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Ron Filipkowski
10 months ago
He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.
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Timothy McCown Reynolds
10 months ago
This is FASCISM
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The Guardian
12 months ago
Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
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Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
On top of the human cost, the US’s soft power and influence is disappearing. Russia and China will fill the void Amid the daily troubling news coming from the United States are the ongoing and increasingly damaging efforts by President Donald Trump,…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/13/donald-trump-elon-musk-usaid-soft-power?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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D. Earl Stephens
12 months ago
📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base. 📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.
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Hegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroad
The question isn’t why the defense secretary faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether he’ll see more protests soon.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseths-rough-start-pentagon-chief-faces-protest-us-base-abroad-rcna191828
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Norm Eisen
12 months ago
Presidents don't have unilateral power to fire civil servants & gut fed agencies Congress, courts, media, & citizens can act to check the power of the exec branch We discuss how👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...
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Democracy Playbook 2025
Norm Eisen and Jonathan Katz provide actionable steps for democratic actors in the U.S. and globally to strengthen democratic institutions and resist illiberal forces.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/democracy-playbook-2025/
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑
about 1 year ago
Dems can: -oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn -deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings -vote no on all cloture -force quorum calls at every chance It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.
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Eugene Freedman
about 1 year ago
He detests poor people, but pretends to like farmers. He hates them too. WIC is a bargain between rural farmer representatives those of urban poor. It subsidizes price of farm products. w/out WIC, the price of some commodities would collapse. But, there won't be immigrants to work on farms anyway.
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Kyle Griffin
about 1 year ago
The White House confirms: Medicaid websites are down throughout the country.
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Kyle Griffin
about 1 year ago
Connecticut officials confirm: The state's Head Start reimbursement system, which provides low-income families with federal money to support their children's education, is shut down. @MSNBC
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Tea Pain
about 1 year ago
Trump just shut down Meals on Wheels for America's Senior Citizens. Trump is coming for your Social Security and Medicare next.
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Wait! I didn’t fuck around. Hey you guys! I didn’t fuck around!
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Dave Willner
about 1 year ago
Second: Meta seriously weakened its hate speech standards in a way that makes all protected groups generally, and immigrants, women, and LGBTQ+ people specifically, much more vulnerable to abuse on the site. đź§µ 5/11
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Just in time for the holidays. Clown Bar graphic novel.
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Clown Bar
Clown Bar The Graphic Novel is based on the stage play which was a New York Times Critics Pick. The play was followed by a sequel, Clown Bar 2 and a prequel, Clown Bar Christmas. Happy's junkie broth...
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Jane
about 1 year ago
the very minute health insurance CEOs start getting locked up for the deaths they cause I’ll stop laughing when they get shot.
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George Takei
about 1 year ago
Here’s a crazy idea. Let’s make sure the proposed new FBI Director can pass an FBI Background Check.
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Just in time for the holidays. Clown Bar graphic novel.
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Clown Bar
Clown Bar The Graphic Novel is based on the stage play which was a New York Times Critics Pick. The play was followed by a sequel, Clown Bar 2 and a prequel, Clown Bar Christmas. Happy's junkie broth...
https://mixam.com/print-on-demand/674511f3f288c701316de9dc
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John Scalzi
about 1 year ago
"Disrupt" is code for "Destroy reliable established services so that money previously widely distributed now funnels into a single source." Just like "AI" is code for "Mine the work humans did in the past so we don't have to pay them for their work in the future." That's why VCs like both words.
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Erin Reed
about 1 year ago
News has just broke that Trump plans to eject trans people from the military within days of inauguration. Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare. This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.
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Trump reportedly plans to swiftly eject trans troops within days of inauguration
Trump’s actions could eject thousands of current trans service members
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-transgender-military-policy-b2652956.html
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slate
about 1 year ago
doctor: make sure you drink plenty of fluids me: that’s literally all i drink
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Molly Jong-Fast
about 1 year ago
Exactly this
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John Scalzi
about 1 year ago
Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!
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Seth Abramson
about 1 year ago
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Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands, report shows
A new analysis of National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration auto crash data shows that Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents...
https://sherwood.news/business/tesla-has-the-highest-rate-of-fatal-accidents-among-all-car-brands-report/
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Constantly. Probably means the thing I’m watching is boring.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
about 1 year ago
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George Takei
about 1 year ago
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, the trans community loses too many lives, especially trans women of color, to hate and violence. More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop. Now.
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soul nate
about 1 year ago
disney exec: it’s about a guy who thinks he’s a monkey lol. probably don’t need anything too crazy for the soundtrack. phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
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George Takei
about 1 year ago
A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish. Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part. Who’s with me?
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 1 year ago
Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan.
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Dave Itzkoff
about 1 year ago
this is like something a character in Animal Farm would say, and every 6th grader in the classroom would understand why it's wrong
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George Takei
about 1 year ago
This is a proposed law targeting exactly one person: Incoming trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride of Delaware. Nancy Mace is a transphobic, hateful troll who voted with teen rapist Matt Gaetz to depose her own party’s speaker, but the bathrooms. That’s where she’s focused.
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Molly Jong-Fast
about 1 year ago
I wrote about being more focused covering trump’s second administration in
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We Need to Cover Donald Trump Differently This Time
Every outrage and insult can’t be a five-alarm fire, as it’s critical for the media to stay focused on the most serious threats to America’s democratic institutions.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trump-media-second-term
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Jennifer Gordon Thomas
about 1 year ago
Call your House REPS and tell them NO on HR 9495. Vote is likely Thursday as they try to ram it thru, undercover.
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the Mountain Goats
about 1 year ago
whole Mountain Goats catalog is pay what you want (for the digital obv) today, we are raising money for PRISMS (Parents and Researchers Interested in Smith-Magenis Syndrome). go on get some music you know you wanna
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com
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the Mountain Goats
John Darnielle has written almost 600 songs now, and some of them are very sad, dealing with hard drugs and tragic ends, hurting yourself and others, sicknesses of both body and brain, off-brand alcoh...
https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com
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George Takei
about 1 year ago
I would like to speak up today for the trans community. You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
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Being a writer is fun in a lot of ways, but unlike most jobs, sometimes someone publicly says you are bad at what you do.
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The Sex Writer closes this weekend after a 3 week run. This is my 10th off off broadway run. The others: Marian or the True Tale of Robin Hood (2017) Rare Birds (2017) Clown Bar (2013) Hearts Like Fists (2012) The Why Overhead (2012) UBU (2012) Pretty Theft (2009) Nerve ( 2006) Food For Fish (2006)
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Ron Filipkowski
about 1 year ago
A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface.
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'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky
Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"
https://open.substack.com/pub/meidastouch/p/viruses-are-our-friend-10-off-the?r=9qw74&utm_medium=ios
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Claire Willett
about 1 year ago
I saw a headline in my inbox that they finally wrote about Musk funding false flag ads designed to sow disinformation about Harris among Democrats and I’m like …. sorry NOW you’re willing to print this???
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My play The Sex Writer running just one last week in New York!
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Thin Duke Productions Presents: THE SEX WRITER
Tickets are available now! Dates: Oct 30 - Nov 17 2024
https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/thin-duke-productions/66fad10d4abcb41e91ec77cf/
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Amanda Litman
about 1 year ago
I rarely bring it up anymore (IDK why, it feels weird to promote??) but feels sadly/newly relevant again: If you're thinking about running for office, I wrote a book for you.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Run-fo...
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Run for Something
The must-have guide for young progressives looking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operat...
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Run-for-Something/Amanda-Litman/9781501180446
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