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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

submitted 2 days ago • 3635 comments

Life goal: Write a book so important that the Naval Academy removes it from its library

submitted 7 days ago • 63 comments

Couture: 700 billion in fraud that only he could find, yet hasn't produced the receipts… this is all about undermining your confidence in the program’s legitimacy so they can raid that trust fund

submitted 22 days ago • 302 comments

submitted 22 days ago • 432 comments

“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."

submitted 22 days ago • 1373 comments

I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy. Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 22 days ago • 424 comments

Do they not know actual old people?

submitted 23 days ago • 926 comments

Books

submitted 22 days ago • 546 comments

What do you call humans being kidnapped and sent to another country to be imprisoned in shackles and forced to perform intense physical labor while living in horrid conditions under the threat of daily physical violence and rape? Open a history book. You can do it. I believe in you.

submitted 22 days ago • 85 comments

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

submitted 23 days ago • 881 comments

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

submitted 43 days ago • 3483 comments

Something that’s very clear is that Trump is old and checked out. He wants to play the role of president but has zero interest in doing the job and is happy to outsource the real work to Musk, Vought and a crew of feral zealots.

submitted 46 days ago • 1509 comments

Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...

submitted 47 days ago • 807 comments

Congrats @meidastouch.com !!! www.newsweek.com/meidas-touch...

submitted 46 days ago • 1022 comments

Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.

submitted 71 days ago • 1051 comments

Last existential post of the day I promise but this is a good thread. I think it's good to remind ourselves that as big as the federal government is, it's still not actually that big.

submitted 71 days ago • 97 comments

I am announcing retaliatory tariffs against the United States. If you are in the United States and you are reading this post you owe me 30 cents.

submitted 71 days ago • 387 comments

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and offer them to small to medium size businesses. Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations . Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ? Thoughts ?

submitted 71 days ago • 4125 comments

I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

submitted 71 days ago • 8584 comments