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Oregon and Washington are considering laws to give striking workers unemployment benefits. Oregon’s bill would make it the first state to provide pay for picketing public employees. Washington’s would pay striking workers for 12 weeks, starting after two weeks on the line.

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Senator Mark Kelly: “Elon Musk should have been fired the moment he called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme." He’ll be fine. Seniors aren’t going to be fine if continues with his rampage on this program.”

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BREAKING: @oagmaryland.bsky.social has joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration for unlawfully cutting and delaying billions of dollars in federal research funding.

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Just found my grant termination in spam

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“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.” -Maya Angelou Happy birthday, Maya Angelou.

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Federal agencies are quietly erasing Indigenous history. Navajo Code Talkers wiped from Pentagon records, tribal flags removed, federal reports on missing Indigenous women deleted. Project 2025 is reframing sovereignty as “DEI” to strip Native rights. Read more:

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Are you one of the thousands of Ohioans who has called or written to Senator Bernie Moreno & never received a reply? Try contacting his staffer Carson Cook, (202) 224-2315, [email protected] #OHsen #OHpol

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Learn to protest safely before protests get more dangerous.

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The prayer room at NYU — accessibly only via NYU ID — was vandalized with islamophobic graffiti and prayer mats were reportedly urinated on. NYU didn’t address the incident for several hours. Elected officials quick to condemn antisemitism have said nothing.

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HUGE: Here's the written preliminary injunction from Judge Paula Xinis ordering the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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If a random white dude says something funny on social media, before you share his post, find the Black woman he stole it from and share her post instead.

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Friendly reminder that anyone within the jurisdiction of the United States is entitled to due process. It is NOT dependent on one's citizenship, immigration, or criminal status.

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Now we’re talking 🔥

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Sometimes in this fast-moving and complex modern world, it’s hard to know what’s right and what’s wrong. But here’s a handy rule of thumb: If you are ever on one side of an issue, and Sesame Street is on the other, YOU’RE the bad guy.

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two absolute losers who tanked the planet cause girls wouldn't talk to them in high school

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While Israel and the US commit genocide, the US ruling class goes apeshit because some cars are vandalised. The sheer divide between reality and the concerns of the oligarchs have reached inconceivable proportions. We cannot let this continue. This depraved order must end.

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WATCH: Rep. Justin Jones speaks out for Abrego Garcia (father of a disabled child, no criminal record, married to a 🇺🇸 citizen) and others “disappeared” by Trump’s “racist” ICE without due process.

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Canadian Prime Minister Carney on tariffs: "The president's actions will reverberate here in Canada and across the world...They are all unjustified, unwarranted, and in our judgment misguided."

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The line I'm seeing most clearly right now are people who think "I hope things can go back to normal" and those who know that there's no going back and also that back was not in fact "normal."

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Breaking announcement from Rep Summer Lee about her #EnvironmentalJustice caucus at #MomsPlasticsSummit. @repsummerlee.bsky.social

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woke and DEI get removed, economy instantly crashes.

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PM Mark Carney has announced Canada’s response to the latest U.S. tariffs—taking strong action to protect Canadian workers and businesses. Canada is stepping up—building a stronger, more competitive economy. 🔗 Press Release here: bit.ly/42bXV9f #CanadaStrong

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Reup: MAGAts Confess They Cannot Compete with Penguins on a Level Playing Glacier www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/04/m...

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Jobs report says 228,000 jobs added in March - is most of that adding back in all the Federal workers Elon fired? Also, unemployment ticked up to 4.2%...and it's only going to get worse!

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Also I hope we're all on this same page EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole they were ALL wrongfully deported. I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan' but NO ONE should've been sent there

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