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You are worthy of love and respect. You are beautiful, gifted, and intelligent. Don't let the storm make you forget that.
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There are times you have to take a stand and a chance. Passion exceeding fears and taking that leap. Saying fuck it, I’m going to do this. Digging deep within yourself, and remembering what it it feels like to dream again. To believe again in yourself and everything that you believed was possible.
May 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There are times you have to take a stand and a chance. Passion exceeding fears and taking that leap. Saying fuck it, I’m going to do this. Digging deep within yourself, and remembering what it it feels like to dream again. To believe again in yourself and everything that you believed was possible.
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The head of ‘60 Minutes’ resigns, saying he has lost the ability to make “independent decisions” about the show. deadline.com/2025/04/bill...
April 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The head of ‘60 Minutes’ resigns, saying he has lost the ability to make “independent decisions” about the show. deadline.com/2025/04/bill...
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they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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That’s the part I love.
It is SO unusual for the Supreme Court to issue an order this late at night and honestly incredible only Thomas and Alito noted their dissents.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
April 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
That’s the part I love.
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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Our immigration system is broken. The fix we need should come from Congress, like the one Democrats offered in 2024, one that included virtually everything Republicans had asked for for over a decade but that they rejected because Donald Trump ordered them to. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-record...
April 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our immigration system is broken. The fix we need should come from Congress, like the one Democrats offered in 2024, one that included virtually everything Republicans had asked for for over a decade but that they rejected because Donald Trump ordered them to. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-record...
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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The Internal Revenue Service has reached an agreement with immigration authorities to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.
The IRS finalizes a deal to share tax information with immigration authorities
The Internal Revenue Service reached a deal to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Internal Revenue Service has reached an agreement with immigration authorities to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.
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!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky
please join me in the fight to save our libraries.
EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.
please join me in the fight to save our libraries.
EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.
April 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky
please join me in the fight to save our libraries.
EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.
please join me in the fight to save our libraries.
EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.
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This is a top news story. Where are all my constitutional crisis people?
Markets are tumbling, but listen to this entire thing. He is going to do this unless we mobilize.
Trump plans to disappear American prisoners into that hellhole in El Salvador. Believe him when he says this.
Trump plans to disappear American prisoners into that hellhole in El Salvador. Believe him when he says this.
April 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is a top news story. Where are all my constitutional crisis people?
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You matter.
Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared.
Then you Energy.
Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared.
Then you Energy.
April 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
You matter.
Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared.
Then you Energy.
Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared.
Then you Energy.
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"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."
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Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
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Cory Booker is 100% with us:
“What other Americans are doing, they’re not waiting for us in Congress to lead. They’ve decided to take matters into their own hands and do something different. Those people were demanding that I catch up—to try and do like they’re doing.”
He gets it, folks.
“What other Americans are doing, they’re not waiting for us in Congress to lead. They’ve decided to take matters into their own hands and do something different. Those people were demanding that I catch up—to try and do like they’re doing.”
He gets it, folks.
April 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Cory Booker is 100% with us:
“What other Americans are doing, they’re not waiting for us in Congress to lead. They’ve decided to take matters into their own hands and do something different. Those people were demanding that I catch up—to try and do like they’re doing.”
He gets it, folks.
“What other Americans are doing, they’re not waiting for us in Congress to lead. They’ve decided to take matters into their own hands and do something different. Those people were demanding that I catch up—to try and do like they’re doing.”
He gets it, folks.
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Abruptly ending USAID support in the poorest parts of the world, ended lives in much the same way ordering aitstrikes would have.
These are deaths that happened for no reason besides spite and scoring political points to own the libs. It is beyond tragic and a stain on the soul of this nation.
These are deaths that happened for no reason besides spite and scoring political points to own the libs. It is beyond tragic and a stain on the soul of this nation.
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Abruptly ending USAID support in the poorest parts of the world, ended lives in much the same way ordering aitstrikes would have.
These are deaths that happened for no reason besides spite and scoring political points to own the libs. It is beyond tragic and a stain on the soul of this nation.
These are deaths that happened for no reason besides spite and scoring political points to own the libs. It is beyond tragic and a stain on the soul of this nation.
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ICE agents are torturing a green card holder from New Hampshire, his mother says
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
March 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
ICE agents are torturing a green card holder from New Hampshire, his mother says
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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After Tesla stock slid 15% on Monday, Trump declared that it’s now “illegal” to boycott Tesla and vowed to help his billionaire buddy Elon Musk.
Keep it up, America. The protest is working, and Elon is feeling the heat! 🔥
Keep it up, America. The protest is working, and Elon is feeling the heat! 🔥
Donald Trump calls Tesla boycotts illegal
The president said protesters were trying to "illegally and collusively boycott Tesla" because Elon Musk is in his administration.
www.newsweek.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
After Tesla stock slid 15% on Monday, Trump declared that it’s now “illegal” to boycott Tesla and vowed to help his billionaire buddy Elon Musk.
Keep it up, America. The protest is working, and Elon is feeling the heat! 🔥
Keep it up, America. The protest is working, and Elon is feeling the heat! 🔥
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Trump is using campus protest as a gateway to prohibit all protest in the long run. This is a long game to dismantle First Amendment protections. I hope that's obvious to everyone.
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump is using campus protest as a gateway to prohibit all protest in the long run. This is a long game to dismantle First Amendment protections. I hope that's obvious to everyone.
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
It’s so f’ing obvious, makes my blood boil
Breaking it, then profiting off the *fix*
The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc…
They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.
The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc…
They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.
February 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s so f’ing obvious, makes my blood boil
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I’m starting early and I’m in EST. I will not to spend one penny for the next 27 hours. Join me. Join millions.
February 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’m starting early and I’m in EST. I will not to spend one penny for the next 27 hours. Join me. Join millions.
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Five former defense secretaries denounced President Trump’s firing last week of the Joint Chiefs chairman and several other senior military officials, saying that the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons” and urging Congress to hold hearings.
Former defense chiefs denounce Trump’s ‘reckless’ Pentagon firings
Jim Mattis and four other former defense secretaries called Trump’s ouster of Gen. C.Q. Brown and other top military officers dangerous and unjustified.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Five former defense secretaries denounced President Trump’s firing last week of the Joint Chiefs chairman and several other senior military officials, saying that the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons” and urging Congress to hold hearings.
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I have noticed that as independent media thrives, the billionaire backed legacy media is starting to call itself independent as well. Don't be fooled.
Support fearlessly independent, unapologetically pro-democracy outlets like Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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February 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I have noticed that as independent media thrives, the billionaire backed legacy media is starting to call itself independent as well. Don't be fooled.
Support fearlessly independent, unapologetically pro-democracy outlets like Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
Support fearlessly independent, unapologetically pro-democracy outlets like Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.