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I want the t-shirts, the posters, the sepia prints, the velvet portrait, the trapper keepers, the lunch boxes, the I-phone covers. Rep @algreen.house.gov is an American patriot.

submitted 13 hours ago • 999 comments

I used to live in Arlington, in an apartment building similar to this one, with a rich mix of neighbors from diverse backgrounds. Including immigrants. Quiet & peaceful. But, you know, that doesn’t match the violent criminal faux narrative this regime is making up to justify their cruelty.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Headed home from the meeting of medical school pediatric chairs - many of them also Chief Medical Officers for children’s hospitals. so much at stake for the health of children- all children

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

Putin has taken over our govt. We gonna let this happen?

submitted 3 days ago • 49 comments

I think Americans have to understand things won't go back to normal and no one is coming to save us. The self destructive decision to vote for Trump is going to cause long term pain, damage and weakness. We have to survive and try to rebuild something better. Generational effort sadly.

submitted 3 days ago • 196 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 4 days ago • 3346 comments

I can’t stop thinking about how so many people voted for Trump because they thought he was going to punish people they hate and now he’s hurting them also.

submitted 4 days ago • 325 comments

The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit

submitted 6 days ago • 190 comments

I'm hearing from experts around the world about the "global health massacre" caused by the Trump/Musk destruction of USAID. Millions of malnourished children left to starve. Babies with neural tube defects. Surveillance against bird flu set back.All this kills children just as wonderful as our own.

submitted 6 days ago • 44 comments

Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

submitted 4 days ago • 414 comments

For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:

submitted 5 days ago • 759 comments

⚠️ALERT: We need your help telling Oregon lawmakers to support Freedom to Read, a new bill that will provide protection for schools and libraries facing discriminatory book bans. Learn more about how you can help—and lots more LGBTQ+ news and calls to action—in our weekly newsletter, out now 🌈

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

As the granddaughter of four Ukrainian refugees who came to the U.S. between 1896-1909 so they could SURVIVE, I'm beyond disgusted by JD Vance's words. This country has prospered on the backs of immigrants and we must not let him forget it. www.thebulwark.com/p/vance-immi...

submitted 6 days ago • 56 comments

New slide for today's con law class!

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

This is truly awful news. I get a flu shot every year because I have an underlying health condition that places me at greater risk for secondary complications from the flu (e.g. pneumonia). More people will suffer preventable illness & complications if a flu vaccine isn’t available this fall.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Job loss can be a major form of trauma. If you’re in shock, feeling untethered, or worried about your life situation, finances, etc. please reach out to a friend, family member, someone in the community, or a hotline/chat to connect and talk about it. Dialing 988 is a good place to start.

submitted 7 days ago • 24 comments

Trump's funding cuts are putting Oregonians in the literal line of fire. Wildfire prevention and mitigation groups across the West are having to lay off staff and close doors just ahead of fire season, all so Republicans can give another tax handout to Elon Musk.

submitted 8 days ago • 103 comments

This speech by Sen. Angus King of Maine is well worth listening to. I hope at least some of the Republicans listening really heard what he had to say. It’s not too late to stand up for democracy! @hcrichardson.bsky.social Thank you for sharing this in your Substack today. youtu.be/g2ptQFOi9Pg?...

submitted 9 days ago • 23 comments

Can not overstate how devastating it would be to lose PRAMS, an instrumental program which has shaped policies and programs supporting maternal & child health. I've personally used PRAMS to understand the potential impacts of wage policy (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32336654/)

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

let me say that this is the classic “just asking questions” approach to delegitimizing the achievements of black people. and critically, you don’t even have to be a black person who talks about race. simply being black to these people means you are “obsessed with race.”

submitted 11 days ago • 139 comments

A stunning photo of the famous heart-shaped rock formation at the Drops of Sedona, Arizona, USA Courtesy of: The American Natural

submitted 12 days ago • 15 comments

This is shameful & wrong. Mass, indiscriminate firing of dedicated public servants destroys important institutions providing essential services that benefit all Americans.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I know things are bleak and scary right now. But I promise you that you - yes YOU - can get through this. You don't have to fight all of this on your own. Find one person you can help, and help them. Make the life of one person better every day. Hold onto your joy. That's how we win.

submitted 12 days ago • 79 comments

#ExitX Reject fascism. Do not patronize Elon Musk’s X social media platform. Terminate X accounts. Deny him followers, ad revenue, and share value.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

submitted 14 days ago • 975 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

submitted 14 days ago • 2028 comments

Major news! A court in Montana has just declared SB458, a bill that "defines sex" in a way that ends the legal recognition of transgender people in Montana, as facially unconstitutional. This is the first time a bill defining sex has been ruled on! Huge win for trans people in MT!

submitted 14 days ago • 95 comments

Is Musk demanding the data held by the Social Security Administration in order to make it more efficient? Unlikely. Here's a better explanation: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 16 days ago • 135 comments

Trump and Musk’s takeover of the US government is a human disaster HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website bsky.app/profile/cram... Meanwhile in Texas, health officials are scrambling to get a handle on a measles outbreak and suspect 200-300 are infected

submitted 17 days ago • 39 comments

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

We wrote about how Musk is using X as a propaganda tool to demonize each of the agencies and programs that DOGE targets for cuts, providing air cover for his engineers' incursions — with the truth as collateral damage. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... w/ @drewharwell.com

submitted 18 days ago • 76 comments

Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified" This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.

submitted 19 days ago • 1305 comments

RFK has been confirmed as secretary of HHS. For those of you who contacted your senators on this issue, please know your efforts were NOT in vain. You give us hope and courage for the fight.

submitted 20 days ago • 40 comments

If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US. My latest in @thenation.com

submitted 20 days ago • 128 comments

An important message from the ABA: "We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."

submitted 23 days ago • 67 comments

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

submitted 29 days ago • 1275 comments

This is horrific, U.S. may send criminals, possibly including U.S. citizens, to El Salvador mega-jail. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 29 days ago • 53 comments

We'll say it as many times as it takes: Gender-affirming care is life-saving care. We will not back down.

submitted 29 days ago • 7 comments

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

submitted 30 days ago • 926 comments

NEW: The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover from @telliotter.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 31 days ago • 59 comments