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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

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He nails it.

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russians are actually dying for nothing. Ukrainians are dying to defend themselves from genocide

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200 million dollars of waste.

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JEFFRIES: “we have no leverage” SCHUMER: pulls out a lime and limply waves it around BERNIE:

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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This is a drug addict who can barely put together a sentence.

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If we have enough people with the knowledge and moral fortitude of Maine Governor Janet Mills, and the Associated Press- we might be able to save our Democracy

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Laughing MSNBC hosts ridicule GOP lawmakers getting humiliated at town halls: The hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend" dissolved in laughter on Saturday after watching clips that have gone viral showing Republican lawmakers being raked over the coals by voters at town halls over Donald Trump and Elon…

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. General Mark Milley was right . . . ... and he's still right ! 💠 👊 💠

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LENIN KILLED 54 MILLION Putin now approaches one million deaths in his invasion of Ukraine. How many lives will Trump be responsible for forfeiting? www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/U...

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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This is how it’s done.

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Vote by Mail gives more Floridians a voice, a hand in shaping what comes next. Now we have to request a ballot every election cycle. Get yours by March 20th. And when it arrives, I’d be honored to have your vote for Florida’s Congressional District 6. #Florida #District6 #JoshWeilforCongress

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To anyone on this platform living in Europe. Even if you don’t support far right- you kinda still do simply by being on X, most politicians and big companies are still on there(!) This platform was not created to spread hate. #stophateforprofit www.change.org/p/ban-x-in-e...

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The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.

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So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

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It has been a long and grueling week. Thank you to everyone who offered kind words of support. If you want to follow everything happening to democracy in court, while also supporting pro-democracy independent media, please sign up for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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BREAKING - The Dow just had its worst drop since March 2020 — at the beginning of Covid Back then it was a pandemic mismanaged by Trump Now it’s tariffs and inflation mismanaged by Trump Watch out — Trump is giving America economic Covid

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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Holy crap. At his town hall last night, Rep. Rich McCormick compared his own constituents who asked him tough and fair questions to January 6 insurrectionists

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"Key congressional Republicans have powers they’re choosing not to use... "Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Today's front page of The New York Post.

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Carville: USAID spent $41 billion the federal budget is 6 trillion. Actually comes to something like .014%. So take that and put it against the 6 trillion and see what you have done when your president is responsible for more federal debt than any president in the history of the United States.

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Taxpayer advocates and unions filed a lawsuit to block Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing and retaining sensitive data from the IRS. Plaintiffs say "DOGE is violating multiple laws[.]"

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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Forget gov't waste. King Trump wants his new planes now. Told Musk to get Boeing to do whatever it takes, inc nixing security clearance standards. He's even looking into acquiring a luxury jet to retrofit while he waits. All in the name of austerity. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

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— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

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So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: While the Trump Justice Department is telling a federal court that Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, Republican members of Congress are telling their constituents that DOGE is “led by Elon Musk.” See below 👇

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Just tell them you were being metaphorical, like when the J6-ers chanted HANG MIKE PENCE and were pardoned by Trump.

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Trump accuses federal workers of “playing golf.” He spent the last three weekdays golfing.

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UPDATE: “DOUBLES DOWN ON THE CRUELTY” @GovBillLee turned down more than $75 million in federal funding for summer meals for kids— now replacing it with $3 million for summer grocery costs in 15 counties🤔 @RepCohen calls it “clearly inadequate” More: www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

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Elon Musk just had the Community Note removed from the clip of his interview with Trump that went viral on X. The note pointed out that Musk lied about having to rescue astronauts because Biden supposedly abandoned them.

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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

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Lawyers at Twitter are reportedly threatening advertisers to spend more money on the platform “or else” Elon Musk will use his connections with Trump to hurt their companies.

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