I get why people go “if they can do this to legal residents, they can to citizens” and “could happen to you”—thinking through implications informs legal rulings, people tend to care more when they could be personally impacted—but I’m still on basic rights good, govt blatantly violating rights bad.
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I saw a version of this on here before but it's worth yelling: these institutions that Musk is illegally dismantling– the weather service, health system, climate & energy research, international aid, maybe the US mail(?)– they don't belong to him, they belong to us. We invested in them. They're ours
when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
To be fair, one man technically does not have this kind of power; he has it only because he has the support of an entire political party and its movement
Vladimir Putin is the most successful investor in the history of the world.
The average American has a median retirement savings of $65,000 verses the oligarchs hundreds of billions of dollars. So when we all lose 50% or more because he crashes the economy - they can swoop in & buy everything for pennies on the dollar. Simply put, that’s how they will own us.
All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
Now that’s a split-screen. ⛳️
@wsj.com
makes perfect sense
i’m all for it legally but it’s not an effective or helpful image at this juncture
who fights to save something they choose to burn?
the enemies are the ones burning our country. we’re trying to save it. it’s not their country, it’s ours.
If you’re someone who only cares about women’s sports when trans women want to play, there’s something wrong with you.
I know "snoozefest" is supposed to be an insult, but I can't think of any other party I'd rather go to.
“In the unluckiness of others, I was lucky. Because my friends had talked openly about some of their toughest moments, I felt less alone during mine.”
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social on miscarriage and motherhood:
JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. (1/6)
Happy April Fool's day to all who don't celebrate!
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Project 2025 calls for using public channels of communication (like Signal) instead of secure government channels, to subvert FOIA requests and conceal damning information from the public. This was no rookie mistake. It's the plan.
![*Leave your full address if it's a voice mail.
Here's the script I used:
Hi, my name is [Constituent name] and l'm a constituent from [City & Zip Code].
I'm demanding that [Rep or Senator XYZ] call for the immediate resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth & National Security Advisor Michael Waltz for having a classified conversation on a personal phone and a commercial messaging app.
A recent Department of Defense memo specifically cited Signal as one example of an "unmanaged" messaging app that is not authorized to transmit non-public DOD information.
Any Defense Secretary or National Security Advisor who carelessly uses a non-secure phone to have classified conversations is putting our troops at immeasurable risk.
[Representative XYZ] must act to protect those military members who are putting their lives on the line for our defense.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dozrbbuzuojdwr2psqkapfxo/bafkreia3lzrueyczdacy7da47lbhyjkzq4f7xp6us2zwizwg5myoui6m3m)
*Leave your full address if it's a voice mail. Here's the script I used: Hi, my name is [Constituent name] and l'm a constituent from [City & Zip Code]. I'm demanding that [Rep or Senator XYZ] call for the immediate resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth & National Security Advisor Michael Waltz for having a classified conversation on a personal phone and a commercial messaging app. A recent Department of Defense memo specifically cited Signal as one example of an "unmanaged" messaging app that is not authorized to transmit non-public DOD information. Any Defense Secretary or National Security Advisor who carelessly uses a non-secure phone to have classified conversations is putting our troops at immeasurable risk. [Representative XYZ] must act to protect those military members who are putting their lives on the line for our defense.
Here's my script for calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth & National Security Advisor Michael Waltz!
Call ESPECIALLY your Republican representatives who are always bragging about loving the military!
Feel free to send my script to your friends to use!
5calls.org
We are in the midst of what many consider the most promising pancreatic cancer cure research in decades. This is literally joining the War on Cancer on the side of cancer. It's happening in multiple departments. They're also attacking mRNA fax science which is the heart of the possible breakthrough.
Just saw a TikTok comment that said “America has ‘I peaked in high school’ energy” and holy shit
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
Just a reminder that all the data FiveThirtyEight collected—polls, election results, and much more—is available for download (for now) on our GitHub page. github.com/fivethirtyei...
A lot of people are going to die from this
No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
