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It's 70 degrees right now. This just seems like a cruel joke

Republicans are helping banks rip people off and no one should be surprised. But if you don’t want this to pass in the House, call your member and tell them to put the interest of people over banks.

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

I agree that the Democrats desperately need to pay attention to how Zelenskyy recognized that groveling and moderation get you nowhere with the fascist demons squatting in the White House right now.

Happy Sunday!

Great turnout at the 50501 protest in Irvine! Was awesome to meet everyone, and the energy was palpable. Consider finding one in your area, because we’re just getting started.

Answer to Vance: Zelenskyy has thanked our country over and over again both privately and publicly. And our country thanks HIM and the Ukrainian patriots who have stood up to a dictator, buried their own & stopped Putin from marching right into the rest of Europe. Shame on you.

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

🚨 🚨 NEW WHITEBOARD How a bill in the House (the “SAVE” Act) Kneecaps Democracy A 🧵 “How bad can it be?” you ask. Truly terrible. Please share this 🧵 so people know. Then take action. ☎️ 1/

Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).

When protestors uttered the slogan “defund the police” the national media had a massive freak out. But now that Trump wants to actually gut the FBI and (it would seem) illegally fire 1000s of people who work there, the same media sees it as a curiosity, a dull bureaucratic matter.

We, via our chosen representatives, created US AID, the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, NIH, and NOAA. Any action to shut or defund them disregards our will and is a direct attack on our role and power as voters. It’s a coup. We’re the target.

You should print out your Social Security Statement. Elon and who knows how many countless others now have access to your private information, so it'd be wise to have a record of it.

They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.

A President cannot unilaterally abolish a government agency via executive order. Should Trump try to do this to the Department of Education, Democrats in Congress are going to fight tooth and nail to stop him. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

U.S. citizens and legal residents are being shipped overseas to be jailed?! How does this not set off every possible civil rights alarm bell. Their prisons are renowned for their horrible conditions. Does the 8th Amendment no longer exist? www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/a...

@nashvilleresist.bsky.social Your 6 calls today. "I am a concerned citizen of Tennessee. I would like a call back from the staffer fielding calls re: DOGE. The President lacks the legal authority to create federal departments. That is the job of Congress. Will the senator support terminating DOGE?"

If you voted Republican, and you care about your country, please act rather than rationalize. Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, money, country, and future, tell your elected officials that you wanted something else. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Exclusive: Federal workers have filed an emergency motion requesting a restraining order to disconnect the DOGE server that's being used to conduct Trump's "deferred resignation program." The workers had previously accused DOGE of illegally bypassing a mandated privacy audit. By me at @wired.com:

This is a letter I just sent to Tom Emmer, my Rep. I hope each of you send a similar letter (except maybe the first part, which is due how his aides usually respond to me). Just because we're the oldest democracy in the world doesn't mean we can't become the oldest extinct democracy in the world.

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections." Each defendant assaulted him.