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"There’s no messiah who will sweep in and make everything better. That’s up to you and me."
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know.
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Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know.
Read it + share it with a friend:
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"There’s no messiah who will sweep in and make everything better. That’s up to you and me."
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know.
Read it + share it with a friend:
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance | Ordinary people have more power than they know.
Read it + share it with a friend:
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Remember this: Tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it.
March 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Remember this: Tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it.
Slava Ukraini! 💙💛
February 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Slava Ukraini! 💙💛
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Hard working immigrants are being deported, and wealthy sex traffickers are being imported.
Somehow this brings down grocery prices, right?
www.axios.com/2025/02/27/a...
Somehow this brings down grocery prices, right?
www.axios.com/2025/02/27/a...
What to know about Andrew and Tristan Tate as they return to the U.S.
The brothers are dual U.S.-U.K. citizens and prominent right-wing influencers.
www.axios.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hard working immigrants are being deported, and wealthy sex traffickers are being imported.
Somehow this brings down grocery prices, right?
www.axios.com/2025/02/27/a...
Somehow this brings down grocery prices, right?
www.axios.com/2025/02/27/a...
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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics
The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.
edition.cnn.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
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This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed.
Trickle up economics.
Trickle up economics.
February 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed.
Trickle up economics.
Trickle up economics.
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The DHS will use polygraphs to question employees about communications with the media or nonprofit organizations in an effort to root out members of the resistance.
February 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The DHS will use polygraphs to question employees about communications with the media or nonprofit organizations in an effort to root out members of the resistance.
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This is a long cry from the party that was telling its voters—many of whom are elderly conservatives on government benefits—that they wouldn’t lay a finger on the programs they need most.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Confirms Plan to Gut Medicare—and More
Howard Lutnick has revealed Donald Trump’s true plans.
newrepublic.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is a long cry from the party that was telling its voters—many of whom are elderly conservatives on government benefits—that they wouldn’t lay a finger on the programs they need most.
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Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.
February 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
February 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
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The State Department was set to buy $400 million worth of armored Teslas from Elon Musk. But after a report from Drop Site News exposed the massive conflict of interest, the department quietly deleted the word “Tesla” and changed the $400 million line item to a generic “armored electric vehicles.”
Tesla Name Quietly Removed From Federal Contract After Uproar
The State Department has suddenly deleted any mention of “Tesla” after facing massive backlash over its recent contract.
newrepublic.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The State Department was set to buy $400 million worth of armored Teslas from Elon Musk. But after a report from Drop Site News exposed the massive conflict of interest, the department quietly deleted the word “Tesla” and changed the $400 million line item to a generic “armored electric vehicles.”
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The country is about to get a lot sicker now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is head of the Health and Human Services Department.
RFK Jr. Confirmed in Dark Sign for America’s Public Health
The country is about to get a lot sicker now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is head of the Health and Human Services Department.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The country is about to get a lot sicker now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is head of the Health and Human Services Department.
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Elon Musk spent $290 million to buy our government to be the shadow President, and is spending $400 million buying his own trucks — $110 million profit.
Are you finally starting to understand why activists fought so hard to end dark and corporate money in politics?
Are you finally starting to understand why activists fought so hard to end dark and corporate money in politics?
February 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Elon Musk spent $290 million to buy our government to be the shadow President, and is spending $400 million buying his own trucks — $110 million profit.
Are you finally starting to understand why activists fought so hard to end dark and corporate money in politics?
Are you finally starting to understand why activists fought so hard to end dark and corporate money in politics?
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Republicans have introduced a bill to abolish OSHA.
As a former labor secretary, I know firsthand how crucial this agency is to protecting workers from bosses who cut corners on safety to pad their own pockets.
This is the party of corporate greed, not the party of workers.
As a former labor secretary, I know firsthand how crucial this agency is to protecting workers from bosses who cut corners on safety to pad their own pockets.
This is the party of corporate greed, not the party of workers.
Republican calls to scrap workplace safety agency
Representative Andy Biggs made an earlier bid to abolish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 2021.
www.newsweek.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Republicans have introduced a bill to abolish OSHA.
As a former labor secretary, I know firsthand how crucial this agency is to protecting workers from bosses who cut corners on safety to pad their own pockets.
This is the party of corporate greed, not the party of workers.
As a former labor secretary, I know firsthand how crucial this agency is to protecting workers from bosses who cut corners on safety to pad their own pockets.
This is the party of corporate greed, not the party of workers.
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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The question isn’t whether Budde was right to speak up. The question is whether the rest of us will have the courage to join her.
The Price of Speaking Up in Trump’s America
A bishop asked the president to show mercy to immigrants and scared children. The response tells us everything about the next four years.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The question isn’t whether Budde was right to speak up. The question is whether the rest of us will have the courage to join her.
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Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
February 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
January 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Reading can help alleviate some of your existential dread.
January 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reading can help alleviate some of your existential dread.
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A scam we don’t talk enough about:
For-profit prisons and military contractors donate to politicians to pass mass detention and surveillance policies, to increase their profits and raise their stock prices.
Preying on our most marginalized for profit.
www.levernews.com/inside-the-p...
For-profit prisons and military contractors donate to politicians to pass mass detention and surveillance policies, to increase their profits and raise their stock prices.
Preying on our most marginalized for profit.
www.levernews.com/inside-the-p...
Inside The Plan To Let Trump Track Millions of Immigrants
The private prison lobby has been quietly pushing a drastic expansion of ICE’s surveillance apparatus. Trump’s reelection may be the final step.
www.levernews.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM
A scam we don’t talk enough about:
For-profit prisons and military contractors donate to politicians to pass mass detention and surveillance policies, to increase their profits and raise their stock prices.
Preying on our most marginalized for profit.
www.levernews.com/inside-the-p...
For-profit prisons and military contractors donate to politicians to pass mass detention and surveillance policies, to increase their profits and raise their stock prices.
Preying on our most marginalized for profit.
www.levernews.com/inside-the-p...
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Texas teachers are quitting at a rate that’s 25 percent above the national average. In Tennessee, the vacancy rate for all public schools is 5.5 percent, compared to a national average of 4 percent.
From @timothynoah.bsky.social November 2023: newrepublic.com/article/1768...
From @timothynoah.bsky.social November 2023: newrepublic.com/article/1768...
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Texas teachers are quitting at a rate that’s 25 percent above the national average. In Tennessee, the vacancy rate for all public schools is 5.5 percent, compared to a national average of 4 percent.
From @timothynoah.bsky.social November 2023: newrepublic.com/article/1768...
From @timothynoah.bsky.social November 2023: newrepublic.com/article/1768...
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Elon Musk is so excited to start his new gig ruining the federal government that he’s getting an early start by goading his millions of followers to cyberbully government employees.
newrepublic.com/post/188773/...
newrepublic.com/post/188773/...
Elon Musk Is Now Cyberbullying Government Employees
Musk has taken his new role to unhinged levels.
newrepublic.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Elon Musk is so excited to start his new gig ruining the federal government that he’s getting an early start by goading his millions of followers to cyberbully government employees.
newrepublic.com/post/188773/...
newrepublic.com/post/188773/...