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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

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TO DEM POLITICIANS: Your base is FURIOUS over your lack of FIGHT. Commit to filibustering everything. Wage lawsuits over everything. Flood the zone on every media outlet highlighting MAGA corruption, imperialism, oligarchy & extremism. Bipartisanship is dead & a coup is happening. Act like it.

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

AGAIN: If they actually cared about the deficit they wouldn’t also be cutting trillions in taxes for the rich. They think we are all very dumb.

submitted 4 days ago • 418 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 4 days ago • 1219 comments

After publishing this story, which features a picture of the protest at Children's National in DC, I have been informed that moments ago, Childrens National in DC has resumed transgender care. The hospital protests worked! Keep doing them!

submitted 4 days ago • 38 comments

BREAKING — USDA says it accidentally fired officials working to combat bird flu and says it’s trying to rehire them www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog... by @allansmith.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 193 comments

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They are vital members of our community. They make our government actually work for people. Remember this.

submitted 5 days ago • 79 comments

It really is this simple.

submitted 5 days ago • 180 comments

Oligarch owned media will downplay any protest or movement it sees as hostile and try to control the narrative or scope of your goals. This is a tired tactic. They claim thousands are hundreds and call you mere “anti-Trump critics”. Don’t let that discourage you, your voices are louder. #3E

submitted 5 days ago • 118 comments

Authoritarianism doesn’t always start with tanks in the streets… 📌 Saturday: The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation. 📌 Friday: 13 judges who hadn’t even been sworn in yet—plus five assistant chief immigration judges—were dismissed without notice.

submitted 8 days ago • 244 comments

Call the US government today, flood the lines and apply maximum pressure. Demand they do their jobs, arrest Musk, and impeach Trump. 5 minutes, 5 calls, repeat. #3E

submitted 20 days ago • 173 comments

BREAKING The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders. The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.

submitted 12 days ago • 257 comments

Jeffries using that podium to just say “what leverage do we have” is the most pathetic thing. Can the Democrats choose a new minority leader? There are a number of fighters on the Democratic side in the house who can actually lead productively. #congress #HakeemJeffries

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

This was literally spelled out in Oppenheimer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMwn...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 13 days ago • 19 comments

Russell Vought, the architect of Project 2025, was just confirmed, paving the way for their extremist agenda. Every Democrat held the line & voted NO. But MAGA Republicans pushed him through. Our rights, healthcare & democracy are at risk. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

submitted 17 days ago • 95 comments

The only reason Elon is not behind bars right this second for illegally hacking the treasury is because he's the world's richest robber baron and he spent $277m buying a presidency and a political party. Kleptocracy and oligarchy have never been more naked.

submitted 18 days ago • 27 comments

Go hard in your communications with REPUBLICAN members of Congress and senators about this. Put them on the defensive about this data breach. Always name Musk when you do it. We need to pinch them in between Trump and the public.

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

Personally, I think the perspective that there are only two genders and that they are indisputably linked to two sexes, is more of an “ideology” than the perspective that sex and gender are complex and multifaceted, related, but not equivalent. #genderideology

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Not sure how to put it more clearly: Vought is the coup. Everyone who votes for Vought is doing a coup.

submitted 20 days ago • 43 comments

www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-r...

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NEW: Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz says he’s placing a “blanket hold” on President Trump’s nominees for the State Department, in protest of Elon Musk and Trump’s move to shut down USAID.

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How is this legal? How? Why is every top Democrat not outside the Treasury right now, holding a press conference at least? Or filing a lawsuit?? I am losing my mind.

submitted 21 days ago • 373 comments

I don’t have any Democratic representation at all. So I am calling my Republican representatives and senators every damn day. This is their fault. This is on them. If we all call, we can show them they don’t have a fking mandate. If you have Republican representation, call them. Incessantly.

submitted 21 days ago • 169 comments

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE full access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

submitted 22 days ago • 6201 comments

25% tariffs on 77% of Americas fruit and veggie imports, deporting our own farm laborers so no one here to plant and harvest our own food, responding tariffs that cripple our pork and soybean farmers: the FAFO of our agriculture system is upon us.

submitted 22 days ago • 14 comments

So their choice to obey in advance and frame things to flatter the right wing at the cost of accurate reporting didn’t pay off. Aw, poor things.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.

submitted 24 days ago • 2925 comments

Want to know what a federal funding freeze does? It takes money from families that just lost their home in a wildfire. It takes resources away from vets. It leaves 72M Americans without access to healthcare. Trump, Elon, & their billionaire buddies laugh their way to the bank while Americans suffer.

submitted 26 days ago • 209 comments

Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.

submitted 26 days ago • 64 comments

1. Breaking: Donald Trump has issued an EO that lays the groundwork for a total military ban. In it, he says that being trans goes against "a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle." Subscribe to support my journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trump-mili...

submitted 26 days ago • 92 comments

This checks out. The headline in the NYT does not agree with the article. Petro asked for dignity in transport, agreed to repatriation and Mad King Don said okay. A win for Columbia. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...

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