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Unironically, these letters are a good example of how we’re ruled by evil men now. It would have cost them nothing to be at least slightly sympathetic. “Hey man, we know this is rough, but we have to tighten our belts and…” They instead deliberately made them as cruel as possible.

1/ Town halls continue to go badly for GOP congresspeople, an ongoing thread: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Pc7F6y/

73 percent of Democrats think the party is not doing enough to take on Trump. 5 percent think it's doing too much, per new CNN poll. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Donald Trump has told Kristi Noem to spend $200 million of public funds on ads thanking him for "securing the border," North Korea-style www.semafor.com/article/02/1... www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken theonion.com/heroic-...

When your Sharpie unexpectedly stops working, you make do with what you’ve got. (What I’ve got: zero artistic talent, no sense of spatial awareness, and paint leftover from an apartment project) #TeslaTakedown

Shoutout to the dozens of Montana Indivisibles who didn’t let the weather stop them from demanding answers from their GOP representative! This congressional recess is almost over, but you can still help turn up the heat on your representative to stop the Trump-Musk coup: indivisible.org/muskorus

I wrote this about the thundering charlatan who's shackled America to his incompetence. On planes falling from the sky, and asteroid impacts at full speed and slow motion. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

The Trump regime's segregationist agenda is clear. I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces. karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...

Master of the Mangroves 🐊 NASA has quite the security guard standing watch over the path where the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge transitions into the restricted launch area of Kennedy Space Center. 🏷️: 📸🌿🐡🦎

I wrote about how particularly ridiculous it is that Senate Democrats, led by Dick Durbin, think the priority should be repealing Section 230 and undermining the very open internet we need more than ever right now. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/w...

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

We're going to destroy the legacy of everyone that wants to take this from us. 🪶

A lesson in how claims of meritocracy as justification for opposing DEI are often cover for the demand that we return to a system of preference for white men - whatever their qualifications. Fire a qualified Black man. Hire a statutorily unqualified white man. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This is sick.

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

Musk took over the US government with graft and is using it—in combination with his space launch firm—to exploit an allied country that’s suffering under Russian invasion for its mineral rights. The scheme is so imperiously evil I feel like audiences wouldn’t find it believable in a Bond villain.

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)

Last week, JD Vance gave Europe an ultimatum: it can align with the Trump administration, or face its wrath. To comply, Europe needs to embrace the extreme right, repeal tech rules the US “will not accept,” and allow Silicon Valley to dominate its market. It should tell the US to take a hike.

"Is Pepsi okay?" No, actually

Last week, a number of prominent UK feminists declared Donald Trump a "feminist hero" for banning trans women from playing sports. How did we get here? A new book by @reproutopia.bsky.social explores how reactionary tendencies have created Enemy Feminisms throughout the history of feminism

PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

This is pure extortion. Musk has far too much power for one person and also has enormous conflicts of interest in any role he serves in government. Both will have to be addressed if we want democracy, prosperity, and stability.

Cryptid spotted

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position. www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

I keep saying and it keeps being true: Trump folds when people stand up to him. He never respects weakness, and you have to prove you’re not weak.

in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

"David Reid, an environmental scientist in Michigan, was surprised to learn his contract studying invasive species in the St. Lawrence Seaway was included on the list. 'That contract wasn’t canceled by DOGE or anyone else,' he said. The contract expired on Dec. 31 and he decided to retire...