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Life long Democrat. 20 year resident of the village of Mill Rift in the wonderful Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Bright blue surrounded by deep red.
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In Oaxaca, Mexico.

“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Hegseth confirms he fired JAGs for purely nefarious reason

Heaven forbid lawyers explain the law.

@pbump.com on fire these days

The police responded to a shooting at a hospital in York County, Pennsylvania, on Saturday morning. The gunman is dead, according to the authorities and a hospital official, and no patients were injured.

youtu.be/Jk0nUUqG_Ag?...

It'd be awesome if @whitehouse.senate.gov asked Attorney General Bondi if she has issued some kind of finding that foreign donations are cool now, so long as they're covered up nicely. www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/22/p...

Everything that doesn’t involve white men is “woke”.

All politics is economics. If the Supreme Court Citizens United decision grants more political power to those with more money, then to defeat them, it is essential that we target the sources of their wealth. Yes, that means you should sell your Tesla and get off X. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

For all of you who long for the good old days—Look who’s here

youtu.be/9MuwVMbbPtQ?... Why is Donald Trump support Russia. war criminals.

www.thebulwark.com/p/musk-doge-... Trump's history of fucking over his "workers" and contractors goes back 50 years.

MARYLAND: “The Maryland National Guard will not participate in the parade honoring abolitionist Frederick Douglass due to guidance set by (Trump’s) Department of Defense.” www.wmar2news.com/local/maryla...

www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum... The Philadelphia Inquirer is punching above it's weight.

www.thedailybeast.com/grimes-very-... He drags one of his kids around every where.

Marge just discovered explosive new evidence from a 2016 press conference.

The greed of top management at these tech companies far exceeds the greed in other industries. Really, what else does the guy with the stupid hairdo and change need? They are truly bad people. I only wish them ill.

Keep going, people. www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...

'Nobody's going to forget': Senator takes parting shot at outgoing colleague: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) offered a dose of cordiality Thursday afternoon to his colleague, former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) amid reporting he will not seek another term in office. Murphy, while speaking to…

Elon Musk’s DOGE operation has gained unprecedented access to Americans’ financial data—but what happens when that data is weaponized? History offers a chilling lesson. @j_vittori explores the risks in a guest essay on my Substack. Read here: www.avindman.com/p/how-is-dog...

[criticism redacted upon the demand of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia]

FYI: Javier Milei is in the middle of a scandal where he told Argentian about a "great" crypto currency. That was a pump and dump crypto currency and Argentinians lost billions. His sister was a PR person for the crypto currency.

Holy hell. Total withdrawal. Wearing glasses inside. Mumbling, incoherent.

He'll finally have to reveal his personal finances! 🤣😂

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

@NikkiHaley is an embarrassment to America.

I will remember Mitch McConnell for his pure hatred of Barack Obama, his love of unlimited money in our campaigns, his unethical (dishonest) maneuvering of Fed judgeships particularly SCOTUS and his cowardice in the face of Trump.

NOTICE THE COMMON THREAD?: Elections keep going Deep State, we have to find a workaround; the constitution is being gamed by "legacy media"/Deep State, so we need to give "power of the purse" to Elon. The solution is always the same. Elon needs to be in charge of it.

Gee, tourism is prohibited in NYC. This gal should check out Times Square.

Susan Collins chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and has the power to push back against the Trump-Musk misuse of federal funds. If you live in Maine and are ... concerned? troubled? worried? ... let her know and let her know often.

Trump is not popular:

www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n... One tweet can make the news Keep Fighting Trump is wrong 🇺🇦🙏