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An important point to keep in mind.

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Once again @oliverdarcy.bsky.social covers the media like no one else. This time, he takes on the scandal surrounding The Washington Post's decisions regarding selling ads. Part of this tale involves a scurrilous ads it ran in October targeting me. www.status.news/p/washington...

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Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who is thoroughly inspired to see the thousands of fired-up Americans who turned out IN EVERY STATE to protest the insane trump executive orders, firings, and policies he's pushing. LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!🙏💪

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🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit. A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

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This group is way ahead of MAHA

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I’m not crying. I have the means to get by no matter how bad things get here. Most of the people who voted for this, presumably including you, do not. You’re never going to get the last laugh.

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Trump went to the South this weekend. Not to visit flood victims in Kentucky, but to have his security drive him around a race track. He doesn’t give a shit about you or your needs. He’s on a vanity tour for the next four years. - Rep Swalwell

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Vaya con litigioso! www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/a...

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Slashing funding for life-saving treatment for personal gain: It's cruel, it's heartless, it's Elon.

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Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

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I’m sorry. You can’t conduct “peace talks” with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine without Ukraine at the table.

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This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

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Putin and Trump want to do to the American taxpayer what Putin and Trump want to do to Ukraine.

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Stabbing Ukraine in the back allows Trump to simultaneously destroy TWO democracies.

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🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org files emergency lawsuit to halt DOGE from taking taxpayer data at the IRS. Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage. www.democracydocket.com

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If you’re not confirmed by the Senate then you have no business meddling in the lives of MILLIONS of Americans We are suing DOGE for violating the constitution & illegally seizing power I’ll discuss tonight @ 8PM ET on @insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com 👇 statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/new-law...

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Are you OK with President Elon meddling with your tax and financial info?

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The resignations from New York City’s government are eviscerating the DOJ‘s rationale for dismissing the criminal case against Adams.

submitted 5 days ago • 289 comments

Not celebrating Presidents Day until we get the convicted felon out of there, and get a REAL President like Biden or Obama back in office. It's No Kings Day for me.

submitted 5 days ago • 331 comments

Today I wrote about the courage of the two federal prosecutors who wrote letters refusing to dismiss the charges against Mayor Adams. They represent the best of us. Join now ($10/mo) to receive all of Democracy Docket's premium content, including my writing. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

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Since the election, other media figures and outlets have followed suit — each in their own way, each moving gradually towards obedience to Trump and then suddenly. As ratings and circulation rates suffer the financial risks do as well. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

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“The advocacy groups had signed a contract with the Post …. When the advocacy group asked the Jeff Bezos-owned outlet whether there was anything they could do to alter the wrap to make it more suitable, they were simply told that the Post could not run it.”

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BREAKING: Crooked Eric Adams invoked Adolf Hitler saying those calling for his resignation over his corrupt deal with Trump’s DOJ to drop his indictment amount to “a modern-day ‘Mein Kampf.' WTF???

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American planes are crashing almost every day and the Secretary of Transportation is visiting the Daytona 500 and tweeting at Pete Buttigieg.

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As one of the heaviest and brightest stars, it burns with fiery energy and shines brilliantly. It writes glory with flames, spews stellar matter, and shapes the future of the stars. It is not only a star, but also a cosmic beacon that burns itself out and lights up the deep night sky. ✨

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MAGA acts like finding fraud in government is some new thing DOGE invented. They aren’t good at it, but experts who were let go were.

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Hubble is searching for an imposter in the spiral galaxy UGC 5460! 🥸 This galaxy hosted two recent supernovae, one of which might actually turn out to be an impostor called a luminous blue variable 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2...

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BREAKING: The IRS is poised to hand over unlimited access to taxpayer data to an adviser from Elon Musk’s government efficiency group, per Bloomberg.

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Black Hole Gambar For further info: www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/resource...

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Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

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Hackers have illegally accessed our most private information and only half of America seems to care.

submitted 4 days ago • 661 comments

Tomorrow's tip sheet is about making sense of the senseless. I explain that this time cruelty is not the point - it's much worse. Also, the 3 Big fights to watch in court and the 3 big threats to future elections. Become a premium member to receive in your inbox. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

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... “total shutdown” is planned for March 15... Website for the General Strike: generalstrikeus.com OPPOSE! PLEASE REPOST!

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This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.

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Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

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When I talk to kids today and they ask me what I would do if I were 12 today, my answer is always the same, read books and learn how to use AI in every way shape and form you can. It is a living library that gives you responses and can help no matter who you are or where you live.

submitted 4 days ago • 2413 comments

I don't know who needs to hear this, but we didn't have multiple plane crashes per week under President Biden.

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JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Because you are sucking up to the owner of your newspaper?

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If you voted for a scam artist to be president, don’t bitch about being scammed.

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How much you bet Elon left backdoors in ever system in case the courts rule against him?

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Tick Tock Adams… N.Y.C. Council Speaker Calls on Mayor Eric Adams to Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...

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