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Changes dictated by the National Archives force the Carter Presidential Library to cancel three planned book events centered on climate change, homelessness and the civil rights movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...

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Great piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social. Reminder that this isn’t the first time the federal workforce has been resegregated: Woodrow Wilson’s 1913 order to impose Jim Crow rolled back almost half a century of progress that saw Black people working at every level of the federal government.

submitted 14 hours ago • 10 comments

The Trump regime's segregationist agenda is clear. I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces. karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...

submitted 14 hours ago • 253 comments

They know who their customers are. The hand washers, the moisturized, the melanated.

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Power of the people…

submitted 1 day ago • 126 comments

New—Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner stepped down bc she wouldn't comply w/ DOGE. Lower-level staffer Leland Dudek replaced her. In a now-deleted LinkedIn post (pre-promotion) shared w/ me, he said he was placed on admin leave bc he "circumvented the chain of command" to help DOGE.

submitted 3 days ago • 135 comments

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

submitted 15 hours ago • 232 comments

The Black middle class was built on government jobs - federal, state, and municipal. It’s not just about funding tax cuts.

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"The world's glaciers are melting faster than ever recorded under the impact of climate change, according to the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date." Probably fine.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Maybe he just thinks “everybody loved the President on 9-11” so he’s going to crash planes until he makes his own?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I hadn't seen this yesterday, Elon Musk saying two lawyers were "undermining civilization" which "seems like a generational trauma transfer issue." What a strange insult. Does he know their parents or something? Ah, I see: they're both Jewish. It's Musk being a Nazi. Again.

submitted 2 days ago • 48 comments

Uhhh

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It’s not a coincidence—it’s a warning.

submitted 3 days ago • 746 comments

It's not 4D chess. It's not even chess. He's just shitting in his hands and huffing it.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

I've been asked if SSI/SSDI payments are in jeopardy now that DOGE demanded access to "sensitive information" forcing the resignation of the career civil servant who was acting administrator We've seen how they've smashed their way through other agencies; DOGE is a threat to SSI/DI payments 🧵

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

May I remind people about public libraries? They’re amazing.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been drinking english breakfast tea for awhile now & I still can’t taste the beans.

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 7 days ago • 538 comments

So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!

submitted 8 days ago • 1271 comments

Allegory alert!

submitted 8 days ago • 224 comments

a good alternative to TikTok is your local public library

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

NEW: DOJ files a notice of correction indicating that (1) it underestimated the number of USAID employees placed on leave; and (2) misstated that only future contracts were being frozen, when existing contracts were frozen as well. I suspect the judge will not be happy. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 12 days ago • 465 comments

Biggest part of crooked Adams deal which is only barely being noted is that the charges aren't really dropped (not in the ordinary sense of the word). They're put on hold with the letter explicitly saying they'll be considered again after November. So Adams has ten months to perform for his freedom.

submitted 11 days ago • 196 comments

“Who Cares, Tom?”

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

Folks the single number one thing you should demand from your Senators when you are making calls is that they start objecting to unanimous consent. It only takes a single Senator to do it and if they start objecting, it will grind Trump's fascist takeover to a halt.

submitted 21 days ago • 66 comments

Just started this today. Hey, can't hurt. If you get up early enough, you can even get Schiff's voicemail (otherwise the mailbox is full)

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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Supreme Court rules against insurance companies in Maui wildfire, allowing $4B settlement to move forward.

submitted 12 days ago • 83 comments

Residents face the daunting prospect of rebuilding their homes in this once-thriving historically Black community.

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

Project 2025, we are living it. Make it stop! Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons before it's too late

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

“The Federal Communications Commission is investigating San Francisco-based KCBS for its coverage of immigration enforcement actions in San José last month, sparking concerns from press freedom advocates and drawing right-wing backlash to the radio station.”

submitted 16 days ago • 33 comments

Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.

submitted 16 days ago • 168 comments

I hope everyone sees this for what it is: it goes beyond resegregation of science to destroying our ability to do high quality science—by eliminating entire communities of scientists. This is a huge own-goal for American science.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Walks like a coup? Talks like a coup? Smells like a coup? - POCHO www.pocho.com/walks-like-a...

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Gifting this article to everyone. wapo.st/40Lmmtv

submitted 18 days ago • 14 comments

Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

submitted 18 days ago • 1186 comments

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submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

It’s Black History Month in the US and Queer History Month in the UK - here is a Black queer owned business you can contribute to and buy from! ❤️

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

#BlackHistoryMonth This is the disability history playwright Lorraine Hansberry. She wrote the critically acclaimed play A Raisin In The Sun and went to the grave unaware that she had terminal cancer. In the 1960s, doctors told husbands, not women patients, they were dying. #disability #ableism

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Turkey cheddar grilled sammy

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Be very skeptical of those reports that Musk's gizmocrats agreed to only "read only" access to the Treasury Dept payment system.

submitted 19 days ago • 72 comments

Just two weeks ago, everyone was screeching about China stealing all of our data through TikTok, but now Elon steals it and the MAGA crisis actors are OK with it? That's some fucking bullshit.

submitted 19 days ago • 607 comments