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Could we all give the word “resilience” a sabbatical? It’s used to describe so many situations that it’s becoming “infamous”.

Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.

Peter Doocy of FNC just asked Press Sec Leavitt "Why do these Ivy League universities get so much money from the government?" As it happens, Harvard just changed their homepage to attempt to answer that question. www.harvard.edu

Big big big crowds in #Buffalo,NY to protest Trump / Musk / DOGE #HandsOff #BuffaloUnited #resist #april5 #Indivisible @meidastouch.com #teslatakedown

They are eating the stocks , they are eating the retirement accounts.

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Working on the transition to the “Department of Just Us.”

It’s like Schumer got tired of the Republicans calling him “feckless” and he decided,” OK, I’ll show them ‘feckless’!”

Damn man, the Onion drawing blood here.

Beyond his guest or anything he said, speaking as a guy with a podcast, it always stuns me whenever a person with an important real job chooses to do a podcast instead.

My constituent Katie lost her job at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service because a promotion put her on probationary status. After six years of service, she was let go by DOGE for being good at her job. Proud to have Katie as my Joint Address guest to shine a light on these arbitrary layoffs.

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

For no real reason, here’s Charles Lindbergh in 1941 saying US shouldn’t assist the UK’s war with Germany because country should 1) prioritize America First interests, 2) avoid European entanglements, 3) push for peace, and 4) recognize it’s an unfair deal for us. 🤷‍♂️

this week's cover is on point ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social

The king has lost his crown.