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I can't imagine how everyone and their mother isn't already subscribed to Kelly's newsletter. Truly.

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Pritzker is so much better at this than Shapiro

submitted 23 hours ago • 4 comments

Send Governor Mills a thank you for her badassery in standing up and fighting back against the destruction of our democracy. #mepolitics

submitted 22 hours ago • 4 comments

Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism

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I think people should also be aware that this would be economically devastating on a local level. The economy of "College Towns" often revolves around the college. Closures and/or layoffs will devastate those communities.

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Boycotting the sugared swamp water is easy but keep in mind

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Federal Layoffs Will Hurt Rural Counties: dailyyonder.com/federal-layo...

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Gazans claim Israel is obstructing humanitarian aid to keep the area unlivable and compel them to leave their homeland.

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The NYT, once again, provides free PR for this administration by reprinting their racist/fascist talking points -- rather than engaging in real journalism. This is why we must defend #FreedomtoLearn in K-12 so young people can read critically, spot the propaganda, & seek out independent media.

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Peter Thiel was J.D. Vance's benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society. Published July 22, 2024:

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The House could vote next week on drastic cuts to Medicaid that would gut critical programs that protect the civil rights and dignity of millions of Americans — including people with disabilities. Contact your member of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid.

submitted 3 hours ago • 45 comments

good time for academics to join AAUP

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By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine

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Japanese steel giant Nippon's attempted purchase of U.S Steel is a good example of how tariffs won’t protect industrial jobs unless workers have a say in the process, writes Labor Notes Editor Jenny Brown: labornotes.org/2025/02/bloc...

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People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out. Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.

submitted 6 hours ago • 37 comments

The Tesla Cherry Protest is over 300 strong! Way to show up South Jersey! #teslatakedown #protest

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#TeslaTakedown cherry hill nj

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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 204 comments

This is the most wretched campaign of deliberate, explicit persecution the United States has perpetrated against a minority group in decades. Many of the most important people in politics and journalism are busying themselves trying to figure out how little to say or do about it.

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"This is also where elderly people can apply for Medicare, which doesn’t have physical outposts of its own. And it’s where hearings are held — due process provided — for beneficiaries who believe that they have been unfairly kicked off of desperately needed assistance."

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Compassionate release laws don’t get enough attention. Many states have laws that allow older people who are seriously ill or dying to be released from prison, often so they can die at home. But in too many states the gatekeepers of such laws prevent their use. boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

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NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

submitted 11 hours ago • 112 comments

Yesterday it was university of Pittsburgh - today it’s Penn. I fear this will soon be a grimly long thread of more gratuitous Trump/Musk inflicted disabling of America for the long term www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 6 hours ago • 84 comments

I do not want to minimize in any way the threats being made or direct material harm being done to people who aren't imprisoned. But we have to see that imprisoned people are getting the cruelest treatment first, with the relatively least amount of outcry.

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I have never been able to convey just how bad maternal health is down here in the Gulf, especially for Black women. But this @mississippitoday.org report? It does it, and I hope EVERYONE reads it. mississippitoday.org/2025/02/19/m...

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#OtD 22 Feb 1943 three German White Rose activists, Christoph Probst, Hans and Sophie Scholl, were executed by guillotine for urging the overthrow of the Nazi government. As the blade fell, Hans called out "Let freedom live!" More on anti-Nazi youth: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-edelwe...

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Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likely

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In a setback for Trump’s anti-DEI purge, a judge said the orders would “likely” be found to violate the First Amendment.

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“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

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A memo to the Education department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” cases to proceed. Thousands of outstanding race, gender complaints will continue to sit idle. @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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NEW: Not only is DOGE's man in the Treasury Department keeping his day job as CEO of Cloud Software Group, his company currently has millions of dollars in government contracts. Including with the Treasury Department. More from @peard33.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/krause...

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This is good. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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I want to salute the Governor of Maine Janet Mills who, in that room with a raging Trump and silent complicitors, stood her ground and said, “see you in court!” Maine residents, show your support for your Gov for standing up for your independence.

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AP could have been cowardly and rolled over for Trump. “We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing. It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America” But it never stops there. They got the memo. Good job AP.

submitted 23 hours ago • 29 comments

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are publicly organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

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Yes, it is entirely correct to point out that ICE officers do not have any legal authority to break into somebody’s home unless they get a judicial warrant; which they generally cannot do, because judges only issue warrants for probable cause of crimes, not immigration law violations.

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For all you who continually whine “I’m not racist, I just think we need to have standards,” this is absorb this.No Black man could become head of the Joint Chiefs without meeting the standard. What they want is to harden a system of affirmative action for white guys.They what their grandfathers had.

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Context for what’s happening here. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

submitted 8 hours ago • 32 comments

Really good. READ @legaldefensefund.bsky.social ‘s analysis.

submitted 7 hours ago • 4 comments

Skeet Thread.

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Yes @adamserwer.bsky.social gets it right. But for all these reasons, it is necessarily an attack on the 14th Amendment. We have to start talking about it in constitutional terms. Because that is what they are resisting.

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