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I could see this coming for a long time now. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Fascinating thread. Somewhat frightening too, if you happen to be drawing Social Security.

If Charlie Kirk actually wanted to understand how the Constitution works he probably shouldn’t have dropped out of community college.

It's as if it never happened.

Taken at Cape Disappointment State Park on a dreary, rainy day. #nature #photography #landscape #naturephotography #photo #photooftheday #landscapephotography

No fraud

Musk staffers are joking about how upcoming Social Security changes will restrict access by requiring in-person visits while simultaneously shutting down offices. They are touting the cost savings from limiting access.

Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more. Taking back our power starts now.

The idea of filing inevitably doomed articles of impeachment against Chief Judge Boasberg of DC is worse than absurd. It’s a way of saying you don’t respect the rule of law, don’t believe in checks and balances, and don’t understand — or have utter contempt for — the United States Constitution.

Remember 1984? The book, not the year.

Read the whole thread, please.

Authoritarians don't willingly cede power. The oligarchs didn't spend billions simply for a brief taste of feudalism. If you're dreaming of comebacks via midterms and elections, you're kidding yourself. It will take an uprising. By trying to prevent it, the democrats are doing their bidding.

Senate Democratic leadership essentially played dead today and greenlit the Trump-Musk-Vance coup. What is the point of the Democratic Party if it doesn't actually act like an opposition party? Hello?

Correct

Senate democrats appear poised to remind everyone why people didn't show up to vote for democrats in 2024.

"Henry" flying over the jumps at a Flyball Tournament. #photography #dogphotography #dogsports #flyball #sheltie #z9 #nikon

Pay attention to what is happening here.

This is important! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

SunTzu had lots of things right —and he mastered the art of brevity:

The kicker quotes from Prof. Jason Stanley are 🎯🎯🎯 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...

Of course he exaggerates the trade deficits, as he does the quantities of fentanyl coming in. His trade wars are built on bullshit. His abandonment of Ukraine is built on lies. His decimation of our government is built on fiction. www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...

Erich Fromm, The Heart of Man (1964)

My visit with Multnomah Falls just after the wildfire that closed most of the trails around it. #nature #photography #landscape #naturephotography #photo #photooftheday #landscapephotography #waterfall

We can't let this happen.

Today's specials at the shit sandwich cafe: - Trump to dismantle the Department of Education - 240,000 Ukrainians to have their legal status revoked; subject to deportation - 70,000 job cuts planned at the VA - GDP receding. Prices on the rise. Markets in free fall. Trumpcession is inevitable.

Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as today, instructing his newly confirmed education secretary to begin efforts to close the department she now leads.

Now they want to assign classwork?

Think nothing is happening about our current predicament? Well actually, there is a lot happening. Read this item first, and read the linked items as well. There is a LOT happening, but of course our news media is blacked out on all but one perspective. substack.com/@ariellaelm/...

Dahlia. #nature #photography #flowers #flowersphotography #photo #photooftheday

Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

The headlines SHOULD say something along the lines of: For second time, Trump violates the law to help Putin, this time in bid to end democracy.

There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.

I see Democrats talking about these issues daily, but never on any of the news media channels. They simply do not cover Democrats at all. Hard to flood the zone when given a straw instead of a fire hose.

I’ve thought this for quite a while now.

Russia and China, have ramped up recruitment efforts targeting US federal employees—particularly those recently fired or at risk of termination. These efforts are unfolding aggressively on LinkedIn, where adversaries are reaching out under the guise of job opportunities, networking, and consulting.

They have no answer for what the oligarchs are doing to America.

A lot of people are going to die from this

Just so we are clear - the reason why JD Vance has constantly refused to go to Ukraine is because he is a coward. He would NEVER go there and meet with their soldiers or talk with their leaders. Because their courage and integrity would show him for what he is - a sniveling jerk.

McCarthyism is alive and well, apparently.

It is profoundly sad to watch doctors plead with idiots to take vaccines so as to prevent the reemergence of diseases all but eradicated decades ago.

The Republicans are taking health insurance away from their own voters to pay for a tax cut for themselves. They will do everything they can to distract everyone from this one undeniable and damning truth.