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Eugenics are the plan!
Scientists are walking off their jobs at the CDC because they see what is happening.
Scientists are walking off their jobs at the CDC because they see what is happening.
August 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Eugenics are the plan!
Scientists are walking off their jobs at the CDC because they see what is happening.
Scientists are walking off their jobs at the CDC because they see what is happening.
Wha????
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Wha????
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
TEXAS! You are becoming a fascist state! As a Texas Aggie I am ashamed of the disrespect shown to state reps that had to sign permission for 24/7 police surveillance!!!
August 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
TEXAS! You are becoming a fascist state! As a Texas Aggie I am ashamed of the disrespect shown to state reps that had to sign permission for 24/7 police surveillance!!!
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday likened President Donald Trump’s call for possible National Guard troops occupying Chicago to when the Nazi Party in Germany “tore down a constitutional republic” in the 1930s.
Gov. JB Pritzker again makes Nazi comparisons after President Trump threatens DC-like takeover in Chicago
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says President Donald Trump “has absolutely no right and no legal ability” to send National Guard troops to Chicago following president’s threat.
trib.al
August 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday likened President Donald Trump’s call for possible National Guard troops occupying Chicago to when the Nazi Party in Germany “tore down a constitutional republic” in the 1930s.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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President Trump said he would consider using the military at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics to keep them “safe,” though he did not specify a plan for doing so.
Trump suggests he could use the military to keep the L.A. Olympics ‘safe’
The president said he could use the military for security purposes but did not explain how.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
President Trump said he would consider using the military at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics to keep them “safe,” though he did not specify a plan for doing so.
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For years, we've been raising the alarm over the clear conflict of interest that is congressional stock trading
We're glad to see new legislation to #StopTheTrades advancing to a full Senate vote. We need to keep up the pressure and ensure that it passes.
We're glad to see new legislation to #StopTheTrades advancing to a full Senate vote. We need to keep up the pressure and ensure that it passes.
Push to ban lawmaker stock trading gets new life
The years-long effort to ban members of Congress from trading stocks is back in the spotlight following a House Ethics Committee report that took issue with transactions made by a member’s spouse, …
thehill.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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A Big, Upcoming Fight Could See Dems Demand Congress Take Back Its Power talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-big-u...
A Big, Upcoming Fight Could See Dems Demand Congress Take Back Its Power
When Congress returns from its lengthy August recess, lawmakers on Capitol Hill...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A Big, Upcoming Fight Could See Dems Demand Congress Take Back Its Power talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-big-u...
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To those of you who accomplished things today, I salute you.
It can be hard to be productive in….such times.
When you are, give yourself credit.
It’s a form of resistance against the seeming hopelessness of the present. It means you haven’t given up.
And we can’t.
It can be hard to be productive in….such times.
When you are, give yourself credit.
It’s a form of resistance against the seeming hopelessness of the present. It means you haven’t given up.
And we can’t.
August 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
To those of you who accomplished things today, I salute you.
It can be hard to be productive in….such times.
When you are, give yourself credit.
It’s a form of resistance against the seeming hopelessness of the present. It means you haven’t given up.
And we can’t.
It can be hard to be productive in….such times.
When you are, give yourself credit.
It’s a form of resistance against the seeming hopelessness of the present. It means you haven’t given up.
And we can’t.
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Gene Wu responds: "This office does not belong to Greg Abbott, and it does not belong to me. It belongs to the people of House District 137, who elected me. I took an oath to the constitution, not a politician's agenda, and I will not be the one to break that oath."
Flag: Texas' Republican governor is calling on the state supreme court to remove House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu, claiming Wu has given up his post by fleeing the state (he has not), thereby allowing the governor to call a special election to replace him.
August 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Gene Wu responds: "This office does not belong to Greg Abbott, and it does not belong to me. It belongs to the people of House District 137, who elected me. I took an oath to the constitution, not a politician's agenda, and I will not be the one to break that oath."
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Wonder how soon they'll turn green...
August 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Wonder how soon they'll turn green...
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I'd welcome them in Canada
🚨BREAKING: Texas Democrats have LEFT THE STATE to block a vote on the GOP’s gerrymandering scheme.
Many fled to places like Illinois and New York.
This is how you fight back against MAGA’s attempts to cheat. LET’S GO!
…Though it’d be way more ballsy if they fled to Canada. 😂😅🤣
Many fled to places like Illinois and New York.
This is how you fight back against MAGA’s attempts to cheat. LET’S GO!
…Though it’d be way more ballsy if they fled to Canada. 😂😅🤣
Texas Democrats flee state, blocking plan to pad GOP’s control of Congress
By leaving, Democratic state legislators can stall a Republican plan that would give the GOP five more seats to protect their narrow House majority.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I'd welcome them in Canada
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The man who had his doctor report that he’s 6’3”, 238 lbs fired the person in charge of reporting labor statistics.
August 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The man who had his doctor report that he’s 6’3”, 238 lbs fired the person in charge of reporting labor statistics.
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“The memo is alarming, because it speaks to the intent to use the military within the United States at a level not seen since Japanese internment,” Carrie Lee, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund…”We don’t want the military doing law enforcement. It absolutely undermines the rule of law.”
NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
newrepublic.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“The memo is alarming, because it speaks to the intent to use the military within the United States at a level not seen since Japanese internment,” Carrie Lee, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund…”We don’t want the military doing law enforcement. It absolutely undermines the rule of law.”
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When you’re so busy crowing about your political motivations that you forget to pretend you did it for the Jews.
Linda McMahon on Columbia settlement: "This is a monumental victory for conservatives who wanted to do things on these elite campuses for a long time because we had such far left-leaning professors."
July 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When you’re so busy crowing about your political motivations that you forget to pretend you did it for the Jews.
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🏳️🌈 "The long-discussed and often trite ‘is Pride still a protest?’ conversation, has a clear and present answer this year — fuck yes."
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
This Pride Month is going to be unparalleled to any in recent years
Charged with a palpable anger, passion and a vigour that is unparalleled and unlike any in recent years
www.wearequeeraf.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🏳️🌈 "The long-discussed and often trite ‘is Pride still a protest?’ conversation, has a clear and present answer this year — fuck yes."
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
@maddow.msnbc.com Thank you for continuing to show all the cities protesting trump’s moves - that are all anti-democratic!!
June 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com Thank you for continuing to show all the cities protesting trump’s moves - that are all anti-democratic!!
@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social Keep that “Fielding Questions Asked Today in WH Briefing”!! Brilliant and yes, so clarifying!!!
May 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
@briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social Keep that “Fielding Questions Asked Today in WH Briefing”!! Brilliant and yes, so clarifying!!!
Today we stood out in protest against fascism celebrating the short, brave life of Sofia Scholl who the Nazis guillotined bc she handed out pamphlets against Hitler’s fascism. It poured but hundreds of us remained in protest of the fascism we are seeing in our own government.
May 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today we stood out in protest against fascism celebrating the short, brave life of Sofia Scholl who the Nazis guillotined bc she handed out pamphlets against Hitler’s fascism. It poured but hundreds of us remained in protest of the fascism we are seeing in our own government.
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Fmr Downtown Northampton Association Exec Director Jillian Duclos forms committee for NoHo mayoral run. This appears to be the first Democratic challenger to current Mayor Sciarra (other candidate with a campaign is Dave Dombrowski, a former police officer who's running as an independent he told me)
May 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Fmr Downtown Northampton Association Exec Director Jillian Duclos forms committee for NoHo mayoral run. This appears to be the first Democratic challenger to current Mayor Sciarra (other candidate with a campaign is Dave Dombrowski, a former police officer who's running as an independent he told me)
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The Trump administration this week summarily dismissed more than 400 scientists and other experts who had begun to write the latest National Climate Asst.
As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.
As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.
'It's a huge loss': Trump administration dismisses scientists preparing climate report
More than 400 experts were starting to prepare the latest national climate assessment report. They all received an email from the Trump administration dismissing them.
www.latimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Trump administration this week summarily dismissed more than 400 scientists and other experts who had begun to write the latest National Climate Asst.
As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.
As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.
Trump is stopping HEADSTART! This is sometimes the only help kids get.
April 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Trump is stopping HEADSTART! This is sometimes the only help kids get.