The House Republicans spending bill is Robin Hood in reverse. It smashes provisions like Medicaid and food assistance for poor Americans to give tax cuts to the already wealthy and big corporations.
The House Republicans' Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich
The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.
🚨 WALMART RAISING PRICES DUE TO TARIFFS
“We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible but given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins,” Walmart CEO says.
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What helps the boycott is to only buy what you need from them if you have no other choice (like food & toiletries). With that said, try not to buy anything else from them like big-ticket items & luxury items until they publicly repudiate the illegal, unconstitutional, & immoral acts of Trump.
Alright! I can do that!
Thank god for Jake Tapper exposing Biden’s staff for hiding his age. I had no idea that Biden was old. Now that we know the truth, we can keep blaming everyone other than ourselves for Trump’s victory.
So...tired...of equating age w/mental capabilities. Yes, Biden was old & yet somehow left us a strong economy which was in the soup during Trump's prior admin, renewed ties w/allies Trump had tanked, created jobs out of the ashes of a deadly pandemic. Most important: he wasn't an egotistical sadist.
Cycling isn't just transport. It's a daily dose of movement that can improve cardiovascular fitness and support mental health. Investing in bike lanes keeps cyclists safe and supports active, healthy communities.
#MedSky #EpiSky #AcademicSkyInspired by Vietnam-era activism, Stand Up For Science is hosting a series of teach-ins around the USA this summer, focusing on the importance of science and science funding. I’m doing one May 30th in Silver Spring. Many of you should consider doing one too, and I’m happy to help you plan it 🦑🧪🌎
250 years ago, Americans rejected a mad king.
On June 14, we’re taking to the streets again for a nationwide day of defiance to say NO KINGS.
Over 600 events are planned in all 50 states to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like:
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Three of us who oversaw emoluments enforcement for three presidents, Democratic and Republican, agree:
Between the Qatari plane and the UAE crypto cash, this is far over the line
Here's how to stop it
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
Opinion | A Plane From Qatar? C’mon, Man.
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Republicans elected a FUCKING FELON and it’s the Dems that need to regain people’s trust? GTFO.
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👇 This is exactly why Schedule F is so destructive.
More here:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services
Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F
The idea that it is the purpose of the executive branch to actualize a president’s totalizing political agenda is going to lead inexorably to this destruction of the government’s capacity to do anything.
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Nebraska, have one on me!🍻
Zero Fox Hosts are in Canada’s new Cabinet! Zero!
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The GOP says they’re going after “fraud and abuse” in Medicaid, but what they’re really doing is cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from a program that delivers care to the poorest Americans.
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It’s not just Elon Musk that went to meet MBS and the government in Saudi Arabia.
The CEOs of BlackRock, IBM, Amazon, Boeing, Google, Palantir, Halliburton, and more attended with Donald Trump.
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"Faith Ministers are BLOCKING the entrance to the ICE Detention Center, Delaney Hall in New Jersey where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested last week."
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🐧 Stop Trump’s tariffs.
Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
Why didn’t Welker push back on his statement that “we’ve had a massive expansion of government?” We’ve had the SAME NUMBER of government employees for over five decades. Corporate media, PUSH BACK WITH FACTS PLEASE.
WELKER: Did Elon Musk ask you to cut air traffic controllers directly?
DUFFY: We were having a conversation about, who do we preserve? I wanted in those probationary employees to preserve air traffic controllers. We went back and forth.
A major U.S. pension fund has moved to halt new purchases of Tesla stock hopefully others will follow.
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Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.socialMAGA is cruelty disguised as strength, nationalism dressed up as patriotism. All to worship a con man who made people feel seen, not with truth, but with resentment.
They chose grievance over grace and the rest of us are left trying to explain how it happened to a world that once believed in us.
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As we begin another week, my law firm is litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. Democracy remains on the docket.
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What America becomes in the future is predicated on who we are today and every day.
Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:
1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...
2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions
Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat
Fighting back works, and here's the proof.
After Donald Trump fired half of all federal education workers, I called for an independent investigation.
Now, that investigation is underway. We're going to get the American people answers.
Fighting back works, and here's the proof.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
Growing up in the '70s I'd read about strongman rulers in far-off places like Asia or Africa who had billion-dollar Swiss bank accounts and mansions in the French Riviera while their citizens were mired in poverty, and wondered how that could be allowed to happen
Now I know
If you’ve ever wondered what the phrase “foreign emolument” means, here is the very definition:
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
Next up: a Love Island contestant for the Supreme Court.
These non-profit organizations are resisting Project 2025.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
@americansunited.bsky.social
Freedom From Religion Foundation
@ffrfaction.bsky.social
American Civil Liberties Union
@aclu.org
Please consider joining and/or donating.
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