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Pentagon denies Trump’s claim: “The U.S. did not give Ukraine $350B—only $183B,” reports Voice of America. $58B of that was spent in the U.S. to boost defense industry & upgrade weapons. They add that $3.9 billion authorized in aid, remained unspent. www.holosameryky.com/a/trysta-pja...

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So SecDef Eric Hegseth, a Natl Guard major who got his job despite documented alcohol problems, serious character issues & a history of mismanaging two small nonprofits into bankruptcy, fires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, a 4-star, gen. w/ a remarkable record, suggesting he was a DEI hire?

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Alarming.

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I have long believed that not enough has been written about how GOP members have felt physically intimidated by Trump supporters. It doesn’t excuse their cowardice, but it still deserves more attention.

submitted 3 days ago • 1099 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

submitted 3 days ago • 568 comments

So heartbreaking and infuriating to think of the people complicit in creating this atmosphere that led to this poor girl's death.

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Offer Tom Homan the opportunity to sit down and debate some of these issues with AOC on live television, see what happens.

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Whoops bsky.app/profile/dand...

submitted 6 days ago • 32 comments

I am so sorry, Brianna! Wish I had been there to vocally respond and support you.

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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @jasmineforus.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov

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Wow. Exactly.

submitted 6 days ago • 24 comments

Great interview by @keithedwards.bsky.social with Arielle Kane, a high performing government employee who was fired by the doge minions. Contrast this with our mediocre president, who was at Daytona 500 today on taxpayer dollars.

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Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

submitted 7 days ago • 272 comments

@aoc.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov and a handful of others seem to be more tuned into communicating the existential threat being faced by our democracy than much of the leadership of either party.

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"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States." "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"

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The adulation and elevation of defeated treasonous Confederate generals and defeated European despots is an interesting motivational choice.

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Would love to be introduced to JD's many Canadian friends.

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Yes, if defeated exiled despots are your thing ...

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Though Elon Musk would probably be too intimidated, I would enjoy seeing him have a conversation with @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on democracy, DOGE and DEI ...

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If this is Trump trying to quote Napoleon, I would point out that Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and ended up dying in exile on the island of Saint Helena.

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Even worse incompetence: they accidentally fired, then apparently today un-fired, hundreds of the people who manage America's nuclear weapons.

submitted 8 days ago • 1614 comments

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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🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in 🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over 🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s 🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day

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No, Bradley. It’s worse than that: He said a single former SDNY prosecutor had a website & that same former prosecutor wrote an op-ed & Bove based the motion to dismiss primarily based on what this one guy wrote. Absurd. Should be something to see Judge Ho’s response & Bove must appear to defend it?

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Making sure folks realize that Alex Spiro is both Musk’s attorney and Eric Adams’ attorney.

submitted 9 days ago • 53 comments

I would be shocked if Pete Buttigieg was interested in serving as a press secretary. His voice is critical & he's extremely effective, but he's not a "staffer." He's a leader. If he finds a way to get his voice heard routinely, that's great, and we will all benefit. But it won't be as a press sec.

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Where is the White House Correspondents Association? Eugene Daniels, you're the president. What's the point of having a WHCA if you are not standing up for First Amendment rights? @politico.com

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Pritzker's been great. He does have the advantage of being in office now & so can do regular media hits w/out needing an artificial & again, somewhat below his stature position being created. Buttigieg, Pritzker, AOC, Raskin, Crockett, Warren, Whitehouse, Wyden among others, have all been effective.

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I would like to say the legal community nationally embrace these prosecutors for maintaining their professional ethics and oaths in the face of enormous pressure and offer them all jobs.

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It actually needs to be the most effective, prepared communicators for the Democrats - not everyone.

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While @petebuttigieg.bsky.social is, at all times, extremely effective as a communicator, if he aspires to anything in his career, it's likely to be POTUS. You are not going to entice away from his family time w/ an offer to be a paid staffer. (He was just Sec. of Transportation, for Heaven's sake.)

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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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“Only the best people…”

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Are there any related NY State laws that Eric Adams has potentially violated now that DOJ is improperly ending the federal investigation of him? @newyorkstateag.bsky.social

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“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” ― Thomas Paine

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"This will be a complicated political challenge." Well, that's one way of describing a move to cut Medicaid benefits depended on by millions who have paid into them to fund tax cuts for the uber-wealthy.

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Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.

submitted 13 days ago • 774 comments

It will become increasingly necessary for independent groups to track and share critical public health (and other) data as the Trump administration unconscionably blocks the federal government from filling this essential role.

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Pete Buttigieg could debate the execrable Stephen Miller and J.D. Vance simultaneously and still not be intellectually challenged enough to break a sweat.

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Not a drag queen

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Those who attack basic research, which has often led to the greatest discoveries, often display neither the willingness nor the intellectual honesty to truly understand what they are attacking.

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