College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

One reason Musk might be so driven to shut down USAID?

The agency's inspector general opened a probe into Starlink last year.

Now the Trump administration says Musk will self-determine his conflicts of interest.

Hello?

The only way we can defend our parks at this point is to protest.

Take to the streets and protest like your lives and loved ones depend on it.
Because they do

Remember:

The tariffs aren’t about economics, and DOGE isn’t about fiscal responsibility.

They are both about ••psychopathology**.

is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?

Public health data disappeared from websites, entire webpages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied to President Donald Trump’s order rolling back protections for transgender people.

To recap, Trump:

-Forced out the FAA chief at Musk's insistence
-Imposed a hiring freeze that reportedly included air traffic controllers
-Fired the TSA head and gutted a key aviation safety committee
-Blamed the DCA crash on DEI

This is disastrous leadership.

Late last night, Trump fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies.

Inspectors general are tasked with rooting out fraud, abuse, and corruption.

Trump wants loyalists in these positions — a key tenant of Project 2025.

Keep paying attention. wapo.st/3Cptwvg

Attn: President Trump fired at least 12 inspectors general—independent watchdogs tasked by Congress with rooting out abuse and illegality within federal agencies.

The last duck farm on New York's Long Island, Crescent Duck Farm, must kill its entire flock of almost 100,000 ducks and may go out of business, its owner said, because of an outbreak of bird flu. nyti.ms/4jqNBlD

Three Trump nominees advanced through Senate committees this morning: Lee Zeldin for EPA administrator, Doug Burgum for Interior Secretary, and Chris Wright for Energy Secretary. Burgum and Wright for their ties to fossil fuel industries—Wright being a former fracking executive.

In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-c...

The joke is on us.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
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I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.
- Maya Angelou

It has never been about the bathrooms!
🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #realmamabears #lgbtq #youarenotalone #allyship