THIS IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY.
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This drum circle is a sacred honor in memory of slain MN State Legislator Melissa Hortman, at the candlelight vigil

The at home assassination of a state lawmaker should be getting a bigger reaction from the President than someone throwing a rock at a Tesla dealership.

That’s illegal to require

What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.

Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?

Photograph of dozens of tanks on a train, next to I-295 in Washington, DC.

In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)

Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F

New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share!
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

Esteemed journalist & journalism professor, Robert Scott Horton, was just banned by FB where he had 100s of 1000s of followers. Much content re: current events. Always a worthy read. Give him a follow & welcome him to Bluesky! We are the luckier to have him here: bsky.app/profile/robe...

How to use the Siri 'I'm Getting Pulled Over' shortcut to record police encounters during traffic stops The Siri shortcut can be activated when you're pulled over by police, and will send your location to designated contacts and start recording video.

@50501california.bsky.social Staying Safe: know your rights

Trump wants to deport US citizens now. Some “law enforcement” are out of uniform and masked, so there is no way to know who they are. Record it and remind the person of their rights. ACLU.org

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

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No lies told here.

PHOTOS: Hundreds of HHS employees wait in a line stretching around the building to find out if their job is gone One staffer waiting in line loudly joked: “Is this an April Fool’s joke?”

As many as 10,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs on Tuesday. Some are finding out as they try to enter the building that they no longer have jobs.

This is outrageous!

Incredible news on TDOV.

The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.

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Here’s an update on the guy in charge of finding fraud in our government.

Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.

Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.

Colorado is poised to pass some of the toughest gun laws in the country A proposal to severely limit guns that use detachable magazines is approaching final passage in the Colorado legislature. The state's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, is expected to sign it into law.

A proposal to severely limit guns that use detachable magazines is approaching final passage in the Colorado legislature. The state's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, is expected to sign it into law.

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

YouTube video by Billy Simons Jr. We Are Great Again

Good news: we're great again!

I am playing this on a loop - it’s good poetry, it’s accessible- people can play this in our hobo camps as we all lose everything we’ve worked for in our lives. You’ve worked everything in there…

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.

I am deleting my original skeet on Professor Wang’s disappearance because I don’t think it’s correct to say he is presumed to be in federal custody. We just don’t know. arstechnica.com/security/202...

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

You have to see this.

PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

YouTube video by Billy Simons Jr. Dear Canada, Hello

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YouTube video by Billy Simons Jr. They Made a Pig the Pilot

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A screenshot of a post on X by user Suzie Rizzo (@SUZIERIZZO1 ). The post includes a text graphic with an orange background and black text that reads: "WHEN did America become a place where people take joy in suffering? Celebrating job losses, cheering immigrant arrests, ignoring terrified schoolchildren, and applauding when neighbors lose public assistance—what happened to basic human decency?" Above the graphic, Suzie Rizzo's comment reads: "Anyone want to answer this??? "

This is the result of decades of civic poisoning by Fox News and right-wing echo chambers and channels.