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· Nov 24
Democrat leaders need to find a way to eliminate all these headlines about transgender issues without jettisoning the trans people. Right now, whenever Republicans want to manufacture an outrage, they pick immigration, crimes/drugs in big Dem cities and trans issues. These are free votes for them.
March 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Ossoff should do some media spots, go to CNN and the likes. Go to a podcast. Try the water a little more. He saved HBCU today. Keep piling the wins.
Just look at this pic of Senator Ossoff and run him for 2028. No primary, no nothing 😆😆
February 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Ossoff should do some media spots, go to CNN and the likes. Go to a podcast. Try the water a little more. He saved HBCU today. Keep piling the wins.
It's a purge at MSNBC!
February 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It's a purge at MSNBC!
World's most difficult job:
To find three (3) republican coongressperson with compassion in their heart and spine in their back.
To find three (3) republican coongressperson with compassion in their heart and spine in their back.
URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
February 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
World's most difficult job:
To find three (3) republican coongressperson with compassion in their heart and spine in their back.
To find three (3) republican coongressperson with compassion in their heart and spine in their back.
Anyone who has seen the MAGA Twitter knows that this is one of their core motivation behind decimating the Federal Govt. And this is why they are so surprised when their cousins or son or daughter loosing their jobs.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. That may change.
For the last several decades, federal jobs helped Black workers find stable work with guardrails to prevent bias, but mass cuts are threatening decades of upward mobility.
www.nbcnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Anyone who has seen the MAGA Twitter knows that this is one of their core motivation behind decimating the Federal Govt. And this is why they are so surprised when their cousins or son or daughter loosing their jobs.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Throw away the key.
Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Is Found Guilty of Attempted Murder
“This case is a stark reminder of the enduring threats faced by writers who challenge authority and orthodoxy,” said PEN America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...
“This case is a stark reminder of the enduring threats faced by writers who challenge authority and orthodoxy,” said PEN America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...
Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Is Found Guilty of Attempted Murder
The man, Hadi Matar, faces up to 32 years in prison. Prosecutors said he rushed onstage at an arts conference and stabbed the famed author about 15 times.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Throw away the key.
People are losing jobs.
Hardworking people at National Parks or cancer researchers in CDC et al.
MAGA: Great, deep state sciencee
Or,
Great, I also lost my job at Meta. It happens. It's great.
These people have no sense of shared humanity left. Almost like they are a different species.
Hardworking people at National Parks or cancer researchers in CDC et al.
MAGA: Great, deep state sciencee
Or,
Great, I also lost my job at Meta. It happens. It's great.
These people have no sense of shared humanity left. Almost like they are a different species.
February 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
People are losing jobs.
Hardworking people at National Parks or cancer researchers in CDC et al.
MAGA: Great, deep state sciencee
Or,
Great, I also lost my job at Meta. It happens. It's great.
These people have no sense of shared humanity left. Almost like they are a different species.
Hardworking people at National Parks or cancer researchers in CDC et al.
MAGA: Great, deep state sciencee
Or,
Great, I also lost my job at Meta. It happens. It's great.
These people have no sense of shared humanity left. Almost like they are a different species.
Robert De Niro's Zero Day on Netflix is a pretty pertinent series for the present times. With the foreboding feeling that the US might implode over the next 2-3 years if this mad tyranny not curbed at least to some extent, the core of the show is too real. But the reality is a whole lot bleaker.
February 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Robert De Niro's Zero Day on Netflix is a pretty pertinent series for the present times. With the foreboding feeling that the US might implode over the next 2-3 years if this mad tyranny not curbed at least to some extent, the core of the show is too real. But the reality is a whole lot bleaker.
This new show in Netflix has Angela Bassett as the POTUS. Unfortunately, no matter how many actresses Hollywood cast as the POTUS, this country is so horrifically racist AND sexist that to get a Black woman POTUS, some sort of cosmic alignment has to happen. They chose Him, over Her, FFS!
donald trump and kamala harris are standing next to each other in front of microphones during a presidential debate .
ALT: donald trump and kamala harris are standing next to each other in front of microphones during a presidential debate .
media.tenor.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This new show in Netflix has Angela Bassett as the POTUS. Unfortunately, no matter how many actresses Hollywood cast as the POTUS, this country is so horrifically racist AND sexist that to get a Black woman POTUS, some sort of cosmic alignment has to happen. They chose Him, over Her, FFS!
This is how it should be, but somehow, American people are very fond of their billionaires, no matter how much they rip them off.
Here’s the hard truth: this country’s people are tired of subsidizing billionaires. Want your cars to sell? Do it without subsidies. Want to shoot rockets into space? Get by without govt contracts. Want to build a website? Build your own internet first.
We are DONE with you.
We are DONE with you.
February 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
This is how it should be, but somehow, American people are very fond of their billionaires, no matter how much they rip them off.
BlueSky needs more entertainment. Without sports and films, it can't compete with Twitter. People won't shift unless their friends also do the same.
Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it.
Her on air support is truly important
Her on air support is truly important
February 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
BlueSky needs more entertainment. Without sports and films, it can't compete with Twitter. People won't shift unless their friends also do the same.
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Yes, FLOOD THE ZONE right back! Offense! This is something the average person can do! Instead of doomscrolling, the next time you come across a real story, from a real person who made their profile public bc they don’t GAF anymore, share to the community. Not the echo chambers only.
February 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yes, FLOOD THE ZONE right back! Offense! This is something the average person can do! Instead of doomscrolling, the next time you come across a real story, from a real person who made their profile public bc they don’t GAF anymore, share to the community. Not the echo chambers only.
Yeah, we all see and understand who exactly these "threats from within" are. Who is dismantling education, research, healthcare across the country, hurting the most vulnerable here and across the world.
BREAKING: US VP just launched an extraordinary attack on Europe.
“The threat that I worry most about, vis-a-vis Europe, is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor.
“What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.”
“The threat that I worry most about, vis-a-vis Europe, is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor.
“What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yeah, we all see and understand who exactly these "threats from within" are. Who is dismantling education, research, healthcare across the country, hurting the most vulnerable here and across the world.
Here we go #NIH getting the cut.
I have never ever seen a country self-destruct like this. US has so many problems, but one thing it truly does well is research and development in almost all walks of life. Why would a proud nation volunteerily yield its advantage? Just to own the libs?
I have never ever seen a country self-destruct like this. US has so many problems, but one thing it truly does well is research and development in almost all walks of life. Why would a proud nation volunteerily yield its advantage? Just to own the libs?
Is anyone else terrified that the funding for most non-defense related research will be scrapped from 2026 or so because of the department that Trump made for Musk and Ramaswamy?
I am seeing hundreds of tweets daily on the hellsite aimed against basic science research.
#AcademicSky
I am seeing hundreds of tweets daily on the hellsite aimed against basic science research.
#AcademicSky
February 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Here we go #NIH getting the cut.
I have never ever seen a country self-destruct like this. US has so many problems, but one thing it truly does well is research and development in almost all walks of life. Why would a proud nation volunteerily yield its advantage? Just to own the libs?
I have never ever seen a country self-destruct like this. US has so many problems, but one thing it truly does well is research and development in almost all walks of life. Why would a proud nation volunteerily yield its advantage? Just to own the libs?
Not those groveling spineless sycophants who like to call each other alpha male, but here - this is an alpha male right here. Standing up to the Power and trying to do the right thing. This is Heroism. Days are dark but people like Mr. Gottlieb here shine through like sunbeams through clouds.
Head of USAID (an organization that helps to spread democracy around the world) stands up for the rule of law and democracy in America, gets put on leave. via @dylanmatt.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Not those groveling spineless sycophants who like to call each other alpha male, but here - this is an alpha male right here. Standing up to the Power and trying to do the right thing. This is Heroism. Days are dark but people like Mr. Gottlieb here shine through like sunbeams through clouds.
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Elon Musk pushed out the FAA chief — who resigned 1 year into a 5 year term, last week.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
January 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Elon Musk pushed out the FAA chief — who resigned 1 year into a 5 year term, last week.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
Why? Because last year the FAA fined SpaceX $600,000 — for safety violations.
Now the FAA has no chief — and we just had the first commercial airline crash in 16 years.
US press trajectory is so eerily similar to what India has been going through. Now the transition is complete there. Richest man in the country bought the last bastion of news. Most famous newsperson got fired. JLT.
Wonder as CNN just sold its integrity, if this marks the same event in the US.
Wonder as CNN just sold its integrity, if this marks the same event in the US.
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
January 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
US press trajectory is so eerily similar to what India has been going through. Now the transition is complete there. Richest man in the country bought the last bastion of news. Most famous newsperson got fired. JLT.
Wonder as CNN just sold its integrity, if this marks the same event in the US.
Wonder as CNN just sold its integrity, if this marks the same event in the US.
Well, here it starts. NIH reviews are stalled for the near future. I am sure NSF going to follow suite. America's strongest domain is research and development, and that is getting kneecapped from the within.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Is anyone else terrified that the funding for most non-defense related research will be scrapped from 2026 or so because of the department that Trump made for Musk and Ramaswamy?
I am seeing hundreds of tweets daily on the hellsite aimed against basic science research.
#AcademicSky
I am seeing hundreds of tweets daily on the hellsite aimed against basic science research.
#AcademicSky
January 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Well, here it starts. NIH reviews are stalled for the near future. I am sure NSF going to follow suite. America's strongest domain is research and development, and that is getting kneecapped from the within.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Can someone point to a podcast or article that explains the impact of the Equal Opportunity or whatever the LBJ EO repeal that happened today? There are tonne of conflicting reports over Twitter and Bluesky!
January 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Can someone point to a podcast or article that explains the impact of the Equal Opportunity or whatever the LBJ EO repeal that happened today? There are tonne of conflicting reports over Twitter and Bluesky!
Can someone make a day 1 summary?
We have only 1460 more to go.
We have only 1460 more to go.
“Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Can someone make a day 1 summary?
We have only 1460 more to go.
We have only 1460 more to go.
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“Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
We have no problems if people are here legally.
Changes centuries old law to deprive kids of people who are here legally.
Changes centuries old law to deprive kids of people who are here legally.
January 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We have no problems if people are here legally.
Changes centuries old law to deprive kids of people who are here legally.
Changes centuries old law to deprive kids of people who are here legally.
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Here's the text: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Here's the text: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
"They all go down eventually. These guys aren't that smart. They are just mean."
- Old proverb from the town of Hollywood.
- Old proverb from the town of Hollywood.
January 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"They all go down eventually. These guys aren't that smart. They are just mean."
- Old proverb from the town of Hollywood.
- Old proverb from the town of Hollywood.