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Everyone should at least understand what’s coming… the VP’s name is on this list. MAGA will end. Project 2025 will end. But if you’re not prepared for NRx, you won’t be able to fight it. And it makes Project 2025 look fun. Welcome to the Network State.
Then why did you say that? It doesn’t seem rooted in recorded history or in our understanding of human cognition.
It seems you didn’t fully comprehend my last comment
I think you assume too much about the potential readers, as well as how such an article might be used outside of what you describe.
I disagree.
I highly recommend reading up on some of the regime changes throughout history across the world. You will rarely find a “sane” outcome, let alone one in which power-hungry, corrupt actors didn’t fill the power vacuum.
My attempts to get this across to people has felt so futile. Most folks in this county, even the progressives, have no idea just how deeply entrenched all of this is and just how long this propaganda machine has been running.
We have been. What are you doing about it except criticizing us?
There’s only one thing I’ve found that conservatives and progressives agree on in California: Newsom cares only about his own power. He’s more of the same we’re already trying to fight, he just hired people good at making memes.
The current U.S. regime is attacking trans people by claiming they disproportionately carry out mass shootings, a claim not based in reality, which this article is pointing out in its response.
Wow. Check this out. Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Peaches says, “Happy Caturday!”
One of my favorite summertime activities is making jam and tonics from all of the delicious fruit! This year’s immune-boosting tonic has elderberries, blackberries, garden huckleberries, lemon, ginger, & cinnamon). The jam used all the berries and stone fruit we harvested over 3 months 😅
I love seeing these around - they’re so cute!
CHICAGO…
(6/6) Which pairs nicely w/ @mirya.bsky.social & @simko.bsky.social's new working paper about how school boards use procedural motions to keep conflict-inducing subjects off the agenda edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1246 (Sorry to keep bugging you, Mirya and Tyler)
US blocks Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas from attending UN meeting in New York www.bbc.com/news/article...
💚💚 We stand with & support our brave EPA colleagues who took the courageous step to sign a public Declaration of Dissent to their administrator. They do this BECAUSE of their commitment to protecting the environment and American people. Tonight, the EPA illegally fired many of the public signers.
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That’s wild 😯
Now for the Americans realize this is what has been done to our country. FULLY INFESTED WITH THESE TRAITORS.
Trump regime operatives exposed in plot to undermine Denmark and overthrow the government in Greenland. Regime operatives attempted to disrupt democracy through misinformation and disruption operations aimed at recruiting traitors and collaborators to help sway public consensus towards the US.
What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy of trying to erase people
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
#notallguns 😹
Whew! Sen. Susan Collins should be “very concerned” She showed up as the main guest at a ribbon-cutting in Searsport, Maine. It backfired. The crowd was not happy to have her: “Shame. Shame. Shame.”
Prof. Cecilia Tsu led an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate and graduate students on this research project! At #ucdavis undergrads have the opportunity to graduate level #research. www.ucdavis.edu/student-rese...
A character writing strategy occurred to me during a rewatch of #BtVS: If you realize a character keeps turning to the same solution for every problem, you may worry it’s getting stale & consider diversifying. But you could lean into that? “What if this says something deeper about the character?”
Perpetuating eugenics rhetoric is not helping
That’s using the rhetoric of eugenics. I think that undermines your point.
Do you think including ableist statements based in eugenics helps or hinders your overall message?
The CDC has discontinued its surveillance program or food borne dz caused by As you friendly infectious disease physician, I regret to inform you that this decision is bad news for your food safety. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Imagine what MAGA could do to save healthcare if they just mobilized half as hard as they did for a Cracker Barrel logo?
That is sincerely funny. I kinda wish I’d come up with it for a joke 🤣
💔 83 kids dead. A preventable measles outbreak. Anti-vax ads and RFK Jr.’s visit made it worse. Great reporting by @AtlantaNewsFirst shows Samoa is a warning for every American parent. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/24/t...
Health misinformation and disinformation are the biggest and most under prioritized threats to public health in the 21st century. They are eroding decades of progress in the control and spread of diseases in real time. If we do not address this like the existential threat it is, we risk everything!
This is literally what we were afraid of when the DOGE kidiots were given access to SSA info earlier this year. Good on the whistleblower for going public with this. But OMG I cannot emphasize enough how much this goes against all of our policies to do this. I will drop a paywall free link below.
I’ve heard military law experts advise, if you are given an illegal command as a soldier, do not blindly obey. Call your attorney. Obeying an illegal command can result in a court martial.
Great essay!
Expectation-setting is an art form. I like this work :)
As a physically disabled person who’s consulted on accessibility for many events, they can fork right the way off. It’s actually impossible to design an event that is accessible to everyone. Encourage a variety of accessible events so more people can participate. And let people enjoy their fun!
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Thank you! I’m super curious why those were the only options provided of all the possible topics one could think of in regard to public schooling.
Professor life, 2025: "Will I be able to make this deadline if the President invades the city?" Is a real thought I just had.
Were those the only three options presented in the survey or are those three highlighted specifically for this thread?
The Trump regime plans to sign executive orders that will end cashless bail and “ask law enforcement officials to work to ensure that people arrested in [D.C.] are taken into federal custody.” In other words, the regime is threatening to put any dissenters arrested in D.C. into concentration camps.
Today’s garden harvest 🌱 It’s that time of year when the zucchini seems never ending! Trying to learn how to use them before they go bad (we can’t even give them away fast enough 😆). So far we’ve made some frozen meals and a casserole. How do you like to use your zucchini bounty? #gardensky
⭐️ A critical analysis of something includes the positive aspects of it ⭐️ I feel like this is a helpful reminder (for multiple reasons) that everyone can benefit from occasionally.
Find a protest and every day call your reps & GOP leaders ask how long they are going to run cover for trumps sex trafficking. Your reps and GOP leaders can be reached 202-224-3121 Tell them to remove Trump by impeachment/treason charges Need help use 5calls.org Also, Runforsomething.net
The problem is, populist rhetoric without strong uncompromising principles is exactly how we got Trump. People who fit this bill tend to not be very good people once they acquire exceptional power.
This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
In for a treat!
Trump wants to make the military takeovers scary to stop resistance but the truth is the military is not large enough to control all the major cities if there is mass resistance. They'd need 600k troops at a minimum and the national guard only has ~336k. They can't actually hold cities if we resist.
The far right wanted to march across Liverpool today… Liverpool had other ideas 👊 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
I guarantee you that none of the men who paid for sex with the girls Maxwell and Epstein trafficked were roofers looking for work at a Home Depot
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s defense team says that the government is attempting to coerce him to plead guilty to his criminal charges. Per filing, the government promised to deport him to Costa Rica if he pleads guilty — and is now threatening to remove him to Uganda if he doesn’t accept the deal.
In the coming weeks, the Trump regime plans to mobilize 1,700 National Guard troops to 19 states—most of which are Republican-controlled—to support ICE, their domestic terrorist organization. They’re targeting these states: AL, AR, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, LA, NE, NV, NM, OH, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WY
Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy have suspended shipments to the USA due to tariff issues. France and Austria will follow on Monday.
A gentle reminder that he’s only a figurehead of a much larger monster 🫂
“Public” includes everyone, not just the people you like. Throwing the most vulnerable people under the bus and worsening their lives to make yours a little more convenient is not ethical.
You really have no idea what it means to be homeless in this country, do you?
Tel Aviv, Now 👇
Game on.
At least two people interpreted your comment that way. Perhaps taking a step back and thinking more before commenting might help? Hard to say from outside your brain where the disconnect is.
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The woman said her husband spent three nights in the basement of the John Moss Federal Building in downtown Sacramento, where he was given a mat on the cement floor and aluminum to cover himself at night. "The same clothes for three days," she said. www.kcra.com/article/woma...
Please take your eugenics away from the public sphere where other people have to deal it. That’s the real trash that needs to be cleaned up.
Sparked in part by an influx of disabled Civil War veterans, ugly laws fined poor, disabled people for begging, or just existing, on city streets. And they never entirely went away. Pushes to police or drive out unhoused and disabled people have been a constant in American life.
Slums are a failure of government, not those who live in them. People just trying to survive at the lowest rung of society don’t need to be further criminalized for it. You don’t need to cut off your arm because it’s cold - you could put on a jacket, I.e. there are other options beyond cruelty.
Research papers now to come with a cipher
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to dozens of "sanctuary" cities and counties — covering several of the largest cities in the U.S.
yup.
🗣️ LIBRARIES ARE COOLING CENTERS! Beat the heat by visiting your local library for air conditioning. Please be kind if their AC is on the fritz! They are doing their best, just like you 🩵
ICE denies Rep. Matsui access to Sacramento facilities in ‘surprise visit’ - The Sacramento Bee apple.news/AeLPCltZyQbW...
AAPI community in Sacramento feel growing threat from ICE – AsAmNews “ICE has quietly arrested our loved ones at workplaces, airports, courthouses and during routine check-ins with immigration authorities,” the statement read. The organization said ICE has been implementing smaller raids targeting…
UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life. Crank it! 😀 🎸
Here’s a clue to help you along the way: referring to any group by their descriptor is dehumanizing
Your arguments are badly reasoned, dehumanizing, and aligned with fascist ideology.
This is nazi logic. The Nazis would redistribute the confiscated property of Jews to the German populace as an incentive to support their mass deportation to concentration camps.
“The suicidality guilt trip was resolved at SCOTUS” What I take from that: - You have zero problem with trans people dying for no other reason than being trans - You somehow still have trust in the current SCOTUS when no one else does I don’t see why I should continue engaging with that combo
Illinois tells Bondi that its sanctuary status stands firm.
They’re considered by nearly all major medical groups to be the safest, most evidence-based medical treatment available for a potentially fatal, very treatable condition with one of the highest success rates/lowest regret rates in medicine. Stop spreading misinformation that harms people.
“They should not return anyways”? 😬
They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
For the first time in over a century, sockeye salmon are able to return to Okanagan Lake #BritishColumbia Syilx Nation has been working to restore sockeye salmon in Okanagan waters for decades www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Your local library is full of free resources like movies, audiobooks, crafting tools, computers, printers, and more! They love to help with whatever you’re hoping to find!
Bostock is being whittled away right in front of our eyes. The federal government can't outright fire trans people outside of the military but they can make the conditions so bad as to constructively fire all trans employees by removing healthcare coverage and enforcing bathroom and pronoun bans.
"The law prohibits public schools from denying access to a free education based on immigration status. It also requires schools to have procedures for law enforcement requests to enter a building." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Flu: Best timing is late Sept–Oct for peak protection through winter, but if a student won’t make time at school, now is better than never. Flu is already circulating on some campuses by Oct. COVID: No strict “season,” & protection kicks in ~2wks after the shot. give it now rather than delay if due.
There is general agreement that it's a good thing to teach students about the horrors of genocide. But #SB472, Sen. Henry Stern's genocide education bill making its way through the Legislature, illustrates how hard it is gain consensus on how to do it capitolweekly.net/stern-bill-s...
Here’s what’s actually happening in D.C. Residents and protesters are pushing back on this blatant authoritarian takeover of an American city. The people of D.C. want federal forces out NOW. #FreeDC
On Saturday, August 16, hundreds of Latinx punks gathered at MacArthur Park for an evening of anti-authoritarian cumbia and hardcore ska punk as one of the venue’s 10 free summer concerts. By @jwhendricks.bsky.social Full story: lataco.com/ska-punk-mac...
Blackrock's CEO, the highest paid CEO in the world, is now head of the World Economic Forum. Proving that they are one and the same, a vehicle for billionaires to own everything.