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In case you need a history refresher.
In case you need a history refresher.
Excuse me, but what didn't David Brooks see coming?
Hard pass on this long plea for empathy from a horrified old-school conservative.
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April 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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In case you need a history refresher.
In case you need a history refresher.
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Secrets for sale.
Secrets for sale.
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Secrets for sale.
Secrets for sale.
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The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment.
Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.
Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.
March 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The players keep bending the knee in order to protect themselves. But the collapse of the U.S. social order is imminent. What we had was an inequitable system that gave cursory support to our collective well being. Even with all it’s flaws we will miss it.
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Trump drops order against law firm after it pledges $40 million in legal services
The firm agreed to provide pro bono work for causes chosen by Trump and to change its workplace diversity practices, the White House said.
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March 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The players keep bending the knee in order to protect themselves. But the collapse of the U.S. social order is imminent. What we had was an inequitable system that gave cursory support to our collective well being. Even with all it’s flaws we will miss it.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
We are asking #SenateDemocrats to stand together and not give the abuser what he wants. It is classic victim behavior to please the abuser in the hope the pain will stop. But, will it? Or are you giving our abuser free reign to hurt and hurt again and again?
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Schumer says he'll vote to keep government open as Democrats criticize GOP plan
The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the support of Democrats to move forward.
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March 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
We are asking #SenateDemocrats to stand together and not give the abuser what he wants. It is classic victim behavior to please the abuser in the hope the pain will stop. But, will it? Or are you giving our abuser free reign to hurt and hurt again and again?
www.cbsnews.com/news/governm...
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Retribution, racism, and illegal pronouncements all rolled into one.
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Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The
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March 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Retribution, racism, and illegal pronouncements all rolled into one.
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Just a reminder: President Biden changed the WEP provision that affected teacher, police, and other local government workers who received private pensions, not president marmalade. Thank Biden when you get your SSA increase.
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/w...
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The Social Security Fairness Act could boost payments for more than 3.2 million Americans—see who qualifies
President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law before he left office in January. Here's who may see a boost to their benefits and when.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just a reminder: President Biden changed the WEP provision that affected teacher, police, and other local government workers who received private pensions, not president marmalade. Thank Biden when you get your SSA increase.
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/w...
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/w...
Clearly, this administration is putin’s Trojan horse. This is the answer to how to topple a nation without ever firing a shot.
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For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed ...
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March 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Clearly, this administration is putin’s Trojan horse. This is the answer to how to topple a nation without ever firing a shot.
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18f.org
When I was a child, over 60 years ago, I remember the feeling of fear and dread I had every time we had a bomb drill in school. Ivan almost hear Eliot Widaen whispering to me “if the drop a nuclear bomb on us, being under this desk won’t help”. I silently started crying…
March 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
When I was a child, over 60 years ago, I remember the feeling of fear and dread I had every time we had a bomb drill in school. Ivan almost hear Eliot Widaen whispering to me “if the drop a nuclear bomb on us, being under this desk won’t help”. I silently started crying…
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Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up.
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
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Free virtual boot camp seeks to recruit and educate civil rights advocates
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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March 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up.
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
So, the new Deputy Director of the FBI has ZERO experience in leadership, field office work, or law. But, he has a f—k of a lot of power.
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Dan Bongino: Trump names podcaster as deputy FBI director
The former New York City police officer will supervise daily operations and serve under new FBI director Kash Patel.
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February 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So, the new Deputy Director of the FBI has ZERO experience in leadership, field office work, or law. But, he has a f—k of a lot of power.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hold strong. Move in love and care. Remember who you are at your core. Don’t let the insanity around you corrupt your humanity.
February 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hold strong. Move in love and care. Remember who you are at your core. Don’t let the insanity around you corrupt your humanity.
Self defense from ICE
February 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Self defense from ICE
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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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I’m going to have to use all my internal balancing strategies to keep from screaming at the top of my lungs.
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Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section
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February 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’m going to have to use all my internal balancing strategies to keep from screaming at the top of my lungs.
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With a 53% approval rating I am unsure what we think is salvageable. Apparently, a f—k lot of folks like the racism, chaos, and subjugation of the poor that they see happening.
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Trump’s Approval Rating At 53% In New Poll—But Americans Are Less Sure About Elon Musk
Most Americans, even Republicans, think Trump should be trying to do more to lower prices in his administration’s early weeks.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
With a 53% approval rating I am unsure what we think is salvageable. Apparently, a f—k lot of folks like the racism, chaos, and subjugation of the poor that they see happening.
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
Breaks my heart that the country of my birth has devolved into chaos and greed.
Trump & Musk have given Democrats a mission they can’t duck: Defending constitutional democracy & the rule of law and fighting oligarchy
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Opinion | Democrats, Trump has given you a mission. Accept all of it.
The republic is under siege. What can be done?
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February 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Breaks my heart that the country of my birth has devolved into chaos and greed.
Y’all didn’t believe the FBI when they said white supremacy was the biggest threat to the US and now we are here. Now they are messing with your money-still unbothered?
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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February 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Y’all didn’t believe the FBI when they said white supremacy was the biggest threat to the US and now we are here. Now they are messing with your money-still unbothered?
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
How many families will be thrown into poverty by the shut down of government agencies? How many of your neighbors will be out of work?
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Judge halts Trump's government worker buyout plan
The offer is part of an ongoing effort by the Trump administration to slash the size of the federal government.
www.bbc.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How many families will be thrown into poverty by the shut down of government agencies? How many of your neighbors will be out of work?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The behavior of this government is abhorrent. What does it do to the human psyche to be denied the right to be yourself? To have the most basic of freedoms removed?
As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is starting to roll out new policies demanding trans women hand over female-identifying clothing and other items.
'We do not exist anymore': New prison rules ban female clothing for trans women
As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is starting to roll out new policies demanding trans women hand over female-identifying c...
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February 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The behavior of this government is abhorrent. What does it do to the human psyche to be denied the right to be yourself? To have the most basic of freedoms removed?
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At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.