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"An ideological dragnet." PEN America: Pentagon's instructions that military educational institutions should review all library collections to ensure they do not promote "divisive concepts" and "gender ideology" pose a grave threat to intellectual freedom. pen.org/press-releas...

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“The Pentagon ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21” Gotta protect the military from all those big bad books. 🤷🤷 apnews.com/article/pent...

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This is how authoritarian state security forces behave in Turkey, China and other countries. Now America joins them.

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The Trump Administration is openly talking about suspending the writ of habeas corpus if the courts continue to rule against them. They don't have the authority to do that – and their threats are as reckless and irresponsible as they are dangerous. Let's break it down. youtu.be/3G_A99z5xLo?...

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how every dem elected official isn’t losing their damn mind right now is beyond me. they want to arrest all of you!!!!

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Make no mistake…whatever they say it’s for now… it just sets up the future. “What they're building is a surveillance weapon and it can be put to all sorts of adverse uses in the future," said Davisson.

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I don’t care what Ozturk wrote. It doesn’t matter. This is America. We’re fucking free to have opinions of all sorts. It doesn’t matter. You don’t get to lock up people for bad thought. That’s against the fucking law and morals and fuck every last person arguing that this is a crime. Fuck all of em

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was placed in handcuffs at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in Newark NJ after an argument with agents. Members of congress where there for a scheduled visit and were shoved after trying to include Baraka in conversations after he gained entry through the gate.

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NEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, “Don’t get in my way…I will run right over you.” Listen to the clip here:

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:

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Nooooooo!!!!! She's the best!!!!

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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

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Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.

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Directly from Veterans, members of congress have heard the following impacts of short staffing at the VA, as of this week, before Doug Collins slashes more - mammogram appointments postponed - prosthetic employees fired and services reduced - Operating room availability has been reduced -

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Good morning! ☀️ Today’s inspo: “Courage is contagious.” — Daniel Ellsberg, a fed like us, leaked the Pentagon Papers to expose the truth. He saw injustice and acted. It can feel scary—but we can choose courage too. Great read: jonathandryan.substack.com/p/when-they-...

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Read my latest:

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More dolls. Or another fighter jet gets it.

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“If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they’re likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment,” the Federal Reserve chair said. This is exactly what Trump doesn’t want the American public to hear.

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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

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Over the next several weeks, @rebelfema.altgov.info & I invite you do join us as we go through and discuss Timothy Snyder’s 20 Lessons on Tyranny. We’ll look at examples throughout history, as well as some different ways we can all be implementing these lessons here and now to make a difference. 🧵

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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump's anti-transgender military ban to go into effect while litigation proceeds. The stay of the district court's injunction was issued with no reasoning and over the objections of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson. More to come: www.lawdork.com

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THE PENTAGON BUDGET JUST HIT A TRILLION DOLLARS. Not a single pundit from either political party said “how are we going to pay for it?!” Don’t dare tell us we cannot ALL have healthcare, housing, and education.

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Our government has a covenant with people to make sure they weren’t poor in their old age - we can’t kill this vital program by a thousand cuts. The millions of Americans who depend on Social Security deserve better. 🎥 @rweingarten.bsky.social

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NEW: Per a memo @mollytaft.com obtained, the Trump admin—which has lately been griping about "woke FEMA grants"—is ending FEMA's practice of going door to door in disaster areas in search of survivors to counsel on how to obtain aid to which they're entitled

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Trump for Pope, a third term, re-opening Alcatraz. These stories all serve a critical purpose. To distract from the story of our age: that the President of the United States is enriching his family with billions by running a corruption racket right out of the Oval Office.

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🔥 “There’s something wrong in this country… everything has gone up but wages… how many yachts and houses does one person need? — They want us to stay poor, stay hidden, and die silently.” 🇺🇸 #FightTheOligarchy H/T @violadavis.bsky.social

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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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“‘My fear is that if we do not stand up to protect our public lands, they could be defunded or privatized, and ultimately, worst-case scenario, developed,’ said Alicia Bynum, founder of Appalachian Outdoors Collective.”

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basically no one wants to defund national parks - and even 3/4 of republicans want to maintain or even increase funding for national parks and forests and yet there's basically no political cost for them doing this.

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#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥 @froomkin.bsky.social

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It’s true: they’re coming for the parks. It’s in the FY 2026 Budget request: “…there is an urgent need to streamline staffing and transfer certain properties to State-level management to ensure the long-term health and sustainment of the National Park system.” www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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Hold steady folks. An EO is not law and “Trump says” is not the last word.

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Public media is facing multiple serious threats. Late last night, the President signed an Executive Order that limits our ability to make local decisions about the services we provide to Nebraskans, including the programming you enjoy every day. Learn more at NebraskaPublicMedia.org/funding.

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BREAKING: Federal judge rules that President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm — the first of several such orders — is unconstitutional and, accordingly, "null and void." Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...

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It's now official policy that PBS & NPR be completely defunded by the federal government. It is essential that these operations remain on the air. Please consider donating or subscribing as described in my post below the "fact" sheet.

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Here is the Disabled American Veterans response to “iGolf Shitler’s” push for Veterans Day be renamed to “Victory Day for World War I.” Make sure to read the whole thing….they actually make a very compelling argument. www.dav.org/learn-more/n...

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consequence.net/2025/05/trum... We won’t go down without a fight. Yet another attempt by this administration to silence voices that they disagree with. The CPB partly funds PBS, but the rest of the money needed to run PBS and its member stations comes from private foundations and viewers like us.

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have left Houston, Tampa, New York and other major cities without head meteorologists just ahead of what will be another busy hurricane season This is straight-up life-threatening malpractice (h/t @lisamjarvis.bsky.social ) www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...

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✊✊✊ Deputy Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling (also tapped as IMLS director) and DOGE have been ordered to stand down their efforts to dissolve the Institute of Museum and Library Science, for now.

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