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"When democracy starts slipping, people always ask: What can I actually do? Not the vague, feel-good stuff—real, effective action that has worked before. History has answers, and they’re more practical than you might think."

In Dayton, Ohio, vacant positions for purchasing agents resulted in delays in acquiring hundreds of prosthetics, according to an internal VA report from May. Kasperowicz said the hospital has recently cut processing time for such orders by more than half.

Prez Trump has said, "We love our veterans. We're going to take good care of them."

We got internal docs showing VA cuts & chaos have doctors and others to flee.

In one hospital, lack of staff has led to delays in acquiring *hundreds of prosthetics.*

www.propublica.org/article/vete...

The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the…

In remarks to a private audience in 2023, Russell Vought, who is Trump’s budget chief and the intellectual force behind Trump’s unprecedented power grab, said he championed the term “invasion” because it “unlocked” extraordinary presidential powers.

By @mtredden.bsky.social

The Golden Age of America First.

If you’re wondering how ICE recruitment and training is going under Kristi Noem—South Park already nailed it.

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

They’re really out here about to debunk the “immigrants steal our jobs” trope for us. Meanwhile, prices will skyrocket, businesses will close, and people will die.

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South Park is basically a documentary now. Their coverage of Kristi Noem and her ICE thugs was especially spot-on, depicting exactly how disgusting they are. Great work. Hope the spineless, pandering American media takes notes.

Yes, this is how you fight, Governor!

Alternative Numbers, courtesy of a graphic designer, a shoddy economist, and Project 2025.

Stephen Moore’s record:

📌2008 – Urged the Fed to raise interest rates as the economy was crashing into the Great Recession
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Cartels may be able to target witnesses after major court hack There is growing concern that cartels and foreign actors could use the stolen data to identify informants and foil criminal probes.

BREAKING: Drug cartels are feared to be among those that obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system.

It reeked of nonsense and fake outrage as many of these stupid little culture squabbles do
We really need to just start ignoring them and not giving them time and energy!

Truly remarkable new research that sheds light on the role that Lithium may play in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease AND the vital insights this work provides for therapeutic development.

Welcome hopeful news to the millions who suffer worldwide

Incredible medical innovation always imparts hope!

🚨 State Representative Ann Johnson from Houston, TX, is speaking some truth to power. Her message carries weight; it carries values, American values. ✊🏼

The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know them And justices don’t want you to notice.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE Barbie Lashes Out at ‘South Park’ After It Tore Her Apart Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made her criticism despite saying that she hasn’t watched the show.

So woke of her. I thought fuck them if they can’t take a joke was their motto: "ICE Barbie Lashes Out at ‘South Park’ After It Tore Her Apart" www.thedailybeast.com//petty-ice-b...

The VA’s unilateral termination of union contracts for ~360k workers represents a loss of 2.5% OF ALL UNION MEMBERS IN AMERICA.
I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.

no more educational material for your children. just poisonous right wing slop.

Ice Cube Says Donald Trump’s ICE Raids in L.A. Are Meant to ‘Traumatize’ People: ‘Nobody’s Safe, Man’ Ice Cube slammed President Donald Trump's ICE raids in Los Angeles, adding that "nobody's safe" until the immigration crackdown is over.

www.billboard.com/music/music-...

A $200 million ballroom, and now this. He doesn’t ever plan on leaving.

The Euromaidan Revolution: How Ukraine's 2014 grassroots rebellion changed history - Euromaidan Press It began with beaten students in Kyiv's central square. It ended with a president fleeing the country and Ukraine forever changed.

We need to do as Ukrainians did and go by the millions to DC and bring down the government. Letters and voting and procedures have never removed Nazis or Fascists. But the American people aren’t listening to their European counterparts who’ve been through this.

euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/21/t...

RFK Jr and Tor Johnson from Plan 9, both with the same expression

separated at birth

Actually they also talked about the time she shot her dog because she couldn’t train it to hunt. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

This is the way.

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