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⚡️EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.

submitted 13 hours ago • 235 comments

In case you missed the news from this night: ◾️If the deal on Ukraine's rare earth minerals is not reached, the USA might turn off Starlinks for Ukraine -Reuters ◾️The rare earth agreement between the USA&Ukraine might be signed today -Wall Street Journal. Its details are unknown at the moment.

submitted 8 hours ago • 103 comments

www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/b...

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holy crap .... Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

submitted 13 hours ago • 127 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 15 hours ago • 102 comments

Remembering John Lewis on his birthday (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) #GoodTrouble 💙🕊

submitted 18 hours ago • 8 comments

The destruction of United States defenses continues. Orange truly hates America and worships Putin. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-tru...

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS! We have to take the gloves off! So listen up @housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.org We are ready to fight! And if you fight, know that we will stand beside you every step of the way!

submitted 16 hours ago • 73 comments

We just won a court order stopping DOGE and unauthorized, unelected, and unvetted individuals like Elon Musk from accessing people's private data and blocking federal funds. We will keep fighting to protect all Americans from this administration’s destruction.

submitted 17 hours ago • 160 comments

BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

submitted 17 hours ago • 152 comments

This is how it’s done.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

What a gross human. I shudder to think anyone this violent, grotesque, and small-minded is controlling our country. Elon Musk has got to go.

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300 people showed up outside of Murkowski & Sullivan's offices. On a Thursday. In February. In Anchorage, Alaska! Alaskans are taking a stand and demand our elected officials to do the same. We don't expect you to save us but we do expect you to STAND WITH US! In-person town hall anyone??

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NEW: Northern Ireland’s First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, announces she is boycotting White House events in response to Trump’s policy on Gaza. There are deep ties between Northern Ireland, the US & the Presidency forged during the peace process. Ties Trump is clearly shredding.

submitted 17 hours ago • 16 comments

And now the Trump administration has opened an investigation of the Maine Department of Education

submitted 18 hours ago • 43 comments

www.mississippifreepress.org/putin-should...

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🚨 Speak up. Spread the word. Stay in the fight.🚨 We won't sit by while Republicans attack the Medicaid you and your loved ones need to survive.

submitted 18 hours ago • 11 comments

The richest man on Earth is a narcissist and a ketamine addict who is inflicting his midlife crisis on the U.S. and the world. He's pathetic—and not remotely as smart as he desperately wants you to believe. Good luck watching these cringey highlights from his CPAC appearance. He is higher than a 🪁

submitted 18 hours ago • 21 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 17 hours ago • 868 comments

“I’m in West Virginia — My insulin went from $6 to $80”

submitted 17 hours ago • 472 comments

WOW "Seven western Wisconsin Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls Friday as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." ⤵️

submitted 20 hours ago • 171 comments

NEW from Gen. Mark Hertling: "When driven by political loyalty, ideological purity, or paranoia, replacing generals can weaken command structures, reduce battlefield effectiveness, and even lead to national security disasters." @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-purge...

submitted 18 hours ago • 21 comments

Another piece I wrote for the @thebulwark.bsky.social on yesterday’s negotiation with Russia. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-neg...

submitted 2 days ago • 41 comments

The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US. It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy. The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.

submitted 19 hours ago • 145 comments

BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

submitted 19 hours ago • 320 comments

NEW: Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, DISSOLVES the restraining order that was preventing the administration from placing thousands of USAID employees on leave and DENIES a preliminary injunction halting further purges. A painful blow to the agency. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 20 hours ago • 23 comments

The highest ranking trans person in the federal government was fired last week amid the broader purge. It was certainly political and targeted. 19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-...

submitted 21 hours ago • 22 comments

Spoke with Cong Mark Amodei's office today and they "can not speak on behalf of the Congressman" regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the 3 year war. BUT, 3 years ago the Congressman said the Russians committed "war crimes" (see below). What's changed? amodei.house.gov/in-the-news/...

submitted 23 hours ago • 2 comments

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

submitted 22 hours ago • 2146 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 22 hours ago • 2172 comments

Holy crap. At his town hall last night, Rep. Rich McCormick compared his own constituents who asked him tough and fair questions to January 6 insurrectionists

submitted 1 day ago • 1675 comments

Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

submitted 1 day ago • 1691 comments

It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint. In order to pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry. Make sure everyone knows it.

submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

Trump looks weak and erratic—selling out to Russia, attacking Zelenskyy, and throwing workers under the bus. Markets are rattled, his approval is crashing, and his MAGA cronies are overstepping. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET/5p PT!

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Huge thanks to Washington and Columbia Counties for the big turnout at yesterday’s town halls in Hillsboro and Scappoose. Oregonians are outraged about the Trump administration’s lawlessness. I appreciated each question about what it means and how we fight back.

submitted 5 days ago • 227 comments

One of the first targets here will almost certainly be blocking the mailing of abortion medications like mifepristone. If I'm right, it'll be a the biggest blow to reproductive freedom since the repeal of Roe.

submitted 1 day ago • 451 comments

Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

submitted 1 day ago • 683 comments

You know? I still find it remarkably easy to remain patriotic throughout this administration. Trump and the MAGA crowd are a repudiation of every single civic ideal that the United States is meant to represent—and I see no reason to stop believing in those ideals because of them.

submitted 2 days ago • 120 comments

🚨 Scoop: Treasury Dept agrees to block DOGE access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 🚨 IRS was preparing to try to reject this request, but was able to negotiate with the Trump admin to narrow access. Now DOGE will get the same access as academic researchers and some IT professionals, per sources.

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Update on the Ames IA situation. Really, Mike Naig? “A spokesperson for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig's office on Tuesday said the layoffs had had no effect on the department's bird flu response.” BULLSHIT. More to follow. Entire article is important. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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