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Trump didn't just fire the four-star generals. He's also removing the JAGs for the Army, Navy and Air Force — critical positions that ensure enforcement of military justice. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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www.cbsnews.com/news/economi...

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Well, it’s bound to all bounce back once they pass those billionaire tax cuts.🫤

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Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now

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Reminder: When you look at the Weather Channel App and it talks about Warnings, Watches, Advisories, Outlooks active in your area. Those are all done by @NOAA @NWS the National Weather Service. The Weather Channel does NONE of that stuff. Carry on...

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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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Just standing in the airport silently judging the “get ups” people are wearing.

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Thursday’s front page of the British Daily Star. Putin’s Poodle

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It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like -check them out regularly at the library -request the library order them if they don’t have them -buy them -start or support banned book clubs -organize a banned book kids story time A real shame

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America: Hold my beer.

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🧵 45 companies are being targeted for their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI). Stephen Miller’s group, America First Legal, "has been the most active in its pursuit of company DEI programs that it says discriminates against White men." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

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

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TODAY: The Senate is scheduled to vote on Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director. This MAGA extremist has salivated about prosecuting journalists, government officials, & ordinary Americans. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Or email instead: act.indivisible.org/sign/demand-...

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Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested during Huntington Beach City Council meeting www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

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A useful daily roundup with links of executive power primary documents, news, and commentary. open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

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I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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A defiant Mayor Eric Adams, standing in front of a dozen elderly members of the clergy, gives a speech to the assembled media in which it gradually becomes clear that he believes all of the events that happen in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats "really happened, right here in New York."

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Works as advertised

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Chancellor Crystal Hines Martin of Hinds County, Mississippi has issued a prior restraint order so ludicrously unconstitutional it’s only consistent with deliberate misconduct or abject ignorance of the relevant law. Disgraceful and lawless. /1

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Over 120,000 Japanese Americans forced into imprisonment in internment camps simply because they were of Japanese heritage.

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

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Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."

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Did You Know? The inventor of the bestselling Super Soaker was a Black man—and Hasbro tried to cheat him out of his royalties. In 2013, Lonnie Johnson, a nuclear engineer and former NASA scientist, won a $73 million settlement from Hasbro for underpaid royalties. Johnson holds over 80 patents.

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DOGE: Diabolical Oligarchs Gaslighting Everyone

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Oh, look. The House GOP Budget reflects all the evil cuts to Medicaid they said they'd do in Project 2025. Maybe take them literally and seriously.

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Joining a #TeslaTakedown protest or creating one? You can find downloadable flyers and other background info to print out. Learn more and help others learn more! www.teslatakedown.com

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Current administration doesn’t care about little kids getting measles so I feel confident it won’t give a shit about sea turtles, elephants or any other creatures inhabiting the earth. If it’s not money who cares?

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He absolutely is.

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“The agency decided not to update the database because of the cost to do so, which would run upward of $9 million.” Both SSA & IRA need to have new systems. Are we going to spend the money to do that? I’m guessing not.

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The DOGE guys didn’t just make one $8B mistake in their savings list — “they are getting it wrong with alarming consistency” They don’t seem to understand how these things are calculated. 🧵: x.com/electricfutu...

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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☑️ Sunday: Drove around the track at Daytona. ☑️ Monday: Went Golfing ☑️ Tuesday: Golfing Again

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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."

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👇🏽

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Great American story.

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Los Angeles peeps—spread the word about ICE. We won’t know for sure until it happens, but better safe than sorry. Be prepared.

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Trump issues new executive order: Only the president can speak for “what the law is” It was fun doing democracy with you.

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