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"Brazil has demonstrated how democracies that value themselves defend themselves," Quico Toro writes. "America could have done the same."
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February 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Brazil has demonstrated how democracies that value themselves defend themselves," Quico Toro writes. "America could have done the same."
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February 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ticket bought!
I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.
February 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Ticket bought!
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On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.
February 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.
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"under civil service law this finding that the terminations were unlawful can create serious jeopardy for the government employees who signed the terminations, including fines, debarment from government employment and other serious civil sanctions. So those people may already have a problem."
BIG: DOGE Firings Found Unlawful by Office of Special Counsel
There was a very important development today, still only little-noted in the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"under civil service law this finding that the terminations were unlawful can create serious jeopardy for the government employees who signed the terminations, including fines, debarment from government employment and other serious civil sanctions. So those people may already have a problem."
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Just cut federal cancer research & food for starving children.
February 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just cut federal cancer research & food for starving children.
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Office of Special Counsel rules that some of Trump's firings were unlawful, asks for some to be reinstated.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Oversight agency finds Trump’s federal worker firings unlawful, asks for some employees to be reinstated
The findings could have sweeping impacts for the tens of thousands of recently dismissed workers.
www.govexec.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Office of Special Counsel rules that some of Trump's firings were unlawful, asks for some to be reinstated.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
We cannot replace people with GenAI in the government or anyplace else. www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
There Is No AI Revolution
Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars
Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei hav...
www.wheresyoured.at
February 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We cannot replace people with GenAI in the government or anyplace else. www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
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The young vote in Germany, by gender. 😳
February 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The young vote in Germany, by gender. 😳
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Otd 5 years ago, Ahmaud Arbery was "trapped like a rat" before he was shot dead for being Black
February 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Otd 5 years ago, Ahmaud Arbery was "trapped like a rat" before he was shot dead for being Black
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With the all the attacks on our community I thought I’d post this again. Might save a life.
February 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
With the all the attacks on our community I thought I’d post this again. Might save a life.
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"What could provoke a revolt of at least a few Republicans? What about the attempted betrayal of Ukraine? Half of the Republicans on the Hill voted for aid to Ukraine less than a year ago. Are they going to do nothing to prevent a free Ukraine from disappearing?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumpism-i...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumpism-i...
Trumpism Is Not Inevitable
But if Trump and Musk are going to be defeated, it has to start now.
www.thebulwark.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"What could provoke a revolt of at least a few Republicans? What about the attempted betrayal of Ukraine? Half of the Republicans on the Hill voted for aid to Ukraine less than a year ago. Are they going to do nothing to prevent a free Ukraine from disappearing?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumpism-i...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumpism-i...
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Sign of the day…
February 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sign of the day…
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Modern-Day Peaceful Protest…
TikTokers are hunting Cybertrucks—pulling up behind them and projecting anti-Elon Musk messages onto the tailgate. What’s genius: the driver has zero rear visibility & zero idea.
The Cybertruck Hunters account launched a week ago and already dropped a dozen videos.
TikTokers are hunting Cybertrucks—pulling up behind them and projecting anti-Elon Musk messages onto the tailgate. What’s genius: the driver has zero rear visibility & zero idea.
The Cybertruck Hunters account launched a week ago and already dropped a dozen videos.
February 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Modern-Day Peaceful Protest…
TikTokers are hunting Cybertrucks—pulling up behind them and projecting anti-Elon Musk messages onto the tailgate. What’s genius: the driver has zero rear visibility & zero idea.
The Cybertruck Hunters account launched a week ago and already dropped a dozen videos.
TikTokers are hunting Cybertrucks—pulling up behind them and projecting anti-Elon Musk messages onto the tailgate. What’s genius: the driver has zero rear visibility & zero idea.
The Cybertruck Hunters account launched a week ago and already dropped a dozen videos.
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Musk and DOGE are closing local Social Security offices, making it hard for people with disabilities to access help.
Frank Bisignano, former FISERV CEO, is Trump’s nominee for commissioner of Social Security.
He is likely to expand this.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Frank Bisignano, former FISERV CEO, is Trump’s nominee for commissioner of Social Security.
He is likely to expand this.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be signific...
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Musk and DOGE are closing local Social Security offices, making it hard for people with disabilities to access help.
Frank Bisignano, former FISERV CEO, is Trump’s nominee for commissioner of Social Security.
He is likely to expand this.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Frank Bisignano, former FISERV CEO, is Trump’s nominee for commissioner of Social Security.
He is likely to expand this.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Elections at stake as Republicans mobilize a takeover of the PA Supreme Court: Control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is on the ballot this year, with three Democratic justices up for retention elections.
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering…
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering…
Elections at stake as Republicans mobilize a takeover of the PA Supreme Court
Control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is on the ballot this year, with three Democratic justices up for retention elections.
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and…
www.alternet.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Elections at stake as Republicans mobilize a takeover of the PA Supreme Court: Control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is on the ballot this year, with three Democratic justices up for retention elections.
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering…
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering…
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Due to a pet sitter cancellation I am doing some last minute pet sitting for a neighbor and few animals seethe with ancient and incandescent rage quite like elderly Chihuahuas
February 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Due to a pet sitter cancellation I am doing some last minute pet sitting for a neighbor and few animals seethe with ancient and incandescent rage quite like elderly Chihuahuas
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When Trump promised to make prices go down I guess he meant stock prices
February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When Trump promised to make prices go down I guess he meant stock prices
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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swear to god if this were a movie script the studio would send notes back saying "tone it down, no one's gonna buy this"
NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga.
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
www.jacobsilverman.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
swear to god if this were a movie script the studio would send notes back saying "tone it down, no one's gonna buy this"