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Important for understanding implications of the Defense Department purge. Who will be their replacements? Recall this report from December: "Prospective occupants of high posts inside the Pentagon" were asked "whether they believed the 2020 election was stolen."

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Consumer sentiment declined nearly 10% from January. Donald Trump's tariffs and trade wars are spiking consumers' anxiety.

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Did you know? Republicans want to cut $880 BILLION from Medicaid to pay for a massive $4.5 TRILLION tax cut for their billionaire donors! Let that sink in for a minute…

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FUN FACT: Consumer sentiment has already declined by nearly 10% in the one month since Trump took office.

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Trump Unsure What Department He Has To Cut To Make JD Vance Go Away theonion.com/trump-u...

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Gotta watch the local and state politics - this is where they're trying to solidify their fascist grip on our country.

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Always stand up to a bully

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This is resistance.

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At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.

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Wow. What a reply!

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This is how it’s done.

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Trump’s every act demonstrates his belief that power is vested in him personally, and affirms that he is bent on amassing more. The new cover of The Economist.

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The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees. The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.

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When these inaccuracies were first found, they could be called "mistakes." When DOGE took efforts to cover them up, they can no longer be considered "mistakes."

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After just one Beetlejuicing from Bobo in a cab, Kid Rock split from his fiancée nearly eight years after getting engaged.

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Trump fired thousands of US Parks, Forest Service workers as he prepares to sell public lands to Exxon Mobil who bankrolled his campaign. The National Parks will likely face closure this summer without the dedicated workers who keep it safe and clean. Our national treasure squandered in mere weeks,

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“She didn't say that. And if she did, she didn’t mean it. And if she did mean it, you didn’t understand. And if you did, it’s not a big deal. And if it is, others have said worse.”

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#Trump callously claims it’s the victims’ own fault they were brutally murdered and buried in the woods, shamelessly absolving #Putin of any responsibility. This grotesque deflection not only insults the memory of the dead but also exposes a chilling disregard for justice and humanity. Disgraceful.

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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www.businessinsider.com/russia-culti...

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This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

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developmentally disabled people will no longer be able to see manatees, thanks to Republicans

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NEW: The Secretary of Defense instructs people to ignore what the press says, and that he wants the “biggest, most badass military on god’s green earth.” www.dvidshub.net/video/953069...

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov. This is what it looks like to act American, to act heroic. We need more American heroes following the leadership example from Governor Pritzker.

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The party of Reagan is selling out Ukraine. #slavaukraini #ukraine #putinspuppet

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Dear @cnn.com, The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?

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This is a drug addict who can barely put together a sentence.

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"We don't work for DOGE. We have always worked for you." Yes!

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Trump’s $200 million ad campaign supposedly directed at migrants is airing on…Fox News?

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Coward

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Met an old lady on line at the pharmacy and she told me “I’m a Christian woman so I don’t say this lightly, I’m terrified that the Antichrist in office is going to steal my social security.”

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