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This is fascism.

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.” Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

A brilliant piece of diplomatic theatre today. After Russian drones again violated Moldova’s airspace & exploded close to populated areas, the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry. As he entered the meeting, he was confronted with parts of the exploded drones. (🎥 IPN, Moldova)

I know Elon has claimed he’s on the spectrum, and people have various theories on it, but what if he’s just a racist asshole who’s high on ketamine all the time?

Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."

The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”

Yes.

DC peeps, the Environmental Law & Policy Center is hiring! They focus on the Great Lakes but the job is DC based. I've worked with them before- good people and good work. environmentallawpolicycenter.applytojob.com/apply/Qp1gIR...

It is a crime to lie to Congress if you are not already a member of Congress

The fact-free world of Donald Trump. “During Trump’s first term, the FAA began a program to hire air traffic controllers with the conditions that Trump decried.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Imagine what a competent opposition party could do with this stuff

Jason Crow: "You cannot tell me that releasing militia leaders, insurrectionists, criminals back onto the street because it's what you did to placate your political base makes us any more safe ... it's creating an environment that gives permission to extremists to be more bold"