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Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar
April 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Finland just seems to get it right - education, housing. #TaxTheRich #ClassWar
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Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.
April 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.
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West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
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Millions of people and so many amazing signs. #Handsoff2025
April 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Millions of people and so many amazing signs. #Handsoff2025
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New: Former USAID workers are stuck with their govt-issued laptops, phones + iPads, just waiting for return instructions. Those in DC who dropped their stuff off in person say laptops were placed in giant trash bins to be “destroyed.”
w/ @justcalma.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/63209...
w/ @justcalma.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/63209...
Former USAID employees are still stuck with their work devices
Uncollected work phones and laptops leave sensitive information vulnerable.
www.theverge.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New: Former USAID workers are stuck with their govt-issued laptops, phones + iPads, just waiting for return instructions. Those in DC who dropped their stuff off in person say laptops were placed in giant trash bins to be “destroyed.”
w/ @justcalma.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/63209...
w/ @justcalma.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/63209...
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From weather forecasts to disaster response, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration does work that is absolutely foundational to our safety, economy, & everyday lives.
Trump & Elon's mass firings at NOAA are putting this work—and all of our lives and livelihoods—at risk.
Trump & Elon's mass firings at NOAA are putting this work—and all of our lives and livelihoods—at risk.
Amid mass NOAA firings, U.S. Sen. Murray delivers grim forecast: ‘Dark clouds coming’ - The Daily Chronicle
Mark Baltzell had seen the writing on the wall, but that didn’t make losing his dream job easy. Baltzell knew that he might get swept up in the flurry of federal firings executed by the &hell...
www.chronline.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
From weather forecasts to disaster response, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration does work that is absolutely foundational to our safety, economy, & everyday lives.
Trump & Elon's mass firings at NOAA are putting this work—and all of our lives and livelihoods—at risk.
Trump & Elon's mass firings at NOAA are putting this work—and all of our lives and livelihoods—at risk.
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Donald Trump’s allies have pivoted from denying that his policies will hurt consumers to insisting that consumers should welcome the pain, Scott Lincicome writes.
How Republicans Learned to Love High Prices
Donald Trump’s allies have pivoted from denying that his tariffs will hurt consumers to insisting that consumers should welcome the pain.
www.theatlantic.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Donald Trump’s allies have pivoted from denying that his policies will hurt consumers to insisting that consumers should welcome the pain, Scott Lincicome writes.
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Massive die-in in front of the New York Stock Exchange to protest the illegal cuts by DOGE and the Trump administration.
March 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Massive die-in in front of the New York Stock Exchange to protest the illegal cuts by DOGE and the Trump administration.
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The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
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When your mail is delayed, your medications arrive late, or your packages get lost—remember it’s because two billionaires decided to fire thousands of mail carriers and cut billions in essential funding for USPS for NO reason except to break government & enrich themselves.
USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has agreed to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget.
apnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
When your mail is delayed, your medications arrive late, or your packages get lost—remember it’s because two billionaires decided to fire thousands of mail carriers and cut billions in essential funding for USPS for NO reason except to break government & enrich themselves.
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We’ve got to keep our fight and our focus on Trump and Elon’s illegal and dangerous power grab.
For the sake of our country, we cannot stand down.
For the sake of our country, we cannot stand down.
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We’ve got to keep our fight and our focus on Trump and Elon’s illegal and dangerous power grab.
For the sake of our country, we cannot stand down.
For the sake of our country, we cannot stand down.
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Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
March 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
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Shawn works to support our veterans & their families in WA state.
Trump & Musk's funding freeze put his work on pause—cutting veterans off from lifesaving mental health resources. Now, the mass firings at VA are making it even harder for vets to get the care they were promised.
Trump & Musk's funding freeze put his work on pause—cutting veterans off from lifesaving mental health resources. Now, the mass firings at VA are making it even harder for vets to get the care they were promised.
March 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Shawn works to support our veterans & their families in WA state.
Trump & Musk's funding freeze put his work on pause—cutting veterans off from lifesaving mental health resources. Now, the mass firings at VA are making it even harder for vets to get the care they were promised.
Trump & Musk's funding freeze put his work on pause—cutting veterans off from lifesaving mental health resources. Now, the mass firings at VA are making it even harder for vets to get the care they were promised.
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Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts
March 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts
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Anonymous has entered the fight against fascism. They already took X down three times today. This should be fun to watch play out…
March 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Anonymous has entered the fight against fascism. They already took X down three times today. This should be fun to watch play out…
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More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point.
/cc @shasti.bsky.social
/cc @shasti.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point.
/cc @shasti.bsky.social
/cc @shasti.bsky.social
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When Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE in November, he described the work as “tedious” and noted that “compensation is zero.” But WIRED has learned that some DOGE staffers are drawing six-figure salaries from the agencies they’re dismantling.
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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
wrd.cm
March 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
When Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE in November, he described the work as “tedious” and noted that “compensation is zero.” But WIRED has learned that some DOGE staffers are drawing six-figure salaries from the agencies they’re dismantling.
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wrd.cm/3XA0IHP
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Trump and Elon are decimating the Social Security Administration, and without adequate staff, there will be people who can’t get their benefits—period.
An unaccountable billionaire is going after Social Security. Senate Democrats are fighting back.
An unaccountable billionaire is going after Social Security. Senate Democrats are fighting back.
March 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump and Elon are decimating the Social Security Administration, and without adequate staff, there will be people who can’t get their benefits—period.
An unaccountable billionaire is going after Social Security. Senate Democrats are fighting back.
An unaccountable billionaire is going after Social Security. Senate Democrats are fighting back.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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What Trump is really trying to do
And what we must do
robertreich.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM