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Says the guy who won't even respond to the mothers of his own children

submitted 3 hours ago • 1815 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 9 hours ago • 1135 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1068 comments

“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.

submitted 19 hours ago • 556 comments

Believe them. (What’s “the job”? Ending our democracy, and 🇺🇸 as we know it?)

submitted 1 day ago • 299 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.

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Just told a heartbreaking story of a foster parent who took in a 16 year old girl whose parents got taken away. The ice agents gave her the choice of going with her parents or going into foster care. Her parents begged her to stay for her safety. And they said goodbye to her.

submitted 1 day ago • 112 comments

Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

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“The SAVE Act would require documentation, such as a passport or birth certificate matching your current legal name to allow a person to register to vote. These requirements would pose a challenge to broad swaths of the country, but would fall especially hard on women.”

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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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This will especially hurt rural folks

submitted 2 days ago • 577 comments

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

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"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

submitted 2 days ago • 513 comments

“…funding has ballooned; the most recent apportionment came on Feb. 8 and included a $14 million chunk described as part of a “software modernization initiative.” In all, ProPublica found, more than $39 million has been earmarked to DOGE in the Trump administration’s first month.”

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Baby girl. #dogsofbluesky #maltese

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When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

submitted 2 days ago • 1017 comments

DrumpfKKKlown issued an Executive Order that claims that he has final say over judicial interpretations. That's it, folks. That's dictatorship. #BlueCrew

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At least two people are dead after two planes crashed near a southern Arizona airport on Wednesday morning. www.azfamily.com/2025/02/19/2...

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Yarvin’s vision for society is chillingly explicit; he suggests that unproductive members of society should be dealt with through a ‘humane alternative to genocide’—one that removes ‘undesirable elements’ from the public sphere without ‘any of the moral stigma’ of mass murder…”

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Trump: Zelenskyy "should've never started" the war with Russia > If she didn’t want to be raped, she shouldn’t wear that > If you don’t want to be invaded, don’t live next to Russia No surprise that the man found liable for rape applies the same logic to our allies

Says the guy who won't even respond to the mothers of his own children

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)

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

“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.

Believe them. (What’s “the job”? Ending our democracy, and 🇺🇸 as we know it?)

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.

Just told a heartbreaking story of a foster parent who took in a 16 year old girl whose parents got taken away. The ice agents gave her the choice of going with her parents or going into foster care. Her parents begged her to stay for her safety. And they said goodbye to her.

Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

“The SAVE Act would require documentation, such as a passport or birth certificate matching your current legal name to allow a person to register to vote. These requirements would pose a challenge to broad swaths of the country, but would fall especially hard on women.”

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

This will especially hurt rural folks

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

“…funding has ballooned; the most recent apportionment came on Feb. 8 and included a $14 million chunk described as part of a “software modernization initiative.” In all, ProPublica found, more than $39 million has been earmarked to DOGE in the Trump administration’s first month.”

Baby girl. #dogsofbluesky #maltese

When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

DrumpfKKKlown issued an Executive Order that claims that he has final say over judicial interpretations. That's it, folks. That's dictatorship. #BlueCrew

At least two people are dead after two planes crashed near a southern Arizona airport on Wednesday morning. www.azfamily.com/2025/02/19/2...

Yarvin’s vision for society is chillingly explicit; he suggests that unproductive members of society should be dealt with through a ‘humane alternative to genocide’—one that removes ‘undesirable elements’ from the public sphere without ‘any of the moral stigma’ of mass murder…”

Trump: Zelenskyy "should've never started" the war with Russia > If she didn’t want to be raped, she shouldn’t wear that > If you don’t want to be invaded, don’t live next to Russia No surprise that the man found liable for rape applies the same logic to our allies

The assignment.

So I guess we are just supposed to be okay with this?