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I ask again: What's the point of Labour when its sitting MPs are allowed to parrot UKIP talking points?

If you're in New England, this talk is a (frankly bold) attempt to sum up everything I've learned in two decades of covering pro-democracy protest movements, uprisings, and revolutions. If that sounds a little too relevant to your life, you should definitely come

No shit.

Here's one of more than 2,300 comments on the Federal Register opposing a proposed rule that would strip civil service protections for up the 50,000 federal workers. How and why folks are opposing the proposal, @www.AllRiseNews.com www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-purg...

NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from. By @abrahm.bsky.social

Just heard from the VP research that my grant with @dgrand.bsky.social, "Promoting Accurate Information on Social Media" was terminated as well

🥴The US is ready to recognize Crimea as Russian as part of a peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, — Bloomberg

"Rage and frenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years" - Edmund Burke

🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨 Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for: Diane Seltzer for President Amanda Molina for Treasurer Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother. Get your ballot and vote ASAP.

it's the big horrible things, but it's also the small stupid shit www.404media.co/doge-gsa-mag...

Ukrainian officials have compared the new U.S. proposal on minerals to “lifetime reparations,” according to WP. One senior official said the deal looks as if “Ukraine was at war with the U.S., lost, was occupied, and now has to pay lifetime reparations.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Elon Musk has been a walking SEC violation for a decade and no one cared. The entire Trump era could have been avoided if the US took white collar crime anywhere near as seriously as it does low level drug crime.

Now I know what country to flee to as a refugee when the shit hits the fan here. Already checked the Czech crash course out of the library.

Seven EU countries back Czech plan to fund Radio Free Europe The Czech Republic initiated talks with EU partners about funding Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is headquartered in the Czech capital, following cuts to US support

🇺🇸America, we may yet have access to news of the Free World, thanks to Czech Republic!🇺🇸 🥰No need to rely on pandering media. “The Czech Republic initiated talks with EU partners about funding Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is headquartered in the Czech capital, following cuts to US support.

#OtD 20 Mar 1946 10 homeless people, some of them WWII veterans, squatted the 20-room Maramanah mansion in King's Cross, Sydney, Australia, which was due for demolition. More joined them until the council agreed to keep the building open for housing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...

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With one week left in #Women'sHistoryMonth, we're looking to expand our network of women researchers. If you have Insights on the extremism and tech nexus, we would like to hear from you. Whether you're a past GNET contributor or have yet to write for us, we encourage you to submit a proposal.

Silly as this is, it's a better action than anything any other elected Democrat's doing. Just do it: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... We are; it's today's project.

The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs. They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services. Why? Because they don't want it to work.

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NEW: Voice of America employees file federal lawsuit against Kari Lake and Trump administration, accusing them of illegally shutting down the taxpayer-funded media outlet.

“Polestar wants to deliver the final blow. … Polestar is offering anyone who owns or leases a Tesla $5,000 off a lease on a brand new Polestar 3. Combined with their latest $15,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive, any Tesla driver can buy a Polestar 3 for a whopping $20,000 off.”

Here’s the guidance DOJ sent out to federal agencies following Judge Howell’s order blocking portions of the executive order targeting Perkins Coie “The government reserves the right to take all necessary and legal actions in response to the ‘dishonest and dangerous’ conduct of Perkins Coie…”

Feel like each new day of the Trump administration brings yet more reasons to recommend this book. (And now it's only three bucks on Kindle.) amzn.to/4htcQSd

Yet another deeply disappointing failure of collective action. Does anyone really think kneeling will result in anything but more presuure or that devil take the hindmost is an effective strategy? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

New from us: Elon Musk is scheduled to get a briefing at the Pentagon about the United States' war plan against China tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Ami Tallman: secuestro diptych. ink on paper; and ink, gouache, and acrylic on polypropylene 12” x 9 inches and 9” x 12 inches

One of the really special things about Sesame Street was always these little art films that were less about teaching a specific thing than they were about instilling a sort of meditative sense of wonder at how the world works.

Shit piled on shit

“They would do better to seek you in the eternal forests, for you will have fled from the world inhabited by men, to seek comfort among the cruel beasts of the field, rather than live among cultured demons.

❗️Signing a mineral deal will not be enough to restore aid to Ukraine and intelligence sharing, Trump said privately, NBC News reports.

soundcloud.com/alabpodcast/... A rather bleak but well-informed plunge into the legal peculiarities of the cancellation of federal contracts. Worth bearing in mind if relying too heavily on impoundment for hope.