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I’d love a federal government that cares much about protecting people as it does about protecting Teslas

Schumer is done as Senate minority leader. It’s only a matter of time.

Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.

Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too? 🚮

10 Democrats voting for this budget bill is so mind numbingly tone deaf and out of touch that I’m trying to quell the anger of 5000 suns. For context, this bill was so cruel, it gave Democrats at least until 2028 to campaign how horrible it is. How do we do that when Democrats passed it?

Nancy Pelosi urges Democratic senators to go against Schumer and vote NO on the Continuing Resolution.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

trump has bruises on his hands, he drags his leg and is stumbling on the fucking stairs, clown boy is falling apart. You know the media would be all over this if President Biden were falling with bruises and shit. WHERE IS THE COVERAGE?

Trump now says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly promised to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

Kelly: I think it's probably the worst 50 days of any presidency I can think of in my life. It's been, you know, pretty much a shit show since day one…

Yes. The answer is yes.

✅ Yes, the Arlington National Cemetery website removed links to webpages about Black, Hispanic and female veterans buried at the site.

Schumer says they’ll fix DC funding in a standalone bill. I’ll take things that aren’t going to happen for $500, Alex.

THERE IS NO MANDATE.

The Trump administration delivered an ultimatum to leaders of Columbia University: Make a series of major changes or lose out on billions in federal aid.

It is one thing to watch a dictator grab power. It is another to hand it to him. I’m headed to the Senate floor now. To cast an emphatic “no.”

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.

They deported a 10 year old American citizen with brain cancer to deport her family. U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

Reminder that Republicans control the White House, the Senate, AND the House. If the government shuts down, it’s on them.

Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.

Walz: "I wouldn't do those town halls if I were them either because they have to defend cutting Medicare, cutting Medicaid, hurting their local public school, fighting a trade war with Canada. Just the nonsense, and defending President Musk."

I’ll always be on the side of Congresswoman Sarah McBride. Bigots can go to hell.

One of these things is not like the others

I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

They do seem like inconsistent positions, but the attacks on teachers was really about dismantling public schools to get taxpayer dollars for home schoolers and private charter schools run by charlatans.

Share if you agree. 🇨🇦 🇲🇽

another chunk from today's thing — thanks for reading! link to the whole thing is here: bit.ly/4byeqRk

Fact-check: True

It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉

Who else wants to see trump forced to apologize publicly to President Zelensky? 🤚

I was right

Trump wants to control all federal firing & hiring. He wants to be able to reduce & refill the ranks of career fed'l employees. It's soft coup (non-military) happening before our eyes, but too many people aren't paying attention. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/humphreys-...

May I suggest that the Democratic Party look to Matt Drudge for messaging advice.

FUN FACT.

We’re in a moment of crisis, act like it.

Per @rwpusa.bsky.social on another platform: "Attention DOGE: When you mess around in the Treasury Department's records and payment systems, remember that since 1789, self dealing and conflicts of interest at the Treasury Department have been a criminal offense. See Section 8."

Very proud to know this gentleman. Whether we’re GOTV in South Texas, becoming delegates in El Paso, representing our constituents in Chicago… or whether @algreenofficial.bsky.social is SPEAKING UP 🗣️ at the SOTU, Rep. @algreen.house.gov is *always* fighting on behalf of Texans and ALL Americans! 💙🇺🇸

Today in Rhode Island, a federal judge told Trump to stop impounding funds allocated by Congress. It’s about more than just the money; it’s about making sure the president doesn’t make a grab for powers that belong to Congress under the Constitution. joycevance.substack.com/p/courts-to-...

In stores everywhere.

Is America great again yet?

For the rest of my life, I will never understand how a country full of people busting their asses, working paycheck to paycheck, allow the fucking richest guy on Earth to call them "parasites" while calling the Social Security we contributed to our entire lives "a Ponzi scheme." Un-fucking-real.

One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.

REPORTER: How concerned are you that the large-scale federal government layoffs will weaken the labor market? TRUMP: The large-scale fentanyl what?

IT’S WORKING!!!! KEEP SHOWING UP, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD!!!

Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.