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Where are the Democrats but also Where are the churches Where are the celebrities Where are the NGOs Where are the Universities Where are professional groups like AMA Where are the athletes Where are the unions What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future

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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/

submitted 21 hours ago • 27 comments

Regardless of how much coverage it gets, Trump aiming to install a military command that places loyalty to him above loyalty to the constitution needs to be a much bigger story.

submitted 1 day ago • 75 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

They are telling us, out loud, exactly how the 2026/28 elections will not be free & fair. They will go after vote by mail (bsky.app/profile/mira...). They will go after computer voting. They will then say we can't count all the paper ballots because it's taking too long & there must be fraud. Etc.

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THIS. 👏👏👏

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I think Masha Gessen boils it down pretty well here. Many Americans (though far from a majority) prefer a "great" country to one with a rising standard of living. I suspect they'll be in for a big surprise. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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I'm shocked to hear that the oil and gas industry thinks Trump will pursue pro-industry policies. Shocked! In other coincidental news, the Texas GulfLink deepwater port received US approval last week. It greatly expands US crude oil exports. www.ogj.com/general-inte...

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This is even more unconstitutional than usual. Article I gives Congress the power to establish the post office. It cannot be "dissolve[d]" by the Executive.

submitted 2 days ago • 46 comments

There is no bottom for these…

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The National Science Foundation fired all its experts. The National Science Foundation. Fired. All of its. Experts. And they weren't even told to! The leadership worked toward the Fuhrer and went beyond the cuts demanded of them in anticipation of many, many more firings—up to half its staff.

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Huge threat to nonprofit organizations. And all sorts of other issues here.

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Two things that make America a democracy: Not having a king, and having a free press. A look inside the chilling cases from San Jose to Clarksdale that show a nation already on the brink of losing our First Amendment rights after just 1 month of Trump My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

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A 19 year-old named Big Balls is running national Cybersecurity. What a world. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...

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Once again, something that will hurt their base more as telehealth is incredibly valuable for folks in rural areas.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Oh look! Permitting reform.

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Wild to look at next week's House of Reps schedule and see the hearing titles. Here's one in Committee of Natural Resources called, I kid you not: Full Blast: Contrasting Momentum in the Space Mining Economy to the Terrestrial Mining Regulatory Morass naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eve...

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JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

submitted 4 days ago • 549 comments

Authoritarianism suffocates not only political life but also economic life. Instead of the best products rising to the top, people get coerced into using Dogshit because the ceo of dogshit enterprises owns the government

submitted 2 days ago • 28 comments

"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda.

submitted 3 days ago • 78 comments

Look, there might be an upside to Trump's recklessness when it comes aviation.

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Gov. Hochul pushes back on the president’s attempt to end congestion pricing in Manhattan

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The head of the Autism, ADHD, and Externalizing Disorders Interventions Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health was fired over the weekend, 21 days shy of the end of her one year probationary period. She posted about it on fb.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

A society that has confidence in the safety of the food it eats can never truly know freedom. - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Dawg, the official White House account is tweeting out pure fascism. What in the actual fuck.

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On 9/11, Trump called into Fox News -- to brag about how one of his buildings was now the tallest in lower Manhattan Now, Trump is slashing healthcare for 9/11 victims and first responders He doesn't care about America -- he only cares about HIMSELF THE WHOLE THING IS A CON

submitted 4 days ago • 60 comments

Just filled out what I expect is the last FAFSA application/form we'll ever need to submit. Unfortunately, there's no "send Elon a note" box where you can tell him what you think about the shit job he's doing.

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“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated." "This is a very real threat to the American flying public.” EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

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If the current administration has its way, this is going to happen nationwide........ "Labor unions that serve teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees in Utah will no longer be able to negotiate on behalf of their workers under a bill that received final legislative approval"

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Like most billionaires, Musk’s businesses are built on public subsidies and environmental externalities. He hasn’t created anything particularly original. Just figured out how to transfer money from the public to his accounts. We all pay for Starlink.

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