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No Kings Rally in downtown Sioux Falls

Downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, home of Senate Leader John Thune. Don’t let anyone tell you we’re not fighting in the red states. #NoKings

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

What happened to Senator Padilla is absolutely DISGUSTING. Point blank, period.

This shit is out of control.

Another elected official disrespected while doing their job. (1/2)

Baraka Arrested for 'Trespassing' at Controversial Immigrant Detention Facility - Insider NJ Authorities with Homeland Securities Investigations at the ICE detention facility Delaney Hall this afternoon arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.”

$1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company.

www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...

More than 100 staff members have been fired from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

A gift to the NRA.

Like before the proposed removal of Roe vs Wade and Project 2025......

How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has terminated nearly 800 research projects at a breakneck pace, wiping out significant chunks of funding to entire scientific fields, finds a Nature analysis.

https://go.nature.com/4ielRyV

Hands Off Protest in the Boston Common

Where are the Russian tariffs?

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio.

I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’.

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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?

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The cover-up…

USAID officials were ordered to destroy classified documents, raising concerns about compliance with federal law. An internal email sent to remaining bureau leaders at the agency’s Washington headquarters provided guidance on “clearing our classified safes and personnel documents.”

Twitter is down. Tesla stock is plummeting. SpaceX’s rocket imploded.

All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.

Wow…

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.

ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Want to learn more about the General Strike? Here’s our Welcome Packet. We’re so happy you’re here! #USprotests

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This is why you fight these cowards.

The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.

Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.

He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

the OTHER thing about the white house’s anti-diversity push is that like old fashioned segregation it is explicitly an effort to undermine unions! like c’mon! don’t be stupid!

Crockett: “I’m tired of the white tears. If you’re competent you’re not concerned. When you compare me to Greene/Boebert there’s no comparison… The only ppl crying are mediocre white boys beaten out by people that had to work much harder.”

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFp8K0M...

crooked the road. Mon Rovîa · crooked the road. · Song · 2024

Feels like calm in the storm

open.spotify.com/track/4OjdtA...

YouTube video by Freya Ridings Freya Ridings - Lost Without You (Official Video)

This song came on a Spotify playlist and I enjoy it but at the beginning I can only hear the chorus of the Ass Crack Bandit song from Community.

youtu.be/tDPpex1wvOc?...

Everyone needs to start saying NO.
No won't do it
No won't execute it
No won't implement it
No won't follow it
Whatever shitbrain order they give
Just say NO
If they say you're fired
Say No
Remove DEI
Say No
Stop dispensing meds?
Say No
Because saying YES is NOT an option