The Craven Broadcasting System thought it better to cower from Brendan Carr rather than air this thoughtful Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social. It was fifteen minutes well spent this morning to watch it.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
Lovely. Ty Neal
Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a đ§”of the speech. It's important.
Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks â which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
đ New Mexico is set to become the first state to offer free universal childcare.
The state's Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced free childcare for ALL families, regardless of income.
The move is estimated to save families $12,000 per child each year.đ
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The City of Atlanta is opening its first municipal grocery store today.
The city is spending $3.5 million in partnership with a neighborhood grocery chain in an effort to eliminate a downtown food desert.
www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Can all the people who actually understand science and disease control start their own organization please? We still need to know the real information and we need scientists out here still doing their work.
đșđž National Guard soldier speaks out: âI swore an oath to defend our constitution⊠seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.â
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers helped shape America's skylinesâand shatter the lie behind Millerâs whitewashed nostalgia.
𧔠from not Texas
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, nowâs the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
Before Reagan, trickle-down economics was called the Horse & Sparrow Theory - if you feed the horse enough oats, the sparrows can then eat the stale oats with a side of manure. Bon appétit!
The absence of display at the Smithsonian is not the absence of fact or record.
Donald J. Trump is still the only US president to be impeached twice.
They allowed GOP lawmakers in, but not the Representative of the District ( @brotherjones.bsky.social ).
How will this tunnel affect the surrounding area? Why was this event marked private if it's going to affect infrastructure?
This tunnel is only for Tesla and another way for Musk to profit.
Two things that shouldnât be for profit: prisons and healthcare, because the incentive for harm is too great.
Keep âem sick.
Keep âem locked up.
keep the checks coming.
As of today the federal minimum wage has now been $7.25 for 16 years.
âA collapse is the goal. The Republicans have wrecked the system so they can rob it.â
Read the new op-ed from SSW Executive Director Alex Lawson here:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/doge...
Holy Crap look at the posted job applications for Alligator Auschwitz! The amount of money these so called Guards will be making is insane! đ€Źđ€Ź
Gore calls on allies: The United States is under attack.
The Washington Post has the Schnabel story.
"A $3.3 million NIH [sole source] contract to a Louisiana company, Argo Chasing, named Trish Duffy Schnabel, the wife of the NIHâs chief operating officer on its list of staff, according to the officials. "
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Political cartoon showing an ICE officer in full garb including mask. The word âcowardâ has been added above the ICE insignia on his vest. On the wall behind him is a shadow silhouette of a KKK member in full hood and robe
Sums it up.
Bravo to the excellent team at @miamiherald.com for this huge public service. Well done!
Maybe, just maybe, all is not lostâŠ
Kerr County Sheriff Ledaâbest known for targeting immigrantsâjust announced heâs applying for green cards for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family. The irony writes itself. Maybe the regime should take notes: immigrants save lives. Your cruelty doesnât.
