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They're widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is Democrats' chance to shock us for a change. trib.al/MuFFz69
Trump isn’t popular; the Republican Party isn’t popular; doubling the healthcare premiums for millions of people isn’t very popular, either.
Trump isn’t popular; the Republican Party isn’t popular; doubling the healthcare premiums for millions of people isn’t very popular, either.
For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave
They’re widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is their chance to shock us for a change.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They're widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is Democrats' chance to shock us for a change. trib.al/MuFFz69
Trump isn’t popular; the Republican Party isn’t popular; doubling the healthcare premiums for millions of people isn’t very popular, either.
Trump isn’t popular; the Republican Party isn’t popular; doubling the healthcare premiums for millions of people isn’t very popular, either.
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It really is an amazing accomplishment to be able to stand out for your callous awfulness in this Trump administration.
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It really is an amazing accomplishment to be able to stand out for your callous awfulness in this Trump administration.
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Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
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Two-thirds of National Park Service employees have been furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown, worsening an already severe staffing shortage. With limited personnel remaining, essential maintenance, law enforcement, and visitor services are significantly reduced.
October 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Two-thirds of National Park Service employees have been furloughed during the ongoing government shutdown, worsening an already severe staffing shortage. With limited personnel remaining, essential maintenance, law enforcement, and visitor services are significantly reduced.
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NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.
Please take care when watching.
Please take care when watching.
August 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.
Please take care when watching.
Please take care when watching.
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"The papers included precise times and locations of each meeting, as well as the phone numbers of several administration officials..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
Trump Administration Minimizes Summit Papers Left in Hotel
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"The papers included precise times and locations of each meeting, as well as the phone numbers of several administration officials..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
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Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
“It felt really scary … like being in the middle of a burning city during a night raid.” Dr Arwyn Edwards is not describing urban warfare but a recent hot and foggy day on a Svalbard glacier, where record-breaking summer heat turned his workplace into a cascade of meltwater and falling rocks.
Edwards is a leading researcher in glacier ecology – the study of life forms that live on, within and around glaciers and ice sheets. Over two decades of polar research, he has always felt “relaxed and at home” on ice. But the accelerating climate breakdown is beginning to erode that sense of security. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Let’s all guess at the outcome…
This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.
August 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Let’s all guess at the outcome…
How is this not government waste.
Humiliating.
Want a parade? Call Disney.
War fighters are meant to kill, they’re not performers.
Want a parade? Call Disney.
War fighters are meant to kill, they’re not performers.
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers | CNN Politics
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a co...
www.cnn.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
How is this not government waste.
Can someone please explain why RFKJr was confirmed in the first place and why he is still heading up HHS today? Serious answers, please. Of all of the cabinet appointments, this one is the most baffling to me.
May 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Can someone please explain why RFKJr was confirmed in the first place and why he is still heading up HHS today? Serious answers, please. Of all of the cabinet appointments, this one is the most baffling to me.
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I’m proud to join the great Cyndi Lauper in the fight for women’s rights & healthcare. Go to www.bonfire.com/girlswantrights2025 to get a shirt and learn more about the #GirlsJustWantToHaveFundamentalRights Fund. @tidescommunity.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I’m proud to join the great Cyndi Lauper in the fight for women’s rights & healthcare. Go to www.bonfire.com/girlswantrights2025 to get a shirt and learn more about the #GirlsJustWantToHaveFundamentalRights Fund. @tidescommunity.bsky.social
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There is a reason that President Trump's ONLY piece of legislation is stuck in Congress right now, Congressional Republicans are arguing about, HOW MUCH, not if they should cut Medicaid. That ceiling is now at $500 Billion, all to give billionaires tax cuts.
May 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There is a reason that President Trump's ONLY piece of legislation is stuck in Congress right now, Congressional Republicans are arguing about, HOW MUCH, not if they should cut Medicaid. That ceiling is now at $500 Billion, all to give billionaires tax cuts.
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What could possibly go wrong 😑 🦠
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What could possibly go wrong 😑 🦠
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This really is some North Korea level kind of shit.
May 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This really is some North Korea level kind of shit.
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4/20 Fact: Meet Whaley Nelson, our local Strap Toothed whale. Male Strap Tooth whales actually have tusks!
They are not endangered but have shown to be negatively affected by sonar noise and climate changes.
They are not endangered but have shown to be negatively affected by sonar noise and climate changes.
April 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
4/20 Fact: Meet Whaley Nelson, our local Strap Toothed whale. Male Strap Tooth whales actually have tusks!
They are not endangered but have shown to be negatively affected by sonar noise and climate changes.
They are not endangered but have shown to be negatively affected by sonar noise and climate changes.
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I'm so here for the faFO and I told you so's, but honestly if we want to change minds, we might need to give the redeemable a safe space to land.
April 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I'm so here for the faFO and I told you so's, but honestly if we want to change minds, we might need to give the redeemable a safe space to land.
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You can’t turn chicken shit into chicken salad.
As Hegseth’s staffer is now telling the world, Hegseth has turned the Pentagon into a place of chaos. Our military and our country deserve serious leaders. If he cared about the institution he should man up, acknowledge he’s a distraction and resign.
As Hegseth’s staffer is now telling the world, Hegseth has turned the Pentagon into a place of chaos. Our military and our country deserve serious leaders. If he cared about the institution he should man up, acknowledge he’s a distraction and resign.
Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month from Hell’ Inside the Agency
The total chaos at the Department of Defense is becoming a major distraction for the Trump administration, writes John Ullyot.
www.politico.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You can’t turn chicken shit into chicken salad.
As Hegseth’s staffer is now telling the world, Hegseth has turned the Pentagon into a place of chaos. Our military and our country deserve serious leaders. If he cared about the institution he should man up, acknowledge he’s a distraction and resign.
As Hegseth’s staffer is now telling the world, Hegseth has turned the Pentagon into a place of chaos. Our military and our country deserve serious leaders. If he cared about the institution he should man up, acknowledge he’s a distraction and resign.
This guy needs to go. Now.
"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This guy needs to go. Now.
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Whiskileaks part 2
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
April 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Whiskileaks part 2
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result? Demagoguery and corruption.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result? Demagoguery and corruption.
April 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result? Demagoguery and corruption.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result? Demagoguery and corruption.
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Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
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Confirming Hegseth really was insanely reckless.
April 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Confirming Hegseth really was insanely reckless.
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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It’s so adorable that Pete Hegseth thought it was going to be *Pentagon leakers* who made him look bad. Bless his little heart.
April 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It’s so adorable that Pete Hegseth thought it was going to be *Pentagon leakers* who made him look bad. Bless his little heart.