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Unbelievable. Trump-aligned figures are now trying to raid the U.S. Treasury by turning their own criminal and unethical conduct into giant payout claims and the DOJ is actually entertaining it.
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Unbelievable. Trump-aligned figures are now trying to raid the U.S. Treasury by turning their own criminal and unethical conduct into giant payout claims and the DOJ is actually entertaining it.
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We stand with Rep. Jasmine Crockett in calling for an end to voting machines owned by Dominion. Our voting systems should never be controlled by anyone aligned with MAGA politics. It’s time to push for statewide bans on these machines.
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We stand with Rep. Jasmine Crockett in calling for an end to voting machines owned by Dominion. Our voting systems should never be controlled by anyone aligned with MAGA politics. It’s time to push for statewide bans on these machines.
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Because these chemicals can linger in water, soil, and even the human body. The public will have less data about potential exposure. The EPA will take public comments for 45 days before deciding whether to finalize the new exemptions.
EPA Proposes Changes to Make PFAS Reporting Requirements More Practical and Implementable, Reducing Regulatory Burden | US EPA
EPA released a proposal to improve the scope of its PFAS reporting regulations under TSCA to make them more practical and implementable and reduce unnecessary, or potentially duplicative, reporting re...
www.epa.gov
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Because these chemicals can linger in water, soil, and even the human body. The public will have less data about potential exposure. The EPA will take public comments for 45 days before deciding whether to finalize the new exemptions.
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finished goods that simply contain PFAS, such as clothing or cookware. The agency says this change would reduce costs for businesses.
Loosening the rules could hide important information about where PFAS are used and how they spread.
Loosening the rules could hide important information about where PFAS are used and how they spread.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
finished goods that simply contain PFAS, such as clothing or cookware. The agency says this change would reduce costs for businesses.
Loosening the rules could hide important information about where PFAS are used and how they spread.
Loosening the rules could hide important information about where PFAS are used and how they spread.
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The EPA has proposed easing some reporting rules for “forever chemicals,” known as PFAS man-made compounds found in many products that don’t break down in the environment. The plan would exempt certain cases, like very small amounts of PFAS (under 0.1%), chemicals made only as byproducts, and
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The EPA has proposed easing some reporting rules for “forever chemicals,” known as PFAS man-made compounds found in many products that don’t break down in the environment. The plan would exempt certain cases, like very small amounts of PFAS (under 0.1%), chemicals made only as byproducts, and
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By confirming Idaho billionaire Michael Boren to oversee the U.S. Forest Service, the Senate has placed public lands in the hands of a man who has repeatedly violated the laws meant to protect.
A billionaire’s ascent to power on America’s public lands
By confirming Idaho billionaire Michael Boren to oversee the U.S. Forest Service, the Senate has placed public lands in the hands of a man who has repeatedly violated the laws meant to protect.
westernwatersheds.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
By confirming Idaho billionaire Michael Boren to oversee the U.S. Forest Service, the Senate has placed public lands in the hands of a man who has repeatedly violated the laws meant to protect.
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The Bureau of Land Management wants to eliminate the Public Lands Rule, rolling back protections on millions of acres of public lands, including landscapes that border more than 80 national parks.
Take action: support.npca.org/page/89443/p...
Take action: support.npca.org/page/89443/p...
Retain the Public Lands Rule
The BLM intends to eliminate the Public Lands Rule, rolling back protections on millions of acres of public lands, including landscapes that border more than 80 national parks.
Tell the BLM: conserv...
support.npca.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Bureau of Land Management wants to eliminate the Public Lands Rule, rolling back protections on millions of acres of public lands, including landscapes that border more than 80 national parks.
Take action: support.npca.org/page/89443/p...
Take action: support.npca.org/page/89443/p...
Also, seriously: WHERE IS UNION LEADERSHIP?! When is our general strike?! For fux fecking sake. What, exactly WHAT are we waiting for?!
People simply being slaughtered in the streets? Because we are devilishly close to that.
People simply being slaughtered in the streets? Because we are devilishly close to that.
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Also, seriously: WHERE IS UNION LEADERSHIP?! When is our general strike?! For fux fecking sake. What, exactly WHAT are we waiting for?!
People simply being slaughtered in the streets? Because we are devilishly close to that.
People simply being slaughtered in the streets? Because we are devilishly close to that.
The screws are screwing…I maintain that authoritarianism is the political equivalent of a toddler’s temper tantrum.
October 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The screws are screwing…I maintain that authoritarianism is the political equivalent of a toddler’s temper tantrum.
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One's position on fascism doesn't exist on a spectrum. You're either a fascist or an anti-fascist.
September 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
One's position on fascism doesn't exist on a spectrum. You're either a fascist or an anti-fascist.
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I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth.
Many complied and shut down their programs.
Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.
And now, they just beat Trump in court.
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Many complied and shut down their programs.
Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.
And now, they just beat Trump in court.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Boston Children’s Fights Back For Trans Kids: Judge Quashes Trump Subpoena
Around 2,000 BCH employees and untold numbers of patients were targeted by the DOJ. A judge just told them, “No.”
www.erininthemorning.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth.
Many complied and shut down their programs.
Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.
And now, they just beat Trump in court.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Many complied and shut down their programs.
Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.
And now, they just beat Trump in court.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The estimated number of deaths so far due to USAID cuts are truly mind-boggling. Musk will be complicit in the unnecessary deaths of millions of people.
(estimation below done by www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi... )
(estimation below done by www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi... )
September 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The estimated number of deaths so far due to USAID cuts are truly mind-boggling. Musk will be complicit in the unnecessary deaths of millions of people.
(estimation below done by www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi... )
(estimation below done by www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi... )
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Wow. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. just single-handedly ruled that Congress doesn’t really control the purse strings. This is becoming a massive crisis for checks and balances and the separation of powers.
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wow. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. just single-handedly ruled that Congress doesn’t really control the purse strings. This is becoming a massive crisis for checks and balances and the separation of powers.
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⚠️ BLM moves to roll back Public Lands Rule, threating protections from unchecked industrial development on millions of acres of public land.
There will be a 60-day comment period for you to make your voice heard, starting tomorrow! https://bit.ly/3JUXwmg
There will be a 60-day comment period for you to make your voice heard, starting tomorrow! https://bit.ly/3JUXwmg
BLM Moves to Roll Back Public Lands Rule, Threatening National Parks and Public Access
"Our public lands should serve everyone, not just oil, gas, and mining interests."—Beau Kiklis, NPCA's Associate Director of Energy and Landscape Conservation
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
⚠️ BLM moves to roll back Public Lands Rule, threating protections from unchecked industrial development on millions of acres of public land.
There will be a 60-day comment period for you to make your voice heard, starting tomorrow! https://bit.ly/3JUXwmg
There will be a 60-day comment period for you to make your voice heard, starting tomorrow! https://bit.ly/3JUXwmg
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USFS recently opened a public comment period around a reckless proposal to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, commonly known as the “Roadless Rule,” which could impact over 45M acres of national forestland.
Learn more — and take action. www.npca.org/articles/104...
Learn more — and take action. www.npca.org/articles/104...
6 Reasons to Keep the 'Roadless Rule' in Place
NPCA supports continuation of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule to protect our nation’s forests — for national parks, wildlife, recreation and more.
www.npca.org
September 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
USFS recently opened a public comment period around a reckless proposal to eliminate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, commonly known as the “Roadless Rule,” which could impact over 45M acres of national forestland.
Learn more — and take action. www.npca.org/articles/104...
Learn more — and take action. www.npca.org/articles/104...
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Writing for the majority, Judge Leslie H. Southwick explained: “A country’s encouraging its residents and citizens to enter this country illegally is not the modern-day equivalent of sending an armed, organized force to occupy, to disrupt or to otherwise harm the United States.”
Published Opinion – #195, Att. #1 in W.M.M. v. Trump (5th Cir., 25-10534) – CourtListener.com
PUBLISHED OPINION FILED. [25-10534 Reversed ] Judge: LHS, Judge: ASO, Judge: ICR Mandate issue date is 10/24/2025 [25-10534] (LEF) [Entered: 09/02/2025 09:09 PM]
www.courtlistener.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Writing for the majority, Judge Leslie H. Southwick explained: “A country’s encouraging its residents and citizens to enter this country illegally is not the modern-day equivalent of sending an armed, organized force to occupy, to disrupt or to otherwise harm the United States.”
A little watercolor sketch in progress of a pangolin rescue caretaker, in case you need to see a human doing some good in the world. Fortitude, friends. 💛
September 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A little watercolor sketch in progress of a pangolin rescue caretaker, in case you need to see a human doing some good in the world. Fortitude, friends. 💛
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Please go out and support the “Workers over billionaires” protests tomorrow— if at all possible.
MayDayStrong.org
#LaborDayProtest
#Resist
MayDayStrong.org
#LaborDayProtest
#Resist
September 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Please go out and support the “Workers over billionaires” protests tomorrow— if at all possible.
MayDayStrong.org
#LaborDayProtest
#Resist
MayDayStrong.org
#LaborDayProtest
#Resist
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Trump is again threatening Chicago with a takeover on social media. We will again say those who trade liberty for the illusion of temporary safety deserve neither. We are not, and will not become, a military state. Remember freedom is something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you!
August 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Trump is again threatening Chicago with a takeover on social media. We will again say those who trade liberty for the illusion of temporary safety deserve neither. We are not, and will not become, a military state. Remember freedom is something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you!
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"President Trump’s decision to issue a Labor Day proclamation shortly after stripping union rights from thousands of civil servants, a third of whom are veterans, should show American workers what he really thinks about them."
What AFGE President Everett Kelley said.
What AFGE President Everett Kelley said.
A new edict published alongside President Trump’s proclamation celebrating Labor Day seeks to outlaw collective bargaining at more than half a dozen additional agencies under the auspices of “national security.” buff.ly/kf6YS5s
A fresh executive order aims to ban unions at more federal agencies
A new edict published alongside President Trump’s proclamation celebrating Labor Day seeks to outlaw collective bargaining at more than half a dozen additional agencies under the auspices of…
www.govexec.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"President Trump’s decision to issue a Labor Day proclamation shortly after stripping union rights from thousands of civil servants, a third of whom are veterans, should show American workers what he really thinks about them."
What AFGE President Everett Kelley said.
What AFGE President Everett Kelley said.
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“A secretive group founded by Palantir mogul Peter Thiel is planning to expand its influence in Washington, D.C. *** The group, called Dialog, wants to establish a permanent physical campus in the capital, where it can carry on its invite-only meetings involving major power players.” 8/7/25
Secretive, Peter Thiel-Founded 'Tech Bilderberg
Where well-connected folks sit around and discuss naughty ideas that the American peasantry just wouldn't get.
gizmodo.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“A secretive group founded by Palantir mogul Peter Thiel is planning to expand its influence in Washington, D.C. *** The group, called Dialog, wants to establish a permanent physical campus in the capital, where it can carry on its invite-only meetings involving major power players.” 8/7/25
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Good day!
Wise words @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Friends--Words shape reality. Talk like “Trump is unstoppable” hands him power he actually doesn’t have.
Courts and states have blocked him over and over. Resistance works.
Our job? Speak and act with courage. Don’t surrender in advance. 💚✊
Wise words @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Friends--Words shape reality. Talk like “Trump is unstoppable” hands him power he actually doesn’t have.
Courts and states have blocked him over and over. Resistance works.
Our job? Speak and act with courage. Don’t surrender in advance. 💚✊
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.
On Not Surrendering in Advance, or During, or At Any Point Thereafter
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Good day!
Wise words @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Friends--Words shape reality. Talk like “Trump is unstoppable” hands him power he actually doesn’t have.
Courts and states have blocked him over and over. Resistance works.
Our job? Speak and act with courage. Don’t surrender in advance. 💚✊
Wise words @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Friends--Words shape reality. Talk like “Trump is unstoppable” hands him power he actually doesn’t have.
Courts and states have blocked him over and over. Resistance works.
Our job? Speak and act with courage. Don’t surrender in advance. 💚✊
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Thank you @kamlager-dove.house.gov for speaking powerfully while delivering facts 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Take a listen and let this be an example of how to use your voice and standing.
Also note the reactions in the background 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Take a listen and let this be an example of how to use your voice and standing.
Also note the reactions in the background 🔥🔥🔥🔥
August 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thank you @kamlager-dove.house.gov for speaking powerfully while delivering facts 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Take a listen and let this be an example of how to use your voice and standing.
Also note the reactions in the background 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Take a listen and let this be an example of how to use your voice and standing.
Also note the reactions in the background 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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This wasn’t just a security breach, documents obtained by NPR from a hotel guest who found them on a printer revealed something even more disturbing: a planned luncheon in honor of Vladimir Putin. The menu literally read, “In honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.”
August 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This wasn’t just a security breach, documents obtained by NPR from a hotel guest who found them on a printer revealed something even more disturbing: a planned luncheon in honor of Vladimir Putin. The menu literally read, “In honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.”