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Fellow veterans, former coworkers, former clients, my kid's best friend's dad, childhood friends, the girl that sat next to me during driver's ed...all federal employees - dedicated civil servants - all lost their jobs over the past 10 days at the whim of the richest man in the world.

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The Pentagon will fire 5,400 civilian workers next week.

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Trump shakes up Pentagon, firing top general, nominating retired three-star www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.

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

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Posting my embroidery so people can find me... 🐯 #embroidery #handembroidery

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“If you dress like that and you get raped and I’m on the jury, he’s gonna go free.” — Pastor Bobby Leonard of the Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Monroe, NC

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REMEMBER: Next Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can do this. I'm IN, are you? 👋💙

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How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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State-by-State Impact if USAID Cuts www.usaidstopwork.com/usaid-state-...

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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

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Finally, a win for legislative transparency, as the House moves to make committee votes public and implement additional reforms.

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“I shake my head as people actually think DOGE has identified waste, fraud and abuse in 5 days. What they are doing is gutting programs they don't like according to Project 2025. They haven't done any analysis and don't even know the functions of the depts they are cutting.” - Henry M. Rosenberg

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There’s something happening in this country.

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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This is real

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There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

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BREAKING: Canada defeats the USA to take home the #4Nations Championship 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau tweeted: “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.”

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Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Never forget.

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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Know Your Rights Virtual Town Hall: www.youtube.com/live/4UBQW3b...

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The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy. www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton...

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Kash Patel posted AI video of Democrats including Joe Biden, having their heads decapatated by a chainsaw. His response? "I didn't make the video." This is the new director of the FBI? A vile individual.

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Another real story from a USAID worker. This is who we are. Don't look away. open.substack.com/pub/scaan/p/...

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Did you know there is a Project 2025 tracker that shows about 1/3 of the goals have been complete already?? For real. www.project2025.observer

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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.

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Do not mess with Miss Dolly. "Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library" www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton...

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Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone who agrees with General Milley that Americans do not owe our allegiance to a King, Queen, or a wannabe dictator. We owe our allegiance to the Constitution. Fuck the nonsense trump says about being a king.

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Amanda Zurawski, one of the Texas women who nearly died due to the states abortion ban, has been named one of Time’s Women of the Year.

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This is not how federal criminal investigations work. —me (former federal criminal investigator)

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@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: "Inspectors general are a headache for everyone. You know why? Because they're investigating every agency and they find stuff! Including waste and fraud and abuse! They wouldn't be firing them if they cared about waste, fraud, and abuse."

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Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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"Prisons all over the United States are withholding books from prisoners, but not because they contain contraband. Books are becoming harder to receive based on their content."

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

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This is what I was talking about last week.

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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

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NEW VIDEO: News that DOGE is now seeking to access the most sensitive information in the IRS' database has lead to a new lawsuit by @democracyforward.org. Paige and I explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ua...

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HELL YEAH: In a masterful speech, the Democratic governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker announces not ONLY a balanced budget in his state but alludes to Donald Trump and Elon Musk as being “IDIOTS.” Let me know if you agree with him.

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