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)
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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 โ or else.
Authoritarianism isnโt coming. Itโs here.
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
09.04.2025 15:10 โ ๐ 8017 ๐ 3951 ๐ฌ 3416 ๐ 2366Let'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 mindโ 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.
10.04.2025 06:24 โ ๐ 5076 ๐ 1596 ๐ฌ 115 ๐ 47โThey were careless peopleโฆthey smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessnessโฆand let other people clean up the mess they had madeโฆโ -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
10.04.2025 12:16 โ ๐ 28840 ๐ 8253 ๐ฌ 590 ๐ 393Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the publicโs health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. Logo
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the publicโs 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...
09.04.2025 15:26 โ ๐ 933 ๐ 421 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 85Three 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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Jasmine Crockett stopped short of calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to be replaced โ but she said it's time for Senate Democrats to decide if he's the man for the moment.
16.03.2025 15:37 โ ๐ 334 ๐ 54 ๐ฌ 42 ๐ 12If 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
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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 downโthe traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
23.02.2025 18:01 โ ๐ 95828 ๐ 20901 ๐ฌ 1003 ๐ 935PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
24.02.2025 03:26 โ ๐ 37123 ๐ 16532 ๐ฌ 4980 ๐ 2650You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
10.02.2025 15:26 โ ๐ 116905 ๐ 21218 ๐ฌ 3700 ๐ 1094Even if we donโt stop RFK Jrโs confirmation, itโs 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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10.02.2025 15:04 โ ๐ 8540 ๐ 1916 ๐ฌ 407 ๐ 81Despite CDCโs 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
10.02.2025 21:08 โ ๐ 343 ๐ 61 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 1๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ MUCH TO DISCUSSS
10.02.2025 21:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Listen, 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.
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...
08.02.2025 22:39 โ ๐ 272 ๐ 132 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 25Heartbreakingโand 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 Stefanikโs soon-to-be-vacant seat till November
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I thought the same thing, I was shocked
10.02.2025 01:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@sciencemoms.bsky.social made this commercial three years ago and it aired at the Super Bowl today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx58...
10.02.2025 01:22 โ ๐ 33 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2Webinar FOR CLINICIANS onย 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 cutsย to Medicaid that would result in catastrophic coverage loss
Well, the NFL clearly removed โend racismโ from the end zone so that they could blindside all the anti-DEI folks.
They have not done a single commercial that wasnโt 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. Thatโs what weโre doing. Itโs fโing insane.
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12.12.2024 04:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Amazing!!! Congrats!
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