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The work of @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social is key to understanding the voucher issue:

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In recent days, the US Army Corps of Engineers created a new designation of “emergency” permits for infrastructure projects, citing a Day One executive order signed by Donald Trump which claims the US is facing an “energy emergency." from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org

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I will keep saying it. @maddow.msnbc.com is a true necessity in these times. She tells the truth and INSPIRES with stories that are inspirational about PUSHBACK. Thank you Rachel--keep it up. it's what I need, that's for sure.

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Punchbowl News reporting that Trump and Hegseth plan to start firing top generals, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who was overwhelmingly Senate-approved for a 4-year term back in 2023. No one can say they weren’t warned.

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"Should the court grant the motion, it would be the first lawsuit against DOGE where the plaintiffs are able to obtain evidence, albeit limited, on how Elon Musk’s faux agency is operating within the federal government." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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In 1999, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then an environmental lawyer, was named by Time magazine as a “hero of the planet” for his pioneering work to clean up America’s waterways. On his second day as secretary of the DHHS, he ended HHS funding for health and climate change.

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No amount of executive orders can make us cease to exist.

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ANOTHER Top Federal Prosecutor Resigns Rather than Doing the Dirty Work of Trump's DOJ. youtu.be/4hfqi--4fMo?...

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Archive Request xkcd.com/3052

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Without friends

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Secretary of Defense Hegseth could soon move to fire more than half a dozen generals and flag officers, part of an effort to purge the department of senior leaders perceived as either too political or too close to former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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"Behind the seemingly scatter-shot opening acts of his second administration, legal analysts see a common goal: to test a once-fringe legal theory which asserts that the president has unlimited power to control the actions of the four million people who make up the executive branch." --Jacob Knutson

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Appearing today in The Week:

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"Elon Musk is the undisputed champion of making money for Elon Musk. As effectively the CEO of the United States of America? Very bad. Embarrassing, honestly..." www.wired.com/story/doge-i...

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"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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I'd like to bring this multimillion-dollar photo-op to the attention of Elon Musk and DOGE. Instead of firing food inspectors and air traffic controllers and cancelling critical medical research at NIH, stop this outrageous waste of our people's tax dollars!

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I hope the hockey fans in Boston sing O Canada good and loud so they annoy the hell out of the Orange Blob who may watch it on TV. Go Team Canada!

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Oh cool Trump just re-invented DARE.

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Earlier today I wrote an open letter to Elon Musk in response to a post in which he claimed that I am “undermining civilization” and suffering from “generational trauma.” The response I received from so many of you was overwhelming. Thank you for all the kind words of support. The fight continues.

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And you know who you have to blame for this, Nikki?

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Good news for Democrats - one bill means one massive landmine for Thune and Johnson to overcome. The tax cuts for the rich are a growing problem in the public eye. This issue may derail all of Trump's agenda in Congress. It also may kill Johnson's speakership. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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couldn't one of these be like about a new movie or something

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Yet ANOTHER senior federal prosecutor offered a principled resignation rather that doing the dirty work of Trump's DOJ:

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www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-re...

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It would be far less time-consuming to just document when he tells the truth. shorturl.at/tohgb

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“What’s the point of fighting cybercrime if we’re just going to give access for government networks to people with cybercriminal gang affiliations?” www.wired.com/story/doge-c...

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what the fuck..

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Unlike the Naval Academy Board, the Kennedy Center isn’t an arm of the executive branch. Its board has fixed terms, not presidential whim. According to @normornstein.bsky.social, there’s a strong case to fight back.

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"Presidents only get so much political capital. Trump has decided to invest his finite capital into supporting Putin's authoritarian regime in Moscow..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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In the latest entry in the "Let's Make Orwell Fiction Again Department," DOJ man-who-would-be-king Jeff Clark has reappeared at the eviscerated Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, presumably to try to chop up and extinguish the carcass if they succeed in killing it off.

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Oh no! Trump's big deal to strip Ukraine of valuable metals and make a fortune while shafting them on security matters has gone shaky! And they have mean things to say about him. I am sure telling Ukraine to stop it will work out just fine. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like -check them out regularly at the library -request the library order them if they don’t have them -buy them -start or support banned book clubs -organize a banned book kids story time A real shame

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This is who Republicans just made FBI Director. Kash Patel calls for “offensive operations” to jail Americans who they consider “the enemy.” “We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media”

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Elon Musk is now trying to flip the balance of power on the top court in one of the country’s most important swing states. Read @ariberman.bsky.social on the very high stakes in Wisconsin and the Tesla founder's plot to buy the state supreme court.

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👀 www.adn.com/politics/202...

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Lawyers at Twitter are reportedly threatening advertisers to spend more money on the platform “or else” Elon Musk will use his connections with Trump to hurt their companies.

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"Key congressional Republicans have powers they’re choosing not to use... "Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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