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Everytime MSNBC has a “shakeup” the black woman solo led show is ALWAYS the first to go. MHP, Tamron Hall, Tiffany Cross, Zerlina Maxwell and now Joy Reid. The track record speaks for itself. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...

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"Selling out might work . . . if you never have to look at yourself in the mirror." Laurence H. Tribe joins @katiephang.bsky.social with the latest on attacks to our nation's bedrock principle on the 'rule of law.' Don't miss this conversation! @MSNBC.com

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The Pentagon is now pausing their mass firing of civilian employees in order to evaluate potential impacts on military readiness. I’m just spitballing here, but maybe a readiness assessment should have been the first step. 🤦‍♂️

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Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

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I created Democracy Docket in 2020 to help keep you informed on the fight for democracy in court. Five years later, it continues to be fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy. Support the work of its 19-person team: www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

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

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Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

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What happened last time we had a mad king? America doesn't do kings.

submitted 4 days ago • 377 comments

It appears irony is not dead after all.

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 4 days ago • 1217 comments

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

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@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

submitted 5 days ago • 578 comments

Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.

submitted 6 days ago • 167 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 7 days ago • 2289 comments

Jose Barco, a decorated U.S. Army veteran once based out of Fort Carson who served 2 tours in Iraq, was taken into custody last month by ICE because his citizenship papers, which were supposed to be processed while he was in the Army, were lost. Read his story:

submitted 10 days ago • 192 comments

JD Vance's speech in Munich sounds like it was literally written by the Kremlin

submitted 9 days ago • 1758 comments

America destroying itself to get rid of immigrants it desperately needs to survive and thrive. Wild times, folks.

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We are sorry, Ukraine. The Russians have broken us. Keep fighting the good fight. Slava Ukraini. Sincerely, America

submitted 11 days ago • 240 comments

"The enormity of Defendants’ actions cannot be overstated." Please read this paragraph in court case filed on Monday.⬇️ Details the devastating, immediate and far-reaching, real-world impacts of the #USAID funding freeze. From famine to counternarcotics and counter-terrorism programs, more.

submitted 12 days ago • 24 comments

My new one is up. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

submitted 14 days ago • 49 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 13 days ago • 3911 comments

Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"

submitted 14 days ago • 695 comments

US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more. - US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID - $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes. - Food stranded in Houston - Aid stopped in transit. The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.

submitted 16 days ago • 777 comments

1972. The “I love you” at the end gets me every time…

submitted 15 days ago • 148 comments

And Jesus said: “Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God". Matthew 19:24

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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

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@fetterman.senate.gov you voted for Pam Bondi. I will be providing you with frequent reminders of this. You're welcome

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DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts. NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms. This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.

submitted 16 days ago • 2347 comments

Having an election denier as the top law enforcement officer in the United States -- and potentially a QAnon supporter and conspiracy theorist as the director the FBI -- erodes the government's credibility on ALL cases cases it prosecutes, including ones that protect our safety and security

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Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections. Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.

submitted 17 days ago • 2291 comments

Really smart and good piece by @janus.bsky.social about steps you can take during this time to build power that are not posting www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

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At least 122,000 people daily across the U.S. suffer in solitary confinement—for up to 24 hours a day. Recognized as a form of torture, solitary confinement remains pervasive in U.S. prisons, jails, & immigration centers. Here's how we end this form of torture. www.qasimrashid.com/p/ending-leg...

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This guy should have no role in running our government. We didn’t elect him. He’s not a gov’t employee who is accountable. He hasn’t taken an oath to uphold the constitution or work on behalf of the American people. He’s in it for himself not for us.

submitted 21 days ago • 757 comments

We have a cabal in power who are disregarding laws passed by Congress simply because they don’t like or agree with them. We are about to witness this cabal ignoring court rulings for the same reason. These are impeachable offenses, in violation of Art. II Take Care and Oath clauses

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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

submitted 21 days ago • 3291 comments

The personal information of millions of Americans who receive Social Security payments, tax refunds, VA benefits - everything, just handed over to an unelected bureaucrat. I never want to hear another Republican bitch about George Soros. archive.ph/NUdlu

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Did you know? The Nazis modeled their race laws after Jim Crow laws. They decided they weren’t harsh enough so the Nuremberg Laws were created which set the stage for the mass murder of over two thirds of Europe’s Jewish population. Jim Crow wasn’t just evil—it was an inspiration for atrocity.

submitted 21 days ago • 166 comments

Enough. The Democrats must shut down the Senate and use their power. Stop voting for these idiots. Stop all unanimous consent. Demand answers. Filibuster. Where is the fucking outrage?

submitted 22 days ago • 687 comments

Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.

submitted 22 days ago • 1149 comments

This February is 7 years since our daughter Jaime was murdered in the Parkland shooting on February 14th. Please watch to hear more about the work of our foundation @orangeribbonsjaime.bsky.social. Asking for your generosity with a donation so the work can continue drive.google.com/file/d/1Q-Nk...

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NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...

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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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Hey Jim- You were the best that @cnn.com had to offer & will be deeply missed! I look forward to the next chapter in your career & I'm not just saying that because of the killer Yoda impression you did when I was on your show.

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