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1. On Friday Night, it became apparent that historic LGBTQ+ clinic Whitman-Walker in DC had erased trans care and resources from it's website. The stated reason is harmful to us all. I make my case against it, and other orgs, erasing us for federal dollars. Subscribe to support my journalism.

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Thousands of complaints filed with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights related to race and gender discrimination continue to sit idle. That includes cases alleging unfair discipline and race-based harassment. @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

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Something to note. The Proud Boys are at the Capitol today and Trump wore a yellow tie. Black and yellow are proud boy colors. It's very clear that he views them as his personal militia that will mete out political violence. "stand back and stand by."

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Astonishing crowd inside Manhattan Criminal Court two hours before Luigi Mangione’s follow-up appearance. Organized chaos, people are in cordoned-off gaggles down the full length of the hall, chatting casually. Feels reminiscent of fans waiting for a concert ticket line to open.

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Starting a new thread here for updates inside the courtroom for Luigi Mangione's follow-up appearance, which I'm anticipating will be very brief.

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Incredible deep dive into the history and politics of Sri Lanka and the struggles for a free Eelam from @arunannow.bsky.social watch part 1/3 now! youtu.be/AcWl8wHNGOk?...

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My daughter and her friends made this “Remy cake.” And having seen it, I must now walk into the sea.

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An entire government built on the premise of owning the libs. Revolting.

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If you want to learn more about Republicans for National Renewal, the group behind this, you’re in luck!

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brainstorming how to safely make threats online

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It’s journalistic malpractice — to the extent that’s a thing any more — to talk about this Ed Martin letter without clarifying that every expert, other than administration hacks, thinks that Garcia’s statement was not remotely plausibly a true threat. It’s simply ludicrous.

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“In recent weeks, Patriot Front has also targeted communities in Littlefield, Arizona; Ontario, California; Sarasota, Florida; Amicalola, Georgia; South Bend, Indiana; Reno, Nevada; Clarksville and Jackson, Tennessee; Herriman, Utah; and Rock Springs, Wyoming.”

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Trump Is Planning to Take Over the Postal Service The White House denied reports that the president is ready to bring the independent USPS under the control of his administration.

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Daily bunny no.2872 must seek an alternate route

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Back in 2014 Steve Bannon was promoting the works of self-described “super-fascist” Julius Evola, so a hand gesture by him at CPAC doesn’t really provide much new information. pesaagora.com/columns/spir...

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Just going to assume "all of them" tbh

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CNN: Is democratic leadership is doing enough? SENATOR JACKY ROSEN: I think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. They have the White House, they have the House, and they have the Senate. So the tools that are available to us here as legislators...they are limited.

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I regret* to inform you that @propublica.org has updated our DOGE tracker again with a bunch more names: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do... *delight

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The minds behind Project 2025 are now whining about the NCAA's policy banning trans women and girls from womens' sports on the grounds that there is no such thing as a transgender person.

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Virginia's legislature has passed a bill that will make it illegal for insurers to make up their own criteria for medical necessity determinations for mental health and substance abuse services. this is a huge win

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BREAKING: A Republican Congressman has filed to impeach a judge who blocked DOGE. Judge Paul Engelmayer limited DOGE's access to sensitive Treasury data. Now Representative Derrick Van Orden wants him gone. www.axios.com/2025/02/20/d...

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#iHunt is a documentary.

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ICYMI: Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court, too

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Take note of the messaging - this is both accurate and deeply unpopular. It's the kind of thing that forces GOP House members to quietly tell their constituents that they too are concerned about Musk. Make them own this. Make them squirm.

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Just Admit You're Wrong

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“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.” This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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A law firm representing Elon Musk and Tesla has drafted a bill that would overhaul Delaware corporate law specifically to let Musk collect a compensation plan of up to $55.8 billion. The bill has now been introduced in the Delaware General Assembly. www.jalopnik.com/1794019/musk...

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Major news! A court in Montana has just declared SB458, a bill that "defines sex" in a way that ends the legal recognition of transgender people in Montana, as facially unconstitutional. This is the first time a bill defining sex has been ruled on! Huge win for trans people in MT!

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Klarna, the company that got so much press for dropping customer service and replacing them with AI, is now saying that they are now going to "become the best at offering a human to speak to." Great stuff!

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#OtD 19 Feb 1913 suffragettes in England bombed the new country house of Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George - just one of many violent attacks of the time stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...

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Giant skeleton report: The giant skeleton with a santa hat is still up

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RFK's not-so-veiled threat to take mental health drugs away is even worse than it looks at first blush. He wants to replace these medications with labor camps. This fits with the larger, eugenics-informed Trump/Musk agenda. www.salon.com/2025/02/19/r...

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“GET HIM”

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My new pitch is White Lotus but everyone’s happy, because they’re on vacation in a nice place. Until the giant crabs.

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This is HUGE. The administration is trying to dismantle the board so that government employees have nowhere to file termination grievances.

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Gross

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is this bad?

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Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now

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Not only has CMS, the agency which administers Medicare, been hit by a round of mass-firings. The people who run it haven't been told who was fired. They're having to figure that out by themselves. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-i...

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"Lisa, a guy who has lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy than a guy whose ivory supplies are low."

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Musk and the Trump administration are currently arguing that no “safety” personnel were purged in their purge, and one way in which that is, to use a polite term, bullshit is that check out, including in this story, what some of the people dumped do, what how their critical teams had shrunk…

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“[SSA] has our bank information, our earnings records, the names and ages of our children, and much more.” “Warning about the risks of Mr. Musk's team accessing the data, Ms. Altman added, ‘There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is.’” (🎁 link)

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