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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
July 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
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Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.
April 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Americans are entitled to and should demand better than this from the President of the United States.
C’mon people…lead poisoning is fake news now?
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
C’mon people…lead poisoning is fake news now?
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Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that the US is now likely headed toward a recession, with potentially 2 million Americans put out of work, thanks to the tariff increases now in train
Summers Warns US Likely Headed to Recession, 2 Million Jobless
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that the US is now likely headed toward a recession, with potentially 2 million Americans put out of work, thanks to the tariff increases now in train...
www.bloomberg.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that the US is now likely headed toward a recession, with potentially 2 million Americans put out of work, thanks to the tariff increases now in train
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Executive orders are issued from the executive branch of the government, specifically the U.S. President. An executive order is not a law in the sense that it does not go through the legislative process. It is not binding on everyone, only on employees of the executive branch. They are for show.
April 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Executive orders are issued from the executive branch of the government, specifically the U.S. President. An executive order is not a law in the sense that it does not go through the legislative process. It is not binding on everyone, only on employees of the executive branch. They are for show.
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We kept saying trumps second term will be worse and it is. But honestly, I get no pleasure from being right. It’s so soul crushing to watch how stupid everything is.
March 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We kept saying trumps second term will be worse and it is. But honestly, I get no pleasure from being right. It’s so soul crushing to watch how stupid everything is.
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Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
March 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
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Stephen King has returned to Twitter.
10/10.
No notes.
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10/10.
No notes.
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February 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Stephen King has returned to Twitter.
10/10.
No notes.
🔥
10/10.
No notes.
🔥
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Federal workers, we recognize that this is an unpredictable time.
Our team is actively pairing your tips with reporters on this list and across our newsroom to make sure you're speaking to someone with the right expertise. How to get in touch:
Our team is actively pairing your tips with reporters on this list and across our newsroom to make sure you're speaking to someone with the right expertise. How to get in touch:
What ProPublica’s Reporters Will Be Covering During Donald Trump’s Second Presidency — and How to Contact Them
From Trump’s relationships with billionaires to immigration, here are some of the issues and topics our reporters will be keeping an eye on as his second presidency begins.
propub.li
February 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Federal workers, we recognize that this is an unpredictable time.
Our team is actively pairing your tips with reporters on this list and across our newsroom to make sure you're speaking to someone with the right expertise. How to get in touch:
Our team is actively pairing your tips with reporters on this list and across our newsroom to make sure you're speaking to someone with the right expertise. How to get in touch:
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A thing that everyone should do RIGHT NOW is download your Social Security statements. What you've paid in, what you're owed. www.ssa.gov/myaccount/st...
Get Your Social Security Statement | my Social Security | SSA
Check out what the Social Security Statement should look like based on your age.
www.ssa.gov
February 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A thing that everyone should do RIGHT NOW is download your Social Security statements. What you've paid in, what you're owed. www.ssa.gov/myaccount/st...
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
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Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.
February 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.
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This is our Science Portal – where people researching health can access presentations from scientific conferences and MSF co-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Search for HIV care, diabetes, neglected diseases like noma, and other humanitarian topics. #MedSky scienceportal.msf.org
Search for HIV care, diabetes, neglected diseases like noma, and other humanitarian topics. #MedSky scienceportal.msf.org
MSF Science Portal
An open multimedia repository of global health research, analysis and innovation from the medical humanitarian work of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders.
scienceportal.msf.org
February 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is our Science Portal – where people researching health can access presentations from scientific conferences and MSF co-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Search for HIV care, diabetes, neglected diseases like noma, and other humanitarian topics. #MedSky scienceportal.msf.org
Search for HIV care, diabetes, neglected diseases like noma, and other humanitarian topics. #MedSky scienceportal.msf.org
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This is a national emergency:
February 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is a national emergency:
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
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I wish you a year of mischief.
I wish you a year of thought.
I wish you a year of uncalculated fun.
I wish you a year of constructive disobedience.
I wish you a year of deliberate choices.
May you be halfway to heaven before the Devil knows you’re dead.
I wish you a year of thought.
I wish you a year of uncalculated fun.
I wish you a year of constructive disobedience.
I wish you a year of deliberate choices.
May you be halfway to heaven before the Devil knows you’re dead.
January 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I wish you a year of mischief.
I wish you a year of thought.
I wish you a year of uncalculated fun.
I wish you a year of constructive disobedience.
I wish you a year of deliberate choices.
May you be halfway to heaven before the Devil knows you’re dead.
I wish you a year of thought.
I wish you a year of uncalculated fun.
I wish you a year of constructive disobedience.
I wish you a year of deliberate choices.
May you be halfway to heaven before the Devil knows you’re dead.
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This is what I’ve been talking about, trying to be thoughtful about when to be outraged. It’s going to be a very long and very dark four years. Sometimes letting republicans fight with each other is going to be the only way.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
November 23, 2024 at 12:32 PM
This is what I’ve been talking about, trying to be thoughtful about when to be outraged. It’s going to be a very long and very dark four years. Sometimes letting republicans fight with each other is going to be the only way.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
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Mike Tyson or Jake Paul tonight?
November 16, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Mike Tyson or Jake Paul tonight?
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I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:43 AM
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/