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WHY?

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So scary!

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"There is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some diehard's vote." -David Foster Wallace, novelist, essayist, and short story writer (21 Feb 1962-2008)

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"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." -Ansel Adams, photographer (20 Feb 1902-1984)

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Deport this user...

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

Here's a riddle:

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After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

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Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

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He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/... Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰

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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.

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

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It really is this simple.

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Exactly 😡

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Don’t you just love how the people who wanted school open during the pandemic think we don’t need a Department of Education?

submitted 6 days ago • 254 comments

The time to BEWARE, has passed…👇 Hasn’t it?! Unfortunately. For. Everyone.

submitted 6 days ago • 441 comments

This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 6 days ago • 1059 comments

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

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"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." -Henry Adams, historian and teacher (16 Feb 1838-1918)

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The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022. The annual cost of permanently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited rich individuals? $400 billion. Keep this in mind as Trump and DOGE lay off thousands of federal workers.

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The Vice President of the United States just called for ending checks and balances. Courts are literally a C0-EQUAL branch of our Government.

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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Most of us have used Global Positioning System (GPS) for navigation & we can thank Gladys West for creating the foundation for GPS. She used her mathematical & programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth. She was inducted into the US Air Force Hall of Fame.

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I felt like this should have gotten way more press. ##DeportElonMusk

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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (12 Feb 1809-1865)

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The Trump administration told The New York Times that Elon Musk’s financial disclosures would not be made public, allowing the shadow president to direct vast swaths of government policy with enormous stakes for his personal fortune without the public knowing the precise areas of overlap.

submitted 11 days ago • 70 comments

The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy have removed all web pages highlighting women’s military service. Weak men always fear and are threatened by strong women. I’ll never regret voting for VP Kamala Harris.

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"The government ought not to be invested with power to control the affections, any more than the consciences of citizens." -Lydia Maria Child, activist, novelist, and journalist (11 Feb 1802-1880)

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For the many rural hospitals that are already on the brink of closure, Trump’s Medicaid cuts could put them over the edge —further exacerbating the healthcare access crisis that rural areas face. www.bu.edu/articles/202...

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No reason all foreign officials shouldn't demand bribes now. This is another gift to Elon Musk. Billionaires can afford constant bribery payments and squeeze out competitors. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/t...

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If the purpose of the federal government was to simply implement the President’s “agenda”, we wouldn’t have three separate, co-equal branches. The framers putting Congress, the elected representatives of the people, in Article I was intentional. It’s We the People not He the Convicted Felon. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

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