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There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints. youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...

submitted 12 hours ago • 333 comments

Social Security has a payment accuracy rate of over 99 percent. Only 0.3 percent of Social Security benefits are improper payments, which are typically caused by mistakes or delays. That's better than any private insurance company. www.cbpp.org/blog/setting...

submitted 19 hours ago • 24 comments

Hey @halbfinger.bsky.social, could you or someone else at the Times explain how firing a qualified senior general “root[s] out diversity initiatives?” Which initiative specifically did this “root out?”

submitted 16 hours ago • 31 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 • 1857 comments

Anyone in SC up for leading (I currently can't but can help). I've heard we have enough volunteers and just need a confirmed leader.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

To clarify, Lisa Rein's scoop is that Leland Dudek was being investigated by the general counsel's office when DOGE tapped him to lead the agency, AND investigating officials believed he may be violating privacy and tax laws. 1/

submitted 19 hours ago • 10 comments

Excellent article. Terrifying.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

submitted 22 hours ago • 1373 comments

FYI…

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Freedom, opportunity, the rule of law, constitutional and competent government, equal justice, accountability, affordability, anti-corruption, truth, and character-driven leadership. Defend them all with us this weekend.

submitted 1 day ago • 42 comments

The GOP Tax Scam is here. MAGA wants to take $880 BILLION from healthcare - (that's 92 million people) so that the rich can buy more yachts... This is the budget Trump prefers, despite his “promises” to leave Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security alone. Call your electeds! #DontCutMyMedicaid

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Bad messaging: We need to educate our constituents so they know we don't have any power. Good messaging: We will do everything possible to protect our constituents and democracy, we hear their concerns, and we're going to tell them daily how they can help us oppose autocracy.

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

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…

submitted 1 day ago • 940 comments

The Google AI results at the top of searches are so pointless. We have a resource (the internet!) that knows everything, and instead of going to the source, it's like you asked your stupid cousin who is trying to recall the information from a podcast he heard last week.

submitted 1 day ago • 287 comments

I keep trying to tell y'all that ProPublica is out here lapping most other outlets. Them, Wired, and the Texas Observer.

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

NEW: The Department of Energy this week minimized its quickly-reversed firings of NNSA officials as having hit "primarily administrative and clerical" employees. In reality, those locked out included the agency's top authority for all nuclear-safety matters. Today's newsletter:

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

Too many details in this just-published @ashleyrparker.bsky.social @matteowong.bsky.social @michaelscherer.bsky.social @shaneharris.bsky.social piece to pick just one. Trust me when I say, just read it: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

GOP votes down @senadamschiffz.bsky.social amendment “that would exempt federal firefighters from the ongoing hiring freeze launched by the Trump administration and reinstate firefighters who have been laid off as a result of cuts to the federal workforce,” per Senator’s spokesperson.

submitted 2 days ago • 29 comments

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

submitted 2 days ago • 54 comments

“It’s no longer just Putin’s Russia that threatens the foundations of Western liberal democracy but Trump’s Washington.”

submitted 2 days ago • 58 comments

Birthright citizenship 3: My letter to editor of NY Times on Barnett and Wurman’s misleading essay They’re not publishing it, so I’m self-publishing. Now y’all know what to do: shugerblogcom.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/b...

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

NEW: While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for the agency they operate — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to some $40 million, ProPublica found.

submitted 2 days ago • 61 comments

Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

submitted 2 days ago • 1132 comments

Trickle up economics.

submitted 2 days ago • 161 comments

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

submitted 3 days ago • 567 comments

Love this guy

submitted 3 days ago • 71 comments

This.

submitted 3 days ago • 134 comments

If you restate the question as “why are we hearing the worst stories of federal workers harmed by vindictive authoritarians with a penchant for punishing dissent with harassment and violence via anonymous Reddit posts, press reports, and lawsuit filings” I think the answer gets a bit easier to see

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

The pediatric vaccine schedule doesn’t need to be “scrutinized.” It has saved the young lives of millions worldwide. It’s perfectly fine as it is. Far more burning and urgent health matters to attend to. We certainly don’t need to invent one to keep busy.

submitted 4 days ago • 120 comments

URGENT: The folks at Americans for Financial Reform are looking for stories from people who’ve been helped by CFPB. Please read this call to action and share far and wide! 🚨 Let’s save CFPB 🚨 Pass it on.

submitted 4 days ago • 27 comments

👀

submitted 4 days ago • 3103 comments

The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.

submitted 5 days ago • 117 comments

DOGE says they are saving 4 billion, but... ➡️ Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity ($93 billion in 2023!) ➡️ The $1.7 trillion US biotech industry depends on public-funded science ➡️ Both of those fund a $57 billion US market for scientific tools and equipment

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

that sinking feeling when the Austrians are more wary of fascism than the US administration....

submitted 6 days ago • 33 comments

A reminder. Democracy Docket's entire website is free. Democracy Dockets daily and weekly newsletters are sent to subscribers for free. The only thing Democracy Docket charges for is its premium content. That is how it is able to provide all of the free content to over 350,000 people every day.

submitted 7 days ago • 132 comments

So much for free speech. Let's make this cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social go viral. I'm married to @tealcartoons.bsky.social so I might be biased, but cartoons have long played a vital role in shaping political debate - both past and present. This type of censorship is deeply troubling.

submitted 6 days ago • 23 comments

The Democratic party is laying low because they believe backlash to Trump is inevitable and they're going to win midterms and 2028 no problem. I promise you this is what they believe. And they are so wrong. 1/2

submitted 7 days ago • 140 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 7 days ago • 538 comments

Spot on.

submitted 7 days ago • 1550 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 8 days ago • 2697 comments

Historian and activist Andrew Apostolou offers 8 steps for a more effective anti-MAGA movement www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

submitted 9 days ago • 598 comments

Seriously, how hard would it be for the Senate and House Ds to have a morning joint press conference, 7 days a week, contesting Trump's assault on the US right now? Could be a different Senator and House Member each day. We are in a national emergency right now. Our leaders need to act that way.

submitted 9 days ago • 84 comments