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Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...

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The average weeks that someone stayed unemployed peaked at around 40 weeks in 2011. Could you survive that long if you lost your job tomorrow? Plan accordingly. Also note that this number has been trending back up since late 2024. #econsky

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It doesn’t seem like Trump’s White House promo sale helped very much.

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Porter: I think what we should be asking Elon Musk and pressing him on is: what makes this change efficient? Imagine a clinical trial that is near completion, only to unravel and lose all that progress—just because Elon Musk decides to pull the plug. That’s not efficient. It’s just destructive.

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"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View

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I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:

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A rare statement from Justice Roberts in response to Trump's post this morning: “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”

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Thankfully vets like @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social can speak out against these awful ideas.

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Among the alleged forms of “DEI-based discrimination”: “holding graduation ceremonies for cultural groups, such as Black and Latino students.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

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This does NOT make us better

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I’m officially moved over to this app and today seemed to be the perfect day to do a thread on my LC journey so let’s do it. Hi. I’m Haley. I’m 34. Prior to Covid I was healthy. In Sept of 2022 my husbands work removed their mask mandate. He hung on for a while but ultimately gave up (1)

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New, from me: Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America. Here is a partial inventory. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...

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1/ Rubella (German measles) is often mild, but its true danger lies in congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), which causes severe birth defects. Let’s look at how the vaccine changed the landscape. 🧵👇

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Once again loving this interpretation of Caesar’s last words #IdesofMarch 🗡️

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🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives. Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions. Congress: #StopTheCuts!

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Wearing my @LongCovidSOS pin for #LongCovidAwarenessDay2025

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via @everylibrary.bsky.social Trump's new exec order targets IMLS, the agency that distributes congressionally approved $$ to state #libraries and to grant recipients, including many #MediaLiteracy, #InfoLit & #DigitalLit initiatives. 🍎📚🗺️ #TLSky Call your reps now to demand protection of funds.

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If the Aliens Enemies Act is newly on your mind today, I recommend this Brennan Center explainer: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Elon’s Red Guards.

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Holy crap. The DOJ is arguing that the President can unilaterally deport anyone he wants without ANY statutory authority, just on his inherent authority as President over national security. That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.

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This from my co-counsel Jaime Diez in El Valle Tx. He went to confirm our client was still here (he is). We (also Jennifer Babaie, Paige Austin, Javier Maldonado) got a TRO in this and another case to stop imminent unlawful “deportations.” But lots of other people being expelled. @justsecurity.org

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This is four women now they have imprisoned that were tourists. That we know of so far.

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THIS! ⬇️ youtu.be/4WmWZ0pZpyQ?...

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Even the Bezos opinion page grasps the danger here: The Khalil case is a threat to First Amendment rights Donald Trump wants to deport a legal resident for his views. Who else will be punished for exercising free speech? wapo.st/3FCOsA7

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A young lady originally from Whitehorse is being detained in a detention center in Arizona. She was detained March 3rd, after her visa was denied. Facebook post from her Mom is in the pics below. It's a disturbing sequence of events. Do not travel to the US.

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Y'all this is REALLY BAD. They disappeared a Palestinian activist green card holder who is married to a US citizen. He could literally be ANYWHERE 🌍 right now! ICE claims they cancelled his green card, something no judge has ruled on yet. Columbia colluded w/ ICE to make this happen.

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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

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Anyone else notice that Mardi Gras was removed from Apple calendar a week or so ago? Other calendars, too? I didn’t have that censorship play on my bingo card.

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Elon Musk claimed that a "cursory examination of Social Security" showed "people in there that are about 150 years old." Here's what we know:

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SSA announces that staffing reductions will be "only" 15% of total workforce rather than 50%, a reduction of 7,000 workers that the agency expects to achieve through retirements and resignations, with a reduction in force scheduled afterward. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

submitted 23 days ago • 14 comments

They should

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Wow. Republican and Independent state legislative leaders in Alaska write to the state's all Republican Congressional delegation with a dire warning:

submitted 24 days ago • 104 comments

Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

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For folks asking if I'm going to attend Trump's joint address to Congress next week: no. Instead, I'm choosing to hear directly from Oregonians and will be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live. Oregonians can submit questions in advance here:

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NEW: During a 3-hour preliminary injunction hearing in a suit alleging that Elon Musk wields unprecedented power in violation of the Appointments Clause, a federal judge grew frustrated with government counsel's inability to answer questions about DOGE’s chain of command and Musk's role.

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University presidents should be saying this, loudly & collectively, in front of microphones at the US Capitol in DC. Business leaders should be saying this, loudly & collectively, in front of microphones at the US Capitol in DC. Etc. Etc.

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This is probably the most insane rewrite yet of "history according to Trump." 📰Trump Casts Putin as Victim in Furious Screed to Zelensky: He ‘Went Through a Helluva Lot With Me’ www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

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STAY GROUNDED

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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

submitted 23 days ago • 385 comments

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

submitted 23 days ago • 3174 comments

This is becoming a Matt Taibbi factcheck account… 🙃 A massive alt-media retcon has been happening re: Russia, which you are seeing reflected in the lies that Trump has begun to tell about Ukraine. The strategy is to discredit established facts, smear messengers, & create alternate realities. 1/4

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There is NO WAY to cut 7,000 staff from the Social Security Administration without hurting Social Security beneficiaries. The math ain't mathing.

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Trump and Elon are destroying the Social Security Administration, and without staff & offices, there will be people who can’t get their benefits—period. I put together a fact sheet about what Elon's decimation of Social Security will mean for YOU. Please share it far and wide.

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Elon Musk is destroying Social Security. Every senior citizen will suffer. www.npr.org/2025/02/28/n...

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Now confirmed: The Trump Administration will cut 7,000 staff from the Social Security Administration. That's enormous. See my thread below for what it means. 🚨 TL;DR: The Trump Admin's staff purge at Social Security will be equivalent to a government shutdown EVERY SINGLE DAY. 🚨

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It would be interesting if some brave journalists would ask Marco Rubio weather he stands by his 2020 SSCI report co-authored with Mark Warner on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election rollcall.com/2020/08/18/s...

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