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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org

San Francisco gets an A+ for presentation and form.

Such a pivotal moment.

Wow. Rep. Jake Auchincloss minces no words about Signalgate on Piers Morgan: “Pete Hegseth is lying to the American people, lying to Congress, lying to the military.” “It’s incompetence incarnate…It’s embarrassing & it’s dangerous.” This is how it’s done.

I'm going to post this every damn day (I hope you will share far and wide) and I hope Senator Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social does an update every week for us. This amount of corruption IS NOT NORMAL! youtu.be/hycoCYenXls?...

WTAF? Is your social security being sold? www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Part 1 on neighbors being disappeared by the US government.

Judge Boasberg is a hero.

It's not too late for Mr. Schumer to do the right thing. A quick statement that he just wanted to avoid catastrophe, in good faith, but after careful consideration and thoughtful deliberation with colleagues, voting "no" is the right move.

Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer. "Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.

The answer is simple 👀

@fetterman.senate.gov Don't do it, Senator!

If I could speak to billionaires quivering in fear, I would ask: Is the risk of losing some money worth sacrificing your dignity? If I could speak to Republican politicians, I would ask: Is the risk of losing an election worth being remembered as a coward?

Jamie Raskin is encouraging people to file Federal Privacy Act requests on their personal DOGE data. Fillable forms here: jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

Marcy Wheeler @emptywheel.bsky.social is keeping a running list of all the claims made by Musk & his team that have been shown to be false:

They lie when they speak. Tarrifs are not a tax cut. If you voted for this, you will be affected by this, and it will be bad. Stop enabling these liars.

@padilla.senate.gov storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

@schiff.senate.gov storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

@ericswalwell.bsky.social storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#GVerse Obviously we are not allowed to see this, so we have to spread it - protest against #NotMyPresident.

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

DOGE hackers are poking a tiger. AP ..In the filing is an affidavit from Tiffany Flick, a former senior official at the agency.. “A disregard for our careful privacy systems and processes now threatens the security of data SSA houses about millions of Americans,” Flick wrote in court documents.

Donald Trump is coming for our Social Security. This is a war we must fight on a daily basis.

Call to action: National March on Washington, DC starting at noon at the national mall on March 14. "Claim your power. Stop the coup." #3E #USprotest #MAR14

“My GOP colleagues must look at what is right in front of them – from nominees who won’t follow court orders to the firing of dedicated FBI agents. They need to act, not continue to acquiesce to the President.” Thank you @amyklobuchar.com for this strong #CupOfJoe! More of this please!

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities: "If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe." Mic drop! 🎤