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Clear now? 🤦🏻‍♀️ Via Anna Bower: TWO DAYS AGO, a government employee declared in a court filing that Elon #Musk is actually not in charge of or an employee of DOGE. MINUTES AGO, the #Trump said: “I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named […]

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Keep ‘em coming “One of DOJ's highest-ranking spokespeople, Joshua Stueve, has submitted a scathing resignation letter: "I cannot continue to serve in such a hostile and toxic work environment, one where leadership at the highest levels makes clear we are not welcome or valued." […]

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Remember, 'efficiency' is fraud—cruelty is the point of republican politics. Nobel Prize-winner Paul Krugman lays it out here: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cruel-and-usual-republicans-prepare #ProtectMedicaid #Medicaid

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CW: Trans rights rant. More of this, please! https://www.instagram.com/p/DGn2OF1OKw8/?igsh=Z291NjhiNnptYnlt #TransRightsRHumanRights #TransRights

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If you see this, please know there's someone who wishes you have a great day today.

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People who are stupid enough to spend money on memecoins do not deserve protection, save your effort for people who don't deserve what happens to them.

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We need to see more like this. MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to 'crisis' https://apnews.com/article/macarthur-foundation-endowment-payout-increase-d371dede7ca34830d4653b949e90c647

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I called my Senators and Representative today. It was nice to talk with their staff about things. Specifically I asked them to keep pushing for the chaotic layoffs of people who make the government run to stop, to reverse the HHS/rfk jr. “pause” on vaccine trials, and for them to work to […]

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Everything that we warned the American public about regarding RFK Jr. is already happening. An excerpt from an OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I published. We wrote about about what happened in Samoa with the measles outbreak there and said, simply: “The same will happen here”.

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Watched a clip last night of Rep Jim McGovern, (2nd District, MA) troll the bejeezus out of the House Rules Committee, continually asking them if they would consider taxing those making $1 million per year instead of cutting from the middle class. He continues this logic and gets all […]

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There's no longer any denying it. The US and Russia are now allies, aligned against Europe. And we need to scramble like mad to work out what to do.

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Leaders of Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Norway on their way to Ukraine. Thank you for supporting Ukraine! #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

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Again, it is almost certainly the case agencies are telling employees they don't have to respond to Elon's 5 bullets email bc in sloppy attempt to win a lawsuit, OPM claimed responding to that email is strictly voluntary, after which claim became binding policy. www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/24/h...

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Just saw my dealer outside Starbucks

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From: Mom To: [email protected] RE: What did you do last week? 1. Ate some waffles on the roof 2. Made a beep boop sound 3. Send this email to keep you busy 4. Punched nazis 5. Deleted Twitter account :ablobgrin: 😉 📥 ⬅️ :ed_grin:

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What is happening to @thesun ? They are becoming almost a proper newspaper! #TheSun #News #Journalism #News #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Trump #War

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Game Over Donald! After weeks of Trump’s wishes to Santa Claus dominating the media, Ursula Von Der Leyen explains how the EU will ensure, Ukraine is strengthened considerably, so Putin cannot force a Russian victory in Ukraine. This is the way! 🙌🏻 […]

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My son believes I will only like a rap song if I hear about it on NPR. This song is now AARP-approved!

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Current state: I will hear some music on the radio and I'm like "is this new?" and then find out they're being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Someone's response to Elmo's email to federal employees demanding they list the 5 things they did last week or be terminated... #Resist #DeportElon #FireElon

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i hope so

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I replied elsewhere with this, but I want to get this out to as many folks as possible. Why is it republicans are willing to put the welfare of senior citizens on the table when talking about Social Security cuts, but they NEVER mention lifting the salary cap on Social Security (currently set […]

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Honestly EU, it's long overdue for states to block and thus shut down X. The US is actively interfering in elections in plain sight. Shut the offending platform(s) down whilst you still can.

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Brown Shirts are tying people up for speaking out against Medicaid cuts in public meetings!! What the fuck, Idaho?!?! Chaos erupts at legislative town hall in Coeur d'Alene | Coeur d'Alene Press https://cdapress.com/news/2025/feb/22/chaos-erupts-at-kcrcc-legislative-town-hall/ #Idaho […]

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#USpol #PolitcalCartoon #NoKings

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I love that Kash Patel sent a memo telling FBI employees to not cooperate with DOGE re reporting their daily activities.

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Fuck all Republicans. Now. Protesters at Republican Event Told 'Your Voice Is Meaningless' https://www.newsweek.com/protesters-republican-event-told-voice-meaningless-idaho-2035020 #ArrestTrump #ImpeachTrump #DonaldKrasnov #StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis […]

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I mean it's drugs. And he's genuinely not very bright. And insane. but it's also 45 years of right wing and libertarian propaganda telling people that all government is always inherently bad. they genuinely don't understand how anything works.

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Today marks the 20th anniversary of me arriving in Germany with my parents. If they hadn't abandoned their jobs, friends and family and taken me out of Russia, I might very well have perished by now.

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Apparently, my illuminated globe and I are no longer welcome to White House press briefings... Thank you for honoring our privacy during this difficult moment. #GlobalStupidity

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#ProLifeMyAss 😷💉 Via Bloomberg: “The #Trump administration’s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.”

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But this seems like a superb way to get to that Appointments Clause standing.

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[Do MAGA voters understand yet what they have inflicted on the world?] https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen/02/25/america-joins-the-jackals

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One of the nice things about the rally to support congestion pricing today was putting a big smile on the faces of a lot of people we passed IDK if they knew exactly what so many people were mad about but NYCers LOVE transit and do not like ‘the president’ much at all. If we survive the next […]

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Heute ist der letzte Tag am Wahlstand. Sechs Wochen Vorbereitung und sechs Wochen Wahlkampf. Alles ehrenamtlich für die Demokratie! Leute! Geht wählen! Sonst war das alles umsonst… #BTW25

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They're coming for EVERYTHING. Now's the time to fight. Jam Republican phones. Show up at Republican offices. We CAN take these fuckers down. Conservatives Push to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage: 'Just a Matter of When' […]

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