“The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up,” Ms. Ortiz said... “I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

YouTube video by Rep. Ayanna Pressley Rep. Pressley Slams GOP Attacks on DEI, Gutting of Essential Services for Vulnerable Communities

Republicans want to reshape America by rolling back civil rights, dismantling DEI, & slashing support for vulnerable communities.

This isn't about government efficiency. It's about gutting essential services for workers, families, & the people we are elected to protect.
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Join us today at 8 PM EST for our Know Your Rights training to learn how you can protect immigrant communities facing the threat of mass deportation.

How to Push Back There is a reason Trump is afraid of the federal bureaucracy, the career civil servants he wants to replace.

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Q: What’s worse than an anti-vaxxer?

A: a hypocritical anti-vaxxer in a position of influence

Caroline Kennedy confirms RFK Jr privately chose to vaccinate his kids while publicly discouraging other parents from vaccinating their children

The Attack on Trans Rights Won’t End There Once legal rights begin to fall, they fall for everyone.

Trump’s attacks on trans people could cause immense harm to antidiscrimination law more broadly, and “weaken the laws that protect Americans on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, and other characteristics,” Adam Serwer writes.

It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do. With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.

I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
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Democracy depends in part on people who refuse to comply with unlawful (and/or unethical) orders.

Stay strong. For us, this is more than just a job-it’s a calling. Together, we will stand to protect our parks, environment, and wildlife. Four years… we remain hopeful that the attack on our public lands will be less brutal this time.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L.

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans.

U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the action Tuesday afternoon, minutes before it was set to go into effect. The administrative stay pauses the freeze until Monday.

Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind.

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I don't blame reporters or headline writers for misframing this when the news is breaking.

But now that people have seen the details, please stop calling it a buyout. It is not. At best, it is a compelled resignation.