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Oh, and extracting our personal data from government agencies.

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musk & trump are intracolonialists who are extracting the wealth of our nation while trying to subjugate the rest of to a miserable life. www.salon.com/2025/06/06/f...

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This is the shameful work of insecure, small-minded bigoted reactionaries. Renaming USNS Harvey Milk will probably have a negative effect on personnel readiness & morale. @maddow.msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Saturday, June 14 @ 5 PM: I'm attending Walkinshaw for Congress's event, “James Walkinshaw for Congress Campaign Kickoff!” - sign up now to join me! @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/walkinshawfo...

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Kicked off the morning with a Braddock Dems House Party —there was coffee, conversation, and a whole lot of unity. It’s going to take all of us to defeat Trump’s dangerous agenda—and gatherings like this remind me we’re ready. Grateful for the energy. Let’s keep organizing!

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This is an interactive map that tells you by state and by district how much funding they receive from NASA for related projects. dashboards.planetary.org/nasa-science...

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trump accepting $1,000,000 from mom to pardon son is unpardonable & could be yet another article of impeachment. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social @nytimes.com Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

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"Some commentators said Mr. Trump was accelerating China’s ascent. They celebrated that American universities would lose both revenue and talent..." @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/w...

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Yet another way trump and Republicans are ceding American economic & technological progress to China: Wrecking EV tax credits. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.caranddriver.com/news/a647723...

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Well, this sucks. What's next? The US$ loses its status as the world reserve currency? www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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I shouldn't be surprised that trump is ruining the nation's Semiquincentennial, but I am profoundly disappointed. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social @dailykos.com www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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Definition: Price stickiness is the tendency of market prices to remain constant or adjust slowly in response to changes in economic conditions like production or selling costs, leading to market inefficiencies. @investopediasocial.bsky.social www.investopedia.com/terms/p/pric...

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This is a real world experiment to see just how "sticky" retail prices are in the land of Walmart. @dailykos.com www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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A catalog of his absolute stupidity and cluelessness. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social wapo.st/4maniBr

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Still 10% tariff for British (luxury) autos, but worse, is 25% tariff remains on N. American vehicles that most Americans will buy. So, the rich Jaguar & Land Rover crowd get a tax break while you & I get screwed. Typical trump crap. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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Will there ever be a Pope Chad?

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The integrity of the United States 2026 midterm elections are at risk if these vacancies at the FEC aren’t filled. Guess who is no rush to do that!

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trump administration is hellbent on sickening & killing people. Another case in point: requiring placebo testing on "new" vaccines, probably including updates to COVID vaccine. @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/h...

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The inimitable @maddow.msnbc.com on trump's 100 day faceplant. (Courtesy @dailykos.com) @fairfaxdemocrats.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhH8...

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Foreign manufacturers in China are paying duties of 125% to import components and then 145% to export to the US as Trump’s trade war hammers their operations. www.ft.com/content/04c4...

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Uh, huh. www.ft.com/content/967a...

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In just three months in office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has produced a run of chaos that is unmatched in the Pentagon's recent history. His inner circle — military veterans who, like him, had little experience running large, complex organizations — is in shambles.

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Sources tell NOTUS they expect more negative reports around the defense secretary’s handling of internal affairs at the Pentagon. www.notus.org/defense/pete...

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I wonder if the prospectus will feature all of the opportunities to reap profits from insider trading? Trump Media Enters Deal With Crypto Trading Platform www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

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Obviously, NATO wouldn't want to base maritime strategy on the Russia fleet's maintenance, repair, & overhaul condition, & operational readiness, but how many of those 5 SSN/SSGNs on their west coast will survive a polar ice cap transit to join the Northern Fleet? cimsec.org/parting-ways...

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Has a sitting Speaker ever been thrown out of the House of Representatives by his constituents? Johnson's LA-04 has a lot of folks receiving healthcare thanks to Medicaid expansion passed by Democrats. lailluminator.com/2025/04/20/s...

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Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel are dangerous to democracy and JD Vance is a loyal believer and adherent. His recent claim that due process is variable and not guaranteed to anyone is proof of his willingness to discard the most foundational tenets of our democracy.

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Let me get this straight: Immigrants who pay Social Security/Medicare payroll tax, and federal & state income taxes, sales taxes are "undocumented"? Why bother to pay into government that gives so little back? Maybe it's because paying taxes is a big part of being an American. wapo.st/3GsHJcr

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Bring. Him. Home. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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Co-Idiots of the U.S. — musk & trump — have found another way to lose a war with China: Pressure "nearly all the staff of the Defense Digital Service — the Pentagon’s fast-track tech development arm — into resigning." Adios, commercial UAVs, USVs, etc. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Tariff and Spend: Tariff the crap out of U.S. importers who pass the tax to beleaguered consumers & Spend the imagined proceeds on tax breaks for the oligarchy. Screw it if the U.S. and global economy tanks. (Gifted; @nytimes.com) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

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There is no rational reasoning underlying Kennedy's anti-science and anti-vaxx propaganda. He's a full-blown conspiracy theorist who is dangerous to children's health. His extremist beliefs should be shouted from the rooftops so people can see the danger he poses. www.salon.com/2025/04/14/r...

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I guess this isn't surprising: @georgemasonu.bsky.social is losing over $3M in State Department grants to study transnational crime. Why would the most corrupt administration in history want experts tracking international crime? www.americanprogress.org/article/doge...

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Oppose and fight against all efforts to suppress voting rights, this includes the SAVE Act and any Executive Orders that limit or affect voter registration. We will need all Democratic voice and votes to win in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

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In 2023 Virginians had to wait up to 10 months for disability determinations due to staff shortages. Now, under trump with massive staff cuts occurring and the freezing of disability determinations, the consequences couldn't be more dire. www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

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My high school career counselor called me a fervidly vapid student. Or, did he say I was vapidly fervid? Joke's on him - I somewhat vapid!

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VA-05 voters: this is what your House Rep did for you.

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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

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They were all deported because of tattoos. Tattoos signify different things across cultures and subcultures. Suggest DoJ buy a gross of "The World Atlas of Tattoo." yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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Great news for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia! And, the other wrongfully deported U.S. residents who don't enjoy a support group? (Gifted, @nytimes.com) www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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trump accused of market manipulation? makes sense. trump and cronies insider trading? makes sense. a grifter grifts. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

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Gen Z endured COVID medical-societal cutbacks and now they are pre-DOGE(d). Many of them in the DMV planned to follow their parents into government service. Who will be there to hire and mentor them when this musk-trump madness ends? This is akin to Mao's cultural revolution - not good.

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The House of Representatives is voting on this anti-democratic bill TOMORROW. Take action right now and urge Congress to reject the SAVE Act.

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Cybertruck owners might want to try Craigslist. autos.yahoo.com/tesla-sittin...

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