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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/02/2025
URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
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Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/02/2025
New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."
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AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong
Other Democrats, from Schumer to Hochul, should follow her lead.
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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 20/02/2025
So they told us what they were going to do to ALL of us. Here is a tracker on their progress in destroying our country: www.project2025.observer
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Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/02/2025
white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump's "plan" is both depraved and unworkable paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-belgian-...
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A Belgian Congo Plan for Ukraine
Plus a conversation with Phillips O’Brien
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/02/2025
ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF. Now. Print hard copies. And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
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Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions
There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/02/2025
@warren.senate.gov on how to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Elon Musk ⬇️
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s two-word plan to save the CFPB from Elon Musk
"Banks hated this agency from the first time I ever talked about it."
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Education Department employees on probation were abruptly dismissed without cause across the department this morning. Staff have been warned that more layoffs are coming.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/02/2025
"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
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Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Alaska lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Trump to abandon his plans to rename the continent’s largest mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley. #ISTANDWITHDENALI
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Akallabêth 🇺🇦 @akallabeth24.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Oops 😬
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Becky Browder Neustadt @browder2neustadt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NYC Union Square
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
True.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Doctor Who Positivity (Tom) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @positivitywho.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
THIS!
RTD
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NPR @npr.org · 23/01/2025
A large study of 30,000 adults diagnosed with ADHD in the U.K. found women with ADHD died roughly nine years younger than women without a diagnosis. Men had about a seven-year shorter lifespan.
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Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a diagnosis, a new study finds
A large study of 30,000 adults diagnosed with ADHD in the U.K. found women with ADHD died roughly nine years younger than women without a diagnosis. Men had about a seven-year shorter lifespan.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Had an awesome time chatting with Jon Stewart & @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social talking about how to fight the dumpster fire. Gear up. It’s time to brawl.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
What are you gonna believe, MAGA or your lying eyes? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-ener...
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Trump, Energy and MAGA Brain
Drilling down on a right-wing delusion
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
For all you Trekkies out there.
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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 15/01/2025
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/01/2025
Mark Zuckerberg Insists Anyone With Same Skewed Values And Unrelenting Thirst For Power Could Have Made Same Mistakes theonion.com/mark-zu...
Mark Zuckerberg Insists Anyone With Same Skewed Values And Unrelenting Thirst For Power Could Have Made Same Mistakes
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/01/2025
Just 0.017 percent of youth were coded as trans and received puberty blockers. And just 0.037 percent were trans and accessed hormone therapy. “There’s a lot of attention being spent on an issue that only affects a very, very, very tiny part of the population.”
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Here’s the real number of children receiving gender-affirming medical treatment
New research reveals it's a fraction of a fraction.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/01/2025
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
"In lieu of flowers, the Carter family requests that you consider a contribution to The Carter Center." www.jimmycartertribute.org
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Official Jimmy Carter Memorial Site | Remembering the 39th U.S. President
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
An article I wrote in 2020. Still amazing to me that Trump's supporters think of him as manly. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President
Why don’t the president’s supporters hold him to their own standard of masculinity?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/12/2024
As the planet warms, insurance companies are dropping homeowners in communities they deem too dangerous because of wildfires, hurricanes and other threats. Now, for the first time, the scale of that pullback is becoming public. nyti.ms/41EOpNc
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Old Man Glas @oldmanglas.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Sharing -- A very, very good point.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Please share! Most people don't know about this crucial resource. #ASafeChoice is a referral network of experienced physicians providing access to safe, affordable medication abortion services to women NATIONWIDE! With potential abortion bans on the way, this is ESSENTIAL information to spread.
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Bill Burns @citizenpower.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
“Johnson calls for disciplinary action over Gaetz Ethics report leaks” No discipline for pedophoelia No discipline for drug use Just the leaking of truth apple.news/Ay9M_cuGSTo6...
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Johnson calls for disciplinary action over Gaetz Ethics report leaks — Axios
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said there
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Doug Spaulding @dspaulding.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Over 1/2 Americans are less than literate, and 'can read well enough to evaluate product reviews and perform other tasks requiring comparisons and simple inferences, but they’re unlikely to correctly evaluate the reliability of texts or draw sophisticated inferences.' www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Low Literacy Levels Among U.S. Adults Could Be Costing The Economy $2.2 Trillion A Year
A new study conducted by Gallup for the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy finds that low levels of adult literary could be costing the U. S. as much $2.2 trillion a year.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/11/2024
Privilege allows luck to happen a lot more frequently, at the very least.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/11/2024
New in PN: "If your platform is that women have no right to bodily autonomy, and the head of your party has been held liable for sexual assault, on what grounds can you reject nominees who are accused of misconduct themselves?"
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A government by toxic men, for toxic men
The He-Man Woman-Hater's administration.
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"For one Cabinet nominee to be accused of sexual impropriety may be regarded as misfortune. For two Cabinet nominees to be thus accused looks like carelessness. For four—well, that moves beyond carelessness into outright malice." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump’s Cabinet Has a Serious #MeToo Problem
And the incoming administration doesn’t seem to mind at all.
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Doug Spaulding @dspaulding.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Why don't people trust the police anymore?
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Sean Cohan @seansei.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
It's no accident that Congress shows up first in our Constitution, ahead of the President. People need to remember that as the Executive Branch plans its dirty work with Project 2025. Thank you, @hcrichardson.bsky.social for your writing. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
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November 20, 2024
Remember how American voters so hated Project 2025, the playbook for a second Trump term written by the Heritage Foundation and other right-wing institutions, that Trump said he had nothing to do with...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Ramaswamy recently proposed an unconventional approach: randomly selecting federal workers for termination based on their Social Security numbers. He suggested that on President-elect Trump’s first day in office, workers with Social Security numbers ending in an even digit could be dismissed. (2/2)
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Policy Director for @publicknowledge.bsky.social, Lisa Macpherson describes the transformation of advertising in the digital age, its harms to publishers and the public, and how the #DOJ’s case against #Google exemplifies the company’s role in driving and sustaining the issues.
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Why the DOJ’s Google Ad Tech Case Matters to You | TechPolicy.Press
Digital ads erode privacy and hurt publishers. DOJ’s antitrust suit exemplifies Google’s role in creating and sustaining these issues, writes Lisa Macpherson.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/11/2024
The nonprofit killer has passed the house.
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House passes bill allowing Trump admin to declare nonprofits terrorists
This time, only 15 Democrats voted for it.
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