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@geekyflip.bsky.social
FilAm Leslie Knope with a law license
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I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
March 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
March 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
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I hope Maria Ressa is having a lovely day.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government says ex-President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested at Manila airport.
March 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I hope Maria Ressa is having a lovely day.
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This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
February 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
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“Because if the president or his minions care about the case you’re working on, there is no place in government for an ethical prosecutor any more.”
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“Because if the president or his minions care about the case you’re working on, there is no place in government for an ethical prosecutor any more.”
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If “couldn’t be me” was a resignation letter
February 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If “couldn’t be me” was a resignation letter
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A few more words about this story:
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
NIH's proposal to cut the grants it pays for medical research will not just hurt elite coastal universities.
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State (Gift Article)
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A few more words about this story:
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
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A flyer posted on Van
Buren Street in the Loop: “WE WILL NOT RESIGN. Sincerely, Local Federal Workers”
Buren Street in the Loop: “WE WILL NOT RESIGN. Sincerely, Local Federal Workers”
February 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A flyer posted on Van
Buren Street in the Loop: “WE WILL NOT RESIGN. Sincerely, Local Federal Workers”
Buren Street in the Loop: “WE WILL NOT RESIGN. Sincerely, Local Federal Workers”
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Legal harassment succeeds at intimidating news outlets. Unfortunately, there's no way today's GOP-controlled Congress will stop it. www.theunpopulist.net/p/america-de...
America Desperately Needs a National Anti-SLAPP Law to Stop Censorship by Bad Political Actors
It’ll help prevent the weaponization of frivolous lawsuits against critics and opponents
www.theunpopulist.net
February 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Legal harassment succeeds at intimidating news outlets. Unfortunately, there's no way today's GOP-controlled Congress will stop it. www.theunpopulist.net/p/america-de...
Normally requiring security clearances wouldn’t be controversial. But it’s 2025 and half the country already accepted hoarding nuclear codes by a toilet, so they're BIG MAD that the judiciary might not give our SSNs to teenagers who’ve already lost jobs for being cybersecurity risks @abovethelaw.com
Judge Told Trump And Musk To Follow The Law For A Week. They’re Calling It Tyranny. - Above the Law
The opinion doesn't justify the outrage. But the outrage is about a lot more than the opinion.
abovethelaw.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Normally requiring security clearances wouldn’t be controversial. But it’s 2025 and half the country already accepted hoarding nuclear codes by a toilet, so they're BIG MAD that the judiciary might not give our SSNs to teenagers who’ve already lost jobs for being cybersecurity risks @abovethelaw.com
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This is an important point I think. Opposition to Musk isn't based on philosophical or political views. It's between people who know when they're being conned and people who don't. Whether we still have a functioning country after this depends on how many of us fall for the wallet inspector gag
Yeah yeah he’s cringe but can you imagine being dumb enough to fall for this shit? Like oh sure the worlds richest man with billions in government contracts is saying that disability payments are the real scam, he seems legit lol
The man currently destroying the U.S. government has changed his name on Twitter to Harry Bolz
February 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is an important point I think. Opposition to Musk isn't based on philosophical or political views. It's between people who know when they're being conned and people who don't. Whether we still have a functioning country after this depends on how many of us fall for the wallet inspector gag
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"This is class warfare, and we can't afford to lose."
Trump hopes Americans don’t realize what the CFPB does.
So I wrote this piece on why CFPB exists, the billions it has saved us, & why dismantling it devastates working people. This is class warfare & we cannot afford to lose.
No paywall. Please read & share:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/cfpb-is-su...
So I wrote this piece on why CFPB exists, the billions it has saved us, & why dismantling it devastates working people. This is class warfare & we cannot afford to lose.
No paywall. Please read & share:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/cfpb-is-su...
CFPB Is Suspended & We Are All at Risk
What shutting down the CFPB means for working Americans and the billionaire class
www.qasimrashid.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"This is class warfare, and we can't afford to lose."
You GUYS:
Jason Biggs is the host of Netflix's 'Blue Ribbon Baking Championship'!
"take it from someone who knows, THAT is a VERY attractive pie!" 🥧👀😂💀 #AmericanPie #wholesome <-- #doubleentendre
Jason Biggs is the host of Netflix's 'Blue Ribbon Baking Championship'!
"take it from someone who knows, THAT is a VERY attractive pie!" 🥧👀😂💀 #AmericanPie #wholesome <-- #doubleentendre
February 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
You GUYS:
Jason Biggs is the host of Netflix's 'Blue Ribbon Baking Championship'!
"take it from someone who knows, THAT is a VERY attractive pie!" 🥧👀😂💀 #AmericanPie #wholesome <-- #doubleentendre
Jason Biggs is the host of Netflix's 'Blue Ribbon Baking Championship'!
"take it from someone who knows, THAT is a VERY attractive pie!" 🥧👀😂💀 #AmericanPie #wholesome <-- #doubleentendre
WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT OF YOU, DEMOCRATS
16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT OF YOU, DEMOCRATS
This is how it always ends. Legacy media bent over backwards to appear neutral, doing a grave disservice to the truth, sanewashing the fascism and holding Harris/Walz to ridiculous standards. They thought it would protect them. Appeasement NEVER works.
February 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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PLEASE TAKE HER UP ON THIS, @democrats.org 👀
THE RESISTANCE IS BEGGING YOU
THE RESISTANCE IS BEGGING YOU
@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point
January 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
PLEASE TAKE HER UP ON THIS, @democrats.org 👀
THE RESISTANCE IS BEGGING YOU
THE RESISTANCE IS BEGGING YOU
me: No that's illegal, they can't do that
also me: well that hasn't stopped them so far
also me: well that hasn't stopped them so far
Musk having access to all of our bank accounts through the Treasury dept is not reassuring. If the Treasury department can put direct deposits in (social security, VA benefits, etc) who’s to say it can’t suck money out if you are an undesirable.
This is a terrifying 5 alarm fire
This is a terrifying 5 alarm fire
January 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
me: No that's illegal, they can't do that
also me: well that hasn't stopped them so far
also me: well that hasn't stopped them so far
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The government has no right to decide what name or nickname your child goes by in class.
The government has no right to pick out what clothes your child wears to school.
This is not just an attack on trans children. It's an attack on personal choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
The government has no right to pick out what clothes your child wears to school.
This is not just an attack on trans children. It's an attack on personal choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
With Sweeping Executive Orders, Trump Tests Local Control of Schools
The orders seek to encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding. But schools are often resistant to change.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The government has no right to decide what name or nickname your child goes by in class.
The government has no right to pick out what clothes your child wears to school.
This is not just an attack on trans children. It's an attack on personal choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
The government has no right to pick out what clothes your child wears to school.
This is not just an attack on trans children. It's an attack on personal choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...
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just read that where they typically have 2 air traffic controllers at DCA, one for helicopters and one for planes, last night they had only one for both.
that poor, poor man.
this is mass murder by fund-cutting.
that poor, poor man.
this is mass murder by fund-cutting.
January 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
just read that where they typically have 2 air traffic controllers at DCA, one for helicopters and one for planes, last night they had only one for both.
that poor, poor man.
this is mass murder by fund-cutting.
that poor, poor man.
this is mass murder by fund-cutting.
Just for the record.
The FAA director they canned was this guy, for all the supposed DEI talk. They axed a white dude and didn't name an acting director.
January 31, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Just for the record.
How is this administration's fuck up, firing the people in charge of the FAA and freezing federal hiring of air traffic controllers, in ANY WAY connected to programs centered on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? (I have been shocked by how many people who are anti-DEI don't even know what it means.)
No, the FAA did not recruit people with intellectual disabilities to work as air traffic controllers. Despite what the President said about anti-discrimination programs. My story @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
People with intellectual disabilities do lots of jobs–but they don't direct air traffic
After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, the President says diversity hiring has made the skies unsafe, but that's not how disability hiring works
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
How is this administration's fuck up, firing the people in charge of the FAA and freezing federal hiring of air traffic controllers, in ANY WAY connected to programs centered on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? (I have been shocked by how many people who are anti-DEI don't even know what it means.)
I expected DJT II to cut programs to the vulnerable and terrorize minority populations. I did NOT expect the GOP, purportedly the party of hard national security, to completely capitulate to this "Manchurian president" creating this kind of vulnerability.
We're so f@cked.
We're so f@cked.
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I expected DJT II to cut programs to the vulnerable and terrorize minority populations. I did NOT expect the GOP, purportedly the party of hard national security, to completely capitulate to this "Manchurian president" creating this kind of vulnerability.
We're so f@cked.
We're so f@cked.