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In Trump’s Alternate Reality, Lies and Distortions Drive Change Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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Everytime MSNBC has a “shakeup” the black woman solo led show is ALWAYS the first to go. MHP, Tamron Hall, Tiffany Cross, Zerlina Maxwell and now Joy Reid. The track record speaks for itself. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...

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I’ve been targeted for death in a bomb threat received at the Principles First Summit where I spoke today. To be clear, I’ve been threatened by far more capable people during my career. It won’t stop my advocacy for democracy and the Constitution: x.com/Acosta/statu...

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@mcuban.bsky.social This is why Bernie is on X. Here on Bluesky he’d be preaching to the choir. On X he ignores the noise and goes for those who are waking up. He goes into the belly of the beast. It’s resonating out in the real world. www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

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Can't imagine where they got the idea, but earlier in the week, the White House comms director posted (and then reposted) this.

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Is it fair to say AfD did not benefit from the election interference from the richest man in the world and US VP, in spite of the technical privilege the former gave?

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🚨MSNBC applauded Joy Reid for her NCAA award & then fired her days later to bend the knee and kiss the ring of Donald Trump & MUSK. I encourage EVERYONE to find Independent media like Meidas Touch who TELL THE TRUTH!

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You could have had Mary Peltola!

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The @principlesfirst.bsky.social conference was just evacuated due to a bomb threat. This is after Enrique Tarrio and members of the Proud Boys showed up and tried to disrupt the conference yesterday.

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Sen. John Curtis believes the U.S. Constitution can withstand political turmoil in Washington DC.

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“A video shared by Tarrio on social media on Saturday showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, through … a Washington hotel that was hosting the Principles First summit, a conference where one of the officers received a ‘profile in courage’ award.”

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Before lawmakers swear an oath to the Constitution, perhaps they should be required to read it

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Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

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BREAKING: A MAGA bomb threat issued at the Principles First Summit in DC. I apologize for the language in it.

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Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.” RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!

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Himes: "It just looks like an episode of The Sopranos. 'Give us your minerals or we're not gonna help you fight a bloody butcher.' I mean, is this really we want the greatest country in history to be known for -- some mafia thing? ... this president is standing with the bad guy"

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New, from me: Unpacking the Friday night news: The military purges have begun - why do they also include lawyers? A Judge is allowing the dismantling of USAID to proceed. This reflects a pattern where Judges are ignoring the broader democratic risks. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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NEWS: Elon Musk has caused a rift to emerge within the federal government as agencies instruct their employees to ignore him, Yosemite National Park workers raise distress flag in protest of DOGE, and more. Please consider subscribing if you don't! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

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"When it comes down to it, Mitch McConnell has always been a man of his principles, even when those principles are garbage. Because at his core, McConnell has been committed to no higher cause than the acquisition of power for his party."

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It’s worth noting that America was also the wealthiest in the post-WW2 period because the US had abandoned tariffs, beginning with the RTAA of 1934 and continuing through the GATT of 1947.

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Nothing says "do your own research" like dismantling the institutions that make research possible. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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The real reason people say Musk is stupid is that every time he talks about any area that a particular person knows about, he reveals that he doesn’t understand the most basic things about it. Apparently this has never come up for Noah Smith.

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1/ Town halls continue to go badly for GOP congresspeople, an ongoing thread: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Pc7F6y/

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This was always about cutting the federal government so the tax cuts for the very wealthy don’t expire. This was never about “efficacy.”

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There's the plan: Throwing millions off Medicaid and then saying "no we didn't!"/"they deserved it."

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Our job to make sure they do! (tough job, unpaid, really hard)

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CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Same with sober coaches tbh

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Robert McWhirter, an expert in constitutional and immigration law, is not aware of any past instance in which a local law enforcement official has faced federal charges for not complying with an ICE directive. And yet the DOJ is threatening prosecutions. boltsmag.org/new-yor...

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Loyalty Over Merit Trump fired Gen Brown because he pushed back on Trump’s war on “woke” making him a target. His replacement—Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, is less qualified, but a Trump loyalist. This isn’t about military strength—it’s about purging leaders who won’t bend the knee!

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This is a terrible move @msnbc.com. Terrible. The @joy.msnbc.com was a critical part of the evening line-up and @joyannreid.bsky.social brings trenchant political analysis that no one else in the evening line-up has brought. I urge you to reconsider this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...

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#Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

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CQ Brown is a decorated officer who excelled at every level of command and was appointed to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Before Trump fired him and replaced him with an unqualified white guy, Pete Hegseth said “Was it because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt"

submitted 5 hours ago • 31 comments

Say it loud and often.

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"I never could have imagined, none of us could, that the government of the United States of America would openly ally itself with a fascist political party. In the heart of Europe. In Germany, for God’s sake."

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From 2023: Trump's second term plan for governing hinges on getting lawyers who will ok every action than an ethical lawyer would block. By also removing Inspectors General and neutralizing career employees, you remove most internal checks against illegality. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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“I’m not going to tell you I will never touch Social Security:” Rep. Pete Sessions, a longtime GOP member of Congress from Texas. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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“The Governor has his lane and I’ve got mine” Colorado Attorney General @philweiser.bsky.social responds to Colorado’s Governor showing some support for Trump’s actions.

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Among those who pushed back on an Elon Musk-ordered Office of Personnel Management demand that federal employees justify their jobs was newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel.

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Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

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The president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelley, threatens to sue over Elon Musk's email to federal employees: "AFGE will challenge any unlawful terminations of our members and federal employees across the country."

submitted 6 hours ago • 33 comments

being obsessed with IQ is a good sign that you have nothing in your life to give you actual meaning. (also a good sign you have bell curve-esque beliefs about human equality)

submitted 6 hours ago • 256 comments

Very sorry to see @joyannreid.bsky.social’s show go. She is a brilliant and insightful woman who also manages to maintain her sense of humor in tough times. I’m sure the new sched will be great, but she’ll be missed.

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Trump’s executive order shutting down DEI claims that recruiting diverse applicants “diminishes the importance of individual merit, aptitude, hard work, and determination.” Donald Trump’s war on DEI isn’t about merit.

submitted 19 hours ago • 155 comments