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🚨 The Senate is about to vote on a new Republican budget plan with made-up math. Don't let them gaslight you about what it really adds up to: a gigantic giveaway to billionaires and corporations that YOU have to pay for.

Info & call script at 5calls.org
April 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@schumer.senate.gov DON'T cave and vote for cloture if you EVER want to be re-elected. I will no longer be voting straight Dems tickets. If you support the Trump/Musk coup of our government expect fury from your base.
March 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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And now this…👇

Angry yet?!

This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨
March 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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February 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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We've updated our tracker below with these 3 additions.

If you have information about any of the people on this list, or know of other Musk associates who have entered the federal government, reach out on Signal at 917-512-0201.
February 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
If you are in the LA area

Fire Kinship Native Community Gathering
Saturday, February 22, 3:30–6 pm In person

www.eventbrite.com/e/fire-kinsh...
Fire Kinship Native Community Gathering
Join us in honor of Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art at the Fowler Museum.
www.eventbrite.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Bingham started doing these drawings two days after the fires began. She realized she couldn’t afford to donate to all of her friend’s recovery funds. So she put out a call on Instagram asking people to send her pictures of their homes, which she'd draw for free. via @kcrw.com
An artist gifts 1,000 drawings of homes destroyed by fires
One artist’s offer to create free portraits of homes destroyed in the Palisades and Eaton Fires generated hundreds of requests.
www.kcrw.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Reupping this because it feels increasingly urgent that we remember: When we're on "social media," we are part of the media ecosystem, and have responsibilities, too.
It's always important to follow On The Media's excellent guidance but especially in the midst of horrifying events that are all too given to misinformation.

If you learn that you've shared false information: Screengrab, delete/de-RT, & tell your followers about it, with the screengrab.
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January 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The fire in the LA area is heartbreaking l, yet another reminder of the ongoing climate crisis.

Ironically, this Saturday, at the Fowler Museum is opening Fire Kinship, an exhibition highlighting the importance of traditional burning as a land management practice of California Indians, and why.
January 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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New Mexico women are increasingly taking on more roles in the Roundhouse, and other roles in politics. Here's what some of them had to say to @rromeroleah.bsky.social about the state's historic new majority: buff.ly/3B8Z484
Women hold majority in New Mexico legislature for the first time • Source New Mexico
Women in New Mexico won big this last election and now make up more than half of the state‘s lawmakers. Along with a female-majority Legislature and a woman overseeing the state Senate, New Mexico wom...
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December 2, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Remember how I keep saying let's learn about the past as we try to meet the fast approaching & undeniably dark future?

Hey look, Haymarket Books are 40% until the new year!
November 29, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Musk could use the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ for self-enrichment
Musk could use the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ for self-enrichment
He’s said $42.45bn spent by the US for rural internet isn’t efficient. His Starlink company stands to benefit if he reduces that investment Elon Musk, named by Donald Trump to co-lead a commission aimed at reducing the size of the federal government, is…
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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November 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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NEW: President Biden’s last-ditch effort to fund the country’s natural disaster response includes an additional $1.5 billion for victims of NM ’s largest-ever wildfire.
If approved, that would bring the total to $5.45 billion for fire victims.
buff.ly/3Zc2HDm
Biden seeking an additional $1.5 billion for Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire victims • Source New Mexico
If Congress approves his request, that would bring the total compensation awarded to $5.45 billion, which is more than half the state budget of New Mexico.
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November 19, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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For possibly the quadrillionth time in my life, I am begging people to stop using "girls" as an insult.

Trump & Musk are grown ass men who have behaved like this their whole lives. They are the embarrassment, the cautionary tale. Not middle-school girls. Can we please let middle-school girls live.
I just hope the Trump/Elon breakup is messy and dramatic and ends up with both of them tweeting insults at each other like middle school girls
November 17, 2024 at 4:38 AM