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I became more interested in politics in 2008 and since 2016 I have been frustrated by how divisive we are, with no apparent end in sight. Non-stop gloom and doom sells, but it’s not great for mental health. Trying to be optimistic.
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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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Leaving this here without comment
April 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Leaving this here without comment
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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Trump’s trade chaos is undermining our economy and hurting American families.
If Republicans have their way on tariffs and their huge tax bill, most Americans will see their taxes go up, while those on top get a big break.
We need a trade policy that puts working people first.
If Republicans have their way on tariffs and their huge tax bill, most Americans will see their taxes go up, while those on top get a big break.
We need a trade policy that puts working people first.
April 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump’s trade chaos is undermining our economy and hurting American families.
If Republicans have their way on tariffs and their huge tax bill, most Americans will see their taxes go up, while those on top get a big break.
We need a trade policy that puts working people first.
If Republicans have their way on tariffs and their huge tax bill, most Americans will see their taxes go up, while those on top get a big break.
We need a trade policy that puts working people first.
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omfg go off Abigail, psychologist for the overprivileged tech bro
Abigail Disney at @patrioticmillionaires.org: "The men we associate with 'broligarchy' are the emotionally stupid men (Bezos) psychologically underdeveloped men (Zuckerberg) damaged men (Musk) or overindulged & spoiled men Trump. They put more faith in aggression as a means of problem solving."
April 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
omfg go off Abigail, psychologist for the overprivileged tech bro
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It’s ended with one phrase from John Lewis: “Let’s get in good trouble”.
- 25+ hours
- 25+ hours
April 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It’s ended with one phrase from John Lewis: “Let’s get in good trouble”.
- 25+ hours
- 25+ hours
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Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!
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Seven Reasons Trump's Entire National Security Team Should Resign in Disgrace
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/25/s...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/25/s...
Seven Reasons Trump's Entire National Security Team Should Resign in Disgrace - emptywheel
It's not just that Mike Waltz accidentally added the wrong person to a Signal chat, the cover story Trump has adopted. Trump's entire national security team was witness to an egregious breach that mig...
www.emptywheel.net
March 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Seven Reasons Trump's Entire National Security Team Should Resign in Disgrace
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/25/s...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/25/s...
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My Kingdom and more for anyone to realize that awarding yourself a government contract is not a conflict of interest. It's corruption. When the bank teller takes the money out of the cash drawer and puts it in his pocket that's not a conflict of interest either.
March 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My Kingdom and more for anyone to realize that awarding yourself a government contract is not a conflict of interest. It's corruption. When the bank teller takes the money out of the cash drawer and puts it in his pocket that's not a conflict of interest either.
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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RFK Jr says cell phones cause cancer, DOJ sends women to a men’s prison in El Salvador, Musk's Pentagon war briefings debacle, Trump wants Tesla vandals jailed abroad, and AOC torches the haters. That and more in today’s absolutely bonkers Bulletin.
Today in Politics, Bulletin 96. 3/21/25
… HHS Secretary RFK Jr. told Fox that cell phones cause cancer: “Cell phones cause electromagnetic radiation which has been shown to do neurological damage to kids who are around them all day - cause ...
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March 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
RFK Jr says cell phones cause cancer, DOJ sends women to a men’s prison in El Salvador, Musk's Pentagon war briefings debacle, Trump wants Tesla vandals jailed abroad, and AOC torches the haters. That and more in today’s absolutely bonkers Bulletin.
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I keep hearing comments that elected Dems don’t know what to do because they are in the minority. How many smallish-audience podcasts did you do this week with Dems working hard to build up their audiences? If you want an alternative media universe, you have to help create it.
March 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I keep hearing comments that elected Dems don’t know what to do because they are in the minority. How many smallish-audience podcasts did you do this week with Dems working hard to build up their audiences? If you want an alternative media universe, you have to help create it.
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Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.
President Donald Trump downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.
Trump says he didn’t sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, e...
cnn.it
March 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.
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Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire.
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
March 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire.
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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With the reach that the MeidasTouch Network has built, it’s been a major priority of ours to stream the full Bernie rallies from his Fight the Oligarchy tour. I just had the opportunity to interview Bernie about it youtu.be/RYjItPgGT9k?...
Bernie DROPS THE HAMMER on Trump in POWERFUL INTERVIEW
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
With the reach that the MeidasTouch Network has built, it’s been a major priority of ours to stream the full Bernie rallies from his Fight the Oligarchy tour. I just had the opportunity to interview Bernie about it youtu.be/RYjItPgGT9k?...
youtube.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?