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The narcissist-in-chief is throwing a ridiculous military parade for himself in DC - everywhere else we rise up to say NO KINGS!!
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June 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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The propaganda-induced moral panic about trans people — sports, prisons, restrooms, health care for minors — ignores the actual facts: This is a tiny community that’s harming no one.
Right wing extremists have mainstreamed this demonization. This is a strong piece on how absurd their arguments are.
Right wing extremists have mainstreamed this demonization. This is a strong piece on how absurd their arguments are.
Trans girls sports: exclusion is a solution to a non-problem - Capitol Weekly
OPINION – Governor Gavin Newsom has expressed support for excluding trans girls from girls’ sports. This is a tempting position because it would seem “fair” to keep boys out of girls’ sports and “unf...
capitolweekly.net
April 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The propaganda-induced moral panic about trans people — sports, prisons, restrooms, health care for minors — ignores the actual facts: This is a tiny community that’s harming no one.
Right wing extremists have mainstreamed this demonization. This is a strong piece on how absurd their arguments are.
Right wing extremists have mainstreamed this demonization. This is a strong piece on how absurd their arguments are.
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"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.
Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.
April 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.
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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
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As the author of a history of concentration camps, I would like to emphasize that this is a very bad idea, and we should definitely not do it.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
As the author of a history of concentration camps, I would like to emphasize that this is a very bad idea, and we should definitely not do it.
SF refuses to issue grant agreements for $14 million of grants awarded to 38 Black arts nonprofits.
Dream Keeper funding cuts ‘hurting Black San Francisco,’ nonprofits say www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Dream Keeper funding cuts ‘hurting Black San Francisco,’ nonprofits say www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Dream Keeper funding cuts ‘hurting Black San Francisco,’ nonprofits say
More than three dozen organizations say the city is reneging without explanation on $14 million in funds allocated through the troubled Dream Keeper Initiative.
www.sfchronicle.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
SF refuses to issue grant agreements for $14 million of grants awarded to 38 Black arts nonprofits.
Dream Keeper funding cuts ‘hurting Black San Francisco,’ nonprofits say www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Dream Keeper funding cuts ‘hurting Black San Francisco,’ nonprofits say www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. nyti.ms/4iXMx8m
April 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. nyti.ms/4iXMx8m
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You did the darned thing!
Booker: Strom Thurmond’s record always kind of just really irked me. That the longest speech on our great Senate floor was from someone who was trying to stop people like me from being in the Senate. So to surpass that became more important to me.
April 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
You did the darned thing!
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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors children in immigration proceedings.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors children in immigration proceedings.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.
Here are six takeaways from the night’s results.
Here are six takeaways from the night’s results.
Democrats Show a Pulse: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.
Here are six takeaways from the night’s results.
Here are six takeaways from the night’s results.
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If there was ever a symbol of why we need to get big money out of politics, reform campaign financing, stop conflicts of interest, and tax great wealth, Elon Musk is it.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
April 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If there was ever a symbol of why we need to get big money out of politics, reform campaign financing, stop conflicts of interest, and tax great wealth, Elon Musk is it.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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Tesla has recalled... every single Cybertruck. Every one they've ever sold. For a hardware issue
www.carscoops.com/2025/03/tesl...
www.carscoops.com/2025/03/tesl...
Tesla Recalls Every Single Cybertruck Over Stainless Steel Trims Falling Off | Carscoops
151 Cybertruck owners filed warranty claims after noticing the roof trim panel above the windows was coming loose
www.carscoops.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Tesla has recalled... every single Cybertruck. Every one they've ever sold. For a hardware issue
www.carscoops.com/2025/03/tesl...
www.carscoops.com/2025/03/tesl...
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Jackie’s name was big enough to be restored. The many others who were removed, with the same justification, will not get the same attention.
And that’s the problem.
And that’s the problem.
March 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Jackie’s name was big enough to be restored. The many others who were removed, with the same justification, will not get the same attention.
And that’s the problem.
And that’s the problem.
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Seriously.
White supremacists hiding the achievements of non-white people is a pretty good indication that they know white people aren’t supreme.
March 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Seriously.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
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Protesters outside of the U.S. embassy in Nuuk, Greenland against Donald Trump.
No means no, Donald!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
No means no, Donald!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
March 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Protesters outside of the U.S. embassy in Nuuk, Greenland against Donald Trump.
No means no, Donald!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
No means no, Donald!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Shout it from the rooftops. This is not left vs right, this is a class struggle.
March 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Shout it from the rooftops. This is not left vs right, this is a class struggle.
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It’s unreal - the DOD deleted its page for Charles Calvin Rodgers, a Medal of Honor recipient who was wounded three times while defending against three assaults on his base in Vietnam. Now the URL includes “DEI Medal of Honor.” There’s something about Rodgers I don’t even have to tell you
March 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It’s unreal - the DOD deleted its page for Charles Calvin Rodgers, a Medal of Honor recipient who was wounded three times while defending against three assaults on his base in Vietnam. Now the URL includes “DEI Medal of Honor.” There’s something about Rodgers I don’t even have to tell you
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Trying to imagine Biden withholding disaster funds from red states unless they first instituted gun control
The Trump administration recently denied a funding request from the city of Asheville, North Carolina, to help its recovery from Hurricane Helene, telling the city it must cut a program meant to aid female and minority contractors.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump admin makes Asheville remove ‘DEI’ language to access hurricane relief aid
The Trump administration recently denied a funding request from the city of Asheville, North Carolina, to help its recovery from Hurricane Helene, telling the city it must cut a program meant to aid f...
www.yahoo.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trying to imagine Biden withholding disaster funds from red states unless they first instituted gun control
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Had strong sense at least the timing of Trump's illegal shuttering of Voice of America was triggered by his annoyance at a question from a VOA journo. Source flags to me that the EO was so hastily put together they literally forgot to complete the last sentence. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
March 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Had strong sense at least the timing of Trump's illegal shuttering of Voice of America was triggered by his annoyance at a question from a VOA journo. Source flags to me that the EO was so hastily put together they literally forgot to complete the last sentence. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”