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DOGE has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide. In communities across the US, the cuts threaten student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to popular digital services, such as the ebook app Libby.

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unguarded

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A lot here on the shocking facts but the key finding is those sent to CECOT are being held at the direction of the US, a contract prison including paying for it, and the government's argument they have no ongoing control over them, the ability to direct their release or return, is complete bullshit.

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a decadent and rotten elite that crumbled at the barest touch, and can't defend even its own interests. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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1/ The GOP-controlled NC Court of Appeals has issued a ruling clearing a path for GOP challenger Jefferson Griffin to overturn the 734-vote victory of Dem. Justice Allision Riggs–a case we’ve been following closely here @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/nort...

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"One of the notable things about the ongoing rout in financial markets is the fact that dollar is also tumbling. That isn’t how it typically works."

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There are more stories about Biden failures than about the current economic collapse on the Fox News page. Real state media stuff.

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Time to go to work in the shit factory!

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uh oh

submitted 4 days ago • 31 comments

For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.

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Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

They're going to kill Libby and all your other library book reading apps, programs funded by Congress which the administration (and certainly not Elon or his teen Nazi psychopath goons) has no power to shut down. Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action

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these JFK files are incredible, I had no idea

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Translation: crypto bros have successfully terrorized women in federal politics by making an example of Katie Porter, destroying her Senate campaign with such "savagery" that even Maxine Waters--a years-long opponent of crypto--did a 180° turn. Now they've flipped Kirsten Gillibrand. Expect more.

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if you just scan the headline — or if you’re just uncurious — you’ll think this is a “trump bad” piece but if you read it you’ll find that it is my attempt to explain what makes something “anti-constitutional” and why that is distinct from an “unconstitutional” act.

submitted 19 days ago • 104 comments

“I enjoy thinking about truly fundamental concepts, like the alphabet for instance.”

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