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Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow

😖😮‍💨 Whitewashing update: Anti-DEI exec order resulted in National Park Service rewriting history of the Underground Railroad.

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Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda In a campus speech, the former president said universities should be prepared to lose federal funds to defend academic freedom, rather than be “intimidated.”

Obama calls on universities to resist the Trumpublican Project 2025 agenda. Dip into your endowments, college presidents and regents! This qualifies as an emergency.

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San Diego 'earn-a-bike' program gives homeless people a free bike after 100 miles of cycling Participants have logged thousands of miles in the program's decade-long history.

Wellness and wheels, friendships and freedom for people experiencing homelessness.

You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.

Congressman Jamie Raskin Releases Statement in Response to Elon Musk’s Social Media Post About Him - The MoCo Show In response to a post from Elon Musk on X, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement: Elon Musk: Are you seriously this detached from reality? You accuse me […]

This is a must read.

Jamie Raskin is a superhero.

May we all learn to channel our outrage into such a fine point of searingly bright light.

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Gov. Moore announced a series of actions to help Marylanders impacted by federal workforce layoffs, firings, and changes to federal funding.

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Asked a friend how it's going and they responded "bad but I'm used to it" devastating

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Pull each other up in these heavy times

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DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.

Elon Musk’s team posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts.

Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.

How to Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing Civil Society - Amherst Indy by Nadine BlochThe following article, "How to Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing Civil Society" by Nadine Bloch appeared originally in Waging Nonviolence, on January 30, 2025. It is repos...

Be like water. Flexible, adaptable, responsive. Comfortable holding many things at once. In flow! Moving people to action!

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DOGE in the guise of HR@opm.gov sent an email directly to *every* fed requiring us to reply with a list of about 5 bullets describing what we accomplished last week. This idea below is on point. Non-feds, please feel free to participate by submitting your 5 accomplishments. Flood the zone.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

Top FDA Food Administrator Resigns After Mass Layoffs This individual was responsible for overseeing our nation's food safety

This afternoon, the top FDA food official responsible for overseeing America's food safety and inspections resigned from the federal government.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

YouTube video by Hudson Yards Andra Day Performs “Rise Up” Live at Hudson Yards

✊🏽 And I'll rise up. I'll rise unafraid. All we need is hope and for that we have each other. We will rise up in spite of the ache. We'll rise up high like the waves. 🌊🌊🌊

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Happy Contrarians' Day! Join the fun Mon Feb 17 at 2pm Eastern at contrarian.substack.com And bouquets 💐💐 of gratitude to courageous Feds nationwide who are actively choosing to honor their oaths of office—no matter the cost.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Sec. Duffy Moves to Rescind Billions for 'Woke' Transportation on Feb. 18 — So Advocates Must Speak Up Now — Streetsblog USA The U.S. Transportation Secretary has promised to call on Congress to slash vast funding for climate and DEIA.

Federal Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is just days away from calling on Congress to make staggering cuts to sustainable transportation modes — and advocates need to call their reps NOW to protect the projects they care about most.

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What Black History Month feels like for Black parents this year A Black community leader on parenting during the rollback of diversity initiatives in the public and private sectors.

This Black History Month, we white parents need to do some soul searching about how to be true allies. Be willing to have messy conversations about race w your kids & friends. When you meet a Black parent, welcome them into the parent crew, refer them to the camps & swim lessons, show up for them.

This App Could Make D.C. One of the Most Accessible Transit Networks In the World — Streetsblog USA A new app makes it possible for people with visual impairments to navigate D.C.'s transit network – and it could have benefits for other riders, too.

🙌🏼🧑🏿‍🦯 This app increases everyone's access to the Metro.

*Every* rider benefits when we prioritize ADA accessibility ... when transportation and wayfinding are made universally accessible.

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‘We’ll never run out of avocado toast’: Danes launch petition to buy California After President Donald Trump’s threats to purchase Greenland, Denmark's citizens launched a petition to purchase California from the U.S.

Nearly 200,000 Danes are supporting a comedic petition to buy California from the U.S., in what appeared to be a jab at President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.

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