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#Resist Forever Dem in Seattle. Artist. MIT Media Lab and Xerox PARC alum. Also on Threads as @medialab86.
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How Many Federal Workers Have Lost Their Jobs? All the firing, layoffs, and resignations so far. #StopElonMusk nymag.com/intelligence...

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Infuriating! 😡 Don’t Cut My Medicaid! The majority of my son’s medical team are in Austin (1.5 hr drive), some in Houston (3 hrs), one in Dallas (5 hrs). Telehealth appts are needed & necessary! My son has extreme car anxiety, not to mention wear and tear on our car, gas! 🤬 And we’re not alone!

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.

Elon is hiring criminals to work for DOGE because it is a criminal conspiracy

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

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So fucking wrong

So rather than Washington under Biden nationalizing Starlink, we have Starlink under Musk privatizing Washington.

again, a big thing they can do that many are not is to *show they are opposing Trump.* Modeling resistance to fascism is vitally important! and it doesn't require much in the way of actual power to pass legislation. 1

They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them. #ETTD #SOS #TurdReichRedux www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Musk and DOGE are closing local Social Security offices, making it hard for people with disabilities to access help. Frank Bisignano, former FISERV CEO, is Trump’s nominee for commissioner of Social Security. He is likely to expand this. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Can someone explain to me what an ecexutive order is?

So DOGE intern “Big Balls,” who under no ordinary circumstances would be trusted with sensitive government data access, was engaged in corporate espionage in a prev cybersecurity internship where his boss was so fearful of malicious reprisal he didn’t want to fire him. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

Economists know it, but politicians rarely say it—globalization massively reduced global inequality. 🧪 #EconSky

SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

WTF - As part of a peace deal, #Putin may grant US companies rights to mineral deposits in the Ukrainian territories that are now under Russian control | WSJ That land isn’t his!!! www.wsj.com/world/trump-...

The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Anti-DEI is an attack on civil rights by segregationists. Most white "allies" are completely silent while segregationists attack Black people and our civil rights. These silent "allies" without a shred of shame or self-awareness, fully expect Black voters to make sacrifices to save them at midterms

The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year. Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools. All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools. Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump

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)

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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.

WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Doing this right before firing three top military leaders is so deranged. Source at DoD told me, “Disdain for Hegseth is a near-universal feeling even among the Trumpiest in the office.“

"US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources" www.reuters.com/business/us-...

Trump is spending millions of tax payer dollars to go to sporting events, golfing, and on commercials and ads praising himself. He’s wasting money on a new AirForce One while slashing Medicaid, education grants, & money for medical research. #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory apple.news/A2OFaC9u9Sv6...

Trump said in a televised interview on National TV that he wouldn’t cut Social Security or Medicare. Hours later he endorsed a GOP house budget plan that cuts Medicare. If he’s talking we know he is lying. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory www.businessinsider.com/trump-medica...

Elon Musk and his team say they have saved the government $55 billion. Their “wall of receipts” is riddled with mistakes.

RE: Trump’s Firing of Air Force General C.Q. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff As commander-in-chief, Trump’s powers to fire or punish military officers are LIMITED BY LAW. www.brookings.edu/articles/doe...

Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense. This is a growing national security risk.

Heroin addict and roadkill enthusiast, RFK Jr. kills flu shot campaigns and cancels a major vaccination conference.

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The Supreme Court, in its first ruling on President Trump’s use of executive power during his second term, decided that he cannot, for now, dismiss the government lawyer leading the watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistle-blowers.

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Democrats should go to all these ruby red and vulnerable GOP districts where voters are upset at Trump and Musk and court them. Full court press.

Doubts raised over US travel system during 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics. The US is unprepared for the burdens placed on its air travel system when the country hosts the 2026 World Cup & 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, according to a report released on Wednesday. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...