Fen Labalme
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I didn't get a picture of this which may be the most impactful sign I saw at No Kings 10/18:
First they came for the immigrants
And I spoke up because
I know the rest of the damn poem.
First they came for the immigrants
And I spoke up because
I know the rest of the damn poem.
October 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I didn't get a picture of this which may be the most impactful sign I saw at No Kings 10/18:
First they came for the immigrants
And I spoke up because
I know the rest of the damn poem.
First they came for the immigrants
And I spoke up because
I know the rest of the damn poem.
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‘No Kings’ National Protest (Pittsburgh) mtlebanondemocrats.com/d1m4o-x-b
'No Kings' National Protest (Pittsburgh) | Events | Mt. Lebanon Democratic Committee
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies.
mtlebanondemocrats.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
‘No Kings’ National Protest (Pittsburgh) mtlebanondemocrats.com/d1m4o-x-b
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Indivisible Pittsburgh says: "NO KINGS: Kick Out the Clowns!"” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Indivisible Pittsburgh says: "NO KINGS: Kick Out the Clowns!" · No Kings
Join INDIVISIBLE PITTSBURGH, B-PEP, other regional Indivisible groups and community partners as we say:
“NO Kings–Kick Out the Clowns!”
Pittsburgh is a democracy town! We know that America is not ...
www.mobilize.us
June 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Indivisible Pittsburgh says: "NO KINGS: Kick Out the Clowns!"” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Do something today to help the earth: Cancel the old growth Parched timber sale! elwhalegacyforests.org/parched/ - you can help here: www.gofundme.com/f/accsvm-oly...
Parched - Elwha Legacy Forests
elwhalegacyforests.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Do something today to help the earth: Cancel the old growth Parched timber sale! elwhalegacyforests.org/parched/ - you can help here: www.gofundme.com/f/accsvm-oly...
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Breaking news: The Trump administration has asked the Internal Revenue Service’s top attorney to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status amid President Trump’s row with the institutions that his administration views as "woke."
Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status
The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of President Trump’s feud with Harvard University and other Ivy League institutions and other nonprofit groups his administration views as “woke.”
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Breaking news: The Trump administration has asked the Internal Revenue Service’s top attorney to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status amid President Trump’s row with the institutions that his administration views as "woke."
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The Trump administration abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the U.S. pay their heating and cooling bills.
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Trump administration abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the U.S. pay their heating and cooling bills.
This terrifies me krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-...
How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack
In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to America." But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack ...
krebsonsecurity.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This terrifies me krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-...
I'll be at either (or both!) the Pittsburgh and Shadyside events: handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'll be at either (or both!) the Pittsburgh and Shadyside events: handsoff2025.com
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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As someone who camps at Yosemite a few times every year... this is frustrating. And so pointless.
Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
www.sfchronicle.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
As someone who camps at Yosemite a few times every year... this is frustrating. And so pointless.
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"The revolution about to be televised you picked the right time but the wrong guy"
KENDRICK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#superbowl
KENDRICK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#superbowl
February 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"The revolution about to be televised you picked the right time but the wrong guy"
KENDRICK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#superbowl
KENDRICK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#superbowl
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Not that it's a surprise, but Musk/Trump have now fired folks who worked on *securing elections*, including combatting foreign interference (they falsely claim this team was censoring conservatives, which is a lie).
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Trump continues federal purge, gutting cyber workers who combat disinformation
Roughly half a dozen employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who previously worked to counter election-related disinformation have been put on administrative leave.
www.politico.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not that it's a surprise, but Musk/Trump have now fired folks who worked on *securing elections*, including combatting foreign interference (they falsely claim this team was censoring conservatives, which is a lie).
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Stop being friends with fascists.
If you saw them take food out of the mouths of starving children overseas, would you stop being their friend? If so, stop being their friend, because their support for Trump is taking food out of the mouths of starving children overseas.
Create a cost for cruelty.
If you saw them take food out of the mouths of starving children overseas, would you stop being their friend? If so, stop being their friend, because their support for Trump is taking food out of the mouths of starving children overseas.
Create a cost for cruelty.
February 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Stop being friends with fascists.
If you saw them take food out of the mouths of starving children overseas, would you stop being their friend? If so, stop being their friend, because their support for Trump is taking food out of the mouths of starving children overseas.
Create a cost for cruelty.
If you saw them take food out of the mouths of starving children overseas, would you stop being their friend? If so, stop being their friend, because their support for Trump is taking food out of the mouths of starving children overseas.
Create a cost for cruelty.
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As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
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We are not gasping, we are fighting.💪
January 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We are not gasping, we are fighting.💪
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This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
January 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
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It’s no secret that Project 2025 would seriously alter just about every aspect of American life.
Here's what experts are most concerned about.
Here's what experts are most concerned about.
Unmasking the Anti-Democracy Agenda of Project 2025
Democracy Docket spoke with voting rights experts, pro-democracy advocates, and right-wing extremist researchers about how Project 2025 could upend democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It’s no secret that Project 2025 would seriously alter just about every aspect of American life.
Here's what experts are most concerned about.
Here's what experts are most concerned about.
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Trump’s pardon of Jan 6 attackers corrupts the rule of law and rewrites history. These were not “hostages.” These were people who used brute force to commit vigilante violence.
January 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump’s pardon of Jan 6 attackers corrupts the rule of law and rewrites history. These were not “hostages.” These were people who used brute force to commit vigilante violence.
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Under this executive order, an undisclosed list of Trump officials will be granted 6mo Top Secret/SCI clearances immediately without undergoing background checks. In charge of the bypass: new White House Counsel David Warrington, who worked on the 2024 campaign. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Under this executive order, an undisclosed list of Trump officials will be granted 6mo Top Secret/SCI clearances immediately without undergoing background checks. In charge of the bypass: new White House Counsel David Warrington, who worked on the 2024 campaign. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Imagine if government departments built on each others work and learned from each other? Shared their best practices with people around the world so that everyone could benefit from secure, accessible, usable applications. A better world is possible if we have the courage to reach for it.
December 4, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Imagine if government departments built on each others work and learned from each other? Shared their best practices with people around the world so that everyone could benefit from secure, accessible, usable applications. A better world is possible if we have the courage to reach for it.
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Catching a student using a Flipper Zero should be a teachable moment, not a crime, EFF’s @legind.bsky.social and @zoracon.bsky.social wrote in an op-ed for Deseret.
Opinion: Students’ tech skills should be nurtured, not punished
Subjecting students to the criminal justice system for tech pranks is unjustified and only squelches the kind of curiosity that educators should seek to encourage in students.
www.deseret.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Catching a student using a Flipper Zero should be a teachable moment, not a crime, EFF’s @legind.bsky.social and @zoracon.bsky.social wrote in an op-ed for Deseret.