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Protests are set to take place on Presidents Day. Here's why Protests against the Trump administration's actions are planned for Presidents Day. Organizers say they are responding to "the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration."

1/ Protests are taking place at state capitols and city halls and other civic spaces today, most begin at noon local time. They have already started out East. #50501movement www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...

Photo of protesters at the Bean in Chicago on February 17, 2025

Maybe 150 at the Bean in Chicago but more people were arriving as I was leaving. They were preparing to march to Trump Tower. It’s 11 degrees here today. #50501

Upon receiving the news that four of the City's Deputy Mayors have submitted their resignations, I sent the following letter to @nycmayor.

Today, I spoke with leaders from the Illinois Beef, Corn Growers, Pork Producers, and Soybean Associations to discuss the impacts of Trump's Tax on Working Families on farmers.

Grocery prices are already too high — we must protect our ag industry and Illinoisans from this chaos.

ophelia and penelope

A national park service webpage about Stonewall. "Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ+) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGBQ+ civil rights and provided momentum for a movement."

‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".

The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.

This pride, we riot.

We gotta get those numbers up those are rookie numbers

It might hurt my bottom line, but I’m probably going to stop posting art to Twitter entirely and I suggest you do too.

Not only is the site actively putting a “Okay, now remix this” button below art (and elevating them above the OP with a QRT) and it’s false flagging original art as made by AI.

Vichy Thought Leader @i_zzzzzz Follow ME: A Welsh rarebit, with a poached egg on top not too runny -- bacon, scones... butter... cream... jam -- not strawberry. What else? BURGER KING DRIVE-THRU: [inaudible]

Official Taiwanese poster for "Nausicaa" (in cinemas there on March 6).
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NYT full page ad signed by 350 rabbis and several other Jewish people. Text: Trump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing. (Photo stolen from James Schamus’s Twitter! Thank you, James!)

I am probably on some government lists now but at least I am in good company.

Aldo and the Bear Jew from Inglorious Basterds, getting ready to do their thing

Social justice organizations push to automate expungement and record sealing in Illinois • The TRiiBE A diverse coalition is pushing to pass the Clean Slate Act, aiming to remove employment and housing barriers for millions with past arrest or conviction records.

In Illinois, there are more than 1,189 laws that punish people with criminal records indefinitely, most of which create barriers to employment.

“We believe a clean slate should be offered to all when we say we believe in second chances.”

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yup

It’s time to take down Tesla Links and picket locations at the end

First people started saying Tesla was Musk’s biggest vulnerability. Then sporadic protests started popping up. Then people began to systematically organizing against Tesla. Join in. Share with friends. Hit Musk where it hurts the most — his wallet.

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if you don't click through to the article you'll miss that 1) this guy looks EXACTLY like you would expect a guy who owns a gold cybertruck to look like and 2) this is the "threatening" sticker lmao

Wow, looks like it sucks.

“sent a letter”

guy who just woke up from a 3 year coma

Yuntian Deng @yuntiandeng•7h For those curious about how 03-mini performs on multi-digit multiplication, here's the result. It does much better than 01 but still struggles past 13x13. (Same evaluation setup as before, but with 40 test examples per cell.)

these guys spent 60 kajillion dollars to make a computer forget how to do math

Democrat Defends Showing Elon Musk 'Dick Pic' During DOGE Meeting "Well, he is a dick," Rep. Robert Garcia explained to CNN's Brianna Keilar, adding that the manchild mogul is "harming the American public in an enormous way."

"Well, he is a dick," Rep. Robert Garcia explained to CNN's Brianna Keilar, adding that the manchild mogul is "harming the American public in an enormous way."

This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!

i’m sure the democrats will very quietly shake their fists in the air about this

New York doctor says he'll continue providing transition care despite Trump executive order As legal battles are fought over an executive order restricting transgender care for patients younger than 19, some clinics continue to provide the care, while others are backing off.

A New York City doctor said he will continue providing gender-affirming treatments to his patients younger than 19 despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to ban such care.

Really important lesson here. Executive Orders are not laws. Keep on doing what you think is right. Find others who will do the same. It's easier if you're working together. And don't forget, even though it's slow, people are fighting these in the courts and the streets.

Kinda of encouraging tbh, because literally the only thing that will save us from this clown car of malice and incompetence, is the military going “nah, fuck that”.

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Army guidance on implementing President Trump's order on transgender troops, filed in court today, says to NOT take adverse personnel action against people based on gender identity "at this time" and to continue medical treatment. for gender dysphoria.

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