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“Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” —Howard Zinn

Oh HELL YEAH

i am like 80% serious when i say that woke is the only thing that kept this country together

While Trump bankrupted companies, Carney became the first to lead the central banks of two major economies.

This takedown of Trump’s tariffs is savage🔥

“I’ve seen this movie before. I know exactly what is going to happen to them. America will get weaker. We are going to get stronger.”

#ElbowsUp🇨🇦

In all 50 states, there’s #HandsOff protests happening today.

BUT, there’s global protests too. Worldwide resistance to Trump & Musk’s illegal trampling of the Constitution.

Demos already seen in Paris🇫🇷, Amsterdam🇳🇱 & Lisbon🇵🇹.

Here’s the current scene in Trafalgar Sq, London🇬🇧👏

(🎥 Chris Hobbs)

at what point does ignorance become criminal

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

post by James Surowiecki: Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is. Below is an earlier post by James Surowiecki which says: It's also important to understand that the tariff rates that foreign countries are supposedly charging us are just made-up numbers. South Korea, with which we have a trade agreement, is not charging a 50% tariff on U.S. exports. Nor is the EU charging a 39% tariff.

We’re so screwed.

"This is not a left or right moment. It is a right or wrong moment."

-- Senator Cory Booker, today

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.

This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.

Keep Going Senator Cory Booker! Add your name to the petition to thank Senator Booker and urge him—and other elected officials—to keep speaking out on behalf of the American people!

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i mean, the flaming Ben Franklins still feel appropriate

Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Next Elections Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 French presidential elections.

*gazes wistfully out a window*

Text poster with two sections. On the left, "HANDS OFF!" with a list including Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. On the right, "WE MUST STOP TRUMP'S ILLEGAL, BILLIONAIRE POWER GRAB. SATURDAY APRIL 5." The background is textured like aged paper, and the text appears as if stenciled in black ink.

We’re building the largest one-day mobilization in years.

Nothing stops authoritarians in their tracks like organized people power — and we’re organizing it in communities throughout the country.

All this work depends on people taking real life action. Join us on April 5: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...

just can’t make this sh*t up

“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.

If you can “sneak onto” a signal chat, prolly shouldn’t have used signal right?

glad the bar for unforgivably stupid has just been lowered again 🙄

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

@daniellesmithucp.bsky.social @daniellesmithab.bsky.social why drive both Alberta and Canada off the same cliff the USA just jumped off of? thinking you can prioritize Alberta’s extraction industries over its people and the whole country’s interests is the opposite of leadership

Elbows up, Canada.

WOOOOO!!!!!!! amazing!!!!!!!!! i can’t wait to see the new shed and kiln and all you’ve been working on in person!

Opinion: Southeast Alaskans want sustainable economies, not extractive industry, within the Tongass National Forest Reversing the Roadless Rule on the Tongass risks dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging, and it’s simply not what most Alaskans want right now.

The Roadless Rule, which protects forests like the Tongass from most logging and road building, is one of the most significant conservation measures in U.S. history.

But the Trump admin plans to remove protections from the Tongass, dragging us back to the destructive days of clearcut logging.

Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number. A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

Decades before President Trump canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia University, he tried to sell property to the school — for $400 million.

Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.

They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.

Building a stronger Canada can only happen in full partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

Thank you to the leaders of the National Indigenous Organizations for a productive and wide-ranging discussion today. It is the first of many.

The crowds that AOC & Bernie Sanders are getting are MASSIVE.

Here’s the current scenes in Denver. Thousands.

#FightOligarchy

(🎥: Bastian Brauns)

Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency Leland Dudek argued that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.

The Trump administration wants to shut down all of Social Security over a ruling blocking 11 DOGE workers from sticking their fingers in your private data.

11 DOGE workers. 73 million Americans.

This is illegal. If it happens, will force millions of seniors into poverty.

Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.