning some new things from the last decade but also what is simply civil rights enforcement and even (as here) the mere recognition & expression of racial & ethnic identity.

submitted 17 days ago • 49 comments

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 17 days ago • 617 comments

A really essential piece on the impoundments that are still happening -- and the real consequences for people who rely on federal funding. @ddayen.bsky.social has been killing it on the impoundments beat.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

www.usaidstopwork.com

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

This is v. good. Echoes a lot of things I’ve written in recent days at Off Message. Knock on wood but feels like a groundswell is building.

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Exclusive: Federal workers have filed an emergency motion requesting a restraining order to disconnect the DOGE server that's being used to conduct Trump's "deferred resignation program." The workers had previously accused DOGE of illegally bypassing a mandated privacy audit. By me at @wired.com:

submitted 18 days ago • 219 comments

Live feed of Congress members outside USAID right now youtube.com/live/sqytZHs...

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)

submitted 19 days ago • 383 comments

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submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Just spitballing, but things that could happen today: Court injunction protecting USAID Dems demand hearings on Musk's role Someone introduce articles of impeachment Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers *Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved

submitted 19 days ago • 364 comments

NEW: WIRED has identified six young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24, according to public databases, their online presences, and other records—who have little to no government experience and are now playing critical roles in Musk’s DOGE project. By @telliotter.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 966 comments

The #Resistance is coming from inside the building: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u... (gift link)

submitted 20 days ago • 6 comments