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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

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From United Humanists on FB

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Make sure you know 3,200 irl people in cold, snowy Nebraska NIGHT attended @sanders.senate.gov Bernie Sanders talk last night and we were one on the 190,000 who tuned into the livestream. THAT BERNIE DREW A CROWD OF ALMOST QUARTER OF A MILLION VOTERS LAST NIGHT SHOULD BE THE ONLY NEWS

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“MAGA stands for resegregation and racism”

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If you're feeling overwhelmed, I really hope this reaches you today.

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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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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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As always @kylec.bsky.social doesn’t miss.

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THIS is how Democrats should handle themselves! Who agrees? 💙

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it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

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Congratulations America, He spent $15 million of YOUR money to take a nap at the Super Bowl and leave before halftime… All, on your dime.

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"Two weeks into a fast-moving coup by a South African tech oligarch, the U.S. hangs suspended this weekend in a liminal state between the constitutional republic it has been for 249 years and an authoritarian regime akin to Europe’s fallen democracy, Hungary." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/white-nati...

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Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ellen Weintraub announced that she had received a termination notice from the president—but said that wouldn’t be enough to remove her from the role.

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Shutting down USAID hurts Arkansas farmers. How? Because USAID partners with and pays 6 large-scale Arkansas farmers to help directly address global hunger. #USAIDRural #FarmersFirst #AmericansFirst

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Voting for djt2 will costs #arkansans 20% of education budget. Next time vote ! President Trump's campaign promise to dismantle the Department of Education could prove more costly for red states — including Arkansas — than for blue ones. www.axios.com/local/atlant...

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Murphy: "The reality is this could get dystopian very quickly. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit, in part because we have no window into what's happening at Treasury right now."

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Bravo, Rep. Marc Pocan !

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Jasmine Crockett, after accusing colleagues of castrating their Constitutional duty, said, “My job is to make sure we don’t have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems like you all have decided it’s going to be Mr. King and his queen. And y’all can pick which one is which.”

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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

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NEW: NOAA workers ordered to stop all communications with foreign nationals. Workers covering things like air transportation safety, drought, monitor coral reef destruction, and guarding railway shipping carriers against dangerous weather affected. This is from @dell.bsky.social

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Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"

submitted 18 days ago • 1755 comments

I genuinely can’t get over how much this country hates women. I mean, I thought I understood, but every day feels like a fresh new injury.

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Any other person would be arrested…

submitted 19 days ago • 1187 comments

is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?

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i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.

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February kicks off #BlackHistoryMonth, a time to honor and celebrate Black resilience, contribution and triumph. Black history is central to our nation’s story. This month and always we celebrate the diversity and creativity of Black Americans that is essential to the U.S.'s foundation.

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Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.

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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

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