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I don't think we're talking enough about the fact that the pressure to remove DEI from science means women die.

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Professor Shaun Harper and an expert on diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education offers strong guidance to college and university leaders on how to interpret and respond to the “Dear Colleague” letter from the Department of Education.

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Finished last night.

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Maine Republicans can’t get a law they don’t like changed so they want school to violate that law and they want the President to illegally withhold money for special needs and low income kids to force them to do so. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/02/21/p...

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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If the SAVE Act is signed into law, active duty service members and married women would not be able to vote because the verbiage of the bill does not accept name change forms, marriage licenses, military IDs, or even RealIDs (which everyone in Louisiana had to get). Tribal IDs wouldnt count either

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The US Education Department has lifted a pause on disability-related civil rights investigations but not cases of race, gender discrimination. // Have a related tip? Contact: ⁦‪⁦Jennifer Smith Richards at ProPublica‬⁩ www.propublica.org/article/depa...

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fascists are currently setting the public up to suffer and die from viral diseases so this is 1000% correct

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By the way, this is one of the issues where you might be able to make some headway with GOP reps if you live in a rural district. It has always been the heavily red rural districts that stopped them from destroying USPS in the past. Reps know their constituents depend on USPS.

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some talking points other than the obvious if you need them: - this is governmental overreach - this increases the chances of having to strip at the airport for everyone - what about intersex people - this is wasteful and inefficient and a dumb use of government resources

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Today we received a stop work order on the services we provide to detained immigrant children, including Know Your Rights presentations and legal education.

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LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

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On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X was shot to death in New York. Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of murder and imprisoned. All were eventually paroled. (Convictions of two of the men were dismissed in 2021) Read more: t.ly/2NyWx

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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...

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Sometimes we'll get asked "If I have all-electric appliances, do I still need a carbon monoxide alarm?" The answer is always yes. CO sources exist beyond appliances in your home. In this story, the source was a propane-powered concrete saw being used next door. www.pressherald.com/2025/02/19/k...

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"Fear is the common denominator in all of this—palpable, paralyzing, and quite justifiable fear. Fear now stalks the land. This is the most visceral indication that America has entered an existential era for the future of democracy."

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DOGE has spent $40 million in one month

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No matter who is president, everyone living in the U.S. has certain basic rights under the U.S. Constitution – regardless of immigration status. Understanding and asserting our rights is a powerful way that we can protect ourselves and our communities.

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The Kinsey report in the big bad woke days of 1947 showed 37% of men had some sort of homosexual experience. It's not that we are more queer now, it's that it's more accepted to be open about it.

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Life-threatening infections in Texas have soared among women losing a pregnancy after the state’s abortion ban. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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Streaming now

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Well, to be fair, it took them a little longer than that, that's just when people started paying attention. Anybody who's been following their network state shit has seen tech fascists working towards this for years now.

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“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.

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The fact that he is declaring himself a nondemocratic ruler is in fact an important piece of context about those actions.

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*deflation

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If you are a federal employee (including those who were recently let go) and you want to talk to a reporter, I’m rachelF.70 on Signal If you fear reprisal, I don’t have to share your name.

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This is the devastating impact of authoritarianism. And it’s only the beginning.

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According to the overpaid lawyers of the airlines, requiring airlines to take care of wheel chairs and not destroy them is "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion"

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I don’t think this will even be a bridge too far for most Democrats in Congress.

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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National Park ranger fired from "dream job" on Valentine's Day pens emotional viral letter: "Things are not ok" www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

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straining hard not to be annoying by replying "they do not want to" after every post i see wondering why the democrats are not scoring this or that obvious open goal, but yes the answer is that they do not want to

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As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that refraining from provoking the authoritarian is not how it works. Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.

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a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights. how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com

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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

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This is good, and applies broadly to every Dem that ran "against fascism" and for the preservation of democracy. If you think Trumpism is a fascist threat to democracy why are you collaborating (and helping destroy democracy) by confirming his nominees?

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This this this. This isn’t like, employees on performance plans. This is people who started their jobs less than a year ago.

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Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out. Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal. Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home. That. Do that.

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The Stonewall Riots happened because trans people, particularly of color, rose up against state violence. You can’t even begin to tell the story without our trans ancestors and elders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

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John Kelly told NYT that trump is a fascist, in an official on-the-record interview, and NYT buried it

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what's surreal... he's not a doctor or scientist He's just a white man... that doesn't actually believe in the knowledge base he's been placed over

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Remember you do NOT need to open the door if ICE doesn't have a warrant signed by a judge. Learn more ⤵️

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TBH lot of people are on public assistance and don't even realize it, because it's not explicitly framed as govt assistance.

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These attacks will devastate kids who've finally gotten the support they need to thrive in school.

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In case you thought your kids will be safe in a blue state--our future Secretary of Education is proposing moving special education under RFK Jr. at HHS.

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