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From the WomenInNews community on Reddit: Jasmine Crockett - ''Free speech is not about whatever it is that you all want somebody to say. And the idea that you want to shut down everybody that isn’t F... Explore this post and more from the WomenInNews community

@repjasmine.bsky.social tells it like it is. This is elementary school bull shit to shut down free speech you don’t like. Stay loud!

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The real problem with the Signal chat leak is it shows systemic dishonesty High-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity and no accountability

Brian Finucane, a former state dep attorney focused on military operations, including advising past military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, says "in my experience, this kind of pre-operational detail would have been classified". w/
@hugolowell.bsky.social

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Ratcliffe complains that people are focuing on the Signal leak and not all his wonderful accomplishments

An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1

Fight the Oligarchy Rally Poster with event details for: Las Vegas, NV, Tempe, AZ, Greeley, CO, Denver, CO, and Tucson, AZ

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VOTE NO!! Shut it down! We will have no other leverage if the budget passes.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: GOP chairman confronted over misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride

Bravo to @keating.house.gov for standing up for what is right. Shut transgender hate down! Now it’s time to get to work saving our democracy.

youtu.be/0wXmSyhPJQY

Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife.

Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.

We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

The Golden Age?

Sadly, all we are seeing is red.

If this doesn't feel like fascism to you because things are still mostly normal at work and school and the vacation is still planned, congratulations you've just learned what fascism is like.

It is insidious. It will initially target only the most vulnerable — people who probably aren't like you.

Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.

NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned.

⬇️ Here's how much they're making:

Thank you Mayor Wu!!

Just wondering …
Why are these funds still holding investments in TSLA / Tesla?

Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA)
Cal Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
Cal State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)
NY State Common Retirement Fund
Canada Pension Plan
#teslatakedown

Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals aren’t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.

A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.

Despite $2 Billion Verizon Contract, FAA Tests Starlink in Alaska The deal raises questions over whether SpaceX will push out Verizon, which has a contract to upgrade FAA communications. Starlink testing is focused on remote sites, the FAA says.

Sus.

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Must be stopped.

The House Wants to Pass Trump’s Agenda in One Big Bill. Here’s What’s in It. The G.O.P. bill would extend tax cuts and almost certainly make big reductions to programs serving the poor. Passing it may be hard, though.

Last week, the Senate GOP passed a budget that included a $150B increase in military spending.

This week, the House GOP will vote on its own budget — which includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for more billionaire tax cuts.

This isn't about what we can "afford."

Sing proud! The governors in America need to wake up!

A brief word today at the end of the fifth horrific week of Trump 2.0. We are witnessing the transformation of our democracy into a dictatorship (or, as Trump enjoyed promoting this week, a monarchy). https://robertreich.substack.com/p/from-democracy-to-dictatorship

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Ten reasons for modest optimism Friends,

Ten reasons for modest optimism
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The Supreme Court, in its first ruling on President Trump’s use of executive power during his second term, decided that he cannot, for now, dismiss the government lawyer leading the watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistle-blowers.

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.

Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.

It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.