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The Expanding Attacks on Speech Blocking legitimate journalists, deleting language, canceling GOP town halls, cutting university funding—these are all connected

“We are watching the authoritarian playbook unfold at an intense pace, often making it hard to grasp how interconnected the antagonistic acts are…If they succeed at blocking free speech & silencing dissent, the ability to know what’s true & false will grow dimmer.”
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Watching reporters walking on eggshells during White House press briefings so they won't lose access to their White House press credentials is scary.

Goodbye independent press. Hello, propaganda.

Trump Berates Zelensky, Who Leaves Without Signing Ukraine Minerals Deal: Live Updates

In an interview with Fox News after President Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated him during a meeting in the Oval Office, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine stressed his desire for a strong U.S. partnership and did not apologize to Trump. Follow live updates.

This wasn't an accident. Trump did exactly what Putin told him to do. Gaslighting Zelensky, threatening world war 3, pulling back resources, and making it appear as if it's #Ukraine's fault.

I hope you put up your Ukraine 🇺🇦 flags again.

This is a bigger scandal than people realize.

It really makes it look as though this entire meeting was a setup by Trump that was planned in advance.

If you watch the video it is clear that they are deliberately and almost derangedly blindsiding Zelenskyy. Now we know who the audience was.

Putin.

Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

Is there a way for this administration to be more disgusting? I bet there is. But this is atrocious...

When I saw the disgusting "trump Gaza" video this morning, the bile rose to my throat.

I won't share it. Instead, help me promote this counter narrative by Tala, from Gaza.

"Gaza is not yours to take. Gaza is ours, and we are still here. This is our land."

BRAVO to her strength and DEFIANCE. 🥹💪

Tyranny needs people to be afraid. It needs people to look away. Don't be one of these people.

This is insane.

Much needed break in #Fairbanks through the camera lens. #northernlights #aurora #aurorahunting

"The enemy within" - US going fully fascist.

Imagine a woman would bring her child to the Oval Office to hold a press conference standing above the president...

Anyone else wondering how Musk is controlling Trump?

Ways to bring peace to the Middle East... 🥴

What in the holy Napoleon is going on?

This is not a joke. #Bill1161 just got introduced to "authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire #Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland"." 🤔 Wish the branding would be the only issue here.

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This hippo gives me life! 🦛

Education Policy Reforms Are Key Strategies for Increasing the Married Birth Rate The fertility rate in the United States has dropped to 1.6,

You don't even have to read between the lines... The #HeritageFoundation doesn't want to make it easier for you to get a job without a college degree or sponsor the crafts. It's about keeping young people uneducated and religious so they pop out more babies. www.heritage.org/education/re...

Pro-life, profits first?

Dear theists…

You’re nothing special

What you do now will put you at the wrong or right side of history.

What happened in Germany in the 30s and 40s wasn't just because of people in the SS and Hitlerjugend.

It was because people looked away. After all, it wasn't their books burned. It wasn't their church destroyed. It wasn't their family rounded up and put into KZs.

I'm not religious, I left the catholic church when I was 15. However, I am in awe of Christians identifying the fake Christianity rooted in hate and blind followership as what it really is: Loyalty to a person, not a God or a country.

I could never be accused as being a friend of the church, but this is what a courageous ally looks like today.

#BishopMariannBudde

Proof that bee words hit a sore spot. #bishopmariannbudde will go into the history books as one of the brave people to stand up to Trump, but I'm worried about her safety.

America, what have you done?

Interesting, almost philosophical read.

Here we go. Today, Indivisibles are engaged in MLK Day service projects in the communities we’re going to spend the next few years giving our all to…

The next few weeks are going to feel overwhelming. We’re going to suffer temporary losses on issues we care about.

We’re going to face what comes next together. Not passively, but defiantly. We’re going to pick our fights, fuel backlash, and organize the pro-democracy majority to reclaim its power.

With a dark time fir social media comes the importance of truly free, independent media. I'm a UX Content Designer with 15 years of #journalism experience. Where can I #volunteer?