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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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Anyone have a debut book coming out this spring? Tell me about it — it’d be nice to hear about something nice! Your first book only happens once, friend!

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www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

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Quote of the Day politicalwire.com/2025/02/18/q...

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South African lab technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was waiting for the test results for a potential HIV vaccine, which has eluded scientists for decades, when the order came from USAID to stop work reut.rs/41l2Qpe

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All episodes of the BBC radio drama "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" were referred to by Douglas Adams as "Fits" after Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark: an Agony in Eight Fits", where "Rule 42 of the Code" is quoted and 42 Boxes (snrk.de/page_the-bak...) are left behind.

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I guess what I’m loving about the SNL Red Carpet Live is all the commercials reminding me how much I love these guys not doing commercials

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“they seem to be using very nonspecific and unsubstantiated allegations of fraud to justify a massive overhaul of specific government agencies.” Ya think politicalwire.com/2025/02/13/t...

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As others have said, the greatest transfer of wealth in US history will not be from the Boomers to their children but from them to the US healthcare system. The US is designed to make people insolvent and to keep them poor once they're there.

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The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.

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Ben Franklin to be erased from school he founded www.thedp.com/article/2025...

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I don't have a microwave oven, and it takes forever to bake a potato in a conventional oven. Sometimes I'll just throw one in there, even if I don't want one, because by the time it's done, who knows?

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1% of workforce has taken the buyout. "The federal workforce's normal attrition rate is about 6% a year, meaning some of those who've taken the buyout may have been planning to leave government service anyway." www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...

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Also a reminder that if you are reading good coverage, share/post those links, a lot has shifted and people need to know where to find information

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A VA psychologist friend reached out today. Her job is at a VA in the heartland. Her job, in my view, is helping veterans with post traumatic stress stay alive. She is one of the hundreds of thousands of federal employees who has been encouraged to resign… open.substack.com/pub/jaketapp...

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19-y-os with no security clearance and little training, guidance, or experience now have access to the highest levels of sensitive data, under a boss who has openly demontrated a Nero level of disregard for common sense management. We're in good hands. Good mittens. politicalwire.com/2025/02/03/u...

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NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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Dedicated employees try to protect the country from their surly idiot bosses. Exciting to be there for the birth of the Deep State. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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www.thedailybeast.com/farmers-plea...

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Take yall children to those black history events that will be held at some local libraries. It starts at home

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Please stop calling your elected representatives. They’re very old and very confused, and it does them no good to get all riled up

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Feel like this stuff only goes one way. In four years a Shapiro-AOC ticket could be up 20 points and it wouldn't be suing networks to demand payouts.

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It successfully broke through the ice

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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

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Frozen. Let it go www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

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www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/G...

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"I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot," O'Brien said in a release from The Kennedy Center.

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In December, these 44 Republicans voted against the American Relief Act, a bill providing relief funds for hurricane and wildfire victims and also funds for wildfire prevention.

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Do they understand WHY engineers are better trained overseas? (Hint: Tuition) youtube.com/watch?v=Za0E...

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Jessica: You hear Speaker Johnson.. he thinks aid should be conditioned.. If Joe Biden said, Louisiana I'm not into your politics, you should do things differently or Georgia or any other conservative state or Florida..

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"For decades, our government stopped big retailers from pressuring suppliers for secret deals that were denied to smaller rivals. This was done under a law called the Robinson-Patman Act. It was, at one point, the most frequently enforced antitrust law..." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

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I’ve been waiting for this www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-tay...

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