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Paying your taxes does not forfeit your right to privacy. Democracy Forward is honored to represent this coalition of brave plaintiffs protecting the privacy of millions of Americans.

Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA." This is what's happening in epidemiology.

speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency

Here’s what the judge said in ordering Bolsonaro’s arrest. A study in contrasts.

Bolsonaro was preemptively arrested to begins serving his jail sentence for the Brazilian coup attempt a la January 6th this morning, because on of his sons made a video calling for his supporters to basically riot. apnews.com/article/braz...

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Trump and his supporters are in a poisonous feedback loop where his power is based on encouraging their worst behaviors and thoughts. Calling for the execution of political enemies is an escalation and it makes unchecked fascist violence a reality. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-the-d...

“But now voters who believed his BS are rejecting him. His overall approvals are down 16% and, according to an analysis by The Economist, every state in the country has ‘moved against Mr. Trump’ except for Idaho.” www.americaamerica.news/p/refusing-t...

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CDC Website has been hacked! Just kidding (sadly 😩) Call Senator Bill Cassidy (202- 224-5824) and tell him to DO something! As the man (and MD!) who was the deciding vote in confirming the 🧠 🪱 that is destroying public health, he is also culpable!

“Two weeks after the election the incoming administration is making no attempt to downplay expectations, if anything they are doubling down on them.”

BLS has cancelled the October Jobs Report. It will be rolled into the November Report that will be published in December. No word on if that’s going to be Friday December 5 or not.

Elon Musk’s new pay package could amount to $100B per year. That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined. It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks. It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks. Billionaire greed is out of control.

This is cancel culture.

Release the transcript.

From The Archives: ‘We Will Never Speak Of This Again,’ Says Trump To Mohammed Bin Salman As They Dump Khashoggi’s Body Into New Jersey River https://theonion.com/we-will-never-speak-of-this-again-says-trump-to-moha-1830547181/

Marc Rowan is trying to end academic freedom as we know it. The billionaire Trump donor is demanding higher ed institutions to sign a loyalty oath to gain access to federal funds. Here's how faculty, students, and @aaup.org @psc-cuny.org @debtcollective.bsky.social responded.

They’re not sending their best. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Stand with all sisters not just cis-ters🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Claire Sharpe gets the "lifted my heart and inspired me today" award. Not a big award but I am grateful and admiring. Hell yeah.

For Trump: extravagant dinners with murderous dictators who fill the pockets of him and his family and friends For you: higher prices

It's up there with "The only reason we know your country has schools: all those shootings"

this sounds like a great idea. luckily there are no extremely serious consequences to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service

The people so outraged by the thought of a single taxpayer dollar going to help immigrants have no problem at all with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars going to hurt immigrants. This was never about fiscal responsibility.

Both the House and Senate have moved to send to President Trump's desk a measure that would compel the Justice Department to release its documents regarding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Dream Vacation Turns Deadly For Area Houseplant

This is bullshit! What are the charges? 📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence

In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning." I chose Larry Summers. Better late than never. Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below. naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...

The real War on Christmas thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...

What do Jeffrey Clark, Harmeet Dhillon, Heather Honey and Kari Lake have in common? While they do happen to be Trump’s favorite election deniers, they’re also the force behind the administration’s anti-voting efforts. Here’s what you need to know👇 https://bit.ly/3LKeRz6

A group of House Democrats on Tuesday introduced a measure that would bar President Trump from continuing his military offensive against drug cartels without express approval from Congress. It comes after two failed efforts by Senate Democrats to force similar action in that chamber.

Portland, OR -- Our courageous crew took to the streets today and braved a little bit of weather to demonstrate again our opposition to this horrendous regime and provide a visible sign to others that they are not alone. I am so proud of each and every one of them. #HonkAndWave

The undergrads at the Crimson has consistently done a better job at investigating stories--big and small--than some of the legacy papers. Go college journalism.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

We already have promising medical research to cure disease and prolong healthy life. The federal government these guys bought gutted the funding and shipped the scientists overseas.

I am sorry, but the first party to take up the banner of anti-corruption and accountability is going to have a hell of an easy time making its case and I honestly don't know why an opposition party isn't doing that already from every streetcorner they can.

I was told we would be greeted as liberators

When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

They’re all just looting the treasury now

Just donated to help prevent our fascist government from deporting a man who has lived in the US for nearly 40 years. gofund.me/84ce8fff8

you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric

America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.

Texas A&M University System regents adopted a new policy on Thursday requiring professors to receive approval from the school’s president to discuss some race and gender topics. https://cnn.it/3LCapT8

Anyhoo, here's a paper about "the centrality of housing concerns in facilitating the Holocaust and the complicity of individuals in the exclusion of Jews for economic, ideological, and geographic reasons." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

it makes me happy to hear Church leaders speaking up for immigrants.

“$170 BILLION for ICE. $40 BILLION for Argentina. $1 BILLION for Trump’s Qatari jet. $230 MILLION for Trump’s DOJ “compensation”. $200 MILLION for Noem’s jets… But nothing for health care? This isn’t a question about what 🇺🇸 can or can’t afford — it’s about priorities.”

“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938 zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context

“Today we’re seeing right before our eyes, in real time, how easily democracy can slip away when a leader trains his followers to believe every investigation is treason and every fact is a lie.” open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...