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Madison Cawthorn signals he might attempt to win Byron Donalds seat in Florida as Donalds is running for governor.

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Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…

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New York City educators are embracing rather than restricting the discussions of race with a new K-12 curriculum, “Black Studies as the Study of the World.” This comes as the Trump administration moves to ban programs related to diversity and equity across the government and schools.

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Ro Khana @rokhanna.bsky.social talks about the short-term and long-term strategies for defeating Trump and Trumpism – on @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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The United States is no longer the leader of the free world. Let that sink in.

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If you were looking for a unified theory explaining the last 20 years of Supreme Court politics, you could do a lot worse than “Citizens United was a direct reaction to Obama winning, and Shelby County was a direct reaction to Obama winning again”

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📌BREAKING: The Stock Market.

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"The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting — which was used by tens of millions of voters last year — more difficult. Trump has repeatedly said he’d like to end the practice, falsely claiming it allows for widespread fraud." www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

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As Governor, I will always stand with Minnesotans in the business of protecting fundamental rights.

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So I guess Trump must be wearing Kevlar diapers

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"None of us should let Congress off the hook. The key constitutional crisis here is if Congress does not do its job of standing up to abuse of power." — @mawaldman.bsky.social on @ayman.msnbc.com

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, what, you had to bring a guy from the Russian state media in to watch you try and beat up Zelenskyy—and you thought that would make you look good? It made you look like the crook you are. Zelenskyy is a man that you will never be; he’s a genuine hero.

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Sounds like just the guy to deal with waste, fraud, & mismanagement in government.

submitted 11 days ago • 96 comments

The economy will soon crash and burn like one of his cars.

submitted 11 days ago • 94 comments

Election security is national security. And in its crusade against federal agencies, the Trump administration is gutting parts of the government that help protect against cyberattacks, combat foreign interference, and regulate campaign finance in federal elections.

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It’s rich to hear Mike Johnson talk about how it’s their moral obligation to lower the debt for our future generations… While he’s planning on raising the debt ceiling $4 trillion to feed the greed of the wealthiest among us.

submitted 11 days ago • 110 comments

HAPPENING NOW Nearly 25% of Mike Johnson’s constituents receive Medicaid But he STILL wants to cut the program By $880 BILLION To fund more tax breaks for billionaires-like Elon Musk It’s obscene The vote on this is planned for TODAY Don’t Cut Our Medicaid CALL CONGRESS. NOW. 202-224-3121

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NEW: The number of measles cases in the southwest region of the U.S. surged to nearly 100 — spreading rapidly from rural areas of West Texas into more heavily populated areas. There are ninety confirmed cases in Texas and nine confirmed in neighboring New Mexico. The vast…

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When the FBI searched Jan. 6 defendant Jeremy Brown's home, they discovered illegal grenades, a sawed-off shotgun and classified information he retained after leaving the army. Today, DOJ says Donald Trump's pardon for J6 issues covers all of that.

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💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders. Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.

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On Monday night, the pro wrestler Phil Brooks—known as CM Punk—walked to the ring in a Chicago Teachers Union shirt. To come out wearing this shirt on the day his boss declares war on public education was an act of public defiance, writes @edgeofsports.bsky.social

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Medicare now. Social Security soon.

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We dare Mike Johnson to give that answer at a town hall in front of his constituents

submitted 11 days ago • 2349 comments

Everyone in our country should be embarrassed and mortified that we are siding with a murderous dictator over the freedom-loving people of Ukraine. #TraitorTrump

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If you’re an elected representative and need a SWAT team at your town hall, you’re doing something wrong.

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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings @apnews.com apnews.com/article/doge...

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Boo hoo!

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Hampton Dellinger, who remains in place bc SCOTUS deferred response to Trump's request for immediate intervention, released a redacted copy of one of six requests that MPSB reinstate an employee Trump fired. He's a disabled vet who was at Education Department. osc.gov/Documents/PP...

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CORRUPT AF: At least 11 federal agencies targeted by the Trump-Musk firings and cuts “have more than 32 continuing investigations, pending complaints or enforcement actions into Mr. Musk’s six companies." Read more here: bit.ly/4jSg1VU #ResistTrump

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> @ironstache.bsky.social

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Here’s the thing about this. Evangelicals are the largest percentage of homeschoolers in this country BY FAR. And Evangelicals also DEEPLY believe in spanking and hitting their children as a disciplinary measure. So following those threads you can see wanting to repeal this makes complete sense

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AG Kris Mayes is Fighting Back Against the Trump-Musk 'Coup' Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joins MeidasTouch to discuss efforts she is taking to fight back against Donald Trump and Elon Musk's violations of the Constitution Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Feb 23

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Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared. Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021. @propublica.org found sepsis rates shot up over 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the 2nd trimester. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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It only took them 9 years? Beside being more accurate, it's fewer letters than "false claims". Think of the ink savings!

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USAID provides lifesaving food and medicine to desperate children around the world. In an unconstitutional power grab, Trump has bypassed Congress, freezing relief. It's killing children. Call and write your leaders in Congress today to save USAID. Act now at www.activateamerica.vote/savechildren.

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It’s extra important for your GOP senator to hear from you right now if you’re in one of these states. Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Or send an email to your senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/demand-...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?

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Good fences make good neighbors—unless your neighbour is Russia. A nice explainer on "Why Putin needs a new Yalta" #Yalta2.0 unherd.com/2025/02/why-...

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Pizzagate conspiracy theory peddler and far-right chaos agent Jack Posobiec invited to accompany Trump’s Defense Secretary during trip to Europe Earlier today, Posobiec posted that he was accompanying Treasury Secretary Bessent on his trip to Kiev to meet with Zelensky. Gift link: wapo.st/4gInd4e

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Bove and Bondi are taking on some major firepower. Acting USAtty Sassoon clerked for Scalia and convicted Sam Bankman-Fried. One of the other two who resigned clerked for Roberts and won the Bronze star. And Bove and Bondi have chosen to dirty them up maliciously and unconscionably.NOT GOING AWAY.

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These are very big guns in the scheme of things in DOJ. A cascading scandal that is NOT GOING AWAY.

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Anyway here's how it played in the press last time anything went this far, just for reference

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Who benefits from US - burning its most important alliances - alienating govts, people throughout the world - killing millions thru vaporizing of USAID - reigniting inflation, disrupting global trading system, exploding the deficit - destroying capacity of US govt to function Trump = Russia First

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On Sunday, JD Vance dared to argue that federal courts “aren’t allowed” to limit the president's “legitimate power. George Conway is forewarning America, predicting that Donald Trump is setting us up for a constitutional showdown that could mean the end of U.S. democracy. On…

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