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🥜 4 more years of this 💩
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🥜 Thinking of leaving the US 🇪🇸
🥜 4 more years of this 💩
🥜 Tired of the fight
⚡ Pickleball ⚡ Photography ⚡ Cats ⚡ EVs ⚡ Good coffee ⚡ Smart, kind people
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Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’
The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.
We are the frogs in the pot of gradually heating water.
May 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We are the frogs in the pot of gradually heating water.
Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, April 26, 2025
Can you sort 8 historical events?
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported.
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
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April 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Pro tip for those who don't give your bank account number to the government and have to mail a check to the IRS: do not tempt providence and place your forever stamp upside down on the envelope. Just saying. It might go straight into the audit pile.
April 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Pro tip for those who don't give your bank account number to the government and have to mail a check to the IRS: do not tempt providence and place your forever stamp upside down on the envelope. Just saying. It might go straight into the audit pile.
#Democracy dies in darkness
Court blocks lawmaker emails with lobbyists from public view
A panel of Commonwealth Court judges ruled that lawmakers don’t have to make public their communications with lobbyists.
www.spotlightpa.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#Democracy dies in darkness
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"You don’t need 30-plus years in uniform to know that holding a detailed yet insecure discussion about a pending military mission is wrong; the participants in the chat knew, too. They just didn’t care, not as much as they cared about keeping their communications from being legally discoverable."
I worked in Trump’s first administration. Here’s why his team is using Signal | Kevin Carroll
Using the platform was dangerous and wrong – but officials appeared to prioritize shielding themselves from litigation
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"You don’t need 30-plus years in uniform to know that holding a detailed yet insecure discussion about a pending military mission is wrong; the participants in the chat knew, too. They just didn’t care, not as much as they cared about keeping their communications from being legally discoverable."
Nazis and fascists and magas, oh my.
a girl in a blue dress says " oh my "
ALT: a girl in a blue dress says " oh my "
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April 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Nazis and fascists and magas, oh my.
The emerging threat to national security is not from tanks, subs, troops, and rifles. It is cyber warfare. Russia's army has grown weak, in part, because they are sinking tons into cyber warfare. Their influence on the 2025 election was substantial in amplifying misinformation.
April 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The emerging threat to national security is not from tanks, subs, troops, and rifles. It is cyber warfare. Russia's army has grown weak, in part, because they are sinking tons into cyber warfare. Their influence on the 2025 election was substantial in amplifying misinformation.
While we have an immediate threat that we must work to neutralize, don't lose sight of the force that gave these fascists power. The #ChristianNationalist shadow empire is behind trump and ALL his henchmen. If trump vanished tomorrow, they would still be there, pulling the strings of the next guy
April 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
While we have an immediate threat that we must work to neutralize, don't lose sight of the force that gave these fascists power. The #ChristianNationalist shadow empire is behind trump and ALL his henchmen. If trump vanished tomorrow, they would still be there, pulling the strings of the next guy
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Germany had its own January 6-style attempt at a coup. It also failed. But Hitler was sent to jail.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
April 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Germany had its own January 6-style attempt at a coup. It also failed. But Hitler was sent to jail.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
There are reports that today's HHS RIF actions have featured cases where employees were presented with documents containing inaccurate performance ratings, which lowers the payout to the employees. I would never sign anything that contains inaccurate information.
April 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There are reports that today's HHS RIF actions have featured cases where employees were presented with documents containing inaccurate performance ratings, which lowers the payout to the employees. I would never sign anything that contains inaccurate information.
For anyone in Wisconsin checking in, just remember that a republican leaning Supreme Court handed Trump the sanction to do whatever he wanted without any consequences, at all. Period.
April 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
For anyone in Wisconsin checking in, just remember that a republican leaning Supreme Court handed Trump the sanction to do whatever he wanted without any consequences, at all. Period.
So musk / Doge have uncovered $115 billion of fraud? Did I miss the part where the perpetrators were indicted? Wouldn't you do that if it was fraud? I missed the part too where there was an investigation. Seems like they showed up, and 2-3 days later announced billions of dollars of fraud found.
April 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So musk / Doge have uncovered $115 billion of fraud? Did I miss the part where the perpetrators were indicted? Wouldn't you do that if it was fraud? I missed the part too where there was an investigation. Seems like they showed up, and 2-3 days later announced billions of dollars of fraud found.
For those who wonder why there aren't plans afoot for a general strike, consider that it takes an lot of planning, and funding, and you don't want to yank that switch too quickly. Let discontent build a little. Let people feel the pain and become motivated. We are likely headed for recession +
March 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
For those who wonder why there aren't plans afoot for a general strike, consider that it takes an lot of planning, and funding, and you don't want to yank that switch too quickly. Let discontent build a little. Let people feel the pain and become motivated. We are likely headed for recession +
I'm really just sitting here asking myself if there is a winner to this struggle. Or if it's time to seriously, I mean seriously consider splitting the country, amicably (or as close to that as can be done).
March 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'm really just sitting here asking myself if there is a winner to this struggle. Or if it's time to seriously, I mean seriously consider splitting the country, amicably (or as close to that as can be done).
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Glad you had so much fun with this Jesse.
Here is my rebuttal.
#20newprovinces
youtu.be/zg5wgji6DXk?...
Here is my rebuttal.
#20newprovinces
youtu.be/zg5wgji6DXk?...
January 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Glad you had so much fun with this Jesse.
Here is my rebuttal.
#20newprovinces
youtu.be/zg5wgji6DXk?...
Here is my rebuttal.
#20newprovinces
youtu.be/zg5wgji6DXk?...
March 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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March 27, 2025
March 27, 2025
Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on ...
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March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
March 27, 2025
Hey Pete, my signal ID is Sorry.Charlie.No_leaks_here.
March 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hey Pete, my signal ID is Sorry.Charlie.No_leaks_here.