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Good morning! 🪶

submitted 9 hours ago • 55 comments

It has been a long and grueling week. Thank you to everyone who offered kind words of support. If you want to follow everything happening to democracy in court, while also supporting pro-democracy independent media, please sign up for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 20 hours ago • 559 comments

Who else is watching this and extremely worried about a Marine Le Pen presidency?

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

For the first weeks, Americans seemed frozen, expecting institutions to do something. Americans were used to “checks and balances” and “guardrails” working. That didn’t happen. People realized that they had to take matters into their own hands. 👇

submitted 7 hours ago • 213 comments

Eastern Bluebird Delicate beauty always reminds us to slow down and notice the details...

submitted 11 hours ago • 62 comments

I don't think we're talking enough about the fact that the pressure to remove DEI from science means women die.

submitted 21 hours ago • 69 comments

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1622 comments

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

submitted 1 day ago • 541 comments

With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

submitted 1 day ago • 175 comments

Can we just seize the Russian assets already and give them to Ukraine? Good lord just do it

submitted 1 day ago • 606 comments

Well said.

submitted 3 days ago • 23 comments

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

submitted 1 day ago • 156 comments

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

submitted 1 day ago • 132 comments

Every Winter ends.

submitted 1 day ago • 215 comments

Women belong in the kitchen. Men belong in the kitchen. Everyone belongs in the kitchen. Kitchen has Food.

submitted 2 days ago • 372 comments

As detailed in Proof of Destruction—see below—the claims that America has sent hundreds of billions to Ukraine and that half of what America sent is missing were laundered by the Kremlin and the FSB through Tucker Carlson, who Canada calls a Kremlin agent. The actual figures: $56 billion and <2%.

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

Le Pen baart mij grote zorgen. Op 31 maart horen we of zij nog steeds verkiesbaar is in 2027. (En nu heeft Macron Richard Ferrand benoemd tot president van de Conseil Constitutionnel!) www.politico.eu/article/fran...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

It's not lost on me that the two Democratic electeds talking consistently to regular people right now are AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Dassit.

submitted 2 days ago • 331 comments

Did u know? When choosing plants for your garden, it's a good idea if you choose with native pollinators in mind, to help support our beleaguered 6-legged allies. Crocus is a fab choice for this time of year. It supports hungry moths, butterflies & bees. Go plant. 🙌🌿🌱🐙🌍🦋🐝

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

European Parliament member 👇🏽

submitted 3 days ago • 921 comments

A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

submitted 2 days ago • 665 comments

The resistance will bring down Musk and Trump. Congress, wake up before your power is gone. The GOP begging Trump to release money to their states is pathetic—stand up to this tyranny. Congress controls the purse strings.

submitted 3 days ago • 241 comments

Mountain portrait of the Naranjo de Bulnes in Spain… Captured at 300mm from distance. Such an iconic mountain… #bluesky #photography #landscape #art #nature #mountains #sunset

submitted 4 days ago • 41 comments

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

submitted 3 days ago • 1052 comments

On Audre Lorde’s birthday, I’m thinking about her Kitchen Table Press. She (second from left), Barbara Smith, Cherrie Moraga and Hattie Gossett came together to establish a press centering feminist and lesbians of color — and it shook the publishing industry. #bhm

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Our 2025 Infrastructure Plan will help keep Minnesota’s water clean. We’re building a safer, cleaner future for our children and grandchildren.

submitted 3 days ago • 226 comments

My last post gave me this idea to create a new thread of organizations. Please post websites and or organization (pro democracy) that we can support/follow/donate to. (Don't spam this post, they will be deleted.) I'll start with my own PAC (shameless plug lol) democracydefenderspac.com

submitted 3 days ago • 109 comments

I was born in the US and have lived in Europe since 1997. I have a few questions. How can an average citizen face the looming oligarchic land and resource-grabbing act that will come if US & RU align in terms of aggressively taking stuff? Are we facing an era of neo-retro-colonialism?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Other countries have safety nets. The US has women. Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net. Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

submitted 263 days ago • 41 comments

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 3 days ago • 2923 comments

Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

submitted 3 days ago • 294 comments

The other website is pretty much done

submitted 3 days ago • 713 comments

Checklist for moving forward: -be kind -check in with your body & heart regularly -give (support) to organisations that you want strengthened -listen to voices/read news from diverse perspectives -check for disinformation -buy (only) from companies you trust -build trust with local leaders

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Think solar farms are bad for nature? Think again. Those designed for nature in East Anglia are teeming with birdlife - including threatened species. A new study reveals why. ⤵️

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

Trump wants to land-grab in Ukraine— — just like Greenland, Gaza, Canada, Panama. He wants to grab other people’s land and natural resources all under the guise of “protection” and “development” of “the west” under his care. It’s pure mafia imperialism.

submitted 3 days ago • 71 comments

@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

submitted 4 days ago • 577 comments

Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

submitted 3 days ago • 1112 comments

It’s only been three weeks, but already I am exhausted by my own fury. I emailed Kate DiCamillo and asked for help. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

submitted 12 days ago • 10 comments

Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

submitted 4 days ago • 1418 comments

For a brief moment at the end of February, every planet will appear in the night sky simultaneously in a rare celestial spectacle. This so-called planetary parade, which will occur shortly after sunset on 28 February, will be the last time the phenomenon occurs until 2040.

submitted 4 days ago • 16 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2292 comments

The most unpatriotic members of any society are the far right. They will always align with foreign interests against the interests of their own nations. They will always undermine national institutions and national values in pursuit of their own interests. When they pose as patriots, they lie.

submitted 4 days ago • 278 comments

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.

submitted 5 days ago • 605 comments

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

submitted 4 days ago • 8251 comments

Seeing a lot of people making this into a #Resistance battle cry with absolutely no introspection or humility. Do not let them do that.

submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you. STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

submitted 5 days ago • 830 comments

Did u know? We mustn't all panic this season when aphids appear in our gardens. Leave these little sap suckers be, because they're re food for everything else - Ladybirds, Lacewings & Wasps AND they feed young nestlings. Don't spray, celebrate. Whoop! 🙌🌱🌿🌍🪲🐦‍⬛🐙

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Lol this sign "Do not bring food into the library Food residue will attract mice Mice will acquire knowledge in the library Get into university Then replace you" 😂

submitted 4 days ago • 47 comments