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Black General Fired, Replaced by Less Qualified White Guy, Because That’s the New DEI ‘Donald Engineered It’: This is an affront on many levels. It’s going to blow up in Trumpty Dumpty’s face and well it should. News broke early Friday night that C.Q. Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…

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President Trump has ousted Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown and says he is replacing him with Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine. A retired four-star general expressed serious dismay over this move to me tonight, calling it "sadly political and tragic for our nation."

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🔥👏👏👏Letitia!!!

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BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

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If someone wanted to destroy the United States from within, would they do anything differently than what Trump is doing right now?

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Notably none of these things have majority — or even plurality — support. The Trump-Musk-GOP agenda is massively unpopular and they have absolutely no public mandate. Democrats should be hammering this on a loop.

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URGENT: Please sign & repost on your socials! With the current H5N1 bird flu just 1 mutation away from being transmissible person-to-person, serious H5N9 discovered in the US for the 1st time & recent outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg in Africa, we cannot stop monitoring for epidemic diseases!

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Cuts to research funding and the anti-science tenor of government policies are already prompting universities to cut back on post-graduate admissions. www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...

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Bit surprised, but the #H5N1 #birdflu case in Ohio tested positive in the hands of the #CDC. Had been told there wasn't a lot of virus in the sample and they might not be able to confirm. That brings the confirmed national total since March 2024 to 70 human cases. www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit...

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This is honestly really bad, Elon's private security detail (probably only limited by the amount he's willing to spend) was deputized by the U.S. Marshalls. They could in theory also arrest or execute warrants off of federal property with (or possibly without) the cooperation of local police:

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Combine this information with the recent announcement by New York City that they will begin testing anyone admitted to the hospital with influenza for Bird Flu, the H5N1 sub-type. I've followed this account for some time, here and on X. This gentleman does not overhype things. If he's worried...😳

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Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled ‘Fire Elon Musk,’ report says

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The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter.

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Thanks to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, firefighters who just finished weeks of around-the-clock shifts fighting dangerous fires were given a note from their Commander in Chief: "Please quit." That’s a hell of a way to say thank you.

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Yeah. To put it into perspective, if Trump is permitted to rearrange the post office, he is also permitted to rearrange the lower federal courts however he likes. Both are spelled out as "The Congress shall have Power" in Art I, Sec 8. And there's more too, like armies and the militia, second pic.

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WATCH: “What are you going to do to rein in the megalomaniac in the White House?” An @reprichmccormick town hall in a red GEORGIA district erupts in cheers - then boos loudly as he tries to invoke Biden and both-sides Trump’s actions. Full video: www.instagram.com/reel/DGUf45s...

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This is even more unconstitutional than usual. Article I gives Congress the power to establish the post office. It cannot be "dissolve[d]" by the Executive.

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Russia invaded Ukraine. This is Putin’s war. If Trump won’t say it, the Senate damn well should. And we will have the chance tonight.

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"TikTok displayed the greatest right-wing skew, per its findings — showing right-leaning content 74% of the time." techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/s...

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LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

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hail to the thief

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trump take park

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This would produce an impeachment of the US Attorney in a functional political system. Nonetheless, it's curious how Musk is referred to as "an appointed representative of [the] President" who has "government staff who work for him." What's his position? Who works for him? They've refused to say.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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battling avian flu and diseases worldwide continues👏

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Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders. Story by @sherylnyt.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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best source of avian flu (H5N1) info , including agencies' firings, tracking spread, plan. sign up for newsletter for full updates (yay 🇨🇦 Canada! for taking proactive approach to vax!👏👏👏

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Today is it—Kash Patel is dangerous & unqualified to to be FBI Director! Call: Sen. Todd Young of Indiana (202) 224-5623 Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska (202) 224-6665 Sen. Susan Collins of Maine (202) 224-2523 Sen. John Curtis of Utah (202) 224-5251 Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota (202) 224-5842

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Putting a face to what you read in the news. Until last Friday, I served our nation working as a Research Ecologist with the US Geological Survey (USGS). As a federal scientist, I provided robust, defensible information to support good decisions in natural resource management.

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Chris Murphy: "My prediction is that if you vote for Kash Patel, more than any other confirmation vote you make, you will come to regret this one to your grave."

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'The time is now': Trump critics call out 4 ex-presidents for their silence: The United States has four living ex-presidents — Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden — and not one of them is a supporter of President Donald Trump. Obama, Clinton and Biden…

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Amid the rapid disassembly of our government, this is what your Republican Congress is working hard on:

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HEADS UP! We need to give this story more attention. This is the next phase - investigations of those who criticize Trump, Musk or SCOTUS. It’s already started. It is a campaign of intimidation designed to silence criticism. wapo.st/3X8d75G

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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”

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New from me + @aarianmarshall.bsky.social: SpaceX engineers were said to be simply touring the FAA on Monday. In fact, some were already being onboarded at the agency under a policy designed to increase “employment opportunities for people with disabilities.” www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov boasts that Trump's information comes straight from Putin after their 1 1/2 hour long phone call, as well as the preceding 3 1/2 hour long conversation between Putin and Trump's buddy Steve Witkoff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyeY...

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The Richest Man in the World Says We Can't Afford Any More Cures for Cancer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/nih-a...

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A US appeals court let stand an order blocking President Donald Trump from curtailing automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of the Republican's hardline crackdown on immigration and illegal border crossings reut.rs/3QqfJYM

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"Veterans who have raised their right hand to serve this country, regardless of what we sent them to do, regardless of where they originated from, do not ever deserve to be tossed away," said Jojo Sweatt, organizing director for Common Defense. 🔗 bit.ly/usatoday-rep...

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I stand with Ukraine and I’m embarrassed and livid that the president does not.

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We've just entered the biggest crisis in geopolitics in our lifetime.

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Is this what you voted for, MAGA?

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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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Here’s a small, easy thing Dem communicators can do: when stories like this break, call the reporters and a) ask to be contacted going forward on stories within their jurisdiction, b) give them a blistering statement, c) blast it out on all channels. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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More idiots with money being idiots... ❤️🇨🇦 #BoycottUSA #USAPariah #IsolateUSA #BoycottAirBnB #strengthinnumbers

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This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.

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