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A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.

A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.

Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating deportation order The move by U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg marks an escalation in a battle between the judicial and executives branches of government over a president’s powers to carry out key White House…

A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador. buff.ly/IrgwaB8

Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?

Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

This is how it's done.

It's good to see Senator Van Hollen observing Congress's oversight role and riding herd on the lying sack of excrement in the White House.

The vice president of El Salvador just effectively told Van Hollen that they're only holding Abrego Garcia because Trump wants them to.

I am so fucking angry right now. It is Autism Acceptance Month and this man is wielding every aspect of his power to attack our place in society and make us pariahs and force us into masking or institutionalization or *death*.

Far-Right Group That Helped Overturn 'Roe' Is Officially Going After Birth Control Alliance Defending Freedom is urging the Trump administration to cut ties with a top gynecologist group that recommends insurance has to cover IUDs and emergency contraception.

NEW: Alliance Defending Freedom is urging Trump to cut ties with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, org that helps recommend which women's preventive services to cover—including birth control. Letter cites "items that can prevent the implantation of embryos after conception"

Massive Protests Against Trump Are Just the Beginning Following the “Hands Off” protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Indivisible’s co-founder talks about building a pro-democracy movement.

Massive Protests Against Trump Are Just the Beginning. The unstoppable people-powered U.S. pro-democracy movement against Donald J. Trump.
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‘The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history’: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting Read more here.

NEW: This morning, the House passed the SAVE Act, a GOP-backed bill that seeks to disenfranchise millions of eligible American voters. Princeton University professor Sean Wilentz calls the act “the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history.”

AUTISM IS NOT AN EPIDEMIC, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE NOT BROKEN

K-12 schools must sign certification against DEI to receive federal money, administration says As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to they're following federal civil rights laws and eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

The blatant painful racism of this order is shocking. It's important to still be shocked by racism, particularly overtly racist actions taken by a Democratic government.
This is shocking. This is racist.
And it's wrong. It's beneath us as a nation and a people.
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The CDC Has Been Gutted Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

The CDC has been gutted

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Democrats Sue to Block Trump Bid to Control Elections Read more here.

Democrats and voting rights advocates filed lawsuits yesterday challenging President Trump's new executive order enacting restrictive election rules.

RFK claims he wants to prevent chronic disease. He just gutted the office dedicated to that.

Cory Booker Has Been Bashing Trump on Senate Floor for 17 Straight Hours Sen. Cory Booker, Democrat from New Jersey, has been bashing Donald Trump on the Senate floor for 17 straight hours.

Senator Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov said as he began speaking on the Senate floor Monday night that he intended to disrupt “the normal business of the US Senate for as long as I am physically able,” because “our nation is in crisis.”
He wasn’t kidding.
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Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him Two lower courts had already rejected the legal challenge by Democrat Josh Kaul, who argues that Musk's offer violates a state law.

NEW: Elon Musk handed out $1M checks to Wisconsin voters who signed his petition opposing “activist judges” after the state Supreme Court rejected the state attorney general’s request to block the tech billionaire’s giveaway.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Wishing all my trans friends a life filled with the love, respect, acknowledgment, and support you deserve ❤️

Resistance has already saved portions of Social Security which Musk, DOGE, & Trump threatened to cut. Public resistance reached Congress and gave members--including Republicans--a spine, forcing those planned cuts to be abandoned. Resistance can and is working. Keep it up. It can work here too.

DOGE Accesses Federal Payroll System Over Objections of Career Staff (Gift Article) Elon Musk’s team gains visibility into sensitive information about hundreds of thousands of government workers despite security concerns raised by IT officials.

This story gets worse the deeper you get into it

The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla’s Defense After weeks of “Tesla Takedown” protests, the Proud Boys and other far-right extremist groups are showing up to back Elon Musk's beleaguered car company.

Guess who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler.

More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:

Researchers Rush to Save US Government Data on Trans Youth—Before It Disappears In the face of the Trump administration's anti-trans efforts, researchers and volunteers around the world are backing up federally-funded studies, and vowing to keep the resources online.

On #TransDayOfVisibility, we revisit our piece on how researchers and volunteers—in the face of the Trump administration's anti-trans efforts—are backing up federally-funded studies, and vowing to keep the resources online.

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Reminder: Typos in official communications are intentionally included by the administration to identify potential leakers. Please exercise caution with anything you share.

Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.

I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

Congrats to the White House correspondents who failed to stand in solidarity with the AP and now get to stand by their new peer, a dipshit podcaster and Putin stooge.

Dont complain, you earned this.

RIP USAID — all remaining 900 employees will be fired.

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin.

You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰

#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍

This is super important.

Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent agencies The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Trump can fire Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board after a lower court had them reinstated.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Trump can fire Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board after a lower court had them reinstated.

How will Trump's executive order affect the Smithsonian? The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.

The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.