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Why did Trump fire all but four of the National Park Service employees who used to do the gardening and trash pickup? The National Guard is thousands of times more expensive than NPS. Crime rate is down 32%. Looks like waste, fraud, and abuse is being committed by this administration… again.
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
'Investor-financed “mega-projects” include paving a ring road and tram line around Gaza’s perimeter, which the planners flatteringly label the “MBS Highway”...'
Trump/RFK are decapitating our public health system, a pillar of American greatness. So Dem Govs should scour every corner of the law for creative new ways to defend their people from this madness. Dems should polarize this debate to the max. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
In January, Border Patrol agents descended on Kern County, California, arresting and detaining people without due process. The raid — dubbed “Operation Return to Sender” — marked the start of a troubling new chapter in immigration enforcement. But the community was ready to fight back.
@jreinermd.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/kennedy-rf...
As President Trump threatens to send military troops and federal agents into cities across the country, state governors must be prepared to act as a firewall for our freedoms.
This is what leadership looks like.
This man is an authentic American hero A Black man facing armed federal agents to stand up for his youth baseball team. Brave. www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
Workers built this country. Not billionaires, or Wall Street, or private equity... YOU. This Labor Day, take a stand to stop the billionaire takeover and fight for the real wins workers deserve! #WorkersOverBillionaires Join us for a day of action near you: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
To be clear: 1. We’ve taken in roughly $150 billion in tariffs - nowhere near a single trillion, much less trillions. 2. Tariffs single-handedly saving our military — which has been the strongest in the world for decades — is the dumbest shit I’ve read today.
Free advice for the administration: If you want to stop the Trump health coverage, maybe stop posting verifiably old videos and keeping him as far away from cameras as humanly possible
In my new book, AUTOCRATS VS. DEMOCRATS, I write in detail about how Xi has invested in multilateral organizations of autocrats, like the one meeting in China now. At the same time, the US has built new clubs for democrats. This dangerous trajectory must be reversed. www.amazon.com/Autocrats-vs...
I wasn’t super convinced that something was seriously wrong with Trump until he tweeted this
You can act. You can use the #katrinadeclaration to call your congressional members. Use the voice you have. Whether they are red blue or purple let your representatives hear from You on this. FEMA does have bipartisan support.
Fire up @resist.bot & tell your reps that you support FEMA. We are all at the whim of Mother Nature & this is the agency that comes to the rescue.
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump said in a weekend social media post he plans to issue an executive order to impose voter ID requirements. And he reiterated his desire to ban mail voting. The president lacks the authority to take either step. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
An artist needs to create/install a large prism atop the Pulse Nightclub to shine rainbows onto the street and sidewalk. Alternatively, projecting rainbows from Pulse would be cheap, easy and handy. In the meantime, supporters could use small prisms to make rainbows on the public sidewalks.
Is there a bottom for this administration? Pulse crosswalk is bad enough. But trying to deport 600 unaccompanied minors at 2 am on holiday weekend?!? These people aren’t just sick. They’re ghouls!
Links: www.wusf.org/politics-iss... www.wesh.com/article/sign... people.com/trump-admini...
We are literally becoming a police and military state under this administration, when chalk at a memorial is treated like a crime, it’s not about “safety.” It’s about this administration having complete control on the American people.
This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down. The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
Bullshit & you know it, Kristi. More than half had a tenure of over 5 years. Jesus doesn't like it when you lie, Madam Secretary... and on a Sunday no less. Tsk tsk
They truly are sneaky vile disgusting people. Human trafficking of kids was their goal. Russia did the same to Ukrainian children. Thank gawd for this judge.
Stop this insanity! Everyone in the streets! Join a rally near you! 9/1 Labor Day www.mobilize.us 9/20 www.makebillionairespay.us 9/21 Sun Day sunday.earth Environment! Call reps, boycott, strike, strengthen communities, local gov, educate/register vote...restore democracy. Pls share.
Also HHS document indicates some facilities housing Guatemalan minors in US balked at handing them to ICE, prompting a Trump administration official to threaten criminal prosecution. She worked for DHS just a few months ago before taking the HHS job. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
UPDATE: Judge blocks mass transfer of estimated 600 immigrant children from US to Guatemala amid dispute over whether parents have sought their return. DOJ lawyer calls suit 'outrageous' interference, but judge suggests holiday timing of flights is suspicious www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
There's only one way to stop the rumors about Donald Trump's health: a press conference. Why won't he talk to the press, and why isn't the media doggedly demanding it?
Hitler's Brownshirts were recruited from the unemployed, common criminals, and thugs. Then it got worse
Some Links: www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-s... lawandcrime.com/high-profile... www.yahoo.com/news/article...
On his first day back in the White House, Trump granted clemency to the rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. That pardon gave them their freedom and even seemed to satisfy their initial calls for revenge.
Sad but true: “Black women are the canaries in the coal mine, the exclusion happens to them first,” Ms. Roy said. “And if any other cohort thinks it’s not coming for them, they’re wrong. This is a warning, and it’s a stark one.”
"Election laws are set by state legislatures and are then governed by a combination of the governor, the attorney general, the chief election official, and the state board of elections. The Constitution does not give the president the power to regulate elections." EOs đź‘Ź Are đź‘Ź Not đź‘Ź Laws đź‘Ź
While not a conservative, I've always considered myself a conservationist, striving to conserve that which is good, beautiful, and true.
After this administration hangs a portrait of Robert E. Lee at West Point, perhaps they could put up a nice one of Al Capone at the FBI. Or Mary Mallon at HHS.
Chris Mooney’s 2005 book got it right. His book can be read alongside “What’s the Matter With Kansas.” The two phenomena—attacks on average people and attacks on science— are driven by the same Republican forces. @chriskmooney.bsky.social
"Why this attack on science? It’s just politics. Which means scientists can’t avoid taking political sides: the sides have been taken for us."
Take it from scientists: These are authoritarian lies. Trump and Project 2025 are destroying American science. They already have done great damage. American science has been forever changed and diminished. 🧪
What in the ever loving fuck is going on here
Front page of @washingtonpost.com! Thanks @lenasun.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, & @davidovalle.bsky.social for covering the Trump administration's dismantling of America's public health systems and programs. Thereby threatening the health of every American. Full piece wapo.st/4mMdvlg
My husband and I had a similar discussion about the root of the evil we see around us now. I suggested that the problem is massive lack of empathy, but he reminded me that there are those who *can* empathize... but they just don't care.
Today, the New York Times published this exceptional opinion piece by Robert Lee Williams. Incarcerated at Eastern NY Correctional Facility, Robert — in addition to his work as an essayist — is a full-time Bard student enrolled through BPI.
Truth!
There seems to be an assumption in many of the replies that eugenics and slash and burn destruction of medical infrastructure are exactly and obviously and only and always the same - and while there are areas of overlap that is not the case.
That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
Ordinary human decency can be an act of resistance. Ultimately multiple small acts will add up to a culture of courage. We can't wait for big, charismatic leaders to do the work. Life is too dangerous for too many people. Hair is on fire! Speak Truth to power, even if your voice shakes.
DHS cherry picked 2 cases while a judge is currently working on attempts by Noem to eject 600 kids without due process or care. 2 < 600 Try again, Kristi.
These fuckers took time earlier to specifically say they aren't dumping American children. But if theyre not American? www.dhs.gov/news/2025/04...
MORE: This is reminiscent of the emergency fight over Alien Enemies Act — an overnight lawsuit alleging abrupt deportations and violation of due process, quick restraining order by a judge, hearing set for the afternoon. We'll learn more at 3pm. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
NEW: Judge Sooknanan acted quickly to block as many as 600 Guatemalan children from being deported by the Trump administration without due process. A judge in Illinois took a similar step for 4 children whose lawyers sued Saturday. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
If we can't be kind to little children, then who are we as a people?
CHILDREN. Dumping little kids with no guardianship into another country without any semblance of due process or care after the fact, on a long weekend no less, is sooo far removed from Pro-Life or Christian to be laughable if it weren't so TRAGIC.
It’s times like these that make me grateful I grazed my way through the liberal arts while feeding on STEMs.
I ain’t the smartest cabbage in the patch, but The Lord of the Rings is one of the most important Western ideological works of right and wrong in existence. If I was russia, and I wanted to undermine that deeply held belief system, I would encourage billion dollar weapons/intel companies from that.
Chuck, I appreciate you and all those who work to protect our data.
“I’ve seen what happens when a country messes with data.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o... By Andreas Georgiou, the former head of the Greek stats agency who was subjected to 7 criminal and civil legal cases for reporting Greece’s stats accurately.
'... Foreign AND domestic.'
Props to my #CDC peeps!
It's never wrong to be morally and ethically right with yourself. #morals #ethics #dotherightthing #Constitution #resist
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In times of upheaval, I turn to the great masters too. I once got to hear the Dalai Lama speak at our university. His presence and words changed the whole stadium. He's actually dealt with those who seek to murder him and destroy his culture, but he persists with a gentle sense of humor and wisdom.
Great book recommendations from the SSA whistleblower *clicks add to cart*
It's worth remembering the importance Rubio once attributed to USAID. . . and what an incredible hypocrite he is. #USAIDforever
We, each single person, can make a huge difference in the daily lives of those around us. Show up, be happy, be positive, and stand up and stand by those in need of our helping hands and kind voices. Lifting up those around us, even with small positive actions is resistance in the face of fascism
"These people want us to give in to despair. They want us to give up. They want us to look at their scoreboard of victories and determine that the game is unwinnable. So I’m playing a different game, one that is not about winning or losing, but helping or not helping." #AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
She's a hoot!
I heard a story on the radio about Burger Kings which started using AI to interact with their customers at drive throughs. A big percentage of the customers got so frustrated, they started messing with the AI, asking for things like 14,000 ketchup packages. Pronto, a real human employee appeared.
Yes, Elizabeth. That's my experience. I can't count on AI's accuracy, nor does it cite sources used, a real requirement for research. Just because AI has "intelligence" in its name, doesn't mean it is actually accurate or intelligent or ethical. Maybe we shouldn't call It AI but "Hal."
My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias
If you don’t believe that Trump’s authoritarianism can be defeated, look at how scared MAGA is of chalk:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
FHP also arrested a man at a crosswalk near Pulse in Orlando last night. The bizarre story of the arrest is related below by Fox35 Orlando. This is so pitifully embarrassing for the state. via www.fox35orlando.com/news/man-arr...
The country’s political landscape has been in disarray for much of the past decade. But moderates on both sides appear ready to try something new
They are fighting for all of us! May God bless and protect us from those who endanger our lives and pregnancies.
Mother of 15-year-old was held by Immigration Forces at gun point, traumatizing him and herself. She's filing a $1 million claim against those agents. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump and Noem have both supported the idea of giving states federal block grants quickly after a disaster instead of the current reimbursement model.
OPINION: Jewish law makes it very clear that there are times when abortion is not only permissible, but necessary and warranted. religionnews.com/2025/08/11/a...
Respect, U.K.
The townhouse where Ivana Trump tumbled to her death in 2022 has gotten another price cut.
Asexuality teaches us that we can, and should, celebrate platonic bonds in the ways usually reserved for romance https://www.wearequeeraf.com/exploring-asexuality-has-allowed-me-to-recognise-all-the-love-stories-in-my-life-and-celebrate-platonic-love/
Macron: If Putin does not agree to meet with Zelensky by Monday, he will make a fool of Trump. Who’s gonna tell him?
Gift link Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
A fake Starbucks, Ikea lookalike store & gleaming new seaside resort with miles of white sand — and almost no foreign tourists. We speak with some of the first international travellers to visit North Korea since the Covid-19 pandemic.
The fun would be watching Chump's reaction to it. 🤯 #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
What a sick and shameless way to treat people.
We are appalled by the lack of humanity of the current administration and DeSantis towards our immigrant communities. We call for the barbaric treatment of the Evergaldes detainees to cease, and we hope to see investigations into these abusive practices once responsible leadership is in power.
Inhuman. “I don’t have any choice” is a lie.
It’s Labor Day weekend. Unions have given us: - Weekends - Five-day work weeks - Eight-hour work days - The middle class - SO MUCH MORE. We’re fighting every day for the American worker. So this Labor Day, please give us a FOLLOW and AMPLIFY this post. Pass it on. 🙏
The fate of eight people remains unknown. Today in Kyiv is a day of mourning for the victims of the Russian attack. 📼 Video — Olena Hushchyk/TSN
🚀 Approximate map of enemy UAV movement at this moment. According to monitors, there are about 89 enemy drones in the sky.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
It can be discovered in less than 5 minutes of a Google search. That is the real intentions of russia against Ukraine. It was never NATO. As russia knew and has now proven NATO will not fight moscow. It was never naZi's, russia sent more to Ukraine to kill women and children. West embraces cowardice
Keep calling your members of Congress and demand that the USA resumes military aid to Ukraine. Guide: callcongress.us/ukraine/
Join us in Lafeyette Park again Saturday and Sunday from 5-7pm. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Call your members of Congress and demand the USA resumes military aid to Ukraine. #CrimeaIsUkraine
Yesterday was dominated with events in Kyiv which suffered one of its bloodiest attacks of the war, with over 20 civilians murdered by Russia. But Ukraine managed to hit a number of military targets from a missile carrier to refineries. Catch up here: bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Large fire seen after Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai #Ukraine
Ukraine is striking Russian oil refineries, the financial engine of their war machine that fueled war for years. Russia is bombing sleeping Ukrainian cities. Families, homes. Both are happening right now. One targets infrastructure. The other targets civilians.
It’s time to take serious action at the State Capitol to address gun violence.
Uncle Junior 