Infectious Language
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Interested in mental health, books, writing, and resisting the fall of American democracy
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Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
February 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
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Kamala Harris was not planning an ethnic cleansing to pave the way for golf course courses…
Both sides were never the same.
Both sides were never the same.
February 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kamala Harris was not planning an ethnic cleansing to pave the way for golf course courses…
Both sides were never the same.
Both sides were never the same.
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“We will fight it every step of the way, legally, politically, and our members will be out in the street pushing back. There’s no way we will let them undermine higher education in this country.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Higher education groups sue Trump over anti-diversity executive orders
Lawsuit claims Trump’s orders violate the constitution and cause confusion and disruptions on college campuses
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“We will fight it every step of the way, legally, politically, and our members will be out in the street pushing back. There’s no way we will let them undermine higher education in this country.”
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🚨And locally there are municipal elections in Pinellas County, Florida on March 11, 2025. The deadline to register to vote for that election is Feb. 10, 2025 which is in FOUR DAYS. 🗳️ www.votepinellas.gov/Election-Inf...
2025 March Municipal Election
www.votepinellas.gov
February 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨And locally there are municipal elections in Pinellas County, Florida on March 11, 2025. The deadline to register to vote for that election is Feb. 10, 2025 which is in FOUR DAYS. 🗳️ www.votepinellas.gov/Election-Inf...
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So this is how this DOJ will operate. Actions and beliefs are deemed CRIMINAL if they are not in line with this Administration’s beliefs and platform.There is no criminal penalty for supporting or even continuing to apply DEIA principles.This is a muscle job. Corporations must stiffen their spines.
February 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
So this is how this DOJ will operate. Actions and beliefs are deemed CRIMINAL if they are not in line with this Administration’s beliefs and platform.There is no criminal penalty for supporting or even continuing to apply DEIA principles.This is a muscle job. Corporations must stiffen their spines.
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Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
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Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
Attorney General Neronha and 14 attorneys general issue joint statement on protecting access to gender-affirming care | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
riag.ri.gov
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
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Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
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LOL the White House released its policy stating that White House personnel may never engage in communications with DoJ that could influence an investigation. Then it spends 3 pages explaining that the president can, though.
February 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
LOL the White House released its policy stating that White House personnel may never engage in communications with DoJ that could influence an investigation. Then it spends 3 pages explaining that the president can, though.
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if the president can say “i don’t like the department of energy,” and within a week it’s closed, then the constitution means nothing, and the president’s entire claim to power is the loyalty of the military. either he is constrained by the constitution or he’s a dictator, there isn’t a middle ground
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
if the president can say “i don’t like the department of energy,” and within a week it’s closed, then the constitution means nothing, and the president’s entire claim to power is the loyalty of the military. either he is constrained by the constitution or he’s a dictator, there isn’t a middle ground
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The most important thing I can tell everyone that I've learned from being a YouTuber who explains how stuff works is that each and every time I thought "this is common knowledge and doesn't need to be explained" I was wrong.
February 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The most important thing I can tell everyone that I've learned from being a YouTuber who explains how stuff works is that each and every time I thought "this is common knowledge and doesn't need to be explained" I was wrong.
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I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library
February 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library
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Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?
February 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?
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UPDATE: 8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.
The Senate takes 3 votes this afternoon:
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
These should be 3 easy NO votes for Dems. Watch yours and provide that input.
February 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
UPDATE: 8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.
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I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Murphy: "That's just fancy talk to say, 'we're gonna give money to people who pledge loyalty to Trump, and we're not gonna give money to people who don't pledge loyalty.' Today it may be government contracts, but tomorrow it may be your tax refund."
February 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Murphy: "That's just fancy talk to say, 'we're gonna give money to people who pledge loyalty to Trump, and we're not gonna give money to people who don't pledge loyalty.' Today it may be government contracts, but tomorrow it may be your tax refund."
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Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration are trying to repeal the Biden administration’s rules that require all of the country’s lead pipes to be replaced and aim to reduce the amount of lead in water.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans move to repeal lead limits imposed by Biden-era rules
US government would be prohibited from ever mandating lead pipe replacement or lowering lead limits in water
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration are trying to repeal the Biden administration’s rules that require all of the country’s lead pipes to be replaced and aim to reduce the amount of lead in water.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that will dismantle and eventually close the Department of Education, a key goal of Project 2025.
February 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that will dismantle and eventually close the Department of Education, a key goal of Project 2025.
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SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
‘Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say (Gift Article)
Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
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Wild how fast MAGA went from anti-interventionist to “let’s invade Greenland and Canada.”
February 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Wild how fast MAGA went from anti-interventionist to “let’s invade Greenland and Canada.”
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The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.
N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care (Gift Article)
A White House executive order last week threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care. But not providing the care could violate state law, Letitia James said in ...
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.