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Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”

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WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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This is brilliant!

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Design : le taille-crayon, la grande histoire d’un petit accessoire

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Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

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NEW: Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform. Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Tom Homan can’t find enough illegal immigrants to deport because they fabricated the ‘crisis,’ so now he’s just gonna spend all his time attacking AOC.

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The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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If you’re not confirmed by the Senate then you have no business meddling in the lives of MILLIONS of Americans We are suing DOGE for violating the constitution & illegally seizing power I’ll discuss tonight @ 8PM ET on @insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com 👇 statedemocracydefenders.org/fund/new-law...

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The technology brothers have invented “Goons as a Service”

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Another good trope for Not My President’s Day

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A reminder. Democracy Docket's entire website is free. Democracy Dockets daily and weekly newsletters are sent to subscribers for free. The only thing Democracy Docket charges for is its premium content. That is how it is able to provide all of the free content to over 350,000 people every day.

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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My kids' pediatrician's office is already hearing from conspiracy theorist families that they don't have to get vaccines because they're "not mandatory now". Thanks, Bobby McMeasles! @rfk-junior.bsky.social Your bullshit is going to cause a lot of harm.

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Pull quote: ...placid, play-it-safe presidencies are boring, particularly for an increasingly infantilized public that needs 24/7 entertainment to stave off that worst of mental states: honest self-reflection. www.commondreams.org/opinion/hold...

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Gosh, have the fake xtians finally found a line they don't like being crossed? Why this particular one instead of all the other ones? tribune.com.pk/story/252806...

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This should be playing everywhere now, today. Should have been playing everywhere since the goddamned Reagan administration, honestly www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXm3...

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The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

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Marbury v Madison is a seminal case from 1803 that holds that the federal courts must determine the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches of government. Hope that helps, Stephen.

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I'm old enough to remember when the Chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce was worried about student data privacy.

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This is not a drill. Call your elected officials. Swing by their local offices. Trans rights are human rights

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Hey NYTimes — now you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

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I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.

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Feels like a good time for a little reminder: Countries aren't supposed to be run like businesses. Countries are supposed to spend money to support and serve their people. This means spending to support those living below the poverty line, the disabled and historically 1/

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Noem is an idiot

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I took a shot at figuring out how much money each state stands to lose in a single year if the NIH fixes the indirect cost rate at 15%. 🧵

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Please read this. It's so important to see the big picture here

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I have to say that the fact that the people destroying the country are such fucking morons kind of stings.

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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more. - US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID - $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes. - Food stranded in Houston - Aid stopped in transit. The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.

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Yesterday, I along with @repespaillat.bsky.social, Senator Blumenthal and other Dems co-led the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to protect families and kids in schools, churches, and hospitals from ICE raids. Rachel @maddow.msnbc.com and I broke it down. youtu.be/QovrOPj_k_U?...

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Great job by Ruben (@rubenbolling.bsky.social).

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What We Know So Far About the Young Techies Working for DOGE Elon Musk has unleashed software engineers with Silicon Valley backgrounds to reshape Washington.

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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that actual racism and discrimination divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist

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isthisacoup.com

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President Donald Trump's overhaul of US foreign assistance has led to chaos in the aid and development field, leaving hundreds of contractors in a financial crunch. Some are laying off staff and others face millions of dollars in unpaid invoices reut.rs/4aPvq59 1/8

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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

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