They back off their outrageous plan to register autistic people because there was an uproar. Uproar work. Stay loud. U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/25/autism-registry-privacy-rfk-research/
"Striking comments" "brash move" "fraught new phase" "significant escalation" "constitutionally dicey" "ugly power struggle" The #BrokenPost brings a thesaurus to a coup. Pam Bondi’s striking comments on arresting judges https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/25/pam-bondis-striking-comments-arresting-judges/
Vance and Trump are Russian agents. Vance Outlines U.S. Plan for Ukraine That Sharply Favors Russia
Trump Pressures Ukraine to Accept a Peace Plan That Sharply Favors Russia
The U.S. proposal would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which Ukraine has rejected.
TED: "Did I really need a slide of Musk doing what looked like a Nazi salute, asked Anderson, given that Musk had denied it and it would alienate part of the audience from the off." It’s not too late to stop Trump and the tech broligarchy
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It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr
In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at Ted, where s...
I don't know who submitted this to public comment on Oregon's awful Senate bill 686 but this is *brilliant.* image
It's the idiot's economy. Worst April since Depression. Absolutely unnecessary. He did this all on his own. You wanted the "unitary executive," the king, and you installed an idiot in the throne. image
Journalists used to ask how to quit technology. Now they ask how to quit America. I cannot blame them. This unAmerican life: can you really divest yourself of everything from the US?
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This un-American life: can you really divest yourself of everything from the US?
iPhones and Google Maps are out – and you can keep your existing friends from across the pond, but don’t go making any new ones
Yes! 230 is vital in this time of necessary resistance, more than ever. It protects *our* speech online. ‘Tesla Takedown’ organizers ask Democrats to protect Section 230 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/17/tesla-takedown-letter-section-230-repeal-durbin/
Execrable Matthews: "The elite universities are taking a beating right now. It's probably a smart move...It's Trump going after the elites. He knows what he's doing. Politically it's not going to hurt him." Bless Molly Jong-Fast: "I'm going to respectfully push back on this. This is thought policing 101.....They are using anti-antisemitism as a cloak...This is about targeting speech....It has nothing to do with anti-antisemitism and everything to do with authoritarianism." image
Costco, which resisted pressure to ditch DEI, extends foot-traffic gains streak to 15 ... while Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic declines. Yes.
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Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic declines, sinking stock prices since caving on DEI
Costco, which resisted pressure to ditch DEI, extends foot-traffic gains streak to 15.
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