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I wrote angry about the purging of the US military. saideman.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-...

Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

Here’s my One Last Thing for this issue. The story of Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, 11, taking her own life over bullying about her family’s immigration status gutted me. Our culture and government failed her. Rest in peace angel 🙏🏽

Trump's cabinet is like a collection of Scooby Doo villains.

This is INSANE. The comparison is that Trump declaring himself King and tearing up the Constitution is THE SAME as Biden taking office at all. Extraordinary bullshit.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

www.propublica.org/article/trum... @propublica.org

In 2010, the Supreme Court paved the way for unlimited spending in U.S. elections. In a possibly related story, the richest man in the world is basically the president now ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

NEW: Trump's DOJ is threatening to prosecute a central New York sheriff. Why? The sheriff released a man ICE wanted to arrest, after the man completed his sentence. A constitutional scholar told us "there's no basis in the law" for such charges. But the DOJ wants to spook local officials. More:

REP. RICH McCORMICK: When you talk about presidential power, I remember having the same discussion with Republicans when Biden was elected TOWN HALL CROWD: *Noooooooooooo!*

Legendary hater Charles Darwin

gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Oh cool we're gonna get a speech and debate clause case aren't we

Elon’s busy schedule today is claiming astronauts were left in the ISS for political reasons, getting corrected by an ISS astronaut, throwing a fit where he calls the astronaut a slur, then complaining that we should deorbit the ISS

if you're scared get a dog

Trump administration has quietly ordered Border Patrol to gather photos, fingerprints and other data on all "alien minors" under the age of 14 encountered at the border, per memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-trump...

Campaigning in NC, Trump promised them more money. Whoops www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/c...

Always, always, always!

How does it feel to turn yourself into an emasculated fascist stooge right there in front of everybody? This skeet will live in infamy forever.

I’ve been warning that the Tech Bros want the S.F. Presidio for a “freedom city”. Now this. 👇 1/

For me, hearing from voices that are not like me is so important. Im not a woman and I learn so much from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social I get the same feeling with someone like @kenharbaugh.bsky.social because im not a veteran youtu.be/4ZEFBj7CkLk?...

I'm less struck by the caught off guard vibe than the WTF are you talking about jackass, the "cuts" are literally illegal. You're in Congress?

Wild. At the Small Business Administration, some employees were fired, then re-hired, then re-fired. @govexec.bsky.social found at least one employee who was fired, re-hired, re-fired, and then re-hired a second time.

An insane level of gross incompetency ⬇️

Gangster capitalism. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Scoop: 40 news orgs have signed on to a letter circulated by the WHCA supporting the AP and denouncing Trump's move to block them from official events. The WHCA has gone through great pains to keep the letter from leaking, but I obtained a copy. Read it in Status: www.status.news/p/associated...