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BREAKING: Supreme Court just ruled 6-3 in a decision that allows for LGBTQ+ discrimination in public schools—a loss for freedom of speech, public education, and LGBTQ+ rights.
June 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Pope Leo with a message so many need to hear.

(cc: @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @TNGOP @TNHighwayPatrol @JDVance @RepTimBurchett @SenatorHagerty @CSexton25)
May 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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This Gestapo agent didn't cover his face - can we identify him?
May 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Brave patriotic ICE officials, as always, covering their faces out of shame.
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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A video that says everything about this regime.

A Newark Mayor attempting to visit a detention facility opened in his city without permits is handcuffed and detained by agents.

Apparently Ras Baraka is now being held at the local ICE field office.

Authoritarianism.

(🎥 News 12 New Jersey)
May 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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President Donald Trump abruptly fired the librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda. to.pbs.org/43lzwjf
Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Hayden in an email late Thursday from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office.
to.pbs.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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May 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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May 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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"Unnerved observers say Trump, Musk, and their allies are already well along toward their increasingly obvious goal: Compiling agency information on everyone everywhere into a single, easily searchable database."
Donald Trump’s Information Warfare Against America
Federal data used to be economic jet fuel. Now much of it is either gone or weaponized.
www.thebulwark.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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May 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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May 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.

Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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February 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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YES. And NOW. We are all the Organization Leaders? I'm just an ordinary citizen with no power except of my voice and my feet. Why aren't the people with the resources and connections organizing protests every single day. I'm ready! Take our cue from the German people. www.dw.com/en/germany-m...
Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSU – DW – 01/31/2025
A non-binding motion to restrict immigration has sparked outrage after citizens said the conservative CDU/CSU broke a promise not to work with the far-right AfD. Protesters in Berlin gathered outside ...
www.dw.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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if a major politician held an emergency rally about the current ongoing coup by the richest man in the world, I think people would go to it. Shit is well and truly fucked. I can think of a couple of people who should do that right now.
January 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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January 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This is the way forward, all around the globe. A resounding, vociferous resistance to hate, bigotry, and depravity, in the ongoing fight of good vs. evil, democracy vs. autocracy.

🙏🏼🌎🕊️
Massive rally in Berlin against against far-right fascism. 🙌🙏💪👏👊👇
January 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
#holocaustremembranceday
January 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27th
January 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM