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Eileen Laubacher is a Navy Rear Admiral, served on Biden's National Security Council, and importantly, she's running against Lauren Boebert. Let's elevate Eileen Laubacher to ensure that she can reach as many Coloradans as possible ahead of November 2026. If you can, contribute here:

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Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."

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This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10

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In a fiery moment on the House floor, Rep. Tom Suozzi just tore into the GOP’s reconciliation package—exposing contradiction after contradiction. If you watch one clip today, make it this. 🎯🔥

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RFK Jr starts having a tantrum as Chris Murphy details how he lied during his confirmation hearing about his anti-vax views

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DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds? RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?

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Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"

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We continue to disengage from the world, with the exception of Middle Eastern countries personally enriching Trump and his family. China is happy to step into the vacuum.

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Garcia to Noem: "Can you commit to just letting his mother know mother to mother if Andry is alive? He was given an asylum appointment by the United States government." (Noem wouldn't commit to it.)

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ALSOBROOKS: Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep campaign operates out of? RFK Jr: Which campaign? ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago RFK Jr: It's ACF ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services

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KIM: What in the world happened? Why was the staff cut for the World Trade Center Health Program? RFK Jr: I restored the program KIM: But why was it cut to start with? RFK Jr: It was part of the overall budget cuts

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Hawley: "I'd think we ought to have a big, beautiful jet, but I'd like it to be made in the United States of America."

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Hawley dismisses Trump lining his pockets with his memecoin: "Listen, I think nobody believes that Donald Trump can be bought. I mean, what does Donald Trump need more money for?"

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Trump is having a hard time keeping his eyes open in Saudi Arabia

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McGovern: You guys make Marie Antoinette look down to earth. Trump’s cabinet is like an episode of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. These people are totally clueless. They don’t shop for their own groceries. They don’t buy their own food.

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Started / Going

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Zinke dismisses ethics concerns about Qatar gifting Trump a luxury jet: "Remember who President Trump is. He's a billionaire businessman from New York. He doesn't sleep in a sleeping bag over night. He says, 'Hey, this is a great plane.'"

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Zinke dismisses ethics concerns about Qatar gifting Trump a luxury jet: "Remember who President Trump is. He's a billionaire businessman from New York. He doesn't sleep in a sleeping bag over night. He says, 'Hey, this is a great plane.'"

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Trump goes ahead and salutes every single Saudi official at the Royal Court in Riyadh

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We are stuck with an epidemic of stupidity and cult level blind faith. This level of "If it's good, it's the Trump economy, if it's bad, it's the Biden economy," is going to tear apart the planet, and let some other country become the leader of the free world. bsky.app/profile/bria...

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The foreign emoluments clause was written to prevent exactly this. Blatantly unconstitutional

submitted 5 days ago • 759 comments

Bribery in plain sight.

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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.

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even after today’s announcement, Lutnick’s trade war messaging has shifted from “90 deals in 90 days” to “it’s gonna take a little more time than you think”

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Perryman: Let’s be clear: the attacks on lawyers are blatantly unconstitutional. Every single federal court that has considered the executive orders naming law firms has issued orders to block them because they are patently unlawful. What does it say about lawyers who won’t challenge that?

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MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people? P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process

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Crockett debuts a new game called "Trump or trans," then displays a gigantic placard of Trump golfing

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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.

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Carney to Trump: "There are some places that are never for sale ... having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign, it's not for sale. It won't be for sale ever."

submitted 10 days ago • 584 comments

100 days after Trump takes office and the whole world is on fire with conflicts everywhere.

submitted 9 days ago • 105 comments

Coloradan Trisha Calvarese is working to unseat Lauren Boebert. A longtime fierce progressive and dear friend of mine is working on this campaign, and I'm excited to see someone with a real chance to consign Boebert to the cesspit of political history.

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Sean Duffy says the Pentagon isn't responding to his questions about why helicopters are flying above DCA. Martha MacCallum replies, "I don't why the Pentagon hasn't gotten back to you on this yet. But we hope they sure do soon." "So do I," says Duffy.

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In a long monologue in the Oval Office beside Canadian PM Mark Carney this afternoon, the President appears to say the trade "deals" his team are working on are not deals in the traditional sense, as they will not have to be signed. This is really significant! More in thread.

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Some great advice on protesting

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WELKER: Who do you see as your successor? TRUMP: It's far too early to say that, but I do have a vice president and typically it would be

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WELKER: Would you rule out military force to take Canada? TRUMP: I think we're not gonna ever get to that point. Something could happen with Greenland. I'll be honest. With need that for national and international security.

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WELKER: You are not ruling out military force to take Greenland? TRUMP: I don't rule out anything. No. Not there. We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people which we'll take of and we'll cherish them and all of that. But we need that for international security.

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No more saying people “don’t believe in #climatechange”. Belief isn’t required. Start saying they “don’t understand” climate change. It’s more accurate

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