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October 18 is No Kings Day. If you're white, especially a white man, use your privilege to help save democracy. Those least at risk of racial profiling should be at the front of these protests. The future of America depends on you.
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
October 18 is No Kings Day. If you're white, especially a white man, use your privilege to help save democracy. Those least at risk of racial profiling should be at the front of these protests. The future of America depends on you.
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Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.
October 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.
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"They were throwing people’s medicine in the bin in front of them and laughing in their faces."
Gaza Flotilla Update: U.K. Journalist Describes “Torturous Conditions” in Israeli Custody
Global condemnation is mounting as hundreds of international activists remain in Israeli prison days after Israel’s military raided and captured dozens of boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla. Reuters r...
www.democracynow.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"They were throwing people’s medicine in the bin in front of them and laughing in their faces."
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We badly need a coherent policy for otherwise-law-abiding illegals who've been in the U.S. for years.
Needed U.S. Immigration Changes
We badly need a coherent policy for otherwise-law-abiding illegals who've been in the U.S. for years.
www.forbes.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We badly need a coherent policy for otherwise-law-abiding illegals who've been in the U.S. for years.
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"President Trump and his administration continue to spew lies and disinformation about climate science(...) Climate change is here, it's costly, and people need real solutions, not propaganda designed to boost the profits of fossil fuel polluters," said UCS's Rachel Cleetus.
'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN
He mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con job ever.""Climate change -- it's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"President Trump and his administration continue to spew lies and disinformation about climate science(...) Climate change is here, it's costly, and people need real solutions, not propaganda designed to boost the profits of fossil fuel polluters," said UCS's Rachel Cleetus.
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“I fear that the same swaths of our country that struggle to find nutrition in ‘food deserts’ will also find themselves in ‘media deserts’ if federal funding cuts make it impossible for stations to bring quality programming to rural and less affluent areas.“ - @ricksteves.bsky.social
Public broadcasters like PBS, NPR aid democracy | Rick Steves Op-Ed
As our president aims to defund PBS and NPR, I’m reminded why, for more than 30 years, I’ve shared thoughtful programming with public broadcasters.
www.seattletimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“I fear that the same swaths of our country that struggle to find nutrition in ‘food deserts’ will also find themselves in ‘media deserts’ if federal funding cuts make it impossible for stations to bring quality programming to rural and less affluent areas.“ - @ricksteves.bsky.social
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Yesterday at Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle barriers were built with scooters and bikes in front of the buildings garage exit.
This comes as it was announced today that ICE will be deploying tactical teams to 5 cities in the US to assist in “mass deportations”
This comes as it was announced today that ICE will be deploying tactical teams to 5 cities in the US to assist in “mass deportations”
June 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Yesterday at Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle barriers were built with scooters and bikes in front of the buildings garage exit.
This comes as it was announced today that ICE will be deploying tactical teams to 5 cities in the US to assist in “mass deportations”
This comes as it was announced today that ICE will be deploying tactical teams to 5 cities in the US to assist in “mass deportations”
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Right now there are more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are to Syria and Iraq combined.
June 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Right now there are more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are to Syria and Iraq combined.
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“You’re not a hunter, you’re other a gatherer, you’re just a yapper”
April 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“You’re not a hunter, you’re other a gatherer, you’re just a yapper”
I’m real tired of wanting to spend time with people and them treating me like I’m an inconvenience.
March 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I’m real tired of wanting to spend time with people and them treating me like I’m an inconvenience.
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me after pretending that i'm fine for the whole day
March 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
me after pretending that i'm fine for the whole day
It’s a really freeing and awful experience to realize how much people you care about don’t actually give a fuck about you
March 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
It’s a really freeing and awful experience to realize how much people you care about don’t actually give a fuck about you
My mom might lose her insulin cause of Cheeto fuck. I mean, I hope that man doesn’t live to see tomorrow. I hope the people rise up and overthrow this. He checks all the boxes to overthrow and it needs to happen before it gets worse. People are going to die unnecessarily
March 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My mom might lose her insulin cause of Cheeto fuck. I mean, I hope that man doesn’t live to see tomorrow. I hope the people rise up and overthrow this. He checks all the boxes to overthrow and it needs to happen before it gets worse. People are going to die unnecessarily
Don’t make your people feel like their company or time is a burden. Just don’t. We all get frustrated, we all get tired. Don’t take for granted the people that are there.
March 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Don’t make your people feel like their company or time is a burden. Just don’t. We all get frustrated, we all get tired. Don’t take for granted the people that are there.
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Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...
'No Amazon, no Walmart, no fast food': What's behind the 'Feb. 28 economic blackout'
The People's Union USA, a self-described “grassroots movement” founded by John Schwarz, is encouraging Americans to refrain from making non-essential purchases on Friday.
www.yahoo.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Let’s go www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...
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South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson wants to put Trump on new $250 bill.
Current laws prevent a living person from appearing on U.S. currency.
Our tax dollars are PAYING him money to write BS bills that help NO ONE.
THIS IS A HUGE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
Current laws prevent a living person from appearing on U.S. currency.
Our tax dollars are PAYING him money to write BS bills that help NO ONE.
THIS IS A HUGE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
February 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson wants to put Trump on new $250 bill.
Current laws prevent a living person from appearing on U.S. currency.
Our tax dollars are PAYING him money to write BS bills that help NO ONE.
THIS IS A HUGE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
Current laws prevent a living person from appearing on U.S. currency.
Our tax dollars are PAYING him money to write BS bills that help NO ONE.
THIS IS A HUGE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
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I wondered when judges would start bringing up the major-questions doctrine in relation to drastic DOGE cuts!
In her opinion, among other bases, she finds that OMB's order likely violates the "major questions" doctrine. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![When an agency seeks to "exercise powers of vast economic and political significance,"
the "sheer scope of [an agency]'s claimed authority" can trigger heightened judicial scrutiny. Ala.
Ass 'n of Realtors v. Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs., 594 U.S. 758, 764 (2021) (per curiam) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Util. Air Regul. Grp. v. EPA, 573 U.S. 302, 324 (2014)). In such situations, the court "expect[s] Congress to speak clearly" when conferring such authority.
OSHA, 595 U.S. at 117 (quoting Ala. Ass'n of Realtors, 594 U.S. at 764). The Supreme Court has referred to this principle as the "major questions doctrine." Id. at 122 (Gorsuch, J…, concurring).
Based on the cases in which the Supreme Court has invoked the doctrine, this case easily qualifies.
See Ala. Ass'n of Realtors, 594 U.S. at 764 (applying the doctrine where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented a nationwide eviction moratorium affecting up to 17 million tenants); OSHA, 595 U.S. at 117-18 (applying the doctrine where OSHA required all federal
employees to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations).
"When an agency claims to discover in a long-extant statute an unheralded power to regulate 'a significant portion of the American economy,'" the court "typically greet[s] its](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibixaph26l6yadpjeau3foy2ajeyv3e2dguv6l4egit5tanmuww44@jpeg)
![announcement with a measure of skepticism." Util. Air Regul. Auth. Grp., 573 U.S. at 324 (quoting FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120, 159 (2000)). Here, Defendants attempted to freeze as much as $3 trillion dollars the sum total of "all activities related to [the] obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance." OMB Pause Memorandum, at 2.
That is "no everyday exercise of federal power." OSHA, 595 U.S. at 117 (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting In re MCP No. 165, Occupational Safety & Health Admin., 20 F.4th 264, 272
(6th Cir. 2021) (Sutton, C.J., dissenting)).
The scope of power OMB seeks to claim is "breathtaking," and its ramifications are
massive. Ala. Ass'n of Realtors, 594 U.S. at 764. Because there is no clear statutory hook for this broad assertion of power, Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of this claim.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicakbyew5vfghzy2quaiydbe4324fxe26uh6n65ebnkjytyyfmj74@jpeg)
February 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I wondered when judges would start bringing up the major-questions doctrine in relation to drastic DOGE cuts!
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Heard today:
There are a bunch of people who need to go watch the Schoolhouse Rock videos.
👏 👏 👏
Let me help with a link to the lyrics. All videos on Disney+ and most on YouTube.
www.schoolhouserock.tv
There are a bunch of people who need to go watch the Schoolhouse Rock videos.
👏 👏 👏
Let me help with a link to the lyrics. All videos on Disney+ and most on YouTube.
www.schoolhouserock.tv
Schoolhouse Rock Lyrics
Schoolhouse Rock Lyrics - Vote for your favorite Schoolhouse Rock song!
www.schoolhouserock.tv
February 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Heard today:
There are a bunch of people who need to go watch the Schoolhouse Rock videos.
👏 👏 👏
Let me help with a link to the lyrics. All videos on Disney+ and most on YouTube.
www.schoolhouserock.tv
There are a bunch of people who need to go watch the Schoolhouse Rock videos.
👏 👏 👏
Let me help with a link to the lyrics. All videos on Disney+ and most on YouTube.
www.schoolhouserock.tv
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Today marks one year since Aaron Bushnell died by self-immolation in protest of the genocide in Gaza.
“I just want people to remember his message,” said Bushnell’s friend, Levi Pierpont, when we spoke with him in the days following the death.
“I just want people to remember his message,” said Bushnell’s friend, Levi Pierpont, when we spoke with him in the days following the death.
February 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today marks one year since Aaron Bushnell died by self-immolation in protest of the genocide in Gaza.
“I just want people to remember his message,” said Bushnell’s friend, Levi Pierpont, when we spoke with him in the days following the death.
“I just want people to remember his message,” said Bushnell’s friend, Levi Pierpont, when we spoke with him in the days following the death.
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MUST-WATCH: House GOP leadership refused to allow Rep. Brittany Peterson, who's on maternity leave, to vote remotely, but that didn't stop her.
She showed up, not only voted but also spoke out against the GOP budget proposal with Sam, who turned 1 month old today, in her hands.
She showed up, not only voted but also spoke out against the GOP budget proposal with Sam, who turned 1 month old today, in her hands.
February 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
MUST-WATCH: House GOP leadership refused to allow Rep. Brittany Peterson, who's on maternity leave, to vote remotely, but that didn't stop her.
She showed up, not only voted but also spoke out against the GOP budget proposal with Sam, who turned 1 month old today, in her hands.
She showed up, not only voted but also spoke out against the GOP budget proposal with Sam, who turned 1 month old today, in her hands.
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Akima, the private company that runs the Guantánamo Bay immigrant detention center, has been accused of human rights abuses, finds investigative reporter José Olivares.
February 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Akima, the private company that runs the Guantánamo Bay immigrant detention center, has been accused of human rights abuses, finds investigative reporter José Olivares.
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Omg. This is horrifying.
Congresswoman Kelly Morrison just revealed that Medicaid covers HALF of the kids in the United states, more than 40% of the births — and Republicans want it gone.
The Republican funding bill impacts ALL OF US.
Congresswoman Kelly Morrison just revealed that Medicaid covers HALF of the kids in the United states, more than 40% of the births — and Republicans want it gone.
The Republican funding bill impacts ALL OF US.
February 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Omg. This is horrifying.
Congresswoman Kelly Morrison just revealed that Medicaid covers HALF of the kids in the United states, more than 40% of the births — and Republicans want it gone.
The Republican funding bill impacts ALL OF US.
Congresswoman Kelly Morrison just revealed that Medicaid covers HALF of the kids in the United states, more than 40% of the births — and Republicans want it gone.
The Republican funding bill impacts ALL OF US.