Department of Interior begins public lands transfer for military zone planned in Arizona The Department of Interior is transferring public land along the Arizona-Mexico border to the military. It’s the latest step in an effort that began in April — when the Trump administration began esta...

ALERT!!!

Land transfer from Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge to create DOD lands. This is a 60’ wide strip that extends 39 miles through the refuge.

This is laden with with problems— given the nature of the Refuge, rugged terrain, and (in)-ability to use/access the area.

The only analogy I can come up with too, but instead of a 22 year old Heritage intern it's a 19 year old intern from a Musk company who goes by bigballs online* and instead of Iraq it's the most powerful country in the history of the world

*not a joke

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System

This amounts to the most significant data leak in cyber history. Private individuals in the data business now have access to your Social Security information.

This violates privacy laws in every state. Hopefully, state AGs will file suit & pursue criminal charges.
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An unelected, erratic, ketamine-addled billionaire with far right/white nationalist views has taken control of the personnel and payment systems of the United States government. Not an exaggeration, not hyperbole.

legiscan showing US Congress Senate Bill 9 Status Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 36-0) Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression Action: 2025-01-08 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2. Summary A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth. title: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo.

short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️.

if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵


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Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.

11/25/2024 "People involved in drafting the conservative Heritage Foundation blueprint Project 2025 have advocated for wholesale replacement of inspectors general" (via @politico.com )

01/24/2025: Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge

Get ready. Trump is going to fire most of the VA workforce, 70% of which are Veterans, then to "fix" the problems he created, he's going to privatize the VA and send our veterans to expensive, shitty corporate health mills after he slashes health benefits so he and his buddies can get richer.

photo of a bodysuit filled with garbage and a taped portrait of Elon Musk hangs upside down on the gate near piazzale Loreto in Milan, Italy. Photo from Ansa Italia 2025

Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945.
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)

Scorched Earth The precarity of living on a burning planet.

“It’s difficult to believe the degradation of our information systems is by accident. If we’re unable to accurately report how and why we’re in this disaster, the people responsible won’t be held accountable. Their net worth continues to increase exponentially at the same clip as public ignorance.”

Gold Banner on Red Background: Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING! Nobody Asked For It; Everyone Hates It

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

Food has a huge climate problem.

But we can fix it. A thread.

For those who are not yet beaver believers. A a stop-motion story of how rewilding with beavers can be an asset to healthy forests and waterways and curbing wildfires.

Her core premise is that people should use data to make the decisions that are best for them individually. Which is: a) the antithesis of public health, and b) a recipe for increasing inequality, because it basically means that privileged people can do what they want at the expense of everyone else.

Undecided voters not beating the "dumbest motherfuckers alive" allegations
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I will not be calling her by her stripper name. This place is nice though.

Director Adam McKay, wearing a light blue button down collared shirt and black round glasses. He rests his head in his left hand.

NEW! "Cars Are Done" with Adam McKay."

The Oscar–winner talks about the existential anxiety that led him to write and direct "Don’t Look Up" and why comedy is good for tackling big problems. Plus, why the age of the car is over… even if people don’t know it yet.

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