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Is there an effort to get people to knock on doors in districts where we might have a chance of getting congressional republicans attention? You knock, you tell them they can make a phone call right now, etc.? @americanopposition.org @indivisible.org @thedemocraticparty.bsky.social
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What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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If you plan to watch any of these on streaming, you should know that Trump’s tariffs could be coming for Netflix, Hulu, and the like—and they could affect subscription prices and content choices going forward.
Even Streaming Services Might Be Hurt by Trump’s Tariffs
President Trump’s tariffs don’t hit streamers like Netflix directly. But they could impact what streaming services release—and how much people are willing to pay for it.
www.wired.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you plan to watch any of these on streaming, you should know that Trump’s tariffs could be coming for Netflix, Hulu, and the like—and they could affect subscription prices and content choices going forward.
A real goal to make America great: Staffing all emergency rooms and urgent care clinics with so many doctors that people rarely need to wait and doctors not seeing patients can spend time reading up on the latest medical research
April 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A real goal to make America great: Staffing all emergency rooms and urgent care clinics with so many doctors that people rarely need to wait and doctors not seeing patients can spend time reading up on the latest medical research
Hey @theatlantic.com @theatlanticpr.bsky.social @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @wired.com what if you created a program where people could sponsor print subscriptions to households in parts of the country that have limited access to fact-based reporting and journalism?
April 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hey @theatlantic.com @theatlanticpr.bsky.social @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @wired.com what if you created a program where people could sponsor print subscriptions to households in parts of the country that have limited access to fact-based reporting and journalism?
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75% of US scientists who responded to a recent Nature poll have considered leaving the country.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
75% of US scientists who responded to a recent Nature poll have considered leaving the country.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The State of Maine sued the Agriculture Department on Monday, arguing that the agency violated the law when it froze funding to Maine last week and that the freeze threatened school meal programs.
Maine Sues U.S.D.A. Over Title IX Funding for School Lunches
The federal lawsuit is the latest escalation of Gov. Janet Mills’s standoff with the Trump administration over the issue of transgender athletes.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The State of Maine sued the Agriculture Department on Monday, arguing that the agency violated the law when it froze funding to Maine last week and that the freeze threatened school meal programs.
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While all of the images from the hands off protests are incredible, I keep going back and looking at the crowds in small rural towns across America.
There are so many blue dots in those red seas, and witnessing them come together and organize is giving me a lot of hope.
There are so many blue dots in those red seas, and witnessing them come together and organize is giving me a lot of hope.
April 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
While all of the images from the hands off protests are incredible, I keep going back and looking at the crowds in small rural towns across America.
There are so many blue dots in those red seas, and witnessing them come together and organize is giving me a lot of hope.
There are so many blue dots in those red seas, and witnessing them come together and organize is giving me a lot of hope.
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April 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Really bad news here:
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Really bad news here:
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Meritocracy, amirite? apnews.com/article/hegs...
Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key role as liaison and senior adviser inside the Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office confirms that his younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser.
apnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Meritocracy, amirite? apnews.com/article/hegs...
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1/6 Six weeks after demanding answers from DHS Secretary Noem, I still haven’t received a response.
ICE is detaining and deporting people—without telling the public who, or why. That’s unacceptable.
ICE is detaining and deporting people—without telling the public who, or why. That’s unacceptable.
March 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
1/6 Six weeks after demanding answers from DHS Secretary Noem, I still haven’t received a response.
ICE is detaining and deporting people—without telling the public who, or why. That’s unacceptable.
ICE is detaining and deporting people—without telling the public who, or why. That’s unacceptable.
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RIP to the U.S. Institute of Peace — nearly all staff members have been fired.
March 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
RIP to the U.S. Institute of Peace — nearly all staff members have been fired.
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The pro-plague administration. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The pro-plague administration. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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NEW: Organizers behind a pronatalist conference with far-right ties in Austin, Texas this weekend have set up matchmaking events for attendees that include the option of getting married on site as part of their greater effort to repopulate the world, WIRED has learned.
Far-Right Influencers Are Hosting a $10K-Per-Person Matchmaking Weekend to Repopulate the Earth
The Natal Conference, which costs up to $10,000 to attend, features multiple matchmaking strategy sessions and on-site ministers so attendees can get married, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NEW: Organizers behind a pronatalist conference with far-right ties in Austin, Texas this weekend have set up matchmaking events for attendees that include the option of getting married on site as part of their greater effort to repopulate the world, WIRED has learned.
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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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Members should just be posting these every day
We've heard concerning things about the Social Security Administration lately, so I decided to check for myself.
SSA says Wednesday is the best day to call, so I called then.
Their system told me there would be a two-hour wait time, told me to call back, and then just hung up.
SSA says Wednesday is the best day to call, so I called then.
Their system told me there would be a two-hour wait time, told me to call back, and then just hung up.
March 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Members should just be posting these every day
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Prices are soaring, your 401k is in the tank, Social Security phone lines are hours long.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
March 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Prices are soaring, your 401k is in the tank, Social Security phone lines are hours long.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
Instead of addressing any of that – this administration is picking a fight with Denmark.
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Read Jenner & Block's lawsuit challenging Trump's unconstitutional assault on their firm.👇 Very glad to see Jenner fighting back. They're represented by Cooley, which is taking a risk here too.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Read Jenner & Block's lawsuit challenging Trump's unconstitutional assault on their firm.👇 Very glad to see Jenner fighting back. They're represented by Cooley, which is taking a risk here too.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Unforgivable.
And needless to say THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DUE PROCESS.
And needless to say THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DUE PROCESS.
NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR.
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
March 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Unforgivable.
And needless to say THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DUE PROCESS.
And needless to say THIS IS WHY WE HAVE DUE PROCESS.
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BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.