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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 48m

It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 2h

And park board days of action because we are a team!! www.mobilize.us/dfl/event/84...

Minneapolis Park Board Days of Action! · Minnesota DFL

Minneapolis deserves a Park Board that is pro-worker, pro-youth, and pro-climate justice! For us to achieve that positive future we need to get out and talk with our neighbors. No matter if it's your...

www.mobilize.us

Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 2h

Join us - we need you to helo talk to EVERYONE - www.mobilize.us/omarfatehfor...

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 3h

Join us - this is important for our campaigns! www.mobilize.us/omarfatehfor...

Door-Knock w/ Team Fateh & Dan Engelhart · Omar Fateh For Mayor

Join us for a door-knock with Team Fateh and Dan Engelhart for Parks D1! We will start with some training and then head out in pairs from there. We use the app Mini VAN to door-knock, download it ahea...

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is the country's first pro-disease president ever. As it he says, "no one thought it was possible."

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

Dozens of employees at the CDC — including “disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office — were notified late Friday that they were losing their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s latest round of federal layoffs.

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 8h

Awesome hell yes

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Heather Silsbee @hsilsbee.bsky.social · 9h

👀🔥

(Those three great leaders are @omarfatehmn.com, @dewayneforminneapolis.com, and @jazzformayor.bsky.social)

Asked for comment on the new billboard against Frey, a representative for Sabri said, "Minneapolis has suffered for the last 7 years with this poseur who utterly lacks vision, integrity or a moral core. This city cannot be led by a chameleon. We have three great leaders running to serve and collaborate with all of us. Men of color who are led by conviction, passion and frankly love for this city. We can recover but we will not if we don’t choose hope and leave this nonsensical liar behind."

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · Nov 13

Union organizing as a rule - if work isn’t being assigned or coming out of a meeting- do not have the meeting

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA.

"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."

newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 9h

I’ll attend only if we do what they say we are but we won’t so probably not

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Tom Watson @guitarwatson.bsky.social · 9h

The Project 25 bros thought it would all be over in 25. Only 11 weeks left. Not even close. Quite the opposite, actually. Grim as things are, they're running short of time. And they banked on far more popularity. Not happening.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 10h

But at least we have Trump setting global trade, the Fed, and democracy on fire to fall back on.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 11h

are shooters of priests ever the good guys throughout history

Pastor shot by ICE with pepper balls speaks out in first TV interview | CNN

Pastor hit by ICE pepper balls granted restraining order against government.

www.cnn.com

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 10h

It’s considered impolite to use language like this, but “evil” is the best word for what these folks are doing. It’s bad enough to screw over workers to attack political enemies. But here, doing so will literally kill people and lead to avoidable disease.

open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10h

Trump’s immigration crackdown is risking higher food prices for Americans, according to the Trump admin itself.  DOL warned in an obscure document last week that “near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

The entire Trump administration is full of shit.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

this is absolutely my favorite protest innovation of 2025

"my opponents are violent antifa extremist terrorists"

"your opponents are dressed as giant inflatable frogs"

solid fuck you to the pepe crowd too

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Sara 🏳️‍🌈 @saralovesyou.bsky.social · 19h

Oh. Well then.

We’re really hurtling back to the dark ages. Travel back in with me as I write about how individual people and families died.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 21h

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS.

This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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John Mashey @johnmashey.bsky.social · 20h

This, another Friday night massacre.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 20h

I’ve gotten some or you in and some of you I’ll do tomorrow - it has been a day

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s do that

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Dan Engelhart He/Him @engy5150.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry no media in the group but appreciate you wanting to be

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