So Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia are now blue states? Good to know, Mikey!

This is Authoritarianism 101

"One source familiar with the talks described them as "a departure from the usual acquisition process. There's an attitude that the national security and defense community has to be sensitive and deferential to Elon Musk because of his role in the government." tl;dr, "CORRUPTION"

This is a nice read.

If anyone wants to know what happens next, check out @deborahb.bsky.social's book "The Poison Squad," full of grisly tales of death and illness that led to the founding of the FDA over a century ago. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/312067...

This is an important read.

Migrant detainees should be in a maximum-security El Salvador prison "for the rest of their lives," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says — despite a recent CBS News investigation that found more than 75% of those sent to the prison had NO criminal records.

It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.

Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history. They aren't even bothering to hide it.

The lie is that there’s anything they could find in someone’s social media that serves as grounds for revocation. Or that they care.

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk

Hats off to the very strong #HandsOff signage yesterday! Thanks for making your voices heard. 🙏

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The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL. #HandsOff

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

I'm just going to keep reposting these photos because everyone needs to know this happened. These are giving me LIFE.

At the #HandsOff protest at Bryant Park in NYC. There are too many people to count… and also bagpipes.

Deep red Lancaster County PA. #handsoff #handsoffLanco @aclu @meidastouch.com 🌊💪

#HandsOff protest in Duluth, MN #50501 #ProtestMN

Wow. The #HandsOff protest in Boston is HUGE already! People refusing to lie down as Trump & Musk violate the Constitution. 👏👏 #Resist (🎥 Arthur Mansavage)

loving this one i saw on another site #handsoff

Be like Rosemary #HandsOff #April5

Protest video shared with me from Massena, New York, a rural town on the Canadian border of ~12k people. Estimated 250+ in attendance. Amazing.

Just got to the Mall and saw this sign, which no one is going to top. #HandsOff2025

#HandsOff in a small town in ruby red Alabama

#handsoff My niece in Boston.

#HandsOff #Protests

The feed is rough, but the view is incredible. If I were to guess I think the feds are doing their best to interrupt the streams of this hands off protest! Watch Live: Chicago "Hands Off" rally in protest of Trump and Musk | CBS... www.youtube.com/live/6faEOSr... via @YouTube

This is neither satire nor AI. He really said this, and he really believes it.

Call your senators TODAY (especially the Democratic ones) and tell them in no uncertain terms to vote no on the continuing budget resolution this week. Talking Points Memo breaks it down: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-b...

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👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.

This Repub CR, that they claim will keep the government open, is a perfect example of why you must read bills. Inside the text, you’ll find cuts everywhere, and so much money taken from vets you wouldn’t believe it. These guys are frauds. Nice try! Hard NO! Throw it in the 🗑️

🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration? I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each. I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24

OMG

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.

The Pentagon has failed every audit since 2018, and the GAO (which is full of actual trained auditors, unlike "DOGE") reports hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars (*at least*) lost to military financial mismanagement. But sure, the problem is lifesaving science and your grandma's Social Security.

Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. For that $$ USAID could have purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M people alive for YEAR. Tell Congress to #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID

Somebody please explain to me why Democrats are not out there being very loud and very specific about how DOGE's actions are going to destroy the US economy? Please? Literally nobody except the billionaires will be unharmed by this. No one is exempt.

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Very, very probably. Are there some law enforcement that still believe they should comply with the courts (she said hopefully)?

This should be the easiest statement to make right now. For EVERY Jewish organization and community:

What a weird coincidence. gizmodo.com/elon-musks-e...

I hope every one of the tens of thousands of USAID employees and contractors and staff at USAID-funded nonprofits writes to 25 (or more!) people they know to share their stories of how these wannabe dictators are ripping apart their lives. Legality aside, people need to understand the human impact.

Really didn't expect the day when I'd feel the need to defend the FBI and CIA.

YESSSSSS.