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Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.
apnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
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The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.
Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says
The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.
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This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
March 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
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JUST IN: Per Congress' directive, the occupant of the position can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."
Supreme Court punts on order that blocked Trump's firing of special counsel
Per Congress' directive, the occupant of the position can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
JUST IN: Per Congress' directive, the occupant of the position can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."
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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker
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USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion annually in rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.
February 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion annually in rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.
There is no bottom
AP Breaking News banner over a March 19, 2024 AP story.
February 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
There is no bottom
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TODAY: Meet @moveon.org and us at the Treasury building to rally against Elon Musk’s hostile takeover. It’s time to tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. 👇
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
TODAY: Meet @moveon.org and us at the Treasury building to rally against Elon Musk’s hostile takeover. It’s time to tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. 👇
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The Trump’s campaign promise was to finish the job they started on Jan 6 and this is what it looks like.
The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The Trump’s campaign promise was to finish the job they started on Jan 6 and this is what it looks like.
My friend, who is a health teacher In Pittsburgh pulled this up yesterday in class to use a reference with her students and the link went dead in the middle of class.
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
February 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My friend, who is a health teacher In Pittsburgh pulled this up yesterday in class to use a reference with her students and the link went dead in the middle of class.
In response to Donald Trump's order banning DEI initiatives, the DIA has paused special event programs and related events, including for Martin Luther King Jr. …
We are under assault. This is NOT OK
We are under assault. This is NOT OK
January 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In response to Donald Trump's order banning DEI initiatives, the DIA has paused special event programs and related events, including for Martin Luther King Jr. …
We are under assault. This is NOT OK
We are under assault. This is NOT OK
I experienced about 85% of all emotions available to me today with at larger proportion being the very hard kind. I am exhausted. This world is exhausting.
Heartbroken for the lives lost in the Potomac
Heartbroken for the lives lost in the Potomac
January 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I experienced about 85% of all emotions available to me today with at larger proportion being the very hard kind. I am exhausted. This world is exhausting.
Heartbroken for the lives lost in the Potomac
Heartbroken for the lives lost in the Potomac
HOPE NYC - DHS
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January 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I miss my beautiful boy
He’s off in the yonder
Living his dream
He’s off in the yonder
Living his dream
January 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I miss my beautiful boy
He’s off in the yonder
Living his dream
He’s off in the yonder
Living his dream
This is still us
January 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is still us