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We can help shift the tide! Wisconsin must have fair electoral maps going forward. Answer Musk’s money with a blizzard of small donations. Give Musk the finger and support Judge Susan Crawford for the open WI Supreme Court seat. Our democracy depends on it. secure.actblue.com/donate/hrccr...

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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope. THIS is good trouble! Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

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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.

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In the dead of night, while most Americans are asleep. As you read this, Republican Senators are voting for massive cuts to Medicaid, Food Stamps and our social safety net Senate trudges through vote-a-rama to ready a backup budget Live photo just past midnight 12:19 EST, Friday, Feb. 20, 2025

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Happy Person Must Either Be Stupid Or Evil theonion.com/happy-p...

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Not even six hours apart.

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Vince Gilligan urges writers to create more good guys in stories #TheXFiles

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My latest on Substack: Trump WH harassment of the Associated Press cannot stand. open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

submitted 7 days ago • 154 comments

Amazing day out here and across the country! We have over 70 people at this store in Pasadena. Won't post shots of the crowd, up to others if they want to. This is just the beginning! #TeslaTakedown Teslatakedown.com

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👇🏻👇🏻

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i see people comparing this to the way trans youth healthcare was the canary in the coal mine for attacking all trans people, and i talk about this in the piece 🩷

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A critical point.

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Basically, SUCK IT ELON: "OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr. Musk's latest attempt to disrupt his competition. Any potential reorganization of OpenAI will strengthen our nonprofit and its mission to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity." — OpenAI chair Bret Taylor

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"Amongst The Clearing" by @anthonyhurd.bsky.social feels like a beautiful reminder to nurture our relationships and embrace them fully for as long as you can, while you can. #beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #love #figurativeart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art

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Oh my god. They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service. "Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights" WOW.

submitted 10 days ago • 219 comments

when I was a kid in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, instead of snow days we had smog days where we weren't allowed to go to school.

submitted 8 days ago • 43 comments

Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs. Incredibly, they didn't know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.

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ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF. Now. Print hard copies. And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...

submitted 9 days ago • 327 comments

Public education is the backbone of American democracy. In the richest country in the history of the world, we cannot abandon our teachers and our public schools.

submitted 9 days ago • 363 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 9 days ago • 1910 comments

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

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I'll just shoot myself in the head man. Thanks for the offer tho.

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On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

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Thanks to @theverge.com for writing about the effectiveness of protests and #TeslaTakedown!

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What is every other news organization with any integrity going to do in response to this? Nothing? Because unless you are an appeaser, it is only a matter of time until you are next. Trump thinks media outlets will never band together to show a united front. So far, he’s correct.

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Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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It's really scary to live in a city where the criminal [Democratic!!!] mayor is willingly taking orders from the criminal president in order to save his own ass.

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Dr. Oz has a horrible record on reproductive rights. How can we trust him to oversee health care for millions of women? Senator Duckworth and I are sounding the alarm. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 9 days ago • 239 comments

This is grift in full sight

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Grimes speaks out… www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

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Fact The brain of Albert Einstein was below average in brain size

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Notice the attacks are largely on women who are just doing their jobs with excellence & accuracy. Having been subject to this nonsense — @profgalloway.com and I are “mean, cruel and deceitful” apparently — it’s meant to be chilling but as the opposite effect on us all www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...

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Children are always the front lines for what abusive people test out for how they want to treat everyone they don’t see as fully equal to them

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Breaking — Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) has fired 1,000 probationary employees and put out a press release bragging about the money they’re saving.

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It’s a good time to read The Children Of Men from Pd James or see the film adaptation from Alfonso Cuaron. “Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast."

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"they're drinking vodka straight out of the bottle tonight..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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The bill passed after Gov. Ron DeSantis and fellow Republicans ended a public dispute. It includes a mandatory death penalty for capital crimes committed by people without legal status.

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What could go wrong? www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

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BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants open.substack.com/pub/populari...

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Grifty no like transparency.

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The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys. www.npr.org/2025/02/12/n...

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