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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.

I am very politically active and write/call my congressman often. I have lived in his district for almost 2 decades. I have never seen him in person and it’s not for a lack of trying. No town halls. No visiting his district. I’ve never seen hide nor hair of Sam Graves.

MO is calling. Where is Sam Graves?

This is such a great article explaining why the destruction of research funding will harm the US in the long run. www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

Very dangerous US policy. #EugenicsSpectre #NotAThreat #NotABurden

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

🇨🇿🇺🇦“I just spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. I assured him that he has our full support. We know very well and will not forget who is the victim and who is the aggressor in this war.

Even Yahoo news is publishing that Donvict Drumpf is a fucking KGB Ruzzian Pootin spy & Moscow Tool. Codename Krasnov, named after a Ruzzian collaborator with the Nazis. uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump...

We need facts as never before. 3 years after Putin invaded Ukraine, I spent 24 hours with combat medics on the Ukrainian frontline. Their courage, compassion, dedication & skill are astounding. Please read & please never stop standing up for Ukraine. 🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

We've come a long way from "I will lower prices on day one"

#TodayInPyongyang

Major markets have been tanking since inauguration day. Looks like the rumors that the working class are exiting are true.

Purging the military is what one does to make a dictatorship.

How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

🇧🇬🚫 Bulgaria's parliament has banned the sending of troops to Ukraine. MPs have adopted a declaration calling for peace talks. The ruling coalition said the declaration should reassure society amid discussions of a possible "peacekeeping mission".

It’s only right for him to be on the first flight to Mars. It’s his baby.

Should you sell your Tesla? Should you stop using “X?” Should gov'ts stop supporting Starlink or Space X? Yes. Failing to do so empowers those who are actively trying to destroy our democracy & who are hurting the most vulnerable in our society and around the world. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

oh boy -- Rich McCormick bailed on CNN after his ill-fated town hall

In the #BrokenPost's totalitarian dictionary, a fascist coup is a "honeymoon" Trump’s honeymoon is over www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

STATEMENT: “This Is The Move Of A Weak And Insecure Tyrant, Not A Strong Commander-in-Chief”

Feels extraordinary that while a far-right politician is willing to call out a Nazi salute (out of self-interest, sure) centrist media only talk of 'controversial gestures'. If you cannot describe what is in front of your eyes are you in the right job?

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

"A swath of Airbnb hosts are ditching the platform in response to its billionaire co-founder Joe Gebbia going full MAGA since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Gebbia joined Elon Musk’s doge last week. www.thedailybeast.com/airbnb-hosts...

She better sharpie some fireworks on that wall because at the rate trump is going there's not going to be anyone left at the National Parks Service to approve a fireworks permit for her.

Another way of putting this: Donald Trump stole your money, American taxpayer, worsening the already bad fiscal situation, in order to propagandize you.

Buy local: “Welcome To the largest, FREE, most comprehensive *directory of Black Farmers, The Index connects you to traditional and non-traditional growers” blackfarmersindex.com

Here goes Indo Pacific www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/a...

The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

If this happened in a foreign country we’d call it a purge

Gentle recommendation to have a hobby that you can 1) do on your own time 2) are not doing for livelihood or career 3) can grow your skill in over time, and 4) can focus on for chunks of time where you can tune other things out. I spent a couple hours last night developing film and it was excellent

While climate challenges get worse, the solutions get better. Deploy, deploy, deploy. “More US manufacturers are using electric heat to make things” trellis.net/article/map-...

Never forget.

Remember when America had friends? Like a month ago?

EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

It would be far less time-consuming to just document when he tells the truth. shorturl.at/tohgb

Watch this clip, folks 👇 Does Bannon sound like he's joking about Trump becoming dictator for life? Because he isn't.