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When Mitch saw the breadth of his destruction, he wept for there were no more countries to ruin.

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The Trump administration’s mass firings of career federal employees can move forward for now, a federal judge said, clearing the path for more terminations in the coming days. More below.

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“The problem with running as the candidate of people’s dreams is that, eventually, they wake up.” Perfect end to @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social piece on Trump voter remorse

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Elon Musk said on X that @marcelias.bsky.social is "undermining civilization." "I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump," Marc writes in response. Read his full letter to Elon Musk.

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It's not in spite of these indicators, it's because of them. Affluence and ennui are powerful drivers of modern authoritatianism.

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

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This afternoon, the top FDA food official responsible for overseeing America's food safety and inspections resigned from the federal government.

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Trump's America is where plane crashes are becoming as frequent as school shootings.

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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I am the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

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I’m sure it’s just my TDS, but I think Trump is proving to be exactly as bad as we said he was going to be and people who acted like we were hysterical should be embarrassed they didn’t do more to try and stop it.

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"The gentleman took out cartons (plural) of Ensure and began downing them. He would periodically pass out in his seat, slumped low, and for three hours, aside from brief phone calls, there was a constant stream of burping in the midst of napping." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/of-course-...

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Said every tyrant and dictator in human history to justify his actions.

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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Is it fair to say the opposite of DEI is apartheid?

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No matter how you’ve chosen to justify your allegiance to him, ultimately you made your decision, and quite frankly, I have lost the respect for and the affinity I had with you. There is a divide between us now that will never be completely removed. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...

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Another brilliant idea! 💯 Dems do not have to be helpless here

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This is an amazingly good idea! 💯

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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The fact that NBC can (accurately) call the Administrative Procedure Act “obscure” just shows how little Americans know about how their government works. It literally is one of the most important laws ever enacted by Congress.

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“Yesterday, the world’s richest man stood over the Resolute desk, and made the president of the United States look like either a puppet, or a whore — or maybe one of his baby mamas.” steveschmidt.substack.com/p/presidenti...

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Welcome to Donald Trump's America.

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How does a heart grow so black?

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I’m a U.S. expat living in Panama 🇵🇦 This screenshot of Google maps this morning

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I Vow to Fight Autocracy with Unprecedented Levels of Finger Wagging www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...

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Trump orders White House to be renamed Don’s Mojo Dojo Casa House

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Trump is making another 911 more likely. His Gaza scheme is inflaming the Middle East. He’s gutting intelligence agencies, prioritizing loyalty over merit. FBI & CIA comms are in chaos. Weak intel means they may not see the threats coming. And w/political retribution as the focus—we’re wide open.

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Make no mistake, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are destroying the credibility of the Department of Justice by sending its lawyers into court to make absurd legal arguments and repeated factual misrepresentations. This will not end well.

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So, a constitutional crisis you say 🧐 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

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I have no doubt that "do you support making government more efficient by removing fraud and waste?" would poll well. But I also have no doubt that "do you support eviscerating cancer research?" would not. Details matter! Otherwise you're just asking the uninformed about vague vibes.

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During Trump’s first term, misinformation was not nearly as rampant as it is today, @pbump.com writes. wapo.st/4hsAoHF

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Monday thought:

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

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JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

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While Musk runs the country, Trump had a productive weekend naming himself Chair of the Kennedy Center, picking the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, canceling pennies, demanding Google Maps rename Gulf of Mexico, invited only White immigrants from Africa, and saved plastic straws.

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Oops 😬

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Same energy. I hate remakes.

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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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If only experts existed who could warn Americans repeatedly that foreign aid is money spent to pay Americans and buy things from Americans but no one's ever said it out loud so who can blame people for not understanding

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The Panama Canal Authority has refuted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s assertion that a deal was made to allow U.S. government vessels to transit the canal without fees, clarifying that no such agreement exists and that the established fee structure remains unchanged.

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