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‘We won’t be safe if we’re silent’: Young trans leaders want to build a network of their own In the face of an administration trying to erase their identities, these students are founding a group to cultivate trans leaders across the country.

As the Trump administration tries to erase their identities, these college students are founding a group to cultivate transgender leaders across the country.

We are all going to get food poisoning now.

12 years of CFPB data at risk of disappearing, former top official warns Erie Meyer was the CFPB's chief technologist until last week.

The former chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warns that 12 years of critical records could be "irretrievably lost" in the DOGE purge of the agency, per an affidavit filed in federal court Friday.

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My office is hearing reports that the Trump administration’s purges include firing veterans who have served our country for years.

Our veterans deserve better.

If you've been impacted, call congress: (202) 224-3121

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Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

The Billionaire Who Took Over the Internet | The Walrus Tax exemptions, labour practices, and explosive growth: how Jeff Bezos made Amazon one of the world’s biggest companies

Amazon is shutting down its Quebec facilities and laying off 4,500 people not long after workers in the province formed a union. Rob Larson looked at Jeff Bezos’s labour practices, in “The Billionaire Who Took Over the Internet”: thewalrus.ca/the-billionaire-...

YouTube video by MyLifeOutdoors Your Gear is Poisoning You! (Not Clickbait)

Been thinking about PFAS a lot lately, especially since I don't anticipate our government protecting us over the next four years. The more you know... 🌈
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YouTube video by Mother Jones Fun fact: White men don't have a monopoly on merit. #DEI

"I have some potentially disturbing news for you," says @garrisonhayes.bsky.social in his latest video. "Throughout American history, the only group of people to consistently get jobs they didn't deserve because they were the right race or the right gender were white men."

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article) Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

"Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president." @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social nails it in this hopeful and scathing audio essay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Keeps being true. Every day.

The only immigrant trying to destroy the country.

Is DOGE a cybersecurity threat? A security expert explains the dangers of violating protocols and regulations that protect government computer systems News reports paint a frightening picture of DOGE staff trampling time-tested – and in many cases legally required – management and security practices.

Reports suggest #DOGE staff are bypassing #cybersecurity best practices, installing unsecured email servers, and accessing sensitive systems without proper vetting. A security expert explains the implications: https://buff.ly/413LgWH (Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

It has never been more important to support independent media outlets.

US democracy is facing an unprecedented assault on multiple fronts and too much of mainstream media has become deeply & dangerously compromised.

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...

If you’re a government employee, thank you for your service & here’s a resource you may find helpful. Stay strong. www.civilservicestrong.org