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Hey everyone!
I’m on NPR’s “It’s been a minute” talking about the R word.
www.npr.org/2025/03/05/1...
I’m on NPR’s “It’s been a minute” talking about the R word.
www.npr.org/2025/03/05/1...
The R-word is back. But why? : It's Been a Minute
Over the past few years, Brittany has noticed the resurgence the R-word - a word that otherwise left the cultural lexicon. And while that's troubling in and of itself, its return may also have larger ...
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hey everyone!
I’m on NPR’s “It’s been a minute” talking about the R word.
www.npr.org/2025/03/05/1...
I’m on NPR’s “It’s been a minute” talking about the R word.
www.npr.org/2025/03/05/1...
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Why don’t yall believe Trump that votes don’t matter anymore? The Heritage Foundation said it too? Why don’t yall believe the Republicans when they tell their own constituents to get over it? Why do you think they arent worried about being voted out or fundraising?
March 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Why don’t yall believe Trump that votes don’t matter anymore? The Heritage Foundation said it too? Why don’t yall believe the Republicans when they tell their own constituents to get over it? Why do you think they arent worried about being voted out or fundraising?
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America, Goddamn! | TDMS Weekend
youtu.be/h8BAVbGo8nM
youtu.be/h8BAVbGo8nM
America, Goddamn! | TDMS Weekend
YouTube video by Danielle Moodie
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March 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
America, Goddamn! | TDMS Weekend
youtu.be/h8BAVbGo8nM
youtu.be/h8BAVbGo8nM
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Under what authority??!?!?!?!?!?
Why does this private citizen with no background in government and no loyalty to the Constitution have access to information that is only available to the government I consent to?! Why the fuck is everyone being so casual about this?!?!?!!!
Why does this private citizen with no background in government and no loyalty to the Constitution have access to information that is only available to the government I consent to?! Why the fuck is everyone being so casual about this?!?!?!!!
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Under what authority??!?!?!?!?!?
Why does this private citizen with no background in government and no loyalty to the Constitution have access to information that is only available to the government I consent to?! Why the fuck is everyone being so casual about this?!?!?!!!
Why does this private citizen with no background in government and no loyalty to the Constitution have access to information that is only available to the government I consent to?! Why the fuck is everyone being so casual about this?!?!?!!!
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Hegseth has just told Military’s Cyber Security to stop reporting on Russian threats… JFC! They really have reordered the world. Russia and America are now one. We can’t vote our way out of this. Mark my words… midterms will not happen! WAKE UP
March 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hegseth has just told Military’s Cyber Security to stop reporting on Russian threats… JFC! They really have reordered the world. Russia and America are now one. We can’t vote our way out of this. Mark my words… midterms will not happen! WAKE UP
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They’re not gonna vote him out. Elon Musk is coming for local and state elections too. He is trying to buy off the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Using threats and money.
These people will just vote another Republican in and even if they dont, Trump PROMISED votes dont matter anymore.
These people will just vote another Republican in and even if they dont, Trump PROMISED votes dont matter anymore.
March 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They’re not gonna vote him out. Elon Musk is coming for local and state elections too. He is trying to buy off the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Using threats and money.
These people will just vote another Republican in and even if they dont, Trump PROMISED votes dont matter anymore.
These people will just vote another Republican in and even if they dont, Trump PROMISED votes dont matter anymore.
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Girl!!! The sketches coming out of that courtroom say it ALL
March 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Girl!!! The sketches coming out of that courtroom say it ALL
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Literally all he did was quote someone. Defining criticism of the government as treason is what authoritarians do. Turning a publicly funded news outlet into a state media propaganda machine is what authoritarians do.
March 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Literally all he did was quote someone. Defining criticism of the government as treason is what authoritarians do. Turning a publicly funded news outlet into a state media propaganda machine is what authoritarians do.
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learning multiple languages though is deeply racialized in this country. If you're bilingual through birth as a POC it's treated as a deficit. But someone like Timothee Chalamet being bilingual (even though it's the same thing!) is treated like a hat trick (no shade to him)
March 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
learning multiple languages though is deeply racialized in this country. If you're bilingual through birth as a POC it's treated as a deficit. But someone like Timothee Chalamet being bilingual (even though it's the same thing!) is treated like a hat trick (no shade to him)
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In a conversation with a colleague, we decided that NATO and the EU let Ukraine join.
And that Zelenskyy should run for President of the European Commission.
And that Zelenskyy should run for President of the European Commission.
March 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In a conversation with a colleague, we decided that NATO and the EU let Ukraine join.
And that Zelenskyy should run for President of the European Commission.
And that Zelenskyy should run for President of the European Commission.
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Many US students don’t know how to seek opportunities outside the US. With some help from our colleagues in EU and Canada, we could put together a consolidated website of PhD opportunities and scholarships outside the US, organized by field. There might still be time for this year in some places.
I’m having similar conversations and sharing international opportunities a lot. I’m sure for a lot of US based trainees that feels overwhelming. I moved to Europe for my postdoc.Happy to chat with any trainees about my experience if it would be helpful.
Heartbreaking chats this week with students thinking of giving up on their dreams of getting a PhD. They worry about getting in PhD programs and careers post PhD. My suggestions: don’t be hasty, think broadly incl EU & Canada, & careers beyond traditional academia. What’re you telling your students?
March 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Many US students don’t know how to seek opportunities outside the US. With some help from our colleagues in EU and Canada, we could put together a consolidated website of PhD opportunities and scholarships outside the US, organized by field. There might still be time for this year in some places.
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Back in the mid-20th century, the FBI could place an individual under surveillance solely for being LGBTQ. This is what enabled the anti-queer witch hunts of the McCarthy era. Now, DHS permits surveillance of LGBTQ people again. Just being queer makes you a suspect. www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...
DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity
The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.
www.advocate.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Back in the mid-20th century, the FBI could place an individual under surveillance solely for being LGBTQ. This is what enabled the anti-queer witch hunts of the McCarthy era. Now, DHS permits surveillance of LGBTQ people again. Just being queer makes you a suspect. www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...
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my reasonable centrist betters tell me that it is ridiculous to suggest that the trump administration is filled with segregationists but here again they are forcing out a high-ranking, high-preforming black woman for reasons www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
From the fednews community on Reddit: Our beloved DHA director was just relieved of duty today
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
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February 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
my reasonable centrist betters tell me that it is ridiculous to suggest that the trump administration is filled with segregationists but here again they are forcing out a high-ranking, high-preforming black woman for reasons www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
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There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
Read Trump and Zelensky’s Fiery Oval Office Exchange
The meeting caps weeks of tense relations between Kyiv and Washington as they wrangle a deal.
foreignpolicy.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
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To donate to Ukraine you can go to war.Ukraine.ua/donate
This is an official donation site supported by Zelenskyy (and USAID-that-was). We donated. #SlavaUkraini
This is an official donation site supported by Zelenskyy (and USAID-that-was). We donated. #SlavaUkraini
March 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
To donate to Ukraine you can go to war.Ukraine.ua/donate
This is an official donation site supported by Zelenskyy (and USAID-that-was). We donated. #SlavaUkraini
This is an official donation site supported by Zelenskyy (and USAID-that-was). We donated. #SlavaUkraini
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There are many good answers to this, but "Don't go" and "Boycott" are not among them. This is television. Television is one of the only things Trump cares about. Don't allow that room to be filled only with his admirers. Shout back, disrupt, challenge, boo, fight. Mess up his show and make it yours.
If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There are many good answers to this, but "Don't go" and "Boycott" are not among them. This is television. Television is one of the only things Trump cares about. Don't allow that room to be filled only with his admirers. Shout back, disrupt, challenge, boo, fight. Mess up his show and make it yours.
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America is not unique. Any democracy can fall to state capture by disordered discourse if there’s no systematic response. This isn’t something we can fact-check our way out of - it’s deeper than misinformation. It’s about power, identity, and the narratives that shape reality itself.
February 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
America is not unique. Any democracy can fall to state capture by disordered discourse if there’s no systematic response. This isn’t something we can fact-check our way out of - it’s deeper than misinformation. It’s about power, identity, and the narratives that shape reality itself.
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Toured Aurora’s new Mosley VA clinic today.
Proud to have led the effort in Congress to name this facility after Lt. Col. John W. Mosley, a Colorado native who served as a Tuskegee Airman.
Great to meet with clinic leadership to discuss the work ahead to improve veteran care.
Proud to have led the effort in Congress to name this facility after Lt. Col. John W. Mosley, a Colorado native who served as a Tuskegee Airman.
Great to meet with clinic leadership to discuss the work ahead to improve veteran care.
February 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Toured Aurora’s new Mosley VA clinic today.
Proud to have led the effort in Congress to name this facility after Lt. Col. John W. Mosley, a Colorado native who served as a Tuskegee Airman.
Great to meet with clinic leadership to discuss the work ahead to improve veteran care.
Proud to have led the effort in Congress to name this facility after Lt. Col. John W. Mosley, a Colorado native who served as a Tuskegee Airman.
Great to meet with clinic leadership to discuss the work ahead to improve veteran care.
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Today might be the last day of Black History Month, but we will always stand in solidarity with Black folks. Black art, imagination, and joy are valuable, crucial, and deserving of all of our love and support—all year round. Support Black-led projects in APs and beyond, now and always!
February 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Today might be the last day of Black History Month, but we will always stand in solidarity with Black folks. Black art, imagination, and joy are valuable, crucial, and deserving of all of our love and support—all year round. Support Black-led projects in APs and beyond, now and always!
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relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
Seems like why the meeting imploded was more like "Trump is senile and has lost all impulse control and JD Vance is pickled in online fash propaganda" www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded
It happened in part because the White House perceived a loss of focus on the reason they were even gathering.
www.semafor.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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The Iowa legislature just became the first in modern history to repeal a statutory civil rights law by removing protections for gender identity first passed in 2007. They have legalized discrimination against trans people in housing, healthcare, and employment.
This is a campaign of eradication.
This is a campaign of eradication.
February 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Iowa legislature just became the first in modern history to repeal a statutory civil rights law by removing protections for gender identity first passed in 2007. They have legalized discrimination against trans people in housing, healthcare, and employment.
This is a campaign of eradication.
This is a campaign of eradication.
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Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.
February 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.
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