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Happy International Women's Day to this classic banger

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Federal workers’ salaries represent less than 5% of federal spending and 1% of GDP www.marketplace.org/2025/03/06/f...

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CHARMIN AD IN 2025: Announcing the first American-made toilet paper with special anti-woke technology that doesn’t work on trans butts CHARMIN AD IN 2029: Our limited-edition “Rainbow Unity” roll is joined at both ends to help heal a divided nation

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1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills. While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation. Watch their speech. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!

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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

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the democratic party leadership sorely underestimates how much young people fucking despise them

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According to this story some Dems will be wearing pink, some Dems will be wearing black, some Dems wearing blue, and some Dems wearing yellow. Another masterful gambit from the Democrats! I'm sure this will finally take down donald drumpf the Cheeto in chief!

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NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned. ⬇️ Here's how much they're making:

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unfortunately true 👇

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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

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Word has it DOGE has terminated the five men protecting the cursed seal that holds the five dark sages in their slumber

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RIP to a genuine hero

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Democratic Party leadership putting on a masterclass in quiet quitting

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How it started/How it's going

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Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...

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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?

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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

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It has come to my attention that not nearly enough of you know about Bernd das Brot, the German children's program about a clinically depressed loaf of bread who enjoys studying his wallpaper and eating gruel and whose catchphrases include "my life is hell" and "I would like to leave this show."

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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE. Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!? secured.heritage.org/the-heritage... Please share with a friend or a thousand :)

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People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:

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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy

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URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.

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Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left at even higher rates.

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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

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Wtf Google translate 😅

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I can’t compete with this

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Oh my god term limits nowwwwwwwww

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if you're reading this 50 years from now I need you to know that this series of world events isn't as dumb as it probably seems, it's actually much, much dumber than you can possibly imagine

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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What’s wrong, babe? You haven’t touched your Eggo-brand alcoholic Appalachian sippin’ cream

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okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again

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Come ON

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This is your reminder to download your kindle books onto a device where you can keep hold of them if Amazon decides to remove them. They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!

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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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National Day of Action TODAY.

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Hard to put it more succinctly than @gideonrachman.bsky.social

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Wherever possible please buy your books directly from authors and/or publishers. Even ebooks (then Amazon can't delete them either). We make a better cut and you get the same thing or better, plus Bezos and ilk don't get richer. Win win win.

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Given what's happening at the NIH and CDC, I am reminded of this cartoon. MAHA is going to find out the hard way the vaccines and modern medicines are important.

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Am Römerberg Frankfurt #wählliebe #wirsinddiebrandmauer

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Y'all 😂

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The Trump administration's cuts in science funding will likely lead to an exodus of scientific expertise, the research community warns. "That beacon of research that the US was for several decades — it’s just not going to be there.” www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/t...

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Well what do you know? The Regime has just admitted that they must in fact follow a judge’s court order and release NIH funds to grantees. Thanks to @pinktweets.bsky.social for alerting me. popular.info/p/breaking-n...

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Writing epidemiology manuscripts without using the words inclusion, exclusion, and/or bias is going to be a literary journey. #EpiSky

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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

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