Watchdog seeks to halt more than 5,000 Trump administration firings at USDA The watchdog — who is himself fighting to save his own job — says the mass terminations at the Department of Agriculture violated civil service protections.

BREAKING: Federal workforce watchdog expands effort to counter Trump firing spree. Special Counsel Dellinger seeks to block mass firing of 5000+ probationary workers at USDA, potentially complicating his battle to hang on to his own job www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Excellent analysis!

A screenshot of a multi‐column table listing several U.S. presidential Executive Orders relating to LGBTQ+ rights and antidiscrimination policies. Each row has columns for “Origin” (POTUS), “Number/Identifier” (e.g., EO 13988), “Title” (such as Preventing and Combating Discrimination…), “Action Type” (e.g., Broad Nondiscrimination, Military Nondiscrimination), “Summary” (key points of each order), and “Date Signed.” The listed orders span from early 2021 through early 2025, covering topics like preventing discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, banning conversion therapy, rescinding prior harmful EOs, and restricting or expanding DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives.

A spreadsheet at the top shows columns tracking anti‐LGBTQ bills by status and year: total bills (334), 2025 bills (327), 2024 rollovers (7), how many passed committees (3), passed one chamber (5), passed both chambers (0), enacted (1), vetoed (0), failed (3), and carried forward (0). Below that, another header row lists different types of anti‐LGBTQ legislation (e.g., gender‐affirming care bans, pronoun bans, “Don’t Say Gay,” drag bans, bathroom bans) with the total count of each category (e.g., 55 for gender‐affirming care bans, 20 for pronoun bans, 14 for “Don’t Say Gay,” etc.). A color‐coded U.S. map spans the lower half, with states shaded from light orange to deep red according to how many anti‐LGBTQ bills they contain. Texas appears in the darkest red (46 bills), with lighter shades indicating fewer bills in other states. A note at the bottom right explains that the map shows total tracked bills per state, which does not necessarily reflect each bill’s likelihood of passage.

We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.

We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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And i wonder what % of the 70% are held by Dems who booked early and have non-refundable reservations.

Family includes everyone! ❤️

This!

These questions and inspections can be done WITHOUT the parents present. This bill isn’t about fairness in sports, it gives power to predators and pedophiles. We must protect children. This bill is disgusting and puts every girl in this country at risk.

Today, we vote on the Republican Child Predator Empowerment Act. This puts all girls at risk by empowering pedophiles.

It requires girls as young as 4 YEARS OLD to answer invasive questions about their bodies & face PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS of their private parts by adult strangers.

So excellent! Thank you.

The Vegas bomber called for a "hard reset" 👀 Anyone who studies Terrorgram will recognize "hard reset" as an accelerationist phrase popular among neo-fascists

Can we get 500 reposts on this? Please join me in signing the petition to urge President Biden to pardon our friend Reality Winner. If there is a way to hit the goal of 15,000 signatures it would be by way of Bluesky. Please consider signing and asking others to: reality-is.us/pardon-reali...

This was hilarious!!

We can't memory hole the Election Day bomb threats Healthy democracies don't normalize this stuff.

New in PN: We can't memory hole the Election Day bomb threats

"Putin, Trump, and Republicans have learned that potentially violent election interference targeting Democratic voters is fine as long as you win. If they aren’t made to pay some sort of price, why wouldn’t they do it again?"

In 1988, the federal government banned metal-tipped lawn darts because a single child died from one.

Hilarious 😂

Thank you, Harry. I need to watch your segment on Nicolle's show.

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If you see this post, can you please help spread this information?

#ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US.

People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!

Let’s spread word! ❤️✊

Fear of books is fear of ideas. It's fear of democracy itself. Let's ban that!

You are so wrong on this. I'm shocked.

Image of a cat with a text box that has the following quote from Vet Tech Maddie Volante: "Just as an FYI your dog and cat have access to better reproductive healthcare than you do right now. Your dog can get its uterus removed without question. Your cat will be rushed to surgery if its uterus is infected and becoming septic. We will perform late stage abortions on your pets to save the mother without hesitation. I've never heard a surgeon or doctor say, 'save the babies at the expense of the mother' once in my career. I tell owners all the time not to worry if the puppies make it because MOM is the priority. But half these things are no longer possible for lots of humans in American right now. Just let that sink in."

Woof.

Always ask: 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙪𝙣 where your child plays?

This is a lifesaving question. Learn more about the risks of family fire and the importance of safe gun storage at askingsaveskids.org. #EndFamilyFire

New Medicaid Guidance Helps States Ensure Kids Get Needed Care New federal guidance ensures children and young people enrolled in Medicaid will have the full array of preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services they need.

Getting these screening guardrails in place now is VITAL for #pediatricprevention #WholePersonCare #IntegratedCare #PublicHealth @meganranney.bsky.social @madocforhealth.bsky.social @robincogan.bsky.social @commonwealthfund.bsky.social

There is a fake account that is in no way affiliated with Speaker Pelosi pretending to be her. I reported it the other day and it’s still up.
@repnancypelosi.bsky.social

It would be great if you all could give me a hand in reporting it. ❤️

What happened here with Don Jr at the SpaceX launch today

We’re all going to die

Opinion | Biden should order background checks of Trump’s Cabinet picks The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House nominees since at least the tenure of President Dwight Eisenhower’s time in office.

Biden should invoke the MOU between DOJ and his office, as well as the Presidential Transition Act, to investigate thoseTrump says he wants to put in office. The MOU triggers background investigations of nominees “at the request of the [sitting] president.”

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

I've always wondered why there are not more (and larger) signs like these. SMDH

No