Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to strip the US government for parts while enriching their own businesses, alienating us from our allies, and putting us at grave national security risk while stealing food from the elderly and children is both a compelling narrative and true.

„anti-DEI“ is simply code for removing everything, every memory of a contribution to history unless it was done by a white straight man, to claim that the only people qualified for jobs and leadership are, in fact, white straight men. That’s it. That’s always been it.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is "watching" the outbreak, which he described as "not unusual" during a Wednesday meeting of President Donald Trump's cabinet members. The health secretary did not provide specifics on how or if the federal agency is assisting on the ground.

CDC chart of measles cases, showing a profound drop off after the vaccine was introduced in 1963 and an elimination declared in 2000.

No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday.

That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...

It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights (Gift Article) The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.

sorry, this is the gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...

Opinion | This is a perfectly fine hill for the AP to die on The wire service’s reporters have been barred from White House events. Next time, it could be you.

Agree. Fuck access.
This is a perfectly fine hill for the AP to die on www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Really just echoing @isaacbogoch.bsky.social here bsky.app/profile/isaa...

Flu (influenza): Get your flu vaccine (flu shot) Everyone older than 6 months should get the flu shot every year, who is high risk, who may pass on the flu. Flu shots are safe.

I quickly hopped over to the Canadian site instead, highly recommended for other Americans seeking evidence-based public health info www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Great idea.

Shout out to military members standing guard outside Carter funeral especially the ones holding flags waving in the brisk wind.

You know that thing you’ve been putting off? Do it. I did. It took 20 minutes.

'It's Frightening': ABC News Staffers Incensed by 'Capitulation' To Trump Staff at ABC News are outraged over the network's decision to settle a defamation lawsuit brought against them by Donald Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: Among the rank-and-file within ABC News, the settlement is raising hackles.

The move was immediately met with quiet anger and frustration, two sources with knowledge of internal reactions told Rolling Stone.

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i feel like i don't have enough followers for effective crowd sourcing here yet but TRYING ANYWAY: journalists, what are you most worried about w/r/t the impending Trump administration? how can people doing journalism support work (ahem like me/my organization) help?

Ugh. The arc of history only bends towards justice when a bunch of us reach out and fucking pull.

It's only Monday and I already got out the old soapbox. Trying to persuade other new Montclair State faculty at our weekly gathering that we need their public voices, accessible research more than ever in this coming era and that journalists can really use their help.

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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

Thanks for this.

I am happy to be here — I would like to see more sports like college volleyball, men’s and women’s college basketball. Suggestions of accounts to follow?

Steve Engelberg is the real fucking deal

Large tree with leaves turning red and orange against a blue sky.

Today I rustled through my first pile of leaves and then beheld this tree on my walk with My dog. I love fall.