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When you hear Republicans in Washington talk about getting rid of regulations that are holding businesses back, look to Republican states to see what these regulations are. What’s wrong with 14 year olds working 30 hours a week, overnight, below minimum wage? #polsky thehill.com/homenews/sta...

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It’s scary to see Trump following a similar path as Erdogan at an even quicker pace. It’s easy to see the groundwork’s being laid for similar things happening in the US.

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Just a reminder that the Trump administration is taking away money from children to give tax cuts to billionaires and corporations.

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“Waste, fraud and abuse” The administration is cutting funding to libraries and schools to fund tax cuts for billionaires and corporations. www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

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“The ultimate beneficiary of the acts that we’re seeing happen, whether it’s with the judiciary or other agencies, is Trump himself, because it’s an expansion of his personal power,” she said. “The scale and the speed of what’s going on is terrifying.”

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I guess this is what the President and Elon mean by “Waste, fraud and abuse” “The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula.”

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After overturning Roe, Alito had said that their ruling was just on abortion, but Thomas had made it clear that it was the first step. They’re coming for right to contraception, LGBTQ rights and gay marriage. nbcnews.to/41ZsOyR

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Dems have bad messaging around the CR and if there’s a shutdown then being blamed. In response say: -House GOP know there’s a 60 vote requirement in the senate and passed a bill that won’t pass and haven’t negotiated with dems. -GOP is currently permanently shutting down agencies and firing staff.

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"Remove all the doors from their hinges and start a fire with the wood. Since you’re now using your savings to heat the house, you can stop paying your electricity bill. Take a photo of this to show your followers what incredible work you’re doing."

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“We’ll have the cleanest air and water” - Trump Guts regulations requiring clean air and water and allowing pollution, in order to save money for corporations in regulatory compliance costs. apnews.com/article/trum... #polsky

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“Waste, fraud and abuse” “Guns aren’t the issue, mental health is the problem” “We’re in a drug epidemic” Cuts mental health services, to fund tax cuts for billionaires and pharmaceutical companies. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/h... #polsky #doge

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A vote for the republican lead CR is for a permanent shut down of government agencies and firing of federal employees. Not voting for it, is not a vote for shutdown, it is for negotiation to add requirements for monies to be spent as allocated by congress and reign in DOGE. #polsky

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“Waste, fraud and abuse” Cutting funding for school lunches and food banks, to help fund tax breaks for corporations and billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Anti-semitism should not be allowed on campuses or any form of racial/ethnic discrimination. This is a front to suppress criticism of the administrations stance on Palestine and Israel. We’ll also see threats against universities teachingnon-conservative ideologies. first amendment be damned.

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This better not be true. If it is, it’s weakening America’s defence. The whole point of NATO is as a deterrent. If it’s seen that members may not act to defend a treaty member, it’s inviting antagonists to attack our allies. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Republicans: “why are we sending money abroad when we have struggling veterans here” Get into power, cut foreign aid. So this money is obviously going to vet… nope it’s going to tax cuts to billionaires. apnews.com/article/vete...

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Maybe he should learn to speak it first… apnews.com/article/trum...

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What problem could happen with the government choosing the people who cover it? 😬

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I understand the comparisons to Chamberlain but it’s worse than that. It’s as if Chamberlain also took up Hitler’s talking points.

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lol

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So giving Putin the land he seized and not allowing Ukraine to join NATO. So peace is just giving the invader everything they wanted? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/w...

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“You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.” - Churchill We really seem to be scraping the barrel for other possibilities these days.

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WTF.......🤦🏼‍♀️

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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

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Everyone should be pointing out what is happening at CFPB. There is zero argument to be made here that this is being done to provide taxpayer value. The agency's budget is minuscule, averaging like $600 million/year, yet it has obtained $20 billion in payments from corporations to Americans

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I guess now we’ll find out what would have happened, if Liz Truss had outlasted the head of lettuce, and controlled the largest economy in the world.

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