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It's clear at this point that the Musk/Trump agenda is to tear down democracy, diversity, and the rule of law. Don't call yourself an American patriot if you're supporting these tyrants.

submitted 16 hours ago • 6 comments

This is grossly illegal, obviously. 1) Elon Musk is a "special government employee" who has not been confirmed by the Senate and has zero authority over any federal agency. 2) Not even the President just gets to fire everyone for not responding to an email. More litigation that Trump will lose.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

I'm not an accountant but (illegally) spending $200 million on a propaganda ad campaign to boost Trump doesn't seem like a particularly efficient way to cut government spending. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 17 hours ago • 19 comments

MUST LISTEN: A Republican veteran just checked Congresswoman Stephanie Bice for letting COLLEGE KIDS access sensitive government systems—including the ability to cut off veteran benefits. She had NO ANSWERS. Just straight-up LIES.

submitted 2 days ago • 37 comments

Constituent: When will you stand up to them and say that is enough? Rep. Fitzgerald: The end result of the fraud and abuse that has been discovered Crowd: Booo

submitted 2 days ago • 290 comments

My office has received thousands of calls hearing your concerns about how Trump and Musk’s reckless actions are harming OC families. I’m hosting a tele-town hall to hear directly from you, and to answer your questions. Join me Tuesday, February 25th at 5PM PT by calling 855-927-0897 to hear more.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

We are living through a tragicomedy of Performative Stupidity (TM) right now. "Turning on the water" wasted 2 billion gallons of water and did not reduce fire risk. Firing thousands of National Parks employees dramatically raises wildfire risk. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/c...

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. Elon Musk has illegally gained access to all of our private Social Security information. www.cbsnews.com/news/social-...

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

I have heard @ucirvine.bsky.social will see a $125 million cut if the proposed NIH cuts (currently on hold while they are being litigated) go through. This means grad students will lose their funding, labs and trials will be shut down, and more. 1/ www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/17/s...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Dear Arte, Please sell the Angels. Signed, Orange County www.ocregister.com/2025/02/17/o...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Unbelievable turnout at today's rally in Irvine. The people are fired up and pissed off at the illegal, unconstitutional, and immoral takeover of our democracy by Musk/Trump. We fight because we can not and will not give up on America.

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

.@elonmusk is destroying the rule of law and democracy in this country. We need to excise this cancer and have him hauled into court. But for that to happen, we need Repubs to step and honor their sworn oaths to support and defend the Constitution. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

Brilliant piece by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, who captures the problem with America right now-- the Republican NPC (non-player Congress), which is refusing to stand up to obviously egregious and illegal abuses of power by Trump/Musk. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/o...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The corruption in this administration is so staggering and pervasive that Amazon's $40 million payday to the President's wife is not even a footnote in most major media. www.themirror.com/news/us-news...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

This is a big f-ing deal. DOGE (which is self-described as a DEPARTMENT) is trying to claim it's a "temporary organization" when it's clearly operating as a federal agency. This opinion makes clear DOGE should be subjected to the significant body of rules that apply to federal agencies.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

FYI: @democracyforward.org leading an effort to stop the sweeping attempts to fire all probationary federal employees. democracyforward.org/updates/fede...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Trump/Musk and DOGE have no legal authority to "delete" the CFPB or any other Congressionally created agency. Glad to see another court stop this blatantly illegal activity. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Trump/Musk are rapidly dismantling our national security. It's a matter of when, not if, we have a major attack against us. And if that happens, there may be no limits on what they will do to stifle dissent and end civil liberties in this country. www.axios.com/2025/02/14/f...

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

Why the hell are we firing the people who guard our nuclear weapons stockpile? Nobody benefits from this except our foreign adversaries. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

Why the hell are we firing the people who guard our nuclear weapons stockpile? Nobody benefits from this except maybe terrorists and our foreign adversaries. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

US Attorney Danielle Sassoon is a former Scalia clerk and Mayor Eric Adams is a Democrat. Trump's constitutional crises have nothing to do with partisan politics and everything to do with corruption and the rule of law. Republicans must step up. History is watching. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Join me to drop off my first bill as a Member of Congress! As climate change is wreaking havoc, biodiversity is crucial for the long term health of our planet. I’m proud to introduce the Aquatic Biodiversity Preservation Act to protect the OC coast from the adverse effects of the climate crisis.

submitted 10 days ago • 12 comments

This is the only correct view.

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

RFK Jr. was just confirmed, so let me say: Science (not "research it yourself" internets science but actual peer-reviewed science) has made our lives immeasurably better, including by giving us vaccines that eradicated horrific diseases like polio and measles. That's it. That's the post.

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

This is the problem with having one person deciding all federal spending. That's why the Constitution explicitly gives Congress-- no one else-- the power to make laws and appropriate money. Elon Musk is breaking the law and needs to be held accountable. www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Last May, Trump promised the oil industry if they gave him $1 billion, he'd slash environmental regulations. Today, in a hearing on cutting offshore drilling restrictions, I asked whether Americans might see the hearing as a means of delivering on Trump's pay-to-play promise.

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

This is shaping up to be by far the most corrupt administration we've ever had in the United States of America. Where is the oversight? www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/t...

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

If only there was an agency to police our financial markets or protect consumers from financial fraud... Oh yeah, Musk/Trump are illegally "deleting" the CFPB and defanging the SEC. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

Elon Musk has zero authority to fire federal employees or "delete" agencies created and funded by Congress. He is brazenly violating the law while also trying to eliminate one of the only agencies that can actually try to protect us from his misappropriation of our personal financial data.

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

Should we be looking to modernize air traffic safety? Yes, obviously. Should we be doing this by "deleting" air traffic controllers and having a bunch of 19-25yo hooligans led by a drug-addled billionaire take complete control over our systems? Hell no. time.com/7213980/avia...

submitted 15 days ago • 11 comments

Despite having inherited an incredibly strong economy, in less than 3 weeks, Trump/Musk have already caused considerable economic damage, as consumers and economists alike have much more pessimistic expectations of higher inflation, lower growth, and stock market drops. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

submitted 16 days ago • 12 comments

Literally all of our personal data is in this young man's hands. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

This is another blatantly illegal action by a lawless administration, and it will massively upend higher education in this country.

submitted 16 days ago • 7 comments

The same people who professed to be VERY CONCERNED (TM) about Hillary Clinton using a private server for her emails haven't said a damn thing about Elon Musk downloading all of our personal information onto his private servers.

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

DOGE and the Trump administration are illegally freezing Congressionally appropriated funds (including Medicaid and infrastructure funds) and ignoring court mandates. Congressional Rs must stand up to this lawlessness. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

submitted 16 days ago • 70 comments

To my House Repub friends who are now discovering fiscal responsibility, I want to point out some major waste to you. The 2017 Trump tax cuts gave $350 billion to foreign investors. But we have a chance to end this wasteful tax giveaway by simply not voting to renew the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act"

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

submitted 17 days ago • 2064 comments

At the Oversight Committee hearing, I asked the witness whether it’s legal for Elon Musk and Donald Trump to steal Congress’s legislation and appropriation authorities, enshrined in the Constitution. Spoiler alert: it’s not.

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

“We are here because we are in a constitutional crisis the likes of which we have never seen… Who the hell gave Elon Musk this authority? No one.” I stood up for the rule of law and the Constitution at Treasury yesterday. Watch my remarks here:

submitted 18 days ago • 16 comments

Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, is repeatedly and blatantly breaking the law. I spoke on the House floor to warn of the risks he poses to essential programs like Social Security and Medicaid, and urge my colleagues in Congress to stand up to him and protect the Constitution.

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

Tragic story, but also an important reminder that Elon Musk STOLE all of our private information, including SSNs, addresses, and everything else that can be used for ID fraud. And there are no guardrails in place to protect us from his criminal activity. www.latimes.com/california/s...

submitted 18 days ago • 15 comments

When the polio vaccine was announced, there were spontaneous celebrations across America. But 70 years later, the GOP is poised to confirm RFK Jr., a noted anti-vaxxer and enemy of modern medicine, as HHS Secretary. I stand with science and knowledge over ignorance.

submitted 19 days ago • 10 comments

2.2 billion gallons of waters just wasted. Remember this when you're paying sky-high prices for fruits and vegetables later this year. Unreal.

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claims Elon Musk is a "special govt employee" but here's what we know: 1) Leavitt lies. A lot. 2) There is no evidence Musk was appointed as an SGE. 3) SGEs are not allowed to wield presidential authority the way Musk has done. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

submitted 19 days ago • 18 comments

Great piece here by Ezra Klein (who grew up in #CA47!): DON'T BELIEVE HIM www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment