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Trump officials are trying to sneak around federal judges’ orders. They could be held in civil contempt of court, which can include jail time and can’t be undone with a presidential pardon, according to @sbagen.bsky.social . My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Van Hollen: "There's no Article 4 in the Constitution that gives Elon Musk that authority, and the way he's been 'delegated' this authority is illegal, and the actions he's taking are illegal, and we need to shut down this illegal operation."

submitted 5 hours ago • 459 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 1 day ago • 2048 comments

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 4 hours ago • 294 comments

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submitted 8 hours ago • 60 comments

#ResistanceRoots #Voices4Victory #BlackHistoryMonth Nina Simone was born on this day in 1933 in Tryon, N.C. Denied admission to a music school because of her race, Simone went on to a successful career as a singer, songwriter and pianist, using music to express her civil rights activism. /1

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

Can’t wait for tomorrow so I can find out in which ways it will be worse than today.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Why do media outlets publish on a platform that does this?

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

And we're still sliding further backwards... 😞

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After we’ve discriminated against all immigrant, gay, transgender, disabled, female, and minority people, yet find the problems we blamed them for “are still staring us in the face….what next? All the atrocities of human history lurk in the answer.” Gov. Pritzker, Skokie, Illinois, Feb 19, 2025

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Billionaires hoard more money than they could spend in 1,000 lifetimes while people work 80+ hrs a week just to survive. Tax their obscene wealth & give every American $2K/month. Universal basic income is possible. It doesn’t have to be this way.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

submitted 5 days ago • 1064 comments

That’s the ticket. Show up in court, with your Bar licenses on the line, and answer a judge’s pointed and specific questions on how this deal went down.

submitted 5 days ago • 543 comments

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 5 days ago • 69 comments

From @oliverdarcy.bsky.social Status, on reporters who still post on the bad place. Exactly this👇 He reads your stuff to find a way to come after you. Stop.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you. STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

submitted 6 days ago • 828 comments

If corporations replace the workforce with AI, how will the economy run in its current configuration? For these CEOs and executives, the bottom line seems to be the only thing that matters. What about people having jobs and money? We will need UBI.

submitted 7 days ago • 31 comments

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

submitted 7 days ago • 987 comments

We must focus on state governments. Know your state representatives, Attorney General, Secretary of State, state supreme courts. Know them. Call them. Get educated on what bills are being passed.

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A new Journal of American Medical Association study reveals top healthcare companies raked in $2.7 trillion in profit from 2001-2021, spending 95% of it on stock buybacks and dividends to enrich CEOs and shareholders. These are the same companies that tell you #MedicareForAll is a bad idea.

submitted 9 days ago • 21 comments

The full understanding of just how Trump is now allied with Putin is dawning on people. Zelensky calls for a European army as the only way to defend the continent and states clearly that the USA can’t be trusted. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

submitted 8 days ago • 69 comments

Our parks are in chaos. We’ve seen firsthand how Trump’s hiring freeze, the rescinding of hundreds of job offers, and the layoff of 5% of NPS staff have left us overwhelmed and short-handed.

submitted 8 days ago • 226 comments

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

submitted 7 days ago • 6491 comments

Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.

submitted 7 days ago • 1445 comments

ATTN HHS EMPLOYEES: Firing notices are going out. I am in receipt of an email saying they will revoke your access as soon as you read the email that you've been fired. Please download everything you need before you open that email. SHARE FAR & WIDE. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-e...

submitted 8 days ago • 452 comments

This is so scary

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3

submitted 8 days ago • 231 comments

Ukraine’s president has warned the days of guaranteed US support for Europe are over, as he urged the continent to band together to create a united army and foreign policy.

submitted 8 days ago • 179 comments

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

submitted 9 days ago • 792 comments

Mitch McConnell voting no on terrible cabinet picks because he doesn’t have to run for reelection is all the proof you need that we must have term limits. You shouldn’t only have a spine because you don’t have to run again. We are breeding chicken shit power hungry electeds.

submitted 11 days ago • 838 comments

News is overwhelming. People offline don't understand what's happening. Their rights are being pulled out from under them. Print out these flyers and take it to the streets. Featuring a QR cosd that links to explainer and action items. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/t...

submitted 11 days ago • 42 comments

Elon Musk, the DOGE Bags, and Donald Trump did this. How high will the body count be? And will we ever really know?

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

submitted 12 days ago • 3883 comments

Woke White House bans AP from event over deadnaming the Gulf of Mexico. www.newsweek.com/reporter-bar...

submitted 11 days ago • 59 comments

😂The best 👏back all week!

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

Keep your eye on the ball. JD Vance is laying the groundwork for Trump to defy court orders, weaken the courts, and dismantle checks and balances on the presidency.

submitted 12 days ago • 51 comments

Courts ordered the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 13 days ago • 168 comments

Donald Trump and JD Vance are laying the groundwork for a possible constitutional crisis where the Administration rejects a lawful court order. We cannot sit idly by. We cannot allow them to subvert our constitutional system.

submitted 12 days ago • 79 comments

Those dystopian books we read in school are looking less like fiction and more like a blueprint. No wonder they’re being banned—they want to keep us in the dark.

submitted 12 days ago • 604 comments

I don’t know about y’all, but I’m starting to think the only thing that kept the planes from crashing before was diversity.

submitted 12 days ago • 268 comments