Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency.

via Brett Murphy:

The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:

Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

Evergreen, goddamn

these people are segregationists, full stop. their constitution is the one that allowed plessy.

I’d also like to add that we don’t have very many stories about fascist ideology here in the United States aside from 1930s “America First” movements when Confederates, Redeemers, the first and second Klan, Dixiecrats, and McCarthyism all have hallmarks of fascist thinking.

AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."

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KNOW THIS: Altadena is a predominantly African-American community community where Black families were redlined into. It’s not the Palisades, but losing homes, livelihoods & generational wealth is equally devastating.

Communities targeted by redlining have historic reasons to distrust government.

Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US

My dad used to call today Thanks-taking, because he's pithy and tirelessly anti-colonialist. It ain't wrong, but I'm thinking today just being very grateful for food and warmth also feels both corny & right.

A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other

Realizing that blocking while just lurking - zero posting - might be my introversion apex. So hi, maybe.