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“We’re seeing the same buildup of lies about Venezuela that we saw in the ramp-up of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan... the same, tired old lies being bandied about like we’ve never heard them before,” a member of About Face PDX said to the crowd. Full story >> www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/01...

Exactly

Hormone therapy to treat the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause will no longer carry the strongest safety warning, the head of the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday.

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

A mysterious protein from tardigrades – Earth's most resilient animal – is showing promise in early studies as a potential treatment for cancer, cardiovascular disease and radiation exposure in space exploration. buff.ly/CwdG49D 🛰️🩺🧪

Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone? It would cost more than $1 trillion, but the savings from lower bills and cleaner air would be just as high. grist.org/energy/heat-... #HeatPumps #Energy #Taxes

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DONE! Governor Bob Ferguson signs two right to repair bills into law that will benefit all Washingtonians Soon, it will be easier for people in Washington to get more of their devices repaired. A new Right to Repair Act will make it easier for people to get their digital electronics fixed at…

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled the USIP president and board members were unlawfully fired by President Trump and should be reinstated.

A new guerilla ad campaign in D.C. calls on Americans to ‘topple the trolligarchy’ and take on America’s ‘CEO dictators.’

A 60 Minutes investigation confirmed what anyone who’s been paying attention already suspected: An overwhelming majority of the Venezuelan men that Trump deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison have no criminal record whatsoever.

It was never a one off.

While the role and actions of the Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency remain somewhat murky, data privacy experts have been tracking the group’s moves and documenting potential violations of federal privacy protections. kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/31/r...

The fall of an empire is supposed to be a dramatic thing. But the reality is far less exciting. It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.

We knew this and no one listened www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Rather than bunker down, Sanders is in the arena, communicating that he is a fighter, that he’s not cowed, and that he’s willing to take on Trump and his kleptocratic regime.

"One of the most alarming developments in the second Trump administration is agencies’ apparent defiance of court orders barring them from implementing illegal executive orders...Yet the prospect of holding executive branch officials in contempt threatens a fresh constitutional crisis."

Once the Deed Is Done by Rachel Seiffert review – mystery in the aftermath of the Third Reich

"By rejecting passivity, Sanders is also doing more to actually put Republicans—who’ve recently been ordered to abandon town halls in the wake of mounting anger from their own voters—under pressure."

The ‘freedom railway’: China’s new plan to take on the US in Africa https://www.ft.com/content/23e56860-7115-41c1-b5a7-93420e52c8b8

The Constitution gives the power of the purse to Congress — not the President, and definitely not an unelected billionaire. This Republican spending bill hands over the keys to Trump and Musk, completely disregarding our Constitution.

Mormon church rocked by child sexual abuse allegations in California

This is embarrassing, but let’s keep this going. Our own Media is afraid to cover this. Are you listening @nytimes.com @abc7.bsky.social @wsj.com etc.

Tony Soprano is a fictional character who ruled a relatively small patch while Trump was elected by a majority of US citizens. Does their vote make them accountable for all Trump's actions? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In Trump’s Alternate Reality, Lies and Distortions Drive Change www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

The ‘whisper-network’ readies a state-level resistance to Trump Source: POLITICO share.newsbreak.com/bp3972yl

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How to Topple a Dictator (Peacefully) "Nothing breaks people’s fear and punctures a dictator’s aura of invincibility like mockery -- Otpor’s guiding spirit was Monty Python’s Flying Circus, a television show its members had grown up watching, and its actions were usually pranks."

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'Take the Israelis to Alaska’, Saudi official mocks Netanyahu and Trump - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-official-mocks-netanyahus-proposal-palestinian-state-saudi-arabia

You are not helpless We will prevail Protest Protest Protest Take breaks when you need to Fight when you can And always Resist

Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t. Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID! Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…

Senate rules were explicitly designed to protect the minority. Democrats should exploit them mercilessly to slow Trump and Musk before they destroy the country.

“...'the most consequential security breach' in American history." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

An Idaho rancher lost zero cattle to wolves in a decade. Can he help Colorado ranchers do the same?

A dystopian drama. In Barry Blitt’s latest Kvetchbook, the illustrator reimagines Elon Musk and his cohorts at the Department of Government Efficiency as the antihero droogs in “A Clockwork Orange.” www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bli...

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"To me, it’s clear that Trump-friendly coverage of the MAGA’s assault on democracy is neither a smart marketing tactic nor a legitimate journalistic approach. It’s a recipe for disaster for both CNN and our country," writes @markjacob.bsky.social.

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From NYT: “The president has insisted that these tariffs will not increase prices for American consumers and that if anyone pays the cost, it will be foreign countries. But a simple review of how tariffs work suggests that is not the case.” Can’t call it a lie? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/b...

Declassified CIA guide to sabotaging fascism is suddenly viral 🔗 www.404media.co/declassified...

#NeverForget

Good statement. Dems should make this about Trump’s ‘deranged’ views, ‘ego’ and attack on the constitution.

No president in history—not even Trump in his first term—ever logged so many illegal actions in so short a time.