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The Trump administration has spent months illegally impounding funds in the name of waste, fraud, and abuse. Congressional Republicans are now seeking to cut GAO, an organization dedicated to rooting out waste, frauds abuse, roughly in half.

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The Left is to blame because they explained what people like her on the Right had made happen.

submitted 7 hours ago • 77 comments

brilliant

submitted 7 hours ago • 37 comments

"Forget about intelligence" is the best summary of the Trump era I've seen in every sense

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A federal judge, named John Badalamenti, awarded a paper that says … this stuff … an award. That’s John Badalamenti. John Badalamenti lauded a paper that refers to whites as “the People” of the Constitution, as distinct from non-white ppl. John Badalamenti. Or, if you missed it, John Badalame

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incredible, they cop-tensed the possible beginning of the next world war

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“If it isn’t stopped, and some of this isn’t reversed, like, immediately, a lot of Americans are going to die as a result of vaccine-preventable diseases.” Causing Americans to die is vile and sickening. It is unconscionable that our Congress simply watches the Administration prepare death.

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Instead of CUTTING Social Security benefits, Congress should INCREASE payments by $200 per month and extend the solvency of the Social Security program by 75 YEARS. How? Make the wealthiest Americans pay a fairer share. I’ve got a bill to get it done.

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In Florida, “free speech” and “institutional neutrality” mean that a Nazi arguing that nonwhites have no rights wins a prize while a course with “race” in the title is censored for violated the law. Congratulations to all the credulous centrists who helped this along.

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Pretty sure if any other masked gang were disappearing people off the streets in a major city, the local papers would be all over it. But MS-ICE-13 gets a pass.

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Yes Tyrese!

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“Juneteenth is a reminder that declarations and proclamations are not enough to make liberty real. No beloved, I am not preaching a works based salvation. I’m saying that salvation that only exists in words and in your head ain’t worth talking about. (1/2)

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1. The "crisis" in Iran was solved in 2015. The United States and others negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which imposed a rigorous inspection regime that cut off Iran’s path to a bomb. Then Trump withdrew from the agreement for no reason.

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When did it become legal to drive a vehicle with no license plate?

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I think we are well beyond “close” at this point, as these ICE agents in Chicago make clear. (Esp note the metal rod at the ready.)

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Kids DO get more shots now than they did decades ago. There’s also a lot less death from preventable illnesses. That’s a win! Let’s dive into the wonderful world of Vaccine Schedules. The AAP first took ownership of schedules back in the late 1930s and we continue to recommend the vaccine schedule.

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The American gestapo.

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Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?

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LA Archbishop Gomez: "The current administration has offered no immigration policy beyond the stated goal of deporting thousands of people each day. ...This is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes." angelusnews.com/voices/ice-r...

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Perhaps having the feds send masked men to grab immigrant workers off construction sites is having an impact on labor costs as well, but who can say for sure.

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Just like the Padilla case, we've got several media outlets pretending like there wasn't actual video of the incident we all saw, pretending that the authorities account of events isn't directly contradicted by videos shot from multiple angles.

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“The operative difference between the Republicans and Democrats on immigration is that Republicans want to exclude, deport, and jail more brown people while calling them names, and Democrats want to exclude, deport, and jail more brown people without the racial slurs.” @elienyc.bsky.social

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When Teddy Roosevelt was called disloyal for criticizing Wilson’s conduct of WWI, he said “to announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

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SIXTY federal agents kitted out like they were taking on Osama Bin Laden to raid a swap meet. The ONLY people they ended up arresting were to people already going through immigration court proceedings, seemingly rearrested because ICE agents didn’t want to go home empty-handed.

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On behalf of the people of Greenland, I accept the surrender of the United States of America. As our first act of expanded sovereignty we shall rename your land as “West Greenland”

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Republicans need to re-assert Congress’ prerogative to declare war. Art. I Sec. 8. Put the responsibility on those who can do something about it. (Aside from a few things here or there, Democrats have failed to fight for us)

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They’ve been out of control for a long time

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Military/paramilitary forces grabbing people without process, regardless of their citizenship status because of their perceived ethnicity is perhaps better referred to as "ethnic cleansing."

submitted 5 days ago • 53 comments

Such brazen lawlessness. How are these secret police different than other fascist regimes?

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they don’t have the votes yet, at least, call your senators.

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Considering what MOST Americans did during slavery, Indian removal, Reconstruction, the lynching epidemic, Jim Crow era & JD Vance's futon phase... How long before MOST people recognize that America is in its fascist era?

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This is exactly the right tone when privileged people suffer minor or temporary consequences standing up for powerless people. It’s still about the powerless people. ICE is Gestapo trash.

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Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

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NYC comptroller Brad Lander was handcuffed and detained at a Manhattan immigration court today. We should know there is a process of normalization occurring.

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As a 52-year-old, I grew up with domestic right wing terrorist organizations threatening violence daily, and blowing up buildings and killing people periodically, throughout my whole political life: it was the anti-abortion movement.

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This disturbing behavior is probably consistent with what we’ve done in the past. I’m thinking of Vietnamese, Iraqis, etc. who have helped our military, then we abandoned them. Abolishing ICE sends like the minimum at this point.

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Holy crap. The VA has removed language from its guidelines that forbid VA doctors to provide treatment base on, among other things, party identification. (VA as a whole has to provide, but individuals don’t. Now imagine a rural VA hospital…) Again, how is this different than a civil war?

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