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36 years ago, on June 5th, 1989, a man faced down a tank in Tiananmen Square

#TankMan

We fight for @ppfa.org because we’re for freedom and the right to control one’s own body and life. Ask your member of Congress to protect Planned Parenthood ppact.io/care #IFightForPP

Good to see people standing up 💜

#spittlebugs (cercopoidea) are fascinating insects to find

After being called out this week, DOGE quietly deleted 31 contracts from its website wiping out $122 million in supposed “savings” Musk’s team had claimed from cutting federal spending. But the site is still riddled with errors.

Happy World Press Freedom Day A Reason To Smile

From Dan Rather: “To celebrate World Press Freedom Day and raise money and awareness for the embattled Radio Free Europe, R.E.M. decided to make a remix of the hit, along with a new video that highlights the important work of these brave journalists."

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On May 2nd, in Western NY, federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained. 1/
#WeFeedYou

How Black musicians have influenced punk music Punk music is known for its raw, aggressive sound, edgy fashion and mosh pits. It’s also known for being predominantly white, but that's changed a lot in recent years. Resurfaced music from its…

Punk music is known for its raw, aggressive sound, edgy fashion and mosh pits. It’s also known for being predominantly white, but that's changed a lot in recent years.

Resurfaced music from its earliest days underscores that punk has always been influenced and shaped by Black artists as well.

Isn’t it so exciting to see them come come back bigger and bigger!

So excited about the #troutlilies coming back stronger every year. The first year I saw them was a surprise and now that some have 2 leaves I’m hoping for flowers next year ! Native plants excite me

Shakedown guarding my #bluestem & #monarda

I’ve been rereading the poison wood bible and whoo boy! Sounds like nothing has ever changed

Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.

Some #shit out a legit #dreadlock . Size 8.5 w shoe for comparison. #scat

Whiskey Pete Hegseth has a Russian burner phone which he uses to communicate in secret with someone. 👊🇺🇸🔥

Just some babies snugging #sippyandshakedown

“There was no classified material that was shared in that Signal group,” Tulsi Gabbard, director of the CIA,  told members of the Senate Intel Committee.

 “Nobody was texting war plans,”— Pete Hegseth, sec of defense

HERE ARE THE ATTACK PLANS THAT TRUMP’S ADVISERS SHARED ON SIGNAL
#BlueSky #MedSky

Them: “no ‘war plans’ were discussed”

The chat:

The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.

Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding An executive order has demanded that the Institute for Museum and Library Services be eliminated to the maximum extent allowed by law.

“By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration’s executive order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer...”

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"They will never stop abortion": Why overturning Roe only made the abortion rate rise "After Dobbs" chronicles "the extraordinary efforts" of doctors and activists to help women get healthcare

Anti-choicers hoped Dobbs would end abortion. Instead, the abortion rate went up.

I spoke with researchers Carole Joffe and David Cohen about why.

This story is about heroes: everyday people who filled the gaps to get women the care they need.

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"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA"

"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."

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I’m old enough to remember when Secretary Hegseth tried to publicly mock Judge Reyes—suggesting that she didn’t know what she was doing when it comes to protecting our national security.

It was … two days ago.

At the Mike Lawler empty chair town hall in Peekskill, 102 year old Dee in danger of losing her Medicaid, heard FDR on the radio in 1935 when he created Social Security. @indivisible.org

Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts Canada’s draft deal to participate in Europe’s defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States.

US and UK are not in the EU's new military initiative, but Canada is. Canada also just negotiated with Australia to help build a new long range Arctic military radar system and are considering scrapping most of an order for 88 US F35 fighter jets and buying elsewhere. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/w...

If government fails you, there is always the opportunity to act.
Bike lane painting skills 💯
by Xavier Treviño

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Rosa, a Kern County farm worker, says, "I honor March as #CesarChavez month, because this great man fought so that we'd have bathrooms in the fields, drinking water, shade & rest breaks. I'm marching on March 31st to continue honoring the legacy of our great leader!" #WeFeedYou

Tesla removed from Vancouver Auto Show

Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver auto show on the eve of the event.

Elon Musk’s company will no longer be an exhibitor and all references to Tesla have been removed from the show’s website. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakedown

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