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Mennonite Church USA et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al Mennonites, Quakers, Jews collectively acting to sue the state to protect religious space. One of the foundational religious freedoms is the freedom to be religious against religious nationalism.

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And a functional, national Postal Service!

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Gosh it's a good thing cryptocurrencies are so secure. Just imagine how much easier it would be to steal $1.5 billion in quarters! on.ft.com/4i3QckB

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As Maine goes, so goes the nation! Or, at least, so it was once said because Maine's election day was two months ahead of the rest of the country because of poor roads and the likelihood of bad weather in November.

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Another Friday night of unbelievably ghastly, stupid news...

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Gosh it's a good thing cryptocurrencies are so secure. Just imagine how much easier it would be to steal $1.5 billion in quarters! on.ft.com/4i3QckB

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the stock market is now below where it was when Joe Biden left office

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"farmers are apoplectic. In Ohio, they’re stressed about USAID contracts and USDA cost-sharing investments. They held up their end. The government made promises. Now their family farms and livelihoods are on the line. Billions of dollars are at stake. It’s all being held hostage by Musk and Trump."

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BREAKING: In a stunning moment of defiance, Maine's Governor Janet Mills stands up to Trump, saying she is complying with state and federal (anti-discrimination) law, and will see him in court over his threat to withhold federal funds. This is incredible.

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The National Science Foundation fired all its experts. The National Science Foundation. Fired. All of its. Experts. And they weren't even told to! The leadership worked toward the Fuhrer and went beyond the cuts demanded of them in anticipation of many, many more firings—up to half its staff.

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Governor Janet Mills says Maine will abide by "state and federal law." Trump: "We are the federal law." He really does think he's an absolutist ruler à la Louis XIV. I'm heartened that some governors still know otherwise!

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I have identified at least two dozen pardoned Capitol Rioters that are currently attending CPAC in Washington, D.C. —including members of far right extremists groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Updates on Pardon Tracker's interactive visualization: embed.kumu.io/39b5108ec4a0...

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And RFK Jr wants to ban mRNA vaccines for ten years.

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Elon Musk does little more than bluff these days, and basically all of his success over the last few years only proves how little backbone anyone in this country has left. We have to start calling his bluffs. Make him deliver on his threats. This is the game.

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Musk and his rats with full support of Congressional Republicans have been harassing park rangers and US Forest Service employees. They're attacking the human beings who ARE "Smokey the Bear." I'm so angry, I fear my own personal fire-hazard status may be in the red zone.

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Remember what the America we love stands for and fight for that. Don't let them take it from us.

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I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired directly by the Founding Fathers The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper

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This would be completely illegal. But you wouldn’t know that from reading this post, the headline, or the lede. Unbelievably bad.

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Just exactly what you would expect to happen if a handful of people with NO KNOWLEDGE of the Department, orders to create chaos, and no actual authority were doing the firing in the first place.

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No, the mail is not “the least of our worries.” It’s a fucking important worry. It is the only postal service that delivers to every address. They are only provider of complete mail services for overseas military bases and provide free overseas PO boxes. They help prepare passport apps. Ship meds…

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I just got a live person in Susan Collins' DC office! I calmly said I was very concerned that Musk/DOGE isn't "auditing", he's firing people we need in order to have a functioning government and going to cause a recession. Asked her to do her job as chair of Senate appropriations ctee. 202-224-2523

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"It's a Wonderful Life" rewritten for our time (and with no happy ending in sight) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/m...

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No kings! Trains and public education! Yes, here we are, standing up for the foundations of France's THIRD Republic. Long live the Republic!

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There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

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Since they're sacking 6000 IRS employees, it's not obvious they plan to collect taxes any way...

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#Indiana in the news for all the wrong reasons. Criminalizing having nowhere to live (vote today in the General Assembly), limiting access to Medicaid, and yes, trying to abolish an initiative launched by [checks notes]... Dolly Parton (hands down one of the 2-3 most loved celebrities in the USA).

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Project 2025 states they want to close down the parks and mine and drill and strip them for parts. They want to destroy the best of the US

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I'm normally cynical about politicians but this is statesmanship. It is affirming republican civic virtue. Not irony-poisoned snark, not focus-grouped talking points. The oath to the Constitution matters, and it's time to speak plainly and earnestly about how our fundamental principles are at stake.

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Workers at Acadia National Park and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were laid off last week as part of a mass firing of about 10,000 federal employees to slash government spending.

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When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.

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The White Mountain National Forest is the single largest tourism driver in New Hampshire, and one of the most popular national forests in the country. USFS already struggles to handle the volume of people who go to the WMNF and this is going to make things noticeably worse.

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Trump - with his devotion to Putin, abandonment of Ukraine, and lies about history- is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for. He is aligning America with the enemies of the very freedom that generations have fought and died to defend.

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