Excellent advice. And if you can't get through there, fax them (free online, see bsky.app/profile/jacl...). Then write an angry letter! You literally pay them to listen to you, so make your voice heard!!

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Meet Gracie Himes, age 20. Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines. On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

i got my netgalley arcs onto my kobo! i (mostly) followed instructions in the reddit thread i replied with (except i took them off my old kindle device, not the kindle pc app because i don't have that) also, love at full tilt is SUPER CUTE and i love it, but i may be biased @jennylhowe.bsky.social

I really thought the bad guy's name in the Daredevil show was Wilson Phillips. 🤣

BREAKING: Senate Republicans BLOCK simple resolution to support the rule of law and say the executive branch MUST abide by court rulings.

Looks like Trump & co are positioning to sue a lot more journalists/authors/publishers www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/m...

Seems bad

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It's a great day to keep calling your representatives! And if you haven't started yet, now is a great time!

The number of non-citizens on Social Security is 0. The cost of printing out this stupid Executive Order is greater than the money received by non-citizens on Social Security—which again is $0. He's distracting his MAGA base to steal $800B in Medicaid & give billionaires trillions in tax cuts.

Tired: "Claimed by a Billionaire" Desired: "Seduced by a Union Organizer"

just gonna be the thousandth person to remind you all that segregationists start the open bigotry with people they feel they can target most easily but do not end there

RFK is a lunatic and will kill many. He and others promised under oath it would not come to this. They said they did not want to take away vaccines. They lied. In this coming anti-science era, the only thing you can do to protect yourself and loved ones is to wear a well-fitting mask.

Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds

Bezos destroying the post opinion pages is just another reminder: Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want.

There is a fascinating correlation between billionaires and shameless stupidity. Who is going to read this when the WSJ exists?

I mean, no kidding it's a conflict of interest. Listen. I know it feels futile calling your reps right now, but I promise it's moving the needle. KEEP. CALLING.

A school board in Louisiana has stripped the shelves of books over a panic that "material harmful to minors" — in other words, descriptions of sex or sexuality — might be present in one of the 30,000 (!) books aimed at young adults. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...

The CDC has indefinitely shuttered the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a data collection program (started in 1988) that identifies women and infants at high risk for health problems, monitors health status, and measures progress toward improving the health of mothers and babies.

The selection of right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino for a senior FBI role hammers home that President Donald Trump is eliminating the guardrails that prevented right-wing conspiracy theories becoming criminal prosecutions during his first term.

Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?" Me: "That's the documentation deliverable." Manager: "What's the status of that?" Me: "We're halfway there" Manager: "Why is progress so slow?" Me: "You fired Tommy" Manager: "So?" Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"

Morning Joe bent the knee to Trump fascism & Joy Reid demanded justice against Trump fascism. Morning Joe whitewashed Netanyahu’s genocide of Palestinians & Joy Reid called out Netanyahu’s genocide. MSNBC protected Morning Joe & fired Joy Reid. I’m just not qwhite sure why.🤔

Gift link. A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone. And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration. If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Web Archivists have backed up vaccine schedules JUST in case: bsky.app/profile/chri...

PROTESTS ARE HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY. apnews.com/article/5050...

An ECONOMIC BLACKOUT IS HAPPENING ON FEBRUARY 28. AND NEWS OF IT IS SPREADING ACROSS THE BOARD. The instruction: Don't buy ANYTHING on February 28. If you need something that week, plan ahead. bsky.app/profile/mybu...

ICE is having A VERY hard time rounding up people. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CARDS ARE WORKING. Print them here and share them widely: www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta... bsky.app/profile/avaa...

Maryland federal judge just BLOCKED anti-equity in higher education EOs because YOU CAN'T DO THAT. I know that's right! democracyforward.org/updates/judg...

Federal workers are unionizing and coming together to protect one another. They are sharing resources and it's a beautiful thing to see. www.theverge.com/news/617014/...

In case you live in a red state and feel like your voice doesn't matter--it does. Keep the pressure on.

JUST IN: “A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Replacing the military brass and attorneys with three-star generals you pluck from retirement is exactly what a dictator looking to use an army to do some violence does.

I've often insisted that we need to keep our eyes on Trump's actions more than his words (because so many of the words are bluster & lies). Now we have a genuinely dangerous action: a purge at the Pentagon, notably a purge of the top figures who can decide if Trump's commands are unconstitutional.

Not just the polls - the anti Trump sentiment is popping up all over the country. Without any hand holding from big orgs anti Trump/Musk protests spread like wildfire all over the country last weekend. Here is a sample. (3/10)

He's gonna fuck up every single independent creator who depends on the mail for their business. Call your reps and tell them you didn't vote for Trump to destroy your business. reps.fyi

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All top level Dems need to do a united presser every day and highlight every crime committed by a pardoned January 6er. Hang them all on Trump. They also have to highlight every nightmare story his DOGE cuts are creating. They have to personalize every narrative. Every day.

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

I’m enraged. Beyond enraged.

Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Call your reps immediately about forming a shadow cabinet. The oppo party does that in UK/Canada parliamentary systems. It controls messaging and info flow, even without levers of govt.

If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.