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The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite. My full interview here:

submitted 18 hours ago • 365 comments

absolutely unfit

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

I'll never shut the fuck up about this

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I should get a punch card for the amount of times Trump has revoked my security clearance—the 4th revocation is free! Trump is lashing out because he’s scared & he's losing—but I won’t kiss the ring & the majority of lawyers & firms won’t either I discussed @cnn.com

submitted 19 hours ago • 41 comments

I'll be on CNN at 9pm ET with Kaitlan Collins to discuss today's news of the astonishing security failure at the White House.

submitted 22 hours ago • 1066 comments

DOGE has repeatedly failed to find evidence of widespread Social Security fraud. So why does the Trump regime keep bringing it up? It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires a giant tax cut.

submitted 22 hours ago • 141 comments

Trump is ordering the DOJ to go after me & other lawyers because he’s losing! Now is not the time for capitulation—& most of us are standing up We’ll keep fighting & we’ll keep WINNING as I’ll discuss tonight @8pm ET w/ Anderson Cooper @cnn.com

submitted 22 hours ago • 47 comments

So…lock them up?

submitted 1 day ago • 1972 comments

I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.

submitted 1 day ago • 3642 comments

evil

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Trump and DOGE have fired 25,000 federal workers so far. Now Trump and DOGE have to hire them back thanks to court orders. Most workers have been placed on administrative leave — technically rehired and paid, but still unable to do vital work in our communities. "Efficiency."

submitted 2 days ago • 165 comments

The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs. They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services. Why? Because they don't want it to work.

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Billionaire Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: “Let’s say Social Security didn’t send out their checks this month. My mother, who’s 94, wouldn’t call and complain,” he said. “Whoever screams is the one stealing.”

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There is nothing about the Constitutional right to due process that endangers public safety. This is a fascist excuse for destroying freedom.

submitted 2 days ago • 67 comments

Now, more than ever, as our Constitution and checks and balances are being tested, we must ensure that the highest court in the land is protected. That is why I introduced the Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act, to help to ensure accountability for the Supreme Court.

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By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Trump: widening inequality and the unchecked power of billionaires. There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom. Dems need to learn this.

submitted 2 days ago • 349 comments

All you need to know about Twitter

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Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

submitted 3 days ago • 4529 comments

They disappeared a barber who entered the US legally and had committed no crime. He was immediately tortured in a Salvadoran prison as he cried out for his mother. It’s the Trump Administration that is not only breaking the law by denying people due process, but committing crimes against humanity.

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EXCLUSIVE: At 9 am ET I’ll be speaking out on TV for the 1st time since Trump targeted me (again!) in his Fri. executive order Joining my friends @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social @aliciamenendez.bsky.social @symonedsanders.bsky.social @michaelsteele.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/publishers...

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Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX nyti.ms/4kPE8VJ

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Joint Detroit-Windsor protest this Saturday 1p - 4p! mobilize.us/s/B7PNc0

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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 #Protest #Windsor #Detroit #Michigan #Ontario Saturday March 22, 2025 Joint Canada- US Protest--Details in link 👉Please share 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Sanders: I will tell you what I think the worst addiction in this country is, the most dangerous, and that is the greed of the oligarchs. Everybody wants to do well. These guys already have billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions. How much money do you need?

submitted 3 days ago • 402 comments

Tonight an unbelievable 34,000 people gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

submitted 3 days ago • 3537 comments

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

submitted 3 days ago • 886 comments

New from me on @msnbc.com: Republicans want to pretend their tax cuts are free. A new report says otherwise.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

It’s Follow Friday, so here are five people who are absolute must follows on tax and budget: @brendanvduke.bsky.social @dashching.bsky.social @davidkamin.bsky.social @kathleenromig.bsky.social @michaelslinden.bsky.social

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“St. Clair, 26, filed two petitions against Musk last month seeking a court-ordered paternity test and sole custody of the 6-month-old she claims she shares with the Tesla CEO.” In response, Musk “substantially reduced his financial support towards the child.” www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

submitted 4 days ago • 378 comments

Like most bullies, Trump can be constrained only if everyone stands up to his bullying. Go to town halls. Tell your local media to report on DOGE cuts in your community. Keep speaking out. The fight against authoritarianism will take all of us — and we can't relent.

submitted 3 days ago • 139 comments

Hero!

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When Trump was president last time, he called to cut the Department of Education by nearly 40 percent. “Sending education back to the states” just means getting rid of federal assistance for students with disabilities and for struggling school districts and for poor college students.

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Trump closing Social Security field offices in: Alabama Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Montana N. Carolina N. Dakota Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Texas West Virginia Wyoming Mississippi, NC hardest hit. Full list here: apnews.com/article/soci...

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So Trump is now saying he didn't sign the Alien Enemies Act after originally saying he signed the Alien Enemies Act 🤔

submitted 3 days ago • 928 comments

I’ve now watched this clip like 10 times and it’s instant first ballot hall of fame. One of the most comically out of touch things I’ve ever heard heard from a public official.

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Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire. Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would. They're not fraudsters. They earned it. How out of touch are you not to realize that?

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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

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Brendan and I were just on the phone talking about how best to respond to this, and boy did Brendan win. Incredible graph from Brendan, who is a must-follow on tax and budget.

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Right now, we have an authoritarian president. He called CNN "illegal." He is trying to encroach on the spending powers of Congress. He is going after the courts. Trump does not respect our Constitution. He just wants more and more power for himself.

submitted 5 days ago • 393 comments

Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP. It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

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The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right. The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy. We must end that international embarrassment. Yes. We need Medicare for All.

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This is really the whole ball game right now, particularly among the institutions that make up civil society. (my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)

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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

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If Trump defies Judge Boasberg’s ruling on the deportation flights, then he can—& SHOULD—hold Trump in contempt Boasberg is respected across the aisle—attacking him & calling for impeachment because he ruled against you is a losing move I discussed @cnnipr.bsky.social - TN

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