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Who will pay? I’ve lost count of the number of lawsuits that have been brought against Donald Trump. It is my understanding that as taxpayers we will pay, at least in part, the lawyers who defend Trump.

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This - Now! - Demand it.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

An excellent analysis, necessary for understanding the mentality of the FOTUS. open.substack.com/pub/eileenwo...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I absolutely LOVE this

submitted 8 days ago • 29 comments

Running the government like a business means letting Elon Musk use the White House--the people's house--to wheel and deal for his own private enrichment like he's selling timeshares from the conference center at a Ramada Inn.

submitted 8 days ago • 40 comments

They had no idea that there were programmers out there who were smarter than they are.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Heads up!

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

submitted 14 days ago • 313 comments

Seven million a week? You good with that? rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

It’s really great to have smart, committed younger players in the Democratic Party. Well done!

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Judge Coughenour was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

submitted 16 days ago • 176 comments

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote on Kash Patel has been delayed by a week thanks to Democrats. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

submitted 16 days ago • 422 comments

Court orders Musk out of the Treasury computer payment systems until it can sort out whether the DOGE is a legal government entity.

submitted 16 days ago • 329 comments

this is a nicer way of saying “we have strength in numbers and you’re going to have to coalition-build your way out of a paper bag at a minimum if you’re going to beat fascism”

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

Among the data used by Cambridge Analytica to profile gun owners in the database: *income, *debt, *religious affiliation, *whether they liked the paintings of Thomas Kinkade, *whether the underwear women had purchased was plus size or petite. New, @propublica.org

submitted 17 days ago • 21 comments

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” The website lists mostly Black employees.

submitted 17 days ago • 839 comments

“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 1784 comments

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 4328 comments

I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.

submitted 19 days ago • 457 comments

Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?

submitted 18 days ago • 2271 comments