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submitted 3 days ago • 1893 comments

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James Kindness is a strength that shapes the way we show up, the way we lead, and the way we connect. 🧡🧡🧡 #kindness (Picture by Caroline Oxford)

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Some federal workers are going back to work. The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back. Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired. The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.

submitted 4 days ago • 828 comments

What slashing federal funding would mean for kids: 🪚Cuts for kids with disabilities 🪚Cuts for English language learners 🪚Cuts to career tech programs Thank you Cleveland Teachers Union for fighting for fully funded schools. #ProtectOurKids @OFTUnion.bsky.social spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/...

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual. cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

submitted 7 days ago • 570 comments

A brief word today at the end of the sixth horrific week of Trump 2.0 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-sermon

submitted 7 days ago • 96 comments

Now THIS is true leadership on the world stage. In stark contrast to the weak, ignorant clown we currently have in the White House. #SlavaUkraini 🇬🇧 🇺🇦

submitted 7 days ago • 832 comments

Trump’s Autocratic Moves Toward Corporate Fascism nader.org/2025/03/01/t...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Trump's push to cut federal funding and dismantle the Department of Education puts millions of students at risk. March 4, we’re taking action—rallies, walk-ins, town halls, & more—to demand lawmakers protect our schools, not gut them. #ProtectOurKids

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Whether you're a teacher, a school support professional, a nurse, a public employee, or you're higher ed faculty, we can all agree: Everyone deserves the quality healthcare and the opportunity to thrive. Thank you AFT leaders for standing up for our communities. #ProtectOurKids

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Upcoming Boycotts & Protests 2/28 – Economic Blackout 3/4 – #ProtectOurKids Protests 3/4 – #FiftyFiftyOne Protests 3/7 – March for Science 3/7-3/14 – Amazon Boycott 3/21-3/28 – Nestlé Boycott 4/7-4/14 – Walmart Boycott 4/18 – Economic Blackout #2 4/21-4/28 – General Mills Boycott

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

Our public schools are facing devastating cuts that will hurt millions of students—especially those in poverty, students with disabilities, and working-class families. On March 4, join educators, parents,& more to take action to #ProtectOurKids.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Dear world: many many many of us are appalled and mortified and in despair over this. Please try to remember that.

submitted 11 days ago • 95 comments

Deport people who work hard for a living, import international criminals

submitted 11 days ago • 195 comments

this is absolutely unhinged.

submitted 11 days ago • 132 comments

New in PN: How Trump's lawyers are trying to make him a king "In practical terms, if Trump gets SCOTUS to agree he has unfettered power to remove members of independent regulatory agencies, their independence is over. No more will they issue decisions that don’t reflect his policy preferences."

submitted 12 days ago • 114 comments

Trump's anti-LGBTQ hostility doesn’t stop at the trans community. Investigations of anti-LGBTQ discrimination have been halted. A tipline for federal workers to report colleagues who have worked on DEI—a callback to an era when employees were encouraged to report and out gay coworkers—now exists.

submitted 12 days ago • 14 comments

How can you tell that Trump and Musk don’t actually care about going after waste and fraud? They just fired someone at the Minnesota VA whose job was to find waste/inefficiencies to save taxpayer money. It’s all a façade to shell out more money for billionaires and big corporations.

submitted 12 days ago • 76 comments

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seems reasonable

submitted 11 days ago • 204 comments

My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.

submitted 11 days ago • 247 comments

From the moment he returned to office, Donald Trump has prioritized giving access to an array of far-right influencers and news outlets, including figures with checkered pasts and nonexistent journalistic credentials. @annamerlan.bsky.social on the rise of the new state media:

submitted 12 days ago • 21 comments

“You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.” Ram Dass 🧡🧡🧡 #kindness #love picture by Anxiety Positive

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submitted 11 days ago • 1175 comments

"Music is our answer to the darkness." With director Q&A, Sunday at the Regent Theatre, Arlington MA. Tickets: regenttheatre.com/event-direct... #Ukrainianfilm #thingstodoinboston #soldiersofsong

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

submitted 12 days ago • 3774 comments

I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.

submitted 11 days ago • 1792 comments

submitted 11 days ago • 74 comments

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submitted 11 days ago • 131 comments

“How much time and energy has been wasted over this pointless fucking email?” Elon Musk pushes the federal workforce into further chaos, masterminding a bizarre email sent to troll workers.

submitted 12 days ago • 50 comments

Let’s call this what it is: A closed-door meeting where Republicans huddle up and find out how they can give boatloads of our money to the richest among us and leave pennies for everyone else. They’ll pay for it by defunding Medicaid, which ~40% of kids rely on. The villains in any story book.

submitted 12 days ago • 47 comments

At Trump’s behest, Republicans are fielding Medicaid cuts in the range of hundreds of billions of dollars. The change in income limits that determine eligibility, which already vary by state, could place millions at risk of losing health care.

submitted 12 days ago • 38 comments

Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

submitted 14 days ago • 669 comments

Maybe hating on dick bosses is the great unifier, the thing that brings all Americans together.

submitted 14 days ago • 313 comments

What an amazing discussion with Ukrainian author/defender Oleg Veretskiy last night! So many congratulations coming in and special edition orders for @veretskiy.bsky.social's book, too. Listen to the interviews and comment in the discussion section: olegveretskiy.com/tales-of-the...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Cleaning and rehabilitating oiled birds is a delicate process, and even those taken to rescue centers, cleaned and released back to the wild may struggle to survive.