Americans overwhelmingly oppose the U.S. entering into war with Iran. The U.S. government should work to deescalate the crisis, prevent a full blown war, and not escalate tensions that put our national security at risk.
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This is what happens when you effectively have no ethical rules at the top of government — virtually limitless opportunities for insider profiteering.
LAPD and LA Sheriffs tried to prevent two large protests from joining together in downtown and both departments ended up hitting EACH OTHER with impact munitions from across the same interesection.
Meow Miro!
And it begins.
FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge.
First Amendment
Violation of Due Process
Rights to Privacy
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Update: I and dozens of other Members of Congress were denied a meeting at the US Treasury today.
But while we were trying to get in something awesome happened.
Thousands of people began filling the streets. Americans are not going to let Elon steal their money and data.
We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
Right now, Congress is considering a bill that would cut critical federal funds for communities in over two dozen states deemed “sanctuaries," forcing these states to aid Trump's mass deportation agenda.
Text SANCTUARY to 82623 to contact your representatives.
Not even two weeks into his second term and Donald Trump is predictably causing mass chaos. The good news is Democrats are newly fired up to resist the radical regime of Trump 2.0. The spirit of resistance is alive and well for this Week in Wins. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/week-progressiv…
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
I wish this was satire.
Excellent piece. Modern autocrats arrive at power via elections, and then gradually erode democracy until only a facade remains.
Coups provoke mass opposition and mobilization: salami tactics don’t.
For federal employees (or anyone) who wants to speak to a reporter about what's unfolding about their agencies, the Associated Press investigative team can be reached here: Investigative@ap.org or www.ap.org/tips/
I am byrontau.01 on Signal.
NEW: NTEU is also advising against employees accepting the “deferred resignation” sent from the sketchy HR@opm.gov email address.
It is possible to transform school culture to build inclusive classroom culture, inspire competency to facilitate difficult conversations & address hate & bias.
The second part of #LearningForJustice's learning resource features strategies that can help 📲: www.learningforjustice.org/transforming...
"To truly uphold the principles of “never again,” Holocaust education must be a catalyst for confronting hatred and injustice in all its forms, expanding discourse to encompass broader historical contexts." Yom HaShoah
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Tesla, since Trump took office: down $100 Billion.
Gaslighting is the entire GOP playbook. From ‘biggest crowd ever’ to ‘normal tourist visit,’ they’re betting you’ll ignore reality. If we allow them to keep rewriting history, they’ll keep burning the truth to the ground.
My wife was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma and 2017, since then Cancer Researchers have discovered many new drugs to help keep her and thousands of patients alive each year.
Trump shutting down Cancer research is horrific and will cost an unprecedented amount of lives and jobs.
This is barbaric!
I’m trying to end using FB and just doing a posting my blue sky account
Wed/thurs 8 am this week and next! I do an hour and money benefits Octavia’s Bookshelf in Altadena! www.elysiantheater.com/shows/bamfor...
Dry January happy hour at Kings Row Pub in Pasadena. That’s right. My January going marshy. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn kablooey kapow!
