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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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World’s leaders are one by one coming to the White House to school our president on history and geopolitics. How fucking embarrassing!
June 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
World’s leaders are one by one coming to the White House to school our president on history and geopolitics. How fucking embarrassing!
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House Republicans just passed Trump’s Tax Scam (the GOP’s Medicaid-slashing, billionaire-enriching megabill) in a 215-214 vote. The bill got even worse overnight, but the most important thing to know right now is this:
This fight isn’t over, and this bill can still be stopped. 🧵
This fight isn’t over, and this bill can still be stopped. 🧵
May 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
House Republicans just passed Trump’s Tax Scam (the GOP’s Medicaid-slashing, billionaire-enriching megabill) in a 215-214 vote. The bill got even worse overnight, but the most important thing to know right now is this:
This fight isn’t over, and this bill can still be stopped. 🧵
This fight isn’t over, and this bill can still be stopped. 🧵
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.
RFK Jr. knows amazingly little about autism
For someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.
www.motherjones.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.
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1/Just back from 2 weeks in Asia. US engaged in the most far reaching attempt to restructure the global economy in a century and we have hit the omnishambles portion of the program: undermining US economic security and weaken US credibility in the world.
fortune.com/article/trum...
fortune.com/article/trum...
Trump had a ‘test case’ for trade negotiations with Japan. The failure to reach a deal now has analysts wondering if any will be signed
Trump’s team had hoped for some quick wins when it came to tariff negotiations. That’s looking increasingly unlikely.
fortune.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
1/Just back from 2 weeks in Asia. US engaged in the most far reaching attempt to restructure the global economy in a century and we have hit the omnishambles portion of the program: undermining US economic security and weaken US credibility in the world.
fortune.com/article/trum...
fortune.com/article/trum...
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It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
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Trump is repealing federal worker bargaining rights by executive order. This is not a drill. This is pure union-busting.
@aflcio.org @afscme.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social #AFGE
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
@aflcio.org @afscme.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social #AFGE
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
March 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Trump is repealing federal worker bargaining rights by executive order. This is not a drill. This is pure union-busting.
@aflcio.org @afscme.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social #AFGE
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
@aflcio.org @afscme.bsky.social @fedworkersunited.bsky.social #AFGE
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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This is disgraceful and un-American. The Trump administration defended its removal of articles highlighting the achievements of minority service members, including Navajo code talkers, Marines at Iwo Jima, and famed Black baseball player Jackie Robinson.
March 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is disgraceful and un-American. The Trump administration defended its removal of articles highlighting the achievements of minority service members, including Navajo code talkers, Marines at Iwo Jima, and famed Black baseball player Jackie Robinson.
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The hearing for US Institute of Peace vs Kenneth Jackson et al with Judge Beryl Howell starting now. I'm listening via phone.
March 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The hearing for US Institute of Peace vs Kenneth Jackson et al with Judge Beryl Howell starting now. I'm listening via phone.
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US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.
March 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
March 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
March in DC on Friday Mar 14. Details: nowmarch.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
March in DC on Friday Mar 14. Details: nowmarch.org
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This CDC "survey" getting sent to grantees is wild yall.
This is some serious "Kiss my Ring" level bullshit.
This is some serious "Kiss my Ring" level bullshit.
March 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This CDC "survey" getting sent to grantees is wild yall.
This is some serious "Kiss my Ring" level bullshit.
This is some serious "Kiss my Ring" level bullshit.
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1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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BREAKING: By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court LIFTS its hold on a lower court order compelling the Trump administration to resume nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funding. The funds MUST be disbursed. Roberts and Barrett join the liberals.
Obviously, this is huge. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Obviously, this is huge. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
BREAKING: By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court LIFTS its hold on a lower court order compelling the Trump administration to resume nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funding. The funds MUST be disbursed. Roberts and Barrett join the liberals.
Obviously, this is huge. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Obviously, this is huge. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Giggling but also I am so glad this man is leading this country right now
February 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Giggling but also I am so glad this man is leading this country right now
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Raise your ✋ and repost this if you're participating.
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Raise your ✋ and repost this if you're participating.
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CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.
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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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Medicaid covers nearly half of all children born in the country and around two-thirds of nursing home care for seniors.
The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%.
"Party of family values."
The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%.
"Party of family values."
February 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Medicaid covers nearly half of all children born in the country and around two-thirds of nursing home care for seniors.
The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%.
"Party of family values."
The Republican Party is voting today on a budget framework with will gut Medicaid to finance more tax cuts for the top 1%.
"Party of family values."
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Rather than violate their oath or comply with Musk’s illegal requests, 21 civil service employees resigned today from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (formerly the United States Digital Service), stating they would not use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services.
February 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Rather than violate their oath or comply with Musk’s illegal requests, 21 civil service employees resigned today from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (formerly the United States Digital Service), stating they would not use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services.
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DOGE is canceling government contracts that help veterans. Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors, and provide burial services to veterans.
DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show
Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
DOGE is canceling government contracts that help veterans. Records show among the 875 contracts were arrangements to help medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors, and provide burial services to veterans.