About Kash Patel nomination to be FBI Director

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE): "I implore my Republican colleagues to reconsider the step they're about to take in confirming this man"

"The men and women of the FBI deserve better than Kash Patel"

Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

What can you do?

Don’t give up hope. Dictators feed off your hopelessness.

Don’t quit. Dictators want you to give up.

Punch back. Dictators are bullies, and bullies are cowards.

Stay tethered to the truth. Dictators need you to believe their lies.

Resist. Stand with others.

ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

Russia hammers Ukraine with huge drone attack hours after Putin-Trump call Kremlin forces also shelled residential buildings in Kherson.

Russia attacked Ukraine with 140 drones overnight, shortly after last night's call between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.

USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan If not for American aid, we would have faced more enemies and won fewer friends.

"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...

"'Women' is a banned word": Trump uses trans panic to strip rights from all women Under the guise of "protecting women," the military, schools, and labs are forced to take women's safety away

Trump's flurry of anti-trans executive orders is justified as "protecting women."

In reality, they are an attack on all women and girls, cis and trans. They make sexual abuse easier. And they're targeting research into women's health care for defunding.

www.salon.com/2025/02/10/w...

Good morning CFPB staff, As you have been informed by the Chief Operating Officer in an email yesterday, the Bureau's DC headquarters building is closed this week. Employees should not come into the office. Please do not perform any work tasks. If there are any urgent matters, please alert me through Mark Paoletta, Chief Legal Officer, to get approval in writing before performing any work task. His email is Mark.Paoletta@cfpb.gov. Otherwise, employees should stand down from performing any work task. Thank you for your attention on this matter. Best, Russ Vought Acting Director Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

New — CFPB employees received an ominous email from Russell Vought a few minutes ago.

“Employees should stand down from performing any work task.”

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Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate Minority Leader, has launched a new online portal for individuals to report corruption, abuses of power, and threats to public safety, with the legal protections afforded to whistleblowers.

If you are scared to protest now, remember: this is the easiest it will ever be. Life under dictatorships is pure hell & lasts for decades, probably the rest of your lives if you don’t stop them now. Read about Iran, Syria, Afghanistan – sooner or later you have to overthrow them. Choose sooner. #3E

NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

Trans people exist—and no phobic, hateful, religion-addled bigots are going to change that.

Refuse!

They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.

A message to Elon Musk’s staffers: Your names are known, and America will ensure you never get another job again.

February 2, 2025 Billionaire Elon Musk’s team yesterday took control of the Treasury’s payment system, thus essentially gaining access to the checkbook with which the United States handles about $6 trillion annually a...

February 2, 2025

Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans) Dear World,

Dear Leaders of the Free World,

Fight him at every turn.
Make his life miserable.
Expose his ignorance and sociopathy.
Oppose and condemn and marginalize him.
The decent people of this nation are not with him.

We stand with you.

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Many Americans are wondering the same thing. It seems that he has taken the country (including its government) hostage and we just want someone to save us. I’m praying there is something happening under the radar, but we have no evidence of it. We are scared.

Praying they are all working on something but under the radar? Praying so hard that is the case. Because right now it seems he has taken this country (including the government) hostage.

Why is someone not arresting Musk? He is breaking the law left and right, and putting our country at unprecedented risks with the data he has stolen access to. And why would the CDC have to “scrub” documents. Can’t they just refuse?

Wondering if there is a place that has updated information on companies and their DEI stance. Like local grocery chains, etc

January 31, 2025 On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States tro...

January 31, 2025

YouTube video by BBC Earth Science Meet The Plastic-Eating Worms | Planet Fix | BBC Earth Science

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YouTube video by Captain Steeeve Analyzing the Mid-Air Collision Over the Potomac: A Detailed Examination of ATC Communications

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Donold is blaming a plane crash that killed 67 people on “DEI” with zero evidence.

He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.

It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.

If You're a Christian and You're Cheering Deportations—You Sure as Hell Ain't a Christian In the 1986 movie Hannah and Her Sisters, an embittered painter named Frederick (who is also an Atheist) is lamenting the grave state of the world to his partner, when his anger turns toward Christian...

These self-identified Jesus-followers are celebrating the separation of parents from their children and spouses from one another; cheering families being torn apart, lives violently uprooted, and human beings being terrorized.

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