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How to tell if your President is a piece of shit, Chapter 851.

Guess Republican Senator Blackburn changed her mind since 2018 about passing the debt onto future generation. Since she’s about to add... *checks notes* $37 trillion to the national debt.

Another Republican. Another Flip Flop. “I’m actually not comfortable with increasing the debt.” —Senator Lankford (R-OK), November 5, 2017 Except Senator Lankford did vote to add trillions to the debt then. And he’s about to add $37 trillion to the debt now.

Look at that, “Republicans Gonna Flip Flop” “Do you think you can still pay for extending your tax cuts without cutting both Medicaid and Medicare?” “Yeah. Absolutely.” —Donald Trump, February 19, 2025 False.

Oh another, “Republicans Gonna Flip Flop” “Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, we’re not talking about in any way reducing benefits.” —Speaker Johnson, March 11, 2025 Ain’t true.

Republicans Gonna Flip Flop! “If I thought for a second that this bill is going to add to the deficit, I wouldn’t vote for it.” —Senator Kennedy (R-LA), November 28, 2017 But he did vote to add trillions to the debt then. And he’s about to add $37 trillion to the debt now.

Hey it’s a new series called “Republicans Gonna Flip Flop” “Republicans are not going to cut Medicaid benefits at all” —Sen. Moreno “I’m not worried about people losing their healthcare” —Sen. Kennedy “I’m not going to vote for Medicaid cuts” —Sen. Hawley None of it was true

Trump fired at least three senior National Security Council officials at the urging of far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. The firings came a day after she provided a list of administration personnel she considered disloyal to him.

Rural fiber internet expansion is at risk as Trump administration holds funds

🚨NEW: Jeep and Ram truck manufacturer laying off 900 workers at five US factories, in response to Trump tariffs. A reminder: tariffs don’t create jobs, they destroy them.

In under 10 days, we’ve heard about journalists added to unclassified chats and sensitive data being shot around on personal emails. And now we're hearing there's dozens more chats. It's a never-ending parade of sloppy, reckless incompetence. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

If you yelled "Lock Her Up" about Hillary's emails But you won't say "Lock Them Up" about Michael Waltz and Pete Hegseth and their Signal chats and Gmail Then you don't actually care about America at all

Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...

So proud of @booker.senate.gov

How many MAGA have heart monitors or diabetes pumps? Good luck with that...

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

IT GETS WORSE Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions. New via @wsj.com:

Like sour milk.

One of many steps coming to consolidate businesses and squirm into every facet of your life. No one to stop him now.

Is this who we want to become?!

Skadden partners have a choice: Disgrace themselves and be remembered as cowards or stand tall against authoritarianism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/b...

This aged badly

Scoop: The Washington Post recently—and quietly—removed its "Democracy Dies in Darkness" slogan from the opening sequence of its app, a notable change given Jeff Bezos once insisted it always appear alongside the logo. It also no longer appears atop its mobile site. www.status.news/p/washington...

To work for Donald Trump means you have to lie as you breathe.

Lots of complaints about texting attack details to a reporter. @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov what the hell are you doing about it, right now? Or are we on to yet another day of "signaling" without action?

Detainees died due to starvation or dehydration. ICE murdered them.

Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.

NEW: Trump directs AG Pam Bondi to inform the White House of "frivolous" lawsuits against the admin or agencies -- as she sees fit -- so Trump can consider punitive exec orders that revoke security clearances as he did against Paul Weiss, Perkins Coie and Covington, per new memo

Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later

Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says if Social Security skipped a check, his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain—and if you would, it indicates you are probably a fraudster. Insane.

Grant cancelled? 👇

Receipts!

An unelected billionaire has been trying to carry out his government efficiency agenda, but the courts aren't having it. That's why Elon Musk donated to the Republicans who've echoed his calls to impeach the judges fighting back against his illegal power grab.

NEWS: An Indian national teaching at Georgetown was arrested by immigration authorities in Rosslyn, Va. Monday. His lawyers say he's being targeted for his pro-Palestinian views. His U.S. citizen wife's father was a Hamas adviser. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Time's Square, NYC today erupts with hundreds of thousands after Israel commits more war crimes escalating his genocide against children, women, families, and innocent Palestinians, illegally breaking a ceasefire agreement, again with weapons from the US and Germany. #3E #USprotests #FreePalestine

They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts. The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare.

For years I've taught the importance of OSINT and the importance of knowing what information is out there for "Bad Actors" to use against you. Little did I know our own government would become those "Bad Actors" so soon!

This is only going to get worse. Much, much worse.

The United States is not safe for foreign nationals. Avoid all travel to the US if not necessary. If you are inside the United States plan a safe and immediate exit. Let others know your location at all times and do not travel without your documentation.