DHS Now Allows for Surveillance based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity If you or your loved ones are part of the LGBTQ community, there are steps you should take to protect yourself.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has scrapped privacy provisions which otherwise protected people from surveillance based on sexual orientation or gender identity alone, Bloomberg reported last week.

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Arrest the people supplying the arms to the terrorists. I'm good with this plan.

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Right now, protests, phone calls, letters, boycotts, and most importantly, getting involved on a local level to root out the infection at the base.

I'm overwhelmed. I think most of us are.

Just gotta keep fighting

He served four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. DOGE just fired him The federal government, the largest employer of veterans, has traditionally given former service members hiring preference. The shake-up under Trump appears to be changing that.

This is not the first fired Veteran I've posted about.
They now number in the thousands.
This is how we take care of our Vets?!

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The administration threatening yet more attorneys - for being active in the ABA

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Target is getting hit from all sides on DEI | CNN Business Target was sued by Florida and a Trump-aligned legal group for its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)

Somehow, I'm just not feeling any empathy for Target management

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Marc Elias sends an open letter to The Melon

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Dr. Andrea Love on Substack RFK Jr was spouting anti-vaccine rhetoric — and making money off it — way before Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey were. In fact, they got most of their talking points from content HE created — and then ...

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Measles is NEVER (ever!) Beneficial How Social Media Myths Ignore Decades of Scientific Evidence

OMG!
These numbnuts are spreading myths that measles is BENEFICIAL - even preventing cancer!!

Reality is that measles is one of the most severe & consequential childhood infections, with impacts that can last years after the initial illness and even prove fatal.

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We all really really need to get updated on how mutual aid works and get it up and running in our communities

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The Thursday Afternoon Massacre A brave U.S. Attorney stood up for the rule of law, and it was a shot heard across the land.

If our system works right in any way shape or form, this is going to be a very big deal

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Truthout has a starter pack of resources. You can pick and choose, or subscribe to all.

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Fraud and Musk Friends,

The Melon is accusing federal civil servants of fraud.

Take a look at what HE'S doing.

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UPDATE: Musk Watch reporting cited in new lawsuit against Trump administration On Monday morning, Musk Watch broke the news that several associates of Elon Musk received unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information for milli...

"...Musk Watch broke the news that several associates of Elon Musk received unprecedented access to federal human resources databases containing sensitive personal information...
...the Musk team running OPM can now extract information from databases...

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Over a million patients potentially hit after another US healthcare provider hit by cyberattack Community Health Center confirms suffering a data breach

ANOTHER health system data breach
Parked to read later

The last one left one out of every two of us affected.
Is this one getting the rest of us?

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News site focused on Elon Musk to launch Musk News, a new twice-weekly news site, will focus on the billionaire and Trump advisor's influence and actions over the course of the new presidency.

Lawyer and investigative journalist Judd Legum, founder of the news site Popular Information, is starting a Musk-centered news site to focus on what EM is doing to our governmental agencies
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UPDATE: The "deferred resignation" scam Last week, Popular Information broke down the "offer" that the Trump administration was making to millions of federal employees to induce them to resign voluntarily.

Updated on the 'Deferred Resignation' scam
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Yeah. Between him, Heather Cox Richardson, Jim Wright, and Joohn Choe, I *may* come through this sane.

Between the raid on the USA offices that hold our personal data, and the United Healthcare hack that affected 1 out of every 2 people in the US, it's a good idea to freeze your credit.

It's one thing you can do to protect yourself right now.

Is Somebody Doing Something?! Yes. Let me break it down for you.

Our current response to what's happening in DC

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The FDA Issued a Class I Recall on Ready-to-Eat Broccoli Across 20 States The FDA escalated its existing recall for Marketside broccoli florets, which were sold exclusively at Walmart locations in 20 states. Here are all the details.

RECALL
Listeria
Braga Fresh's washed and ready-to-eat 12-ounce Marketside Broccoli Florets.

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Some advice to federal workers From a former secretary of labor

Advice to federal workers
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Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does. Friends,

Trump will overplay his hand.
Her can't help himself.
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From historian Laura Hunt Hume:
The Project 2025 EO Tsunami

Whether you call it “flood the zone”, "shock and awe", "Gish gallop", "tidal wave", or some other similar term, Trump and his team are employing a well-worn authoritarian playbook..
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You're overwhelmed.
That's the goal.

THAT'S THAT GOAL.

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‘X-Files’ actor proclaims he is lifting the show’s Super Bowl curse on the Buffalo Bills An episode of the “X-Files” shows a government conspiracy to deny the Buffalo Bills a Super Bowl championship. An actor from that series lifted that curse before Buffalo plays the Chiefs.

Go Bills
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