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FACT: Missouri is one of 17 states suing to remove 504 protections. This is not ok #publiceducation #504plan #missouri #disabilities www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...

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New @aoc.bsky.social letter to AG Pam Bondi about Tom Homan:

submitted 6 hours ago • 94 comments

A 24-hour “economic blackout” is underway in the United States, with people encouraged to buy nothing besides essential items. Here's what to know.

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The Putinization of America Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation. By Garry Kasparov www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Speaking of which. Do what you can. www.yahoo.com/news/feb-28-...

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Looking at some survey data here. Trump/Elon cutting off all cancer cure research is the issue that freaks voters out more than any other, also the one they've heard the least about. Important for voters to hear more about this.

submitted 7 hours ago • 110 comments

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

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"There is a very specific group that does have to worry about their immunity from vaccination. People born after 1957 but vaccinated before 1968. At that point in time, they were using less effective vaccines."

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Impeach.

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Was thinking last night that laid-off journalists should really consider running for office. You know the issues. You can communicate. You know the importance of a free press and the dangers of social media oligarchs. You understand how to localize national issues. You know how to place stories.

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This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

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The Medicaid cuts the GOP is about to try and shove through would have horrific results. Imagine millions of poor and disabled people—a huge number of them children—having to literally beg for help. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The House will vote TODAY on whether to advance devastating cuts to Medicaid that would destroy lifesaving programs for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.

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Well, this piece hit quite a nerve, and readers seem to appreciate it. Thanks for the comments and share! "Drain MSNBC of Viewers As It Whitewashes its Network to Placate Trump" open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

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Here’s last night’s story about Facebook’s new plans for content moderation and, of course, Mark Zuckerberg’s cool new outfits. youtu.be/nf7XHR3EVHo?...

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Here is a great website, where you can put in your zip code and see what specific cuts in Social Security in your area Republicans are proposing and what that will mean for you specifically. democrats-budget.house.gov/house-republ...

submitted 5 days ago • 38 comments

1/ Town halls continue to go badly for GOP congresspeople, an ongoing thread: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Pc7F6y/

submitted 6 days ago • 122 comments

The DoD has never passed an audit and no doubt its spending should be reviewed. But Sec Hegseth knows little about how DoD works, and less about national security. It would be a good idea to bring in some expertise rather than just throwing the axes. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out. Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.

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If you would like to learn how to do this kind of writing, I will teach you. I will, if you have no money, do it for free. I will, if you have some money, invite you to my "writing coach" patreon. I will, if you have an institutional budget, charge a fair workshop rate. Lollardfish @ gmail.

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social! "Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."

submitted 6 days ago • 323 comments

One thing has gone largely undiscussed re: Trump's Executive Branch power grab. Namely, no one would seek to place so much power in the hands of the president -- over legal interpretation, budget decisions, staffing, etc -- if they worried about EVER losing again. So they must know something...A 🧵..

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

NEW: On Section 504. "Attacks on any one group will be used as a wedge to attack all of us. You may not personally know any trans people, and you may even be uncomfortable with the idea ... but letting this attack go forward will eventually hurt you and the things you love, too." /1

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DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

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California Republican Kevin Kylie is booed as he announces the Trump administration is killing funding for high-speed rail project to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco. A new poll shows the majority of the state’s residents support it.

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As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference "The Weak Strongman" snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...

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Gift link: "At California’s Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration fired the only locksmith on staff on Friday. He was the sole employee with the keys and the institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms."

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Washington Post is reporting that the US Gov't program to send free COVID tests to households will be shut down tonight, and the remaining tests destroyed. If you haven't already ordered yours in the latest batch (autumn 2024's) it's super quick & easy, price $0.00 covidtests.gov

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Utah’s Governor has signed the legislation to ban collective bargaining from public sector employees: apnews.com/article/utah...

submitted 11 days ago • 15 comments

you don’t need the press corps anymore — just pull out your phone. AOC did a livestream that spurred THOUSANDS of calls to congress. the msm wants drama? give it to them. like right now dems should have a fucking PARADE of fired federal workers out there putting a face on all this.

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We are in an information war and so far, Trump & Musk are winning. We urgently need a credible, loud, daily counter narrative. The Democrats can & should take the lead using the same playbook as the blue state Governors' covid briefings. My latest ⤵️ 1/🧵 open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

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"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible" The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today. snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...

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SKEET THREAD: What happened yesterday holds a powerful lesson. We must give it greater attention. LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...

submitted 14 days ago • 31 comments

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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This piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social really drills into the racist backstory behind Trump’s posture towards South Africa

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The Left Hook Hits Over 40,000 Subscribers! Thank you all for reading and supporting this little Substack since the Summer. Please consider spreading the good word and upgrading to a paid subscription as we continue to fight fascists & bigots. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

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In the past weeks, the Trump administration has purged federal law enforcement agencies of prosecutors and investigators who’d been pursuing white supremacist groups that had been listed among the most dangerous threats to national security. By @hannahallam.bsky.social

submitted 15 days ago • 73 comments

Interviewed @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social about Trump and Musk's vandalism of the Consumer Finanvial Protection Bureau

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"America is not a software company. And letting a thin-skinned, Ketamine-fueled, video-game cheating, Nazi apologist billionaire take over the machinery of the United States is not something that anyone voted for." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social

submitted 16 days ago • 604 comments

From last summer. Colonial Americans once rioted against captured courts. Would we do that now too? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 17 days ago • 26 comments

I wrote about Kendrick Lamar Superbowl performance-- its subversive messaging about America being a rigged, deadly game of survival-- especially for Black people. But we need to stop pretending revolution is going to come from celebrities. It'll come from us. Gift link here: wapo.st/42JVBs6

submitted 17 days ago • 107 comments

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore public health webpages it abruptly deleted last month until further litigation plays out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 17 days ago • 105 comments

1/ A thread about why the gutting of journalism, and local news in particular, is a main reason why we are here. And what you can do—constructively—to help. Let's start with the homepage of @dallasnews.com. Mostly sports. Almost nothing about what's happening in DC—THAT AFFECTS TEXANS

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Extremely online people spend a lot of time worrying about what is happening at 2-4 major papers, and C suites of networks. I beg of you to take a wider view, and to understand that an attack on the media BY TECH and PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANIES laid the groundwork for the moment we're now in.

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people. By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 160 comments

Most people didn't vote for them - they voted for Harris or someone else, or skipped voting, or weren't eligible. Most of his voters were not voting for most of what they're doing. The most vocal MAGA/White Christian Nationalist folks are a small portion of the country. This is beatable.

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