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Do New York Times reporters really believe Elon Musk’s real goal is “reducing waste, fraud and abuse”? If not, why do they say so? Is it cluelessness or complicity? My latest Stop the Press newsletter. Read and subscribe for free.

No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress. No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States. Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.

The Trump administration is: *breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress *breaking the law by ignoring a court order *lying about it *killing people *silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out

BREAKING: Foreign-born leader comes to Oval Office, dressed down in a disrespectful manner, having already received billions from America, asking for American taxpayers to keep paying him more billions, subsidizing him for years to come:

Perspective.

But Zelensky never even said 'thank you'-except he did, and then the ambush followed.

we may be one of the few pubs that got this headline right Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

Lol if Americans are ever attacked and Trump asks for help and foreign countries just say, "Sorry, we want peace, so you should just surrender."

President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous. Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.

When America’s greatest generation fought the Nazis during World War 2, it’s doubtful they could have imagined a universe where Germany is a more trusted ally to the rest of Europe than the United States but here we are.

A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire." America is under attack right now.

No doubt last night’s purge reflects racism and misogyny. But those wrongs are just a cover for the far more serious evils and dangers that exist here.

It'd be awesome if @whitehouse.senate.gov asked Attorney General Bondi if she has issued some kind of finding that foreign donations are cool now, so long as they're covered up nicely. www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/22/p...

This is why I really have no time for the "behind the scenes, Republicans say yadda yadda yadda." This is a public-facing business. If you tell a reporter you don't want to vote "aye" then you vote "aye," who cares?

Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

No rapist left behind

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

1/ Trump and Musk aren’t just replacing government officials. They’re replacing competence itself. Their goal isn’t efficiency—it’s destruction. Because when experts are gone, corruption thrives. Let’s talk about why authoritarians fear expertise.🧵👇 #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

All you need to know.

Make Corruption Great Again! www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/t...

The Chiefs can still be named Super Bowl champions if Mike Pence has the courage.

For all of you in Vichy America right now...including corporate moguls who think you're playing this. moment right...you might want to go back and look what happened to the Vichy French after their disastrous bet on the fascists went wrong.

Elon says nobody actually voted for Harris, it’s all a hoax funded by USAID. This man is not well.

The way Republicans have been voting to approve OBVIOUS, unfit buffoons like Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr proves that either they think those cabinet positions are utterly meaningless, or they're just too cowardly to stand up to trump for anything. Or both.

Irony is dead in this moment along with common sense. Trump who squawked “but her emails” incessantly, let Musk (unelected/not a govt employee) send his crew of kids in to review classified information & plug devices of unknown origin into the government computer system, compromising everything.

One thing for Senate Democrats to do is announce they will use every tool at their disposal to block Bondi’s nomination until DOJ appoints a special counsel (ideally with beefed up firing protections) to investigate the widely reported crimes committed this week by Musk and his band of DOGE goons.

The immigrant commiting crimes isn’t the one picking your strawberries and lettuce, it’s Elon Musk.

Democrats shld make clear to voters that this gives Musk's private sector employees the power to stop checks to any individual recipient in the US (Soc Sec, vets benefits, Medicare) as well as examine their private financial info. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Not all Republicans are going to toe the line and blame DEI. But none of them will object to the Administration blaming DEI. Not even the ones who are women or non-white themselves. Because being in the 2025 GOP requires having no honor or character.

The worst people ever.

only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Excellent post

See, the problem is thinking that Hegseth being a rapist and a white supremacist with a history of financial mismanagement is a *bad* thing to Senate Republicans.

Michael Fanone live on CNN: "This is what I'd say to Stewart Rhodes: Go fuck yourself"

Speaking out against Trump is, unfortunately, quite brave. You know you're going to live with death threats for the rest of your life. But if no one speaks out, we'll all be living with death threats for the rest of our lives.

Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections." Each defendant assaulted him.

Owners’ box

Here's how to cover things that are illegal: (i) this is illegal (ii) they say it's legal (iii) It's not Truth sandwich, extra mustard

"We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity." -- MLK Jr., 11/8/56

Never going to forget or forgive a single fucking person who supported him.

Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.

One upside of this moment is that all the tech bros like Musk, Yarvin and Andreesen have rushed to let everyone know they’re actually very stupid.