did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

Sending a nice cup of tea and a biscuit to all of the lovely compassionate people on here who are deeply stressed out at the state of the world x

"A screenshot of an NBC News article headline. The headline reads: 'Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail.' Below the headline, a subtext states: 'The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.' The NBC News logo is visible at the top, along with a navigation bar that includes a 'WATCH' button and a user profile icon."

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.

This is a campaign of eradication.

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

Opinion | This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare (Gift Article) Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is a frightening sign of an authoritarian slide.

“I asked Schlanger just how freaked out we should be by Khalil’s apprehension. ‘I teach constitutional law,’ she said. ‘And I’m freaking out.’”

Bernie Sanders: "I think this is a prelude not only to cutting benefits, but to privatizing Social Security ... why do you lie so much about Social Security? Why do you make it look like it's a broken system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system so you can give it over to Wall St"

DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:

My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,

"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."

This is why the Trump administration is trying to destroy higher education.

Don’t forget about tomorrow’s Take Down Tesla protests happening across the country! Since we launched the Elon boycott, Tesla’s stock has plummeted from over $400 to $262. Let’s keep the momentum going!

Ugggghhhh. Everything out of his mouth has been so disappointing.

I was such a snob when The Lorax was adapted into a movie in 2012 but I'm grading reflective essays for Environmental Literature right now and like a full generation is crediting it as the origin of their ecological consciousness

The full force of this administration’s destruction is about to hit Once social security checks stop showing up, millions of Americans will finally understand the scope.

"It is no exaggeration to say this will kill people—mainly people who are elderly, disabled and/or poor. Society’s most vulnerable sit in the crosshairs of our nation’s wealthiest people who have absolutely everything, but somehow always want more."

(He’s my garbage rep too.)

Good that you could attend anyway. The more pressure we can put on these garbage reps, the better. I know it feels useless, but it’s not. 🙌

ATTACHMENT Service Members and Applicants for Military Service who Have a Current Diagnosis or History of, or Exhibit Symptoms Consistent with, Gender Dysphoria 1. Policy. It is DoD policy that: a. Service in the Military Services is open to all persons who can meet the high standards for military service and readiness without special accommodations. b. It is the policy of the United States Government to establish high standards for Service 1s inconsistent with the medical is inconsistinest the medical, surgi, al, and mental he, un constraints on individuals wiplicy gender dysphoria or who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria. c. Military service by Service members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service. Service by these individuals is not in the best interests of the Military Services and is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security. d. Individuals who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria are no longer eligible for military service, except as set forth in sections 4.1.c. and 4.3.c. of this attachment. e. Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service in accordance with section 4.4. of this attachment. Characterization of service under these procedures will be honorable except where the Service member's record otherwise warrants a lower characterization. f. The Department only recognizes two sexes: male and female. An individual's sex is immutable, unchanging during a person's life. All Service members will only serve in accordance with their sex, defined in Executive Order 14168, "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to

i. Absent extraordinary operational necessity, the Military Services will not allow male Service members to use or share sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for females, nor allow female Service members to use or share sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for males. j. No funds from the Department of Defense will be used to pay for Service members' unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with facilitating sex reassignment surgery, genital reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria, or newly initiated cross-sex hormone therapy. k. Consistent with existing law and Department policy, commanders shall protect the privacy of protected health information they receive under this policy in the same manner as they would with any other protected health information. Such health information shall be restricted to personnel with a specific need to know; that is, access to information must be necessary for the conduct of official duties. Personnel shall also be accountable for safeguarding this health information consistent with existing law and Departmental policy. 2. Applicability. This policy guidance applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD.

Wow—Trump is firing and banning all trans people from the military, per DoD memo.

“Military service by members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service.”

Part of memo:

seems reasonable

Bezos directly emailing staff gives away the whole game.

What she said.

❤️

Imagine having the privilege and opportunity to represent millions of people, and spending it on a response this asinine.

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

AG Bondi to Criminally Prosecute Private Entities for DEIA Bondi makes clear that the "again" in MAGA refers to the period of Jim Crow America

Throughout US history:
•98% of POTUS—white men
•98% of Senate—white men
•94% of SCOTUS—white men
•90% of Fortune 500 CEOs—white men

Now a tiny number of BIPOC & women get rights & fragile MAGAs criminalize DEIA.

This isnt about justice—it's about white supremacy
www.qasimrashid.com/p/ag-bondi-t...

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straight cis people, you gotta be like my dad. my dad is the most gen x dad guy you've ever met. his profile pic is a pile of wood that he chopped himself. he mains torbjorn on overwatch. he loves to play devil's advocate.

and when he stands up for trans people, his peers LISTEN

Siyuan (Steven) Wang @StevenWang My Chinese American colleagues in Texas public universities such as the whole U Texas including MD Anderson are now required to report family visit trip to China ahead of trip, and provide a post-travel briefing detailing the trip. Land of the free (your experience may differ). 1:20 PM • 1/31/25 • 708K Views Q811 Siyuan (Steven) Wang @SStevenWang • 1d From a colleague: "We started last December at UT (U Texas). I had a personal trip and told my department. Then per EO (executive order), I also wrote a daily report what I did and who I met. (Day 1, grocery shopping with mom. Day 2, shopping with brother ...)."

Sharply increased surveillance of Chinese Americans (not just Chinese nationals in the US) appears to have begun.