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New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People

The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

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I recently reposted a former congressional staffer who said that when an issue got 20-30 calls it would get representatives freaked out and ready to do something. It takes less than you’d think, because so few people actually take that kind of action

Well, guess I’m canceling my Target credit card as soon as I pay off my last bill.

Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.

Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...

The reason A.I. is being shoved down our throats is shareholders want a return on their investment. Every company that integrates this crappy tech into their products knows you don't want it, but they've sunk too much money into it and don't care. Turn it off, don't use it, don't look back.

There is a website you can go to and report ICE sightings and activity. juntosseguros.com

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

The Proud Boys Are Plotting a Comeback. And They Want Revenge Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup.

Fresh out of federal prison, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio suggests he’s still in charge as the far-right organization looks to regroup.

Watching them debate the missing indigenous persons act in Montana and the representative Schubert just called it a "woke DEI program."

Thankfully his amendment to kill it failed tremendously, with most of his party siding against him.

Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Coming. Here’s What We Can Do. This moment calls for action.

In this op-ed two organizers explain how immigration activists and allies are mobilizing against the Trump administration's plans.

Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/mass-d...

Oregon folks: this one is for you. Solidarity! 🤝🤝🤝 #oregon

Go to neighborhood block association meetings. Hold community discussions. Join a community center. Have and join bookclubs. Have mini conferences.

Find your third places.

Billionaires Should Not Exist Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

Read our op-ed here ⤵️

Closed my Amazon credit card. I had only used it to return presents for the toddler, anyway, in the past few years. I plan on closing at least 2 more credit cards. Not technically on a no-/low-buy year, but trying to disentangle myself from Trump’s economy as much as I can.

First blow against the unconstitutional birthright citizenship EO.

Tip from @snowjob.bsky.social

If you have a whitehouse.gov link you want to access and it is down, try replacing "www.whitehouse.gov" with "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov"

The national archives is still doing its job for now.

alright you wanna know how to support trans people?

hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.

Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.

Uuuuugggggghhhhhhhh.

Trump Has ALREADY Attacked Libraries This action is the first step in dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services and eliminating federal funding for libraries.

This action will deliver a devasting blow to America's commitment to preserving museum and library services.

We know this won't end here.

action.everylibrary.org/trump_has_al...

Uhhh just because it looks like an effigy of a guy with well-known fascist sympathies was hung upside down at the place in Italy where the body of an infamous fascist was hung upside down 80 years ago doesn't mean that's what they actually did.

Trump has not ended the war in Ukraine in 24 hours as promised. Rubio is now moving the goalposts and saying that was never Trump's promise and that his new policy is just that he wants to see the war ended at some time.

Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.

NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:

The passport page about changing your gender marker is now down.

I'm expecting trans people's passports to be a major battleground of this administration.

travel.state.gov/content/trav...

CATO Institute Director of Immigration Studies says Trump’s “monstrous” birthright citizenship EO includes a clause that seeks to deny the legitimacy of Kamala’s citizenship, and is about “a population purge” 👇🏽

For those who need to hear it today 🏳️‍🌈

NBC White House correspondent reporting that legal experts advise those with passports with x markers may be held up upon attempt to use it.

I CANNOT confirm this but it’s certainly notable that it’s being reported.

It’s notable that the double Nazi salute is not only clear, it’s also perfectly in line with Elon Musk and Trump’s ideology of white genocide, great replacement theory, and the cult of reproduction.

And Nazis are very much feeling empowered to be visible today.