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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed fellow Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as her first choice for New York City mayor.
AOC backs Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
The progressive standard-bearer endorsed the DSA upstart as he closes the gap with front-runner Andrew Cuomo.
www.politico.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed fellow Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as her first choice for New York City mayor.
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In the past week, Republican lawmakers nationwide have faced hostile town halls.
But when private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out in Idaho, it raised questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.
But when private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out in Idaho, it raised questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.
This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign
Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.
newrepublic.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In the past week, Republican lawmakers nationwide have faced hostile town halls.
But when private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out in Idaho, it raised questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.
But when private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out in Idaho, it raised questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.
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This seems important... newrepublic.com/article/1913...
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe Into Elon Musk?
The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?
newrepublic.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This seems important... newrepublic.com/article/1913...
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If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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“Who would ever sign a thing like this?”
-the guy who signed the thing
-the guy who signed the thing
February 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“Who would ever sign a thing like this?”
-the guy who signed the thing
-the guy who signed the thing
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BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...
BIG: DOGE Firings Found Unlawful by Office of Special Counsel
There was a very important development today, still only little noted in...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...
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Thanks for posting here Chris.
How do you think his peers and people that report to him will respond ?
And if I’m asking this wrong, please correct me, but if he makes a ridiculous decision to bring charges, which court is it appealed to if he wins the case ?
All insights welcome
How do you think his peers and people that report to him will respond ?
And if I’m asking this wrong, please correct me, but if he makes a ridiculous decision to bring charges, which court is it appealed to if he wins the case ?
All insights welcome
This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this.
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first".
February 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thanks for posting here Chris.
How do you think his peers and people that report to him will respond ?
And if I’m asking this wrong, please correct me, but if he makes a ridiculous decision to bring charges, which court is it appealed to if he wins the case ?
All insights welcome
How do you think his peers and people that report to him will respond ?
And if I’m asking this wrong, please correct me, but if he makes a ridiculous decision to bring charges, which court is it appealed to if he wins the case ?
All insights welcome
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The rifts are growing. Patel wanted an FBI agent as deputy to secure some buy-in to his leadership in the building, AND so he would have at his right hand somebody who knows how to navigate the FBI. The podcast host won’t help with either. But Trump is drunk w/power and both absent & omnipresent.
In January, FBI Director Kash Patel met with two senior members of the FBI Agent Association and "privately agreed" a career FBI agent should be his deputy.
On Sunday, the group informed its members about this in a newsletter
An hour later, Trump announced Bongino
www.wired.com/story/dan-bo...
On Sunday, the group informed its members about this in a newsletter
An hour later, Trump announced Bongino
www.wired.com/story/dan-bo...
How Dan Bongino Went From Infowars to FBI Deputy Director
Dan Bongino rose through the ranks of right-wing media thanks to his unflinching loyalty to Donald Trump and willingness to push baseless conspiracies—including about the FBI.
www.wired.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The rifts are growing. Patel wanted an FBI agent as deputy to secure some buy-in to his leadership in the building, AND so he would have at his right hand somebody who knows how to navigate the FBI. The podcast host won’t help with either. But Trump is drunk w/power and both absent & omnipresent.
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I really feel for early career scientists. This should be a time when they are freely exploring cutting edge ideas. Not bogged down by political chaos.
The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether.
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
go.nature.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I really feel for early career scientists. This should be a time when they are freely exploring cutting edge ideas. Not bogged down by political chaos.
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Those in power count on us being so consumed with meeting our basic needs that we won't have the energy to challenge them.
February 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Those in power count on us being so consumed with meeting our basic needs that we won't have the energy to challenge them.
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NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
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Good morning Ppl! Happy start to #BlackHistoryMonth ! Here’s a fun article to get it started for all us science nerds out there. www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/black-h...
Black History Month STEM - Learn More About These 40 Scientists for Black History Month! | Science Buddies Blog
Celebrate Black History Month by learning more with your students about these 38 African American scientists and engineers.
www.sciencebuddies.org
February 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Good morning Ppl! Happy start to #BlackHistoryMonth ! Here’s a fun article to get it started for all us science nerds out there. www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/black-h...
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“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Sen. Tina Smith: Millions of federal workers got a memo—“Resign by Feb 6, and we’ll pay your salary through Sept.” That’s almost certainly illegal. A VA worker told me, “I’ve devoted my life to veterans. If I take this, will I get paid? If I don’t, will they see me as an enemy?”
February 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Sen. Tina Smith: Millions of federal workers got a memo—“Resign by Feb 6, and we’ll pay your salary through Sept.” That’s almost certainly illegal. A VA worker told me, “I’ve devoted my life to veterans. If I take this, will I get paid? If I don’t, will they see me as an enemy?”
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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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Donald Trump is back in the White House, but who is really pulling the strings?
What Does Elon Musk Really Want?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Donald Trump is back in the White House, but who is really pulling the strings?
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AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.
January 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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Pope Francis called plans by President Donald Trump for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants a “disgrace,” signaling the return of the rocky relationship that defined the pontiff’s ties with the first Trump White House.
Read more: wapo.st/3PIRZi9
Read more: wapo.st/3PIRZi9
January 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Pope Francis called plans by President Donald Trump for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants a “disgrace,” signaling the return of the rocky relationship that defined the pontiff’s ties with the first Trump White House.
Read more: wapo.st/3PIRZi9
Read more: wapo.st/3PIRZi9
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Did the incoming Trump admin have to disable the sex offender registry before today’s event? The sheer level of creeps concentrated in one place… I hope the staff ordered extra cocktail napkins for the women to cover their unattended drinks
January 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Did the incoming Trump admin have to disable the sex offender registry before today’s event? The sheer level of creeps concentrated in one place… I hope the staff ordered extra cocktail napkins for the women to cover their unattended drinks
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AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time
January 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time
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hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes that matches what passed the house & they'd love a bill for trump to sign day one.
short call scripts for democratic & GOP senators follow. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
short call scripts for democratic & GOP senators follow. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
January 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes that matches what passed the house & they'd love a bill for trump to sign day one.
short call scripts for democratic & GOP senators follow. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
short call scripts for democratic & GOP senators follow. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
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"Men have an advantage in sports thats why we need to ban trans women"
You see there is a huge problem here because you are missing one important detail *TRANS WOMEN AREN'T MEN* y'all are so fucking dumb istg
You see there is a huge problem here because you are missing one important detail *TRANS WOMEN AREN'T MEN* y'all are so fucking dumb istg
January 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Men have an advantage in sports thats why we need to ban trans women"
You see there is a huge problem here because you are missing one important detail *TRANS WOMEN AREN'T MEN* y'all are so fucking dumb istg
You see there is a huge problem here because you are missing one important detail *TRANS WOMEN AREN'T MEN* y'all are so fucking dumb istg