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How can Elon terminate the salary of a Ranger, who is paid entirely by the state of Washington?

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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.

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Questions about ChatGPT?

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Benefit concert for @oilchange.bsky.social with the incomparable Kronos Quartet, dance by Bandaloop, and yeah, me mc'ing. If you are or can be in Oakland April 19th and can swing a ticket, please come. secure.givelively.org/event/oil-ch...

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happy friday! just leaving this here...

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OMG. The dangers of the Tesla.

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Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it | Letters

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Shocking arrest for publicly objecting to placing a Trump plaque in a local library!

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived. His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Slava Ukraine! Heroyam Slava! 💙💛

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If you're looking for some great databases of the ongoing resistance (as well as some other useful resources) here's a thread of where to start. 1. Check out Choose Democracy's website with incredible guides on action you can take: choosedemocracy.us

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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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...

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I want every Democrat to sound like this. Meanwhile I'm listening to the sounds of (congressional) silence.

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Fighting back against UnitedHealth ... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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How Elon & Trump are "flooding the zone" with brinkmanship. How can we fight back to preserve what's important. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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This is a case where buying choices can effectively communicate rage.

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It’s probably a bad sign when the wealthiest person in the world, who’s already shutting down entire government agencies in a coup and has access to all our personal information, is now talking about “a second American revolution”

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"We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis right now," said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. "There have been so many unconstitutional and illegal actions in the first 18 days of the Trump presidency. We never have seen anything like this."

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Deb Haaland, the former secretary of the Interior who was the first Native American to serve in a presidential cabinet, on Tuesday announced a bid for governor of New Mexico.

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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Is it so …, are Dems impotent? Or does the media naming them as Impotent make it seem true?

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Trump vows to cut billions of dollars from US defence spending https://www.ft.com/content/5800607b-f1fd-48a6-b90c-c79b25552e75

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The Trump administration’s rules for how White House staff can interact with the Justice Department is a departure from Biden-era guidance, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.

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NYT - which treats the Trump - Musk coup as normal politics - urges us not to tune out on Trump political actions. Hmmmm

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China imposes retaliatory tariffs on $14bn worth of US goods https://www.ft.com/content/5260a94a-df1e-4c4c-8fa9-afc80506b360

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Newspapers across the country owned by the news media company Lee Enterprises were unable to print, had problems with their websites and published smaller issues after a cyberattack last week, the company said.

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Reports suggest #DOGE staff are bypassing #cybersecurity best practices, installing unsecured email servers, and accessing sensitive systems without proper vetting. A security expert explains the implications:

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Saikat Chakrabarti, 39, who previously worked in the tech sector and for Senator Bernie Sanders before joining Ocasio-Cortez’s staff, has announced his intention to primary Representative Nancy Pelosi in an attempt to redefine the Democratic Party.

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"The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore.”

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Germany, demonstrations against the extreme right on 9 February 2025

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Several Democratic lawmakers were denied entry to the U.S. Department of Education on Friday. It was the fourth agency this week that federal employees blocked congressional Democrats from entering.

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You may not like Trump, but his power grab for the economic levers is right. Liberals, take note! | Leah Downey

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Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.

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The Trump administration has released scant information on the migrants sent to the U.S. detention facility in Cuba. Human rights lawyers are demanding they be allowed access to legal counsel.

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Sen. Andy Kim indicated that he's open to working with other Democrats to deny Republicans the votes necessary to keep the government funded ahead of a key deadline next month if the Trump administration continues reshaping federal agencies and programs.

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"The Palestinian people have a right to their land, and they are not intruders or immigrants to it who can be expelled." Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli PM Netanyahu’s suggestion that the kingdom’s land be used to establish a Palestinian state aje.io/hmqrjv

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They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.

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"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term..." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...

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Josh Marshall. Cosign. "The standard should be no help on the budget or the debt ceiling until the lawbreaking stops. Period. End of story. No wilding gangs marauding through the federal government. End the criminal conduct. Period. That’s it. No nuance."

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There's one plausible way Democrats could shut down the DOGE crime spree/constitutional crisis in the short term. And I'm pretty sure this is it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/where...

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I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

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A powerful, action oriented video from Bernie. Watch this! m.youtube.com/watch?v=mL0c...

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The Federal Aviation Administration’s preliminary report on the D.C. plane crash goes against everything the president has said thus far.

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“Trump gutted the Aviation Safety committee last week,” AOC wrote. “Air traffic controllers—already understaffed—got Trump’s ‘buyout’ this week with a 1 week ultimatum to decide. It’s not DEI—it’s him. And Elon too.”

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"Trump’s first actions included demolishing an air travel security group, forcing out the head of the FAA for corrupt reasons, implementing a hiring freeze for air traffic controllers, and sending blanket resignation offers to the remaining FAA employees. Then tragedy struck."

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It's always a healthy sign when a new administration just starts setting parts of the government on fire.

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