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Looking forward to the Trump Justice Department explaining how birth right citizenship is unconstitutional but a South Africa born oligarch has the legal authority to fire every single federal employee by tweet.

MAGA Governor Mike Braun getting Booed off stage in Indiana. 💙💙💙💪

Special election on April 1st in FL (CD1) if you are a Floridian get out and vote for Gay Valimont. She is tje leader you need FL. #LetsDoThis en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Fl...

#ProudBlue #BlueSkyResistance Captain Bone Spurs fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump fired him as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks. Trump is the real DEI hire. abc7.com/post/pentago...

Hegseth said that he didn’t know if CQ Brown was a “DEI hire” or not and he was too focused on diversity and then fires him and hires a White male that’s not even remotely as qualified as Brown. Hegseth is a racist if you are still wondering.

“Many workers say they live in a constant state of fear, unable to trust their colleagues, unable to speak freely, reflexively engaging in self-censorship even on matters they view as crucial to national security.” Fed gov used to be a great place to work, www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

THIS!!!! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻#34727486 is the Russian ID code# for their asset- the Traitor - DJT. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...

Gen. C.Q. Brown was at the U.S.-Mexico border when he was fired. Gen. Brown was fired as he was evaluating the military’s role in supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB). Fired as he was tending to one of Trump’s top priorities — border security.

FUN FACT: Consumer sentiment has already declined by nearly 10% in the one month since Trump took office.

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

What? He nor Trump has any authority over the judiciary.

I help federal workers with retirement, and it's a complicated, involved process with tons of steps and paperwork that has to be completed in the right way every time The idea that Elon thinks he can overrule that process with an email is infuriating and laughable

Bannon: "The number one enemy to the people of Israel are American Jews who... do not support MAGA." First Bannon does Hitler salute at CPAC. Now he's making threats against American Jews who do not toe the party line. Wake up, America.

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov - a “former” KGB spy. That’s right, one of Elon Musk’s young cyber criminals — related to a former KGB spy, and who seemingly did not have to undergo a background check — now has unprecedented access to…

www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n... NO THIS IS DANGEROUS SOMEONE COULD BE KILLED OMG NO NO HATE, IGNORANCE, and CRUELTY running rampant ESPECIALLY HATE 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT FOR OUR TRANS SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND YOUTH 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

General Brown is a brilliant, amazing leader. I worked at the Air Staff for three years and it was known that he read everything the staff wrote for him. He believes if an analyst took the time to write it, it’s his responsibility to read it. Very few generals do this.

BREAKING: MASSIVE Ukraine rally in Washington, D.C. right now. Americans care even if Trump doesn’t.

Stacked | Daily Word Game Puzzle #122 🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨 🟪 💡 🟪 🟥 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 stacked.clevergoat.com

The House could vote next week on drastic cuts to Medicaid that would gut critical programs that protect the civil rights and dignity of millions of Americans — including people with disabilities. Contact your member of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid.

Donald Trump has told Kristi Noem to spend $200 million of public funds on ads thanking him for "securing the border," North Korea-style www.semafor.com/article/02/1... www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Because he’s trying to cover for the small headline I posted. And if MSM started talking about it, and his supporters were told despite his diversion of resources, he’s still falling behind Biden's deportation numbers, he’d be in hot water.

Kash hitting the delete button. www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber...

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 She created the gas home heating system that was a precursor to the system many people use today. Her name is Alice H. Parker, a Black woman. BTW, that's not her photo. "Say what?" (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

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

The dance of the emu and the goat.

Strands #356 “Here we (don't) go again” 💡🔵💡🔵 🔵🟡🔵

Connections Puzzle #622 🟨🟪🟩🟦 🟪🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

Why did you fire him, President Trump?

Steering us and his sh*tty vehicles toward disaster. Tesla recalls 380,000 vehicles in US over power steering assist issue www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/b...

JUST IN: “A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

In the latest Friday night sacking, Trump fires CQ Brown and replaces him with John Caine, who endeared himself to the president when they met in Iraq six years ago. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

This morning AG Bondi fired ATF’s Chief Counsel, Pamela Hicks. Within an hour, Hicks was given the memo from the AG, computer access was terminated, and she was escorted out of the building. Hicks was an exceptional and highly ethical chief counsel. Trump’s purge continues

A couple of legal Ls for Trump tonight. -DOGE cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. -Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs. Weird to have a Friday night news dump as positive news.

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BREAKING: New Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential Discovered in China.

Ridiculous. I wonder if he has a case against DOGE, because we need people with standing to sue. Congress has made it ABUNDANTLY clear that they’re not going to do THEIR job, so all we have left is the judiciary, and even that’s shaky. But it’s better than nothing.

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

I’m done with X and Elon. Done with the rigged algorithms, suppression of free speech, and violent threats. Join me here, or on Instagram, Substack, Threads, and at my website frankfigliuzzi.com