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A group of 14 states have just filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and Trump, arguing that the authority granted by the White House to the Musk an DOGE is unconstitutional.
February 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨 BREAKING:

A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide.

This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.
February 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Elon Musk receives $8 million a day from the federal government
February 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Being “far-left” in 2025 just means you give a shit about other people
February 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
🚨BREAKING:

DOGE and Elon Musk officially blocked from accessing Treasury Payment System and databases by Washington DC District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.

It’s about damn time!
February 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you see an organization suing the Trump administration, please donate to them @publiccitizen.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🚨 BREAKING: 10,000 grocery store workers will launch a massive strike Thursday.

King Soopers’ workers, unionized with the UFCW, will shut down 77 store locations in the first big strike of Trump’s second term. - More Perfect Union
February 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨BREAKING:

The Treasury Department has agreed to give Elon Musk’s DOGE access to a system that distributes entitlement benefits, grants and tax refunds to Americans each year

I cannot believe Elon Musk has access to our Treasury
February 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🚨 Elon Musk currently controls the U.S. Treasury Payment System.

He has no legal authority to even LOOK at those systems, much less have total unchecked control over them!

How is every news outlet not talking about this right now?

Why are the Democrats silent right now?
February 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
🚨 BREAKING:

The Pentagon has reportedly ordered Politico, the New York Times and NBC News to vacate their office space in the building and will instead be inviting the New York Post, OANN, Breitbart and Huffington Post.

- The Spectator Index
February 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Another plane has crashed in Philadelphia
February 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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We’re not going to normalize Trump’s lies, or attempts to blame marginalized communities for his every mistake

Donald Trump downplays tragedies & problems in our country whenever he blames something on D.E.I., migrants, or Trans folks
January 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Donald Trump is completely unhinged
January 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here’s how you “make America healthy again”

1) Don't spread disinformation about vaccines

2) Don't shut down infectious disease research

3) Don't pause communications from federal health agencies for over a week

4) Don't shut down Medicaid payment portals
January 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s not hyperbole to call Donald Trump a fascist

I’ve never seen anything like what we’ve witnessed in the first 10 days
January 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The U.S. has 9 empty homes for every homeless person.

We don’t have a housing crisis. We have a greed crisis.
January 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Navajo Nation says immigration agents are targeting Indigenous people amid crackdown

Many forced to carry birth certificates around with them
January 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🌀NEW:

Update on TikTok:

• Oracle and Microsoft in talks to take over its global operations

• ByteDance would retain a minority stake

• White House is negotiating the deal

• ByteDance believes the app is worth over $200B

(via @NPR)
January 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
🌀NEW:

Elon Musk says Twitter (X) is 'barely breaking even' and user growth is stagnant

This might be the best news I’ve heard all week.

I hope more journalists leave that space behind & finally let it crumble
January 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Quick question for MAGA:

If illegal immigrants are “freeloaders”, why the hell is ICE always raiding work places?

Just something to think about.
January 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🚨BREAKING:

A judge has blocked President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship

Judge Coughenour said:

“I've been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.”
January 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump blames other countries for sending us their criminals, and then he pardons 1500 January 6th rioters

You know, ACTUAL CRIMINALS
January 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨 BREAKING:

Amazon is closing its facilities in Quebec and cutting more than 1,700 jobs.

The moves comes after workers in Quebec successfully formed the first Canadian union at the company last year

The workers were expecting Amazon to make a contract offer this month

Source - More Perfect Union
January 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Are you a CEO that can’t afford labor costs?

Try doing Uber on the side 👍
January 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Wal-Mart made enough profit in 2024 to pay every single employee an additional $80,000

1 million Wal-Mart employees are on food stamps
January 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM