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'Federal government will be damaged': Former IRS official on plan to share immigrant data with ICE The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without l...

The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status.

(via @wbur.org)

The executive targets his opponents w/bogus investigations. His government disappears people w/out due process and vanishes them beyond reach. He usurps legislative power, controls public funds at will, & consolidates power. Loyalty is expected — or else.

Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.

U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Let's break down what happened in America today. At 9:37 a.m., Trump told his followers to buy stocks.

The markets opened in chaos. He doubled down on tariffs, and the country's trade rep was set to testify before the Ways and Means Committee today. Trump's tariffs have been a disaster, and I was ready to stand up for Nevadans and hardworking people all across country. few minutes before I was set to speak, a staffer informed the trade representative that Trump had changed his mind— seemingly without telling anyone, not even the highest-ranking trade official. Almost immediately after the announcement, the market soared.

This is grifting at its finest. It's reckless governing and it's designed to make billionaires richer while the rest of us pay the price. I got to ask Rep Greer how this happened. So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge?

Like we said, his little tariff stunts are a fraud scheme, you didn't lose money, he stole it. It was insider fraud.

“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).

Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. Logo

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med...

Three Wins Today (March 15, 2025)

1. South Dakota lawmakers voted UNANIMOUSLY to fully fund South Dakota Public Broadcasting despite Noem urging them to cut 3/5 of their budget when she was gov
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Dems sour on Schumer but divided over his fate as leader It's time for Dems to "decide whether or not Chuck Schumer is the one to lead in this moment," Rep. Jasmine Crockett said.

Jasmine Crockett stopped short of calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to be replaced — but she said it's time for Senate Democrats to decide if he's the man for the moment.

USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

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A protest flyer emphasizing constitutional rights, scheduled for March 4, 2025, in Salem, OR, with details on location and hashtags.

Call to Action: No to Kings In America protest. Salem, Oregon March 4, at 12pm to 4pm.

#3E #USProtest #BuildTheResistance #FiftyFiftyOne #Mar4

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

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Even if we don’t stop RFK Jr’s confirmation, it’s still important to tell your senators how cutting infectious disease research funding and spreading vaccine misinformation will hurt people in their states.

Contact their local offices. Save this link for the long haul.

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Free speech baby

Despite CDC’s recent publication of a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Health Agency Network (HAN) alert, the communications ban is still in place. No further guidance has been issued re the ban and no end-date specified. MMWRs on avian influenza and other publications remain on hold

🥰🥰🥰 MUCH TO DISCUSSS

Listen, they can keep lying about USAID, but gutting the program is hurting the American Ag sector.

That is the point though. Destroy American Ag to make way for other authoritarian countries to take over the market.

SRHD Reports Pertussis Death in Spokane County The Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) announces the first confirmed death from pertussis (whooping cough) in Washington since 2011.

A child in Washington State who had received some but not all the recommended #pertussis vaccinations has died from pertussis. It is the state's first pertussis death since 2011. srhd.org/news/srhd-re...

Heartbreaking—and entirely preventable. A child in Washington has died from #pertussis, the first such death in the state since 2011.

With the new administration's assault on science, we will see more tragedies like this. This is exactly why scientific progress and public health policies matter.

Three Wins Today (Feb 8, 2025)
1. Obama judge blocks musk and his freshman 15 from accessing the treasury dept payment system and they must destroy what they downloaded

2. NY leg introduces a bill that would delay the election to fill Elise Stefanik’s soon-to-be-vacant seat till November
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I thought the same thing, I was shocked

YouTube video by Ad Council Science Moms Climate Change Education | By the Time

@sciencemoms.bsky.social made this commercial three years ago and it aired at the Super Bowl today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx58...

2/15 at 4PM ET: Congressional Medicaid Advocacy Webinar For Clinicians | Matthew Cortland Get more from Matthew Cortland on Patreon

Webinar FOR CLINICIANS on how to advocate for Medicaid with the legislative staff of a Member of Congress or U.S. Senator, Saturday, February 15th, at 4PM ET

MAGA and MAHA are planning massive cuts to Medicaid that would result in catastrophic coverage loss

YouTube video by NFL Super Bowl LIX || FLAG 50

Well, the NFL clearly removed “end racism” from the end zone so that they could blindside all the anti-DEI folks.

They have not done a single commercial that wasn’t entirely about the importance of diversity equity and inclusion
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What the hell are we even doing? Normalizing & green-lighting another psychotic
madman. That’s what we’re doing. It’s f’ing insane.

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Amazing!!! Congrats!

PolliNation Podcast Natural Sciences Podcast · 273 Episodes · Updated Monthly

Great educational podcast on pollinators. Brought to you from Oregon State University.

#pollinators #nativeplants #bees #science

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