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Unapologetically pro-democracy and anti-authoritarianism. Inner radio dj is alive and well. Catless cat lady.
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💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

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What Just Happened: Musk-OPM Send Email to Federal Employees Asking for Five Accomplishments Analysis by Professor Nicholas Bednar (@nicholasbednar.bsky.social) Bottom line up front: The threat of termination by implied resignation is legally invalid.

Kennedy Center ticket sales dropped roughly 50 percent week-over-week after Trump announced his takeover www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Over 1,000 people showed up in Framingham to make clear that we’re fired up and ready to fight back against every terrible policy Donald Trump and Elon Musk throw at us. 📸 John Walker

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A little substance about what the FBI does & historical context to help you articulate just how dangerous the confirmation of Kash Patel is. joycevance.substack.com/p/kash-patel...

We've collected our articles and videos to help you understand why Zelensky's legitimacy is being questioned and how that plays into Russia's hands.

Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump:Canada=Putin:Ukraine. Rhetorically. One more expression of Trump’s admiration for Putin. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Rahm Emanuel: President Donald Trump and his appointed officials are… helping Moscow’s and Beijing’s explicit intentions to replace the U.S.-led international order. If they are successful, China will emerge as the globe’s dominant superpower. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

NEW: Judge warns Trump appointees not to try to evade his order halting a blanket pause to foreign-aid payments, but stops short of holding officials in contempt. Minutes later, aid groups file new evidence Rubio may have violated court order www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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

He’s coming for our Mail. Call Your Reps and Demand that Congress Fight: @repdwightevans.bsky.social @congressmanboyle.bsky.social @scanlon.house.gov @fetterman.senate.gov and especially @davemccormick.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/trump-preps-...

Republican congressman gets an earful: “Tyranny is rising in the White House, and a man has declared himself our king. So, I would like to know…what you, congressman, and your fellow congressmen are going to do to rein in the megalomaniac in the White House?” www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

NEW: A first-of-its-kind analysis by @propublica.org found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% after Texas’ near-total abortion ban went into effect in September 2021. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason." www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

Today's front page of The New York Post.

Elon Musk's private security detail has been deputized as Federal Marshalls and can carry firearms on Federal property. What could possibly go wrong? www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

Senate Republicans just *BLOCKED* Sen. Ossoff’s amendment to protect children’s and maternal health care through Medicaid.

Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE

It's the online far right that is governing now.

@econ4ua.bsky.social is organizing an open letter to the future German chancellor (Germany is holding elections Sunday), urging them to lead and stand up to Russia. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Study of TikTok, X ‘For You’ feeds in Germany finds far-right political bias ahead of federal elections techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/s...

NEW: Trump cabinet officials have embraced Jack Posobiec, the far-right conspiracy theory-peddler (Pizzagate!) who co-wrote a book last year demonizing liberals as "unhumans" & praising fascist dictators—Spain's Franco & Chile's Pinochet—as role models for MAGA. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Musk wants to inspect our IRS data to catch everyday Americans committing tax fraud—an overreach of DOGE’s power. Personal tax data has nothing to do with government efficiency.

A quiet rebellion among Republicans representing working-class and low-income areas against Donald Trump’s legislative agenda has picked up some powerful new allies: US hospitals and conservative agitator Steve Bannon.

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

Area free speech absolutist says journalists he doesnt like should face a “long prison sentence”

Folks, Elon's taking over air traffic control

This is absolutely insane. — www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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.

Ukraine was asked for half of its mineral reserves, in exchange for nothing on.ft.com/4hW1x5y

Proud to be a contributor to a weekly feature in The Contrarian called The Democracy Index. We’ll filter out the noise and focus on news that threatens democracy. Here is the first installment.

From an FDA probationary employee: the firings are coming from outside the agency without cause and with zero input from supervisors (as promised.) More firings expected between now and Tuesday. Do not open the termination email before you download your documents and performance evals.

Canada has never been more united

Here comes the justification for Dictatorship

NEW: Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

BREAKING: A fourth judge blocks Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship. "This ruling ... is based on straightforward application of settled Supreme Court precedent reiterated and reaffirmed in various ways for more than a century by all three branches of the federal government."

This headline is blunt and scary www.bbc.com/news/article...

BREAKING: A judge in Baltimore has blocked the Trump administration from conditioning federal aid to doctors/health care facilities on withholding health care services for transgender youth. Order was given from the bench with written ruling to come later.