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This gets my vote for tweet/post of the year. This is a RED ALERT post. This is exactly why he’s doing it.

submitted 3 hours ago • 217 comments

Surprise, surprise. Prop up, and help elect a criminally insane madman for president. Then act surprised when he does criminally insane shit. F’ing Cowards. #Resist www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice). 1. Refused to violate the law. 2. Refused to violate the Constitution. 3. Refused to bow or scrape. 4. Refused to bend a knee. 5. Deleted this stupid email.

submitted 40 minutes ago • 160 comments

“Where does it end? In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it—and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so.” —the defiant Maine Gov. Janet Mills www.americaamerica.news/p/what-does-...

submitted 6 hours ago • 38 comments

It's always that second child! 🐆🐾

submitted 23 hours ago • 64 comments

#ProudBlue #ProudBlueVets As an American, I don’t even feel sorry for this nation. I feel embarrassed. What a disgrace.

submitted 7 hours ago • 20 comments

Found some peace in this.

submitted 1 day ago • 149 comments

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI. The ruling bars Trump from requiring federal contractors and grant recipients to certify that they don't engage in "equity-related" programs, a term the judge found too vague to be enforced.

submitted 6 hours ago • 19 comments

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

submitted 1 day ago • 1817 comments

"Six weeks ago, we had the strongest economy, employment, and stock market in history. ..All gone in 30 days."

submitted 18 hours ago • 322 comments

Young friends in New York City, 1969.

submitted 36 minutes ago • 2 comments

📉📉📉

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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

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One day, you voted for the last time, and you didn't even know it.

submitted 58 minutes ago • 76 comments

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

submitted 2 hours ago • 365 comments

Huguette Caland (Lebanon 1931 - 2019), Undercover III, 2011 , (from the 'Rocinante' series) mixed media on canvas. 51 x 42 inches Caland, née Khoury. Her much less interesting father was Bechara el-Khoury.

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submitted 11 hours ago • 377 comments

Imagine my surprise when Babymama #4 showed up looking for her loot from the Ketamine King.

submitted 9 hours ago • 292 comments

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

submitted 10 hours ago • 567 comments

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

submitted 3 hours ago • 1635 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 3 hours ago • 1003 comments

Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

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Call me old fashioned, but being Russia’s KGB agent “Krasnov” since 1987 should disqualify Trump from being President of the United States. Retroactively, immediately, and forever.

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A MUST-SEE‼️ The PayPal Mafia—Musk, Thiel, Sacks, and Botha—have ties to apartheid South Africa & a hand in US policy and the election. • Elon Musk – Unelected co-president, dismantling the government for his own gain. FUN FACT: His grandfather wanted to scrap democracy for technocrat rule. 🧵

submitted 5 hours ago • 87 comments

Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, its recently departed director, Robert Santos, tells NPR. By @hansilowang.bsky.social

submitted 22 hours ago • 51 comments

Shoutout to the dozens of Montana Indivisibles who didn’t let the weather stop them from demanding answers from their GOP representative! This congressional recess is almost over, but you can still help turn up the heat on your representative to stop the Trump-Musk coup: indivisible.org/muskorus

submitted 5 hours ago • 22 comments

If you don’t think Trump is taking over the US Mail to do away with mail-in voting, you haven’t been paying attention.

submitted 22 hours ago • 252 comments

Judge Abelson of the USDC MD issued a preliminary injunction against the anti-DEI executive orders on Feb 21. His compelling opinion outlines numerous grounds for deeming the EOs unconstitutional, including 1st A freedom of speech. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 5 hours ago • 25 comments

Democrats should go to all these ruby red and vulnerable GOP districts where voters are upset at Trump and Musk and court them. Full court press.

submitted 18 hours ago • 197 comments

NEWS: Right now, Republicans appearing at town halls around the country are being heckled and confronted by constituents. It is likely only just the beginning. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

submitted 5 hours ago • 54 comments

If we have enough people with the knowledge and moral fortitude of Maine Governor Janet Mills, and the Associated Press- we might be able to save our Democracy

submitted 1 day ago • 559 comments