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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Just to be perfectly clear I’m with the Dems that want to FIGHT and not the ones that want to cave.

Stop bringing your spoons to a chainsaw fight or get out of the way.

The provision of the 14th amendment that the Supreme Court unanimously wrote out of the constitution existed for a reason. Its drafters knew what would happen if you allowed insurrectionists back into power.

There's a fine line between not letting the horrible things get in the way of living a normal life, and ignoring the horrible things in hopes they'll go away—and too many people have catapulted past it.

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

Trump administration has identified words to be banned on government websites or at least be wary of using. Among them: women, race, injustice, climate science, pollution, victim, historically. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is what we want! DISRUPTIVE good trouble. Sitting there for the lies appears like some form of compliance.

American Bar Association on LinkedIn: The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession… | 167 comments The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read full message: https://ambar.org/6ollf7q2 | 167 comments on LinkedIn

The American Bar Association speaks…

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Zelenskyy stayed in Kyiv while Russia was bombing the city and sending in hit squads to kill him. J.D. Vance fled to an undisclosed location because some peaceful protesters yelled at him while he was on vacation. This is why I believe victory over these people is still possible.

Dr. Collins noted that when he was recruited to the institutes, and through many of the years that followed, “investment in medical research was seen as a high priority and a nonpolitical bipartisan effort — saving countless lives, relieving human suffering and contributing substantially to the U.S. economy.” “N.I.H. is the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world,” he wrote. “It is the main piston of a biomedical discovery engine that is the envy of the globe. Yet it is not a household name. It should be.” He went on: “When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on N.I.H. research over many decades. When you hear about sickle-cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on many years of research supported by N.I.H.”

Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director.
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

Can confirm that this was the way in Atlanta in the 90s...

What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful A federal judge in San Francisco finds the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful.

Three weeks ago I was working from the 7th floor of the building in this picture.

Now I’m worried that I’m going to die of the flu because they keep pushing back decision meetings.

I almost died from it (and sepsis) in 2018- the only thing that saved me and my unborn child was being vaccinated.

Unfortunately, I live in his district. I will share this to various groups today. Also worthy of noting- there are patriot front posters appearing all over our county seat and the men’s FB groups are celebrating it. The nazis already marched on our square in 2017. I hate this.

Most confusing departures and arrivals board ever… what an idiot

Things I did last week:
1.) Filed for unemployment
2.) Figured out when I’d be eligible for SNAP benefits
3.) Feverishly sent out resumes
4.) Had an uncomfortable discussion with my abusive ex about NOT moving out just yet
5.) Prayed for the demise of the hateful people that brought this upon us

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

What we’re seeing right now is an audacious and slow-moving smash and grab. Smash services that benefit those that pay into it and grab for the wealthy.

May the best billionaire get to trillionaire first…

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@ocasio-cortez.house.gov
@raskin.house.gov
@repjasmine.bsky.social
@warren.senate.gov
@ossoff.bsky.social

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I'd like to hear numbers of Americans in contrast to this one non-American. I want to see graphics big and loud in the chambers- in their faces and the cameras with the truth and reality of their actions/innaction. I want to hear about the unpaid rent, cars, insurance and grocery bills.

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I need one our lively reps to instruct their staff to track (from Inauguration Day) the amount of $ awarded to Musk ALONGSIDE the amount slashed on federal staffing (FTEs, CTRs, Fellows). The amount of REAL human AMERICAN lives suddenly unemployed in a paycheck to paycheck economy.

Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

I am officially unemployed thanks to the antics of two 1980s era cartoonishly evil men that have far less experience with government bureaucracy than I do.

When is America going to be great “again” for myself and my children?

An amazing resignation letter to Bove from an AUSA who worked on the Adams case.

Money quote: “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

*vought* whatever…

I just realized that Orange Foolius appointed himself as Chairman of the Board at the Kennedy Center because he needs something to do now that Vaught and Musk have taken over…

Wait… are you trying to seduce them into the woods and do to them what hot women did to nazis during WWII? Because then I might understand…