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Elon Musk’s dismantling of USAID has already killed more civilians than the war in Gaza, and no one is blinking.

He cut the lifelines for millions to save a few pennies, and the result is a silent massacre

three panel webcomic 1st panel: one man says to another "we invented a robot that answers questions" 2nd panel: he continues "we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day" 3rd panel: the other man asks "but it answers the questions correctly?" and the first man replies "oh my goodness, no. no no no no no."

It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future.
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Dr Manhattan on mars saying: “I AM TIRED OF THE EARTH. THESE PEOPLE. I AM TIRED OF BEING CAUGHT IN THEIR DISCOVERY DISPUTES.”

The UC lawsuit was filed by faculty, staff, student organizations and every labor union representing UC workers (mainly the AAUP). They didn't wait for/count on the administrators. They saw what happens to Columbia

If we elect the right folks in 2026 and 2028, this is very doable

Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.

HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025

🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year

😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition

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This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).

He could quite literally lift hundreds of thousands (if not more) out of poverty for a fraction of the sums planned to be spent in pursuit of this boondoggle

Don't just pack them—Double Them
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

Mt Rushmore is so far beyond the line I hoped would be enough, I legit hadn’t even considered it

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Screenshot of a New York Times puff piece about Katie Britt, "The G.O.P. Senator Who Can't Stop Thinking About the Boy ICE Detained"

paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."

This is maybe the platonic ideal of a guy who watches videos about being an alpha male: getting your shit rocked by 15 year olds before being arrested

You give so many people hope across the country. Thank you for all that you're doing. Please keep leading from the front <3

Perhaps the most compelling two-minute speech before a City Council I have ever seen

Oh look, even right-of-center thinktanks have concluded what the crushing mass of economists and policy wonks have known for years: that immigrants give far more to the government in taxes than they receive in benefits--"from all levels of government[,] every year from 1994 to 2023"

Did Stephen Miller write this lede? If not, whoever did write it should resign in shame

#ImpeachKristiNoem

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Incredible writeup about what it means to establish the run against authoritarian goons roaming our streets. A great read, especially during super bowl week.

If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.

God damn *that* is a fucking introduction. And in an ORDER? My goodness

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Thank you for your moral clarity and leadership. Please keep fighting the good fight and bringing your Senate colleagues into the light

Hire an editor who can catch typos, good grief

What's the easiest "legal" way to nationalize all of these assets in 2028? Any precedent we could look to? Asking for hundreds of millions of friends

@mayor.lacity.gov fix this or none of us are voting for you ever again

Hang in there, Will. Many appreciate the frontline work you're doing <3

My theory is they’re going to use this to determine where to send ice goons next, so they can focus their illegal deportations on neighborhoods with people who voted predominantly for Kamala