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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"

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

Sound familiar? History repeating itself?

Finnish EPPGroup MEP, european parliament Foreign Affairs committee member and EPP EUDS coordinator Mika Aaltola: "The United States has given us three weeks to agree on terms for Ukraine's surrender. If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe." (original in Finnish) 1/2

The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

Agenda for #boycotts and economic blackouts. First #economicblackout is on February 28th #resist

What Ilan Wurman and Randy Barnett are doing isn’t best understood as legal scholarship. It’s more like wartime public relations, or like SEO. It’s creating bullshit that will give dishonest judges a pretext to pretend that there is a serious constitutional dispute. They’re fascism’s fixers.

It’s amazing to me that when Donnie calls himself a king, everyone listens. But when the Supreme Court crowned him king last year, crickets.

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

THIS is how you communicate. Say it plain.

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

Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

This was posted to my X account a few minutes ago (I deleted it immediately). To my knowledge I have not been hacked, was not the victim of a phishing scam, and I have two factor on. What could possibly explain it?

“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

I spent *so* much time at the Iowa City Public Library growing up. Explored freely, read what I wanted to read. I hate this so much.

This is incredible reporting that must shock the conscience of each and every one of us.

NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...

Please read. It is both heartbreaking and infuriating. Consider that your trigger warning. Regardless, it is important for us to know exactly what is happening to be an informed electorate.

So, he's fired <<checks notes>> * the folks in charge of keeping planes in the air * the folks in charge of the nuclear arsenal ... and now those in charge of the bird flu... What could go wrong? #STUPID

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

Dark Pence is back.

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

‼️ A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances. A new poll also found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending to align with moral views in recent months. This is the way 🔥🔥🔥 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #DemsUnited www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“The agency is proposing to shut down one of the channels for distributing them, COVIDTests.gov, on Tuesday night, according to the agency officials and internal documents.”It’s still open! Place your order now! wapo.st/42VLGQh

President Trump said he will continue to restrict The Associated Press’ access to his events and news conferences until the outlet goes along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico in its reports. He acknowledged that the move was a presidential retaliation against AP's editorial policy.

🇺🇸👀 CNN poll: ▪️8% of Americans view Russia positively; ▪️61% see Russia as an enemy; ▪️4% Russia as a partner. ▪️ only 9% like Putin! ▪️ 52% support Ukraine using U.S. weapons in Russia.

Another way this feels similar to COVID — the disaster is already unfolding but the people in charge seem to think it’ll only impact “blue” areas.

A Missouri Representative has filed a bill to track pregnancies in the state. HB 807 will: "Maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for seeking an abortion of her unborn child and make the same available to a prospective adoptive parent who has completed screenings."

In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children. We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread. www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...

He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/... Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

Want to throw some sand in some gears? Stall the dismantling of the Department of Education:

The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...