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The Senate just voted on a simple idea: If you make $1 BILLION in a year, you don't deserve a tax handout. Democrats voted yes. Republicans voted no. Republicans are planning huge tax cuts for the rich, but they’re not the ones who need a break — working people do.

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Fun fact: while Phony Stark and the DOGEbags are taking money from our veterans, the world’s poorest people and kids with cancer, Assistant President Poopy Pants has already spent nearly $11 million of our money… playing golf.

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Appearing today in The Week:

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🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

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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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Fuck him. He is selling us out and breaking America from the inside. All for the benefit of our biggest adversary Russia. I wonder how much of the data DOGE is stealing is going there.

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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

submitted 7 days ago • 147 comments

Stand with science. Always.

submitted 8 days ago • 524 comments

Don't let Trump flood your zone. Stay focused. Keep your eye on what this corrupt regime is really doing — looting the government to line their own pockets with massive tax cuts and the ability to steer more federal contracts their way.

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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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"they're drinking vodka straight out of the bottle tonight..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Roses are red, But that's not quite true, They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, Except for that hue.

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This was one of RFK Jr.’s first orders after being sworn in. Just an astonishing denial of science and will cause so much pain to the 45 million Americans facing mental health challenges.

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#zucked

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Remind you of anyone? [Cartoon by Brendan Loper]

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

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after the overturning of roe, black infant mortality has spiked nearly 11% in states with abortion bans: www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...

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Trump's FBI pick Kash Patel just disclosed holding $800,000 worth of stock in Trump Media & Technology Group. Reminder that Patel also has compiled an "enemies" list that is identical to Trump's. Does anyone actually believe he won't be a loyal cog in Trump's vengeance machine?

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"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.' A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."

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1/ The medical community is fighting back! In the Doctors for America lawsuit in DC, a judge has just ordered that at least for now, HHS, CDC, & FDA must restore public health webpages taken down. by midnight tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!

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@jreinermd.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

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👀 DOJ acknowledges making two significant errors during a court hearing last week on efforts to dismantle USAID 1) It said only 500 employees had been placed on leave. Actual number was 2,140. 2) Said only future contracts were stopped. Existing contracts were also stopped.

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Imagine if the snake oil salesmen in the old days got to disband the government officials whose job it was to stop snake oil salesmen from harming consumers. Imagine no more. It's happening NOW. Please read and share my latest FREE Substack. brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/buyer-bett...

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Time for, well, not a distraction so much as a palate cleanser: a truly phenomenal shot from Hubble of a galaxy that is rippling like a pond that had a rock tossed in it… because that's what happened! Kinda. And YES you want to grab the hi-res version. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/incredible... 🧪🔭

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Why they really shuttered CFPB paulkrugman.substack.com/p/springtime...

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I saw the Kanye ad yesterday (it aired in the Philly market, where we were) but didn't click on the link. Today I found out it went to a website selling swastika T-shirts. This was a Superbowl ad. And it was to a website selling swastika T-shirts. I feel like I'm losing my mind.

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Donald Trump tried to illegally shut down funding for programs that millions of people rely on. Community health centers, Head Start programs, and charities are still having trouble accessing funds. Meanwhile, the taxpayers are paying for Trump's trip to the Super Bowl.

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Thanks for everyone's supportive comments about my run in with that terrorist Tomorrow I'm in DC Federal Court supporting my friend and counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social , fighting on behalf of the wrongfully persecuted FBI agents who dedicated their lives to public service. The fight doesn't end.

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NOBODY ELECTED ELON.

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Elon Musk’s agenda takes aim at all of us including those who voted for Trump. Right now there are thousands of angry people as far as the eye can see at the treasury wondering who the hell elected Musk President?

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We were just told that they won’t let us in. They are denying entry to 2 dozen members of Congress. Elon Musk has all our private information & we have no idea what he’s doing with it. This is happening completely behind closed doors. HELL NO. It’s illegal. We demand oversight!

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I have news for you - we aren’t taking over Gaza. But the media and the chattering class will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story - the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people.

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To me, it's simple. I'm not going to vote for or expedite a single Trump nominee while this constitutional crisis persists and deepens. That's just a component of real opposition, but it has to be the starting point. No complicity. Fierce opposition.

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Trump's acting CFPB director (Scott Bessent) stopped the agency's work, which includes: -Capping credit card rates and excessive fees -Penalizing banks for ripping off consumers -Preventing politically-motivated debanking It's a victory for Wall Street at your expense.

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I called on Secretary Bessent to answer why and how he gave Elon Musk and his cronies permission to access government payment systems. The response back raises more questions than answers.

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“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

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Evergreen.

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Help Wanted. 👇

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Lawyers on here: Is there a legal challenge underway to Musk's apparent seizure of federal spending? If not, why not?

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How is Trump hoping to improve air safety?!

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