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If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting. The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense

submitted 63 days ago • 3310 comments

1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs: "Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..." www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

submitted 66 days ago • 1208 comments

House Republicans are putting the brakes on town halls after blowback over the Trump administration's cuts. One GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether.

submitted 66 days ago • 88 comments

This seems bad

submitted 67 days ago • 2063 comments

In a heathy democracy, the WHCA would fight this by boycotting all WH and travel events until the old system was restored. But they’re going to roll over and do whatever it takes to maintain “access” so they can be lied to in comfort

submitted 67 days ago • 229 comments

So much for government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

submitted 67 days ago • 507 comments

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

submitted 66 days ago • 737 comments

and on day 36 in shambolistan... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/s...

submitted 67 days ago • 328 comments

A Southwest Airlines plane was forced to abort its landing this morning after a private jet taxied in front of it across the runway at Midway Airport in Chicago. Whatever that guy from The Real World is doing with the FAA has gotta stop.

submitted 67 days ago • 1054 comments

Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people

submitted 66 days ago • 2080 comments

Congrats to everyone who insisted they were better off four years ago -- you made it right back to the safety and security of "early COVID pandemic"

submitted 76 days ago • 61 comments

One enduring problem with the American electorate is how millions of people convinced themselves the government plays no role in their economic situation except to tax and to hinder them while giving money to undeserving people.

submitted 77 days ago • 106 comments

January price hikes are just the beginning. Pharma companies are lobbying to strip away cost controls, meaning even higher prices ahead. Congress must stop this. Read more here: bit.ly/4gu5A86

submitted 76 days ago • 10 comments

“CISA will pause all elections security activities until the completion of this review,” Bean added. The agency is also cutting off funding for these activities” electionlawblog.org?p=148644

submitted 76 days ago • 213 comments

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

submitted 77 days ago • 493 comments

I still cannot believe this is real. It’s psychotic. There are many, many (SO MANY) more consequential heinous things they’ve done, but somehow the crassness of this seems like a new low. The White House shitposting like an especially mean and stupid 14-year-old.

submitted 76 days ago • 124 comments

WOW: Canadians ruthlessly BOO the United States during the singing of the National Anthem before their game in the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off. Three fights then erupt between the two teams within the first 10 seconds of the game.

submitted 76 days ago • 1295 comments

I remember when Attorney General Pam Bondi said she'd protect federal whistleblowers in her confirmation hearing. Now they're being threatened with illegal "discipline, including dismissal."

submitted 77 days ago • 566 comments

Hearing that the DOGE chaos hurricane is hitting HUD soon, and the plan is to devastate federal housing funding. Let's be clear: this would cause a cascade of catastrophic impacts nationwide, shutting down housing and dumping families into the street.

submitted 76 days ago • 151 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 77 days ago • 2662 comments

Further proof that the ‘immigration crisis’ was never something Trump wanted remedied. More Judges speeds up the processing of cases. Firing a bunch makes no sense to curb immigration. 👀

submitted 76 days ago • 28 comments

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

submitted 76 days ago • 297 comments

It is important to celebrate the wins when we get them.🥳 President Donald Trump’s administration halted defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, after Democracy Forward, on behalf of the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit, filed a lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 76 days ago • 222 comments

The Maryland National Guard will not participate in the annual Frederick Douglass parade due to guidance from Trump's Defense Department.

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submitted 77 days ago • 1061 comments

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

submitted 76 days ago • 2006 comments

Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?

submitted 76 days ago • 283 comments

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 81 days ago • 1537 comments

So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?

submitted 81 days ago • 3150 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 82 days ago • 3835 comments

Project 2025 was unpopular because of things like the plan for Trump to shut down the CFPB, which helps you get your money back if a bank cheats you.

submitted 81 days ago • 557 comments

The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse. Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.

submitted 81 days ago • 1370 comments

ABC News reported Marco Rubio has been acting as head of the National Archives for weeks. This is news to everyone at the National Archives, including, apparently, the current head of NARA: www.404media.co/national-arc...

submitted 86 days ago • 356 comments

Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist. www.wired.com/story/treasu...

submitted 85 days ago • 204 comments

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

submitted 86 days ago • 1011 comments

Project 2025 states clearly it doesn’t matter who is president. That’s why JD Vance is there and they will never leave if they accomplish what they are intending to do they’ll never leave and democracy is over. I spent three days at CPAC last year and they are deadly serious

submitted 85 days ago • 55 comments

It’s a coup, admit it. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 85 days ago • 19 comments

Putin just got what he wanted from the DOJ last night and it didn't even take a week from Pam Bondi's confirmation. They have disbanded The Kleptocracy Project. Russian oligarchs are free to yacht now.

submitted 85 days ago • 20 comments

Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections. Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.

submitted 86 days ago • 2253 comments

Breaking (NYT): Judge Delays Federal Worker Resignation Plan The judge suspended a deadline for federal workers to apply for a delayed resignation offer until at least Monday afternoon, when a hearing will be held. The offer had been set to expire at 11:59 p.m.

submitted 86 days ago • 74 comments

SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

submitted 85 days ago • 1118 comments

NEW: Shortly after Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asked her to drop the Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging the state’s 2021 voter suppression law, S.B. 202. I warned you, Raffensperger is no hero. He is a GOP vote suppressor.

submitted 86 days ago • 1227 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 85 days ago • 6516 comments

"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?" www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 86 days ago • 1884 comments

🚨BREAKING: The Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association files federal court lawsuit against Department of Justice over the improper targeting of agents previously involved in politically sensitive investigation. For more details follow @democracydocket.com. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 87 days ago • 506 comments

If your Democratic Senator has not issued a similar statement, ask them why not?

submitted 88 days ago • 41 comments

Yes another event at a Tillis office in NC. Listen with sound on.

submitted 88 days ago • 10 comments

People around the country are asking Senate Dems to fight back. But today, 22 Senate Dems voted for yet another Trump nominee (Collins for VA). If yours voted the right way, thank them. If they voted the wrong way, do what you can to let your entire community know and express disapproval.

submitted 87 days ago • 151 comments

My and @leahgreenberg.bsky.social's first piece in @zeteo.com up here! zeteo.com/p/how-democr...

submitted 87 days ago • 33 comments