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The government shuts down on March 14 unless Congress passes a new spending bill. Republicans need Democratic votes to pass anything, but they’re pushing a budget that slashes essential programs, attacks basic rights, and hands unchecked power over to Trump, Elon Musk, and their billionaire allies.

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A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire." America is under attack right now.

submitted 19 hours ago • 317 comments

Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 17 hours ago • 2331 comments

There are 3 special elections coming up and those 3 seats are the keys to stopping the Congressional Republicans doing Trump & Musk’s evil bidding. We need just 1 seat to block them, 2 seats to stop them, and with all 3 we can FLIP THE HOUSE. Join us!! Monday 2/24 @7:30 EST. 👇👇 mobilize.us/s/Y9NrBb

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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.

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> @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2025/02/21/c...

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I don’t have kids. I just care about the world and the people who live in it. It’s never wrong to do the right thing.

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Research shows that LGBTQ+ inclusion can drive economic activity. Open For Business’ latest report shows the economic case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Poland: open-for-business.org/poland

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Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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"As we navigate the sheer quantity of hate and unconstitutional extremism found within these orders, it’s essential we not let this blitzkrieg distract or deter us." - Keith Thirion

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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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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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I’m sure the losses were by design to make the USPS once the best in the world before these assholes got their hand on it, look like it was failing I fucking hate this administration ‼️ Glad DeJoy is out but his job is done. His job was to make it fail and he did www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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I suspect we’re going to be hearing more stories about failing farmers having their land bought for cheep—it’s not a coincidence. Is this why USAID was cut—to make way for billionaires?! Watch til the end and keep an eye on national parklands too. 🧵

submitted 5 days ago • 508 comments

If you’re not confirmed by the Senate then you have no business meddling in the lives of MILLIONS of Americans We are suing DOGE for violating the constitution & illegally seizing power I’ll discuss tonight @ 8PM ET on @insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com 👇 statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/new-law...

submitted 6 days ago • 1251 comments

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

submitted 6 days ago • 2402 comments

60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…” This was never about efficiency. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...

submitted 6 days ago • 340 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 6 days ago • 2288 comments

AND ALSO THERE'S A COUP

submitted 7 days ago • 1001 comments

The Musk-rats are now inside EPA. The fossil fuel dark money machine that put Trump in office wants to destroy, the better to pollute.

submitted 8 days ago • 49 comments

ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF. Now. Print hard copies. And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...

submitted 10 days ago • 326 comments

Of course the Democrats will be going to Houston to find and interview voters who were laid off , to ask them what their expectations of the new administration were and how they feel they are doing at the moment. And posting here and everywhere. Right ?

submitted 10 days ago • 1421 comments

What an incredibly dangerous precedent being set throughout government, but particularly in FEMA and after one of the most destructive fires to ever happen in California to date. open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

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open.substack.com/pub/contrari... excellent piece!

submitted 12 days ago • 28 comments

The wonderful Mike Luckovich

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“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

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@rbhubbell.bsky.social says it’s time for the Dem MOC to implement a Shadow Cabinet. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been sounding the alarm to do this. Robert’s suggestions who should be on it are in his article. We can add to it. @repjasmine.bsky.social comes to mind. Let’s do this! 202-224-3121.

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Army Soldiers story of the situation dealing with new command.

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Republicans see the silence from large interest groups as consent. Some prominent physicians say they see deep-seated anxiety over the potential consequences of speaking out. It's now or never, people. Push back!

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A statement from the Kennedy Center

submitted 15 days ago • 1199 comments

Corporate media with their wall to wall Trump coverage is by design making Trump seem all powerful. In reality Trump had a horrible week and the voices opposing Trump are growing. That is why WE must amplify the Profiles in Resistance. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/more-profi...

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#resist #poliart Please stand up for political cartoonists around the country as they are starting to be pushed out for their content and/or due to "needed cuts". Art has spoken truth to power throughout history and is one of the first things crushed in regimes.

submitted 17 days ago • 285 comments

NEW: As a Veteran signed up to receive email updates, I had the unfortunate experience of getting a message from Doug Collins last night. I have some thoughts in my latest. Warning: explicit language. www.muellershewrote.com/p/secva-doug...

submitted 17 days ago • 346 comments

Chicken has learned how to open/shut her food box, now promptly protects it from alpaca

submitted 20 days ago • 166 comments

Right wing “Network State” Bros want the SF Presidio. The “network state” movement strives to build crypto-based charter cities that can eventually become their own countries. “Beff Jezos” aka Gillaume Verdon spoke during Balaji Srinivasan’s 2023 “Network State” conference. 1/

submitted 19 days ago • 105 comments

We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.

submitted 20 days ago • 505 comments

These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.

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Seeing lots of people here looking for documents related to the OMB/Executive order funds freeze. All of the key docs -- the lawsuit, OMB memos, court orders, etc. are in the story below. Democracy Docket always provides free links to underlying court docs. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 21 days ago • 119 comments

The National Association of Home Builders explains what happens if we make inputs for home construction, such as Canadian lumber, more expensive.

submitted 22 days ago • 1466 comments

Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target. Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...

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It’s pretty insane that a private citizen can come in, hijack federal government servers, fire people, and steal their PII.

submitted 23 days ago • 1780 comments

In case you were wondering, no, it isn't normal to use huge, expensive military cargo planes to send deportees back to their home countries.

submitted 24 days ago • 77 comments