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Sure, no one likes “government waste,” a powerful frame used to justify Musk’s interventions. And not everyone loves all federal government programs—not many are going to call their senators’ offices on behalf of the CIA or the IRS. But why pick on so many of the most popular ones?

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Dump Susan Collins in 2026.

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So glad Pope Francis put his finger into JD Vance’s chest. This is what happens when you fast track into being a Catholic without taking a basic Rite of Christian initiation course. Love for humanity does not start at your own house but the love of all human beings

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JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.

submitted 32 days ago • 383 comments

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

submitted 32 days ago • 1776 comments

Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration rally. Did it twice, actually. Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda. Faced with authoritarianism in power, it is crucial we trust our own eyes.

submitted 32 days ago • 114 comments

Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.

submitted 32 days ago • 1210 comments

Because women and girls don’t matter in the Trump administration. Reproductiverights.gov has been scrubbed. Gone. Vanished. No more. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2RerrHr/ @aaronparnas.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 37 comments

Also known as the billionaire technofeudalists.

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Who gave $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund? -Each of the 5 biggest tech firms -The CEOs of Uber & OpenAI -Auto giants Toyota, Ford, & GM -Drugmaker behemoth Pfizer Corporate America is desperate to kiss the ring. There's nothing they won’t do for a tax break.

submitted 33 days ago • 298 comments

No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order” a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power.

submitted 34 days ago • 3605 comments

Supremacism wasn’t created by god.

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“When women are free to make their own decisions about their lives and to follow our dreams, we are unstoppable.” Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing. 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

submitted 33 days ago • 1156 comments

🚨BREAKING🚨 Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.

submitted 33 days ago • 80 comments

I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

submitted 33 days ago • 161 comments

Grateful for her work, and all the humans out there still fighting today.

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This is a bad look for you, Coke.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Started //// going (Democracy dies in capitalism)

submitted 38 days ago • 558 comments

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The Court just DENIED Donald Trump’s request to postpone tomorrow’s sentencing by Judge Merchan. The Chief and Justice Barrett joined the three liberals. A brief paragraph sufficed to explain. The four dissenters (Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch) gave no reasons for siding with Trump.

submitted 43 days ago • 138 comments

BREAKING: In a major defeat for Donald Trump, the Supreme Court has REJECTED his bid to block his sentencing in the NY hush money case scheduled for 9:30am tomorrow. The court’s decision was 5-4, with Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh saying they would have granted the effort to block it.

submitted 43 days ago • 242 comments

Flashy Lies traveling much faster than the truth

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"I felt my grandmother’s hand. I felt my ancestors. I felt so many people. I was trying to allow myself to be used as a vehicle, to testify." @sonyalea.bsky.social interviews Irvin Weathersby Jr. about his book In Open Contempt (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social). ➡️ https://buff.ly/3DSifUx

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@sonyalea.bsky.social and Karen Salyer McElmurray discuss researching the self and narrative distance; how memoirists can see something ordinary in their lives and “write about it as if you just discovered it, as if you were traveling.” brevity.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/d...

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Been re-reading this one most years much of my adult life. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

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people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

submitted 101 days ago • 1556 comments