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“I’m a happy person, but an angry citizen.” - Lewis Black Midwestern photographer, artist, and jewelry designer. Passionate about democracy and equality. I resist. No DMs please.
ICYMI: On the heels of a federal office in Morgantown firing dozens of employees, union representatives of West Virginia’s federal workforce call on the state’s elected leaders to speak out against what they say are “reckless cuts," reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
04.04.2025 13:03 — 👍 24 🔁 10 💬 7 📌 0Not surprised. Pompous little weenie.
04.04.2025 13:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks. #FAFO @speakerjohnson
04.04.2025 13:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
03.04.2025 23:48 — 👍 17997 🔁 5166 💬 432 📌 241Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: "Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over."
04.04.2025 13:00 — 👍 1645 🔁 262 💬 48 📌 24Oh.
03.04.2025 19:42 — 👍 41256 🔁 7128 💬 1199 📌 372Rather than attended the dignified transfer of the remains of four U.S. soldiers killed on his watch, Trump will be dining with his Saudi golf buddies.
04.04.2025 01:53 — 👍 6149 🔁 2540 💬 569 📌 248We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
Entire Staff Is Fired at Office That Helps Poorer Americans Pay for Heating www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...
04.04.2025 03:51 — 👍 2726 🔁 1224 💬 133 📌 119I bet everyone around trump KNEW that his formula for reciprocal tariffs was insane, but just could NOT tell him that and instead smiled and said “yes sir you’re so smart! Brilliant!”
04.04.2025 13:01 — 👍 8854 🔁 1325 💬 826 📌 95Michigan auto workers voted for the orange felon and now many of them are being laid off due to his trade war tariffs and he doesn’t give a single fuck who suffers.
Don’t cry, you’re finding out.
MSNBC just showed a montage of world leaders calling the USA idiotic, illogical, hostile, unhinged.... literally never seen anything like this. From the shining city on a hill to an object of global derision and contempt.
03.04.2025 22:41 — 👍 29436 🔁 6385 💬 1009 📌 363Trump’s lunatic tariffs triggered a global economic nosedive. China hit back with 34% tariffs, tanking markets worldwide and erasing $2.5 trillion from Wall Street. The IMF warns of catastrophe. Even MAGA allies can’t spin this—he’s crashing the economy to feed his ego and punish his enemies.
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04.04.2025 13:03 — 👍 39 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Most Accurate Headline of the Day 🏆
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Any farmers out there that can speak to whether they can get info for planting season ? Or loans to help them get through this ?
Are federal offices open to even process loan requests ?
I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?
03.04.2025 21:25 — 👍 35838 🔁 13163 💬 1255 📌 654Then I’m sure they won’t be asking for government subsidies to compensate for the impacts tariffs have on them.
04.04.2025 00:18 — 👍 19254 🔁 3723 💬 2474 📌 468I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too.
“Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris
Man, I miss her.
The worst news of the week.
"The U.S. Senate confirmed Harmeet Dhillon, a veteran lawyer with a history of attacking voting rights, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Welcome
04.04.2025 01:33 — 👍 25376 🔁 2644 💬 412 📌 143Show some gratitude to the financial geniuses in the White House, America!
03.04.2025 16:27 — 👍 16776 🔁 3914 💬 476 📌 141Rockstar!!!
02.04.2025 17:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Cory Booker ending his record-breaking speech on the Senate floor:
“Let's get in good trouble."
What a fantastic way to cap off his epic 25 hour and 5 minute speech.
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