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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”

The result was “institutionalized hunger.”

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Shoulda been called Project 1984 😡 and we the People are PISSED.

📞 CALL YOUR REPS bit.ly/hellorep

📍 Then join us on June 14 as we rise up in cities across the country to say: NO KINGS. Find an action: NoKings.org.

#50501Movement #NoKings #FiftyFiftyOne #PeoplesMovement #June14 @polrev.bsky.social

The Dallas ICE office is involved in a mass removal effort targeting nearly 200 people — many without removal orders — scheduled to be deported to El Salvador today.

This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms an...

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

It was real. They communicated officially within the agency that the Office of Communications and the Press Office both no longer exist, and that all public communication would be on X.

I wish there was some ray of hope here, but there's not. We've already lost way too much institutional knowledge over the last 3 months, and there's no reversing that. All I can say is that they shouldn't escape blame here. Call congress and tell them you know what's happened and who's responsible.

To make matters much much worse, we were also told that they will begin a round of Reduction in Force orders on May 7th. They're cutting our staff by thousands more. There's no logical justification for any of this except to kill the agency...

This was officially confirmed yesterday in our meeting. Both the offices that handled press and public relations have been dissolved entirely, and all public announcements will be done on Musk's site from now on.

March 27, 2025 Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on ...

Very glad @hcrichardson.bsky.social is onto @gilduran.com and "The Nerd Reich." Americans NEED to know that no matter how conspiracy-addled and insane it sounds, this is what DOGE is doing as we speak: implementing systems for surveillance/control.

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Thanks for this Peg!

[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]

Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

We just walked out of the state of the Union. My shirt showed Trump an important message: NO KINGS LIVE HERE.

In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.

A legal document titled "MEMORANDUM OPINION" from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in the case PFLAG, Inc., et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al. (Civil No. 25-337-BAH). The document discusses the court's ruling on the Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction (ECF 69), outlining the legal standard required for such relief, including likelihood of success on the merits, irreparable harm, balance of equities, and public interest. It references the prior granting of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on February 13, 2025, which enjoined the enforcement of specific Executive Orders prohibiting federal funding for gender-affirming medical care for transgender patients under 19. The document cites relevant case law and procedural background. The page header indicates it is Document 115, filed on March 4, 2025, and is page 1 of 66.

Huge news, a preliminary injunction was just granted in the PFLAG v Trump case enjoining the administration from enforcing the executive order ban on gender affirming care for trans youth.

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Why This Measles Outbreak Is Different America’s regression could change the experience of childhood.

Vaccination is the only way to prevent the spread of measles, @katherinejwu.com tells @lorakelley.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily. A surge in the illness that had previously faded from American life could reshape childhoods:

YouTube video by Jessica Craven Make a call to save Social Security! It could be gone in 90 days! 📲 #socialsecurity #seniorcitizen

Make a call to save Social Security! It could be gone in 90 days! 📲

Script in first comment.

#socialsecurity

Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell

What bullshit.

everyone has been asking us for a list of Republican town halls. Turns out, official orders went out to Republicans instructing them to hide from their constituents. But we're showing up anyway - check out our toolkit for the March recess 3/15-3/23

indivisible.org/muskorus

YouTube video by Jessica Craven 🚨 Social Security could be gone in months! 🚨 Don’t believe me? WATCH this.

🚨 Urgent! 🚨 Social Security could be gone in months.

Don’t believe me? WATCH this. Then call your reps. Script below.

#SocialSecurity

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House Adopts Republican Budget That Calls For Medicaid Cuts Lobbying by President Donald Trump himself helped sway Republican holdouts.

Republicans just voted to take your money and give it to billionaires.

It’s not enough that House Republicans are enabling Trump and Elon Musk’s outrageous power grab. Now they’re selling out everyday Americans so that Trump, Musk, and their billionaire allies can get even richer.

Eyes locked, target acquired. 🦉🔎

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Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.

Rest easy, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Aretha Franklin & Roberta Flack 💙💙💙💙

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Legendary.

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.

So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

The man has an allegiance to himself and his wallet, not the Constitution of the United States. Duh.

This is murder.