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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Score one more for the Oxford comma:

I NEED A (PAID) SUMMER LAW INTERN!

Are you a Boston-area law student with a demonstrated commitment to deportation defense ready to take on the Trump administration? Please send a CV & writing sample to matt@massimmigrationlaw.com

(conversational(+) Spanish preferred but not required)

Trahan Announces Effort to Reform Privacy Act of 1974, Protect Americans’ Data from Government Abuse

Whether you’re a privacy expert, government technologist or a fellow concerned American, I look forward to hearing your ideas by April 30th.

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Gov. Walz, "There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA."

Ok I know this is old-man irritability but I don’t care if Mahmoud Khalil has a pregnant wife, I don’t care if he and his wife are childfree, I don’t care if he’s in a fucking polycule with a hedgehog and a jar of mayonnaise, NOBODY should be detained for protected speech, including singletons.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.

Maybe instead of purging the Social Security workers who make sure seniors get their checks on time, we should be expanding benefits to make life a little easier for your parents and grandparents.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau uncovered $21 billion of cheating and returned it directly to Americans.

That little agency is proof that we can make the government work for people.

Trump and Musk want to take that away, but we won't stop fighting to protect it.

What Actually Happens When a Trans Athlete Transitions Fears of trans women taking over women’s sports simply doesn’t match up with the reality of the effects that transitioning and hormone replacement therapy have on an athlete’s body.

One of my first reported pieces, many if the theories here have subsequently been backed up by research: www.vice.com/en/article/w...

ONE BIG THING. When I mentioned that I had heard of at least one person who had already missed a Social Security payment, the staffers snapped to attention. That's a huge deal.

If you or someone you know has missed a Social Security payment, call your reps IMMEDIATELY.

"I do not weep at the world - I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife" ~ Zora Neale Hurston

#BlackHistoryMonth

Friends in Southern Maine, especially those who are looking to buy a house and can't afford one the traditional way. Habitat For Humanity is taking applications for homes in Standish, Maine.
habitatportlandme.org/apply/standi...

Jimmy Carter wins a posthumous Grammy.

Jimmy Carter won a posthumous Grammy in the category of spoken word album for “Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration.” The win comes a little over a month after the former president’s death, and is his fourth Grammy award.

Modern book burnings look like a 404 page.

So our new secretary of defense, a former weekend Fox News morning host, has decided the New York Times, NBC News, and NPR will be replaced at the Pentagon by the New York Post, One America News and Bretbart Radio

be gay, do crimes (do not talk about it)

Poster from a gay hacker space kinda place and

yeah, this, next few years gonna be a whole lotta: This

American citizens should not have to enter into a contract with a private company (that’s an X account signup!) to receive government communications

Remember they want you scared. They are desperately trying to terrify us into submission.
Federal employees? Yep.
Opposition? Yep.
Their own Congress? Yep.

Figure out what you stand for and stand the fuck up for it.

The only equity ruining everything is private equity

Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.

When there weren't enough bank examiners on the beat, SVB and Signature Bank failed, requiring big bailouts.

The FDIC should explain why it’s now axing even more examiners whose job it is to make sure big banks don't crash our economy.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

James Harvey III, Tuskegee airman, leader of the team that won the US military's first aerial gunnery competition for combat aviators. AKA, Top Gun. James Harvey is a handsome Black man in WW2 uniform with an indomitableble look of calm confidence.

Tom Cruise in an aviation suit and Rayban aviator sunglasses from Top Gun.

Hey, while we're talking about erasing history:

In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun."

The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen.

So they refused to announce a winner🤡

Hey. We’re gonna figure this out as it comes.

Don’t give up hope, ok?

They can’t take that spark away from you, & they can’t regulate it.

You are more powerful, & resilient than their hate.

You are not alone.

We are a mycelium network of so much beauty & kindness,

and we will persevere.

whoever said money can't buy happiness must not have realized you can buy a little arm that holds your ereader above your face in bed, and a remote so you can turn the pages without taking your arms out from under the covers

nothing is certain except death, taxes, and tech bros trying to reinvent something they spent 10 minutes learning about