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Looking to share ideas, thoughts, news rationally & without alternative facts. Used to love Twitter, then deleted it when it's new owner took over. Tried Threads but hated that it wouldn't allow for political news like Twitter pre 10/28/22.
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I ordered room service for one and someone is pissed

If you’re a federal worker and have a special snarky reply to Elon’s five bullets email you’d like me to include in a compilation of anonymous replies, feel free to send them to me on signal at muellershewrote.23 and I’ll keep you anonymous.

Spotted in Wisconsin. $10.49 for eggs. Prices keep going up and Donald Trump isn’t doing a damn thing about it!

Damn! $10.49 for a dozen eggs in Wisconsin. If I recall correctly, just a few months ago JD Vance was bitching about eggs at $4/dozen. You see boys and girls, Republicans LIE to you and you fall for it. Enjoy your eggs 🤦‍♀️🥴 #Voices4Victory

What Just Happened: Musk-OPM Send Email to Federal Employees Asking for Five Accomplishments Analysis by Professor Nicholas Bednar (@nicholasbednar.bsky.social) Bottom line up front: The threat of termination by implied resignation is legally invalid.

The order to email Elon Musk five things you did last week or else you’re fired appears to be illegal. More here.

"It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth" #PRESIDEMENTIA

Okay. Listen up. Trump & Musk are ripping apart our economy. They want you dirt poor and beholden to them. They want you begging for scraps. Even if he sends 5k from DOGE, it will be so you won’t look at what else he’s doing to us and the country. Do.Not.Be.Fooled. FIGHT! #ProudBlue

Ilhan Omar introduced an amendment to make corporations pay their fair share. Instead, the GOP voted it down and have moved along the budget bill that would strip $880 BILLION from Medicaid. Fun fact - that's the ENTIRE budget. #HandsOffMyMedicaid

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I’m shocked.

This is how it’s done.

Nancy Mace is, among other things, just painfully stupid.

A female admiral. A Black general.

What conditioner is this?

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. Dante Alighieri

Get Ready For Delayed Tax Refunds, Long Hold Times After Mass IRS Firings But wealthy tax evaders will enjoy “a feast” as the strained federal agency lacks the resources to hold them accountable, said one tax policy expert.

Jeez, I wonder why an organization that has people living undercover in hundreds of countries around the world would want to recruit “diverse” individuals? The stupidity is breathtaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

THR: “.. Paramount now signaling that it’s prepared to go on the offensive .. leveraging the threat of uncovering information about Trump’s financials, including with respect to his social media company .. and the cryptocurrency he launched, in discovery.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Another goal for Canada to tie up the game! 🇨🇦

Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

Republican rep getting shouted down by his own constituents at a townhall in a deep red R+30 district is something.

🚨 Scoop: Treasury Dept agrees to block DOGE access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 🚨 IRS was preparing to try to reject this request, but was able to negotiate with the Trump admin to narrow access. Now DOGE will get the same access as academic researchers and some IT professionals, per sources.

Pressure works. Keep it up. Ramp it up.

It’s absolutely a Nazi salute. But note how weak it is. Whether it’s sincere or “ironic” (and that doesn’t make a difference), he doesn’t quite have the cobbles to do it vigorously. He does it like grandma struggling to put her shawl on a hook.

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

If I had a republican senator part of my daily routine would be to call or email their office. It takes 30 seconds.

Jasmine Crockett is shredding this solo. But it’s past time for the rhythm section to enter this song already.

Donald Trump’s Putinization of America My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

“Washington today echoes with so many uncomfortable reminders of that transitional moment in Moscow—the sudden, fearful silence of critics who had previously spoken out, the business tycoons rushing to kiss the President’s ring, the lying and reality distortions to fit the official narrative.”

Nights of BLUE SKIES (sound up) DAY 20 FEBRUARY 2025 Message from one of my FAVORITE PEOPLE Who always speaks truth Congressman Eric Swalwell "R U FUCKING KIDDING MOMENT" Blue Sky only allows 60 seconds he goes on to say Support the COURTS Support HOUSE DEMS GET OUT AND PROTEST

ICYMI: I’m leading a constitutional amendment to undo Citizens United. After an election where a billionaire bought a seat as Shadow President, we must ensure our democracy is truly of, by, and for the people — not corporations and billionaire donors. truthout.org/articles/jay...

I’m forcing the Senate to vote on an amendment to reverse Trump’s layoffs of thousands of critical wildland firefighters. My colleagues claim to support our first responders. Time for them to prove it.

If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

In a world of Chuck Schumers, be a Jasmine Crockett.

Loving her 🔥🔥🔥 We need this ferocity from our leaders and we, the people. We are fighting back!💪 Credit alvarezreports IG

Does DOGE have the numbers yet on the unemployment benefits the government will be paying? 🤔

There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂