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Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

(AP) — Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars. #OligarchEra 🇺🇸 apnews.com/article/musk...

How Hitler seized power: 1. Create a crisis. 2. Demonize opponents. 3. Declare a state of emergency. 4. Undermine elections. 5. Make the rule of law irrelevant. 6. Rule by decree. If America falls it will be because of the people who didn’t pay attention.

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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.

Imagine being too far-right and Nazi-like for the French far-right: "French far-right leader cancels US speech after ex Trump aide Bannon appeared to make 'Nazi gesture'"

This would be completely illegal. But you wouldn’t know that from reading this post, the headline, or the lede. Unbelievably bad.

This is how it’s done.

It. Is. Happening. 😎 apple.news/AoLMxgSGrRnO...

Pretty damn good framing for Dems

February 12, 2025

New Office Hours: The Lasting Impact of Citizens United, How to Ask for a Raise at Work, and When Is It the Right Time to Have Kids?

What can you do? Don’t give up hope. Dictators feed off your hopelessness. Don’t quit. Dictators want you to give up. Punch back. Dictators are bullies, and bullies are cowards. Stay tethered to the truth. Dictators need you to believe their lies. Resist. Stand with others.

Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.

Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.

Under oath, Kash Patel said he was unaware of plans to dismiss FBI agents before he was confirmed. Today, whistleblowers revealed Patel was reportedly directing those dismissals. Covertly. Yet another reason he must be rejected.

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

Federal workers under siege are posting some chilling updates on this page: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/

Pre-tariff price check at my local Walmart Neighborhood Market on products from Mexico and Canada. If President Trump told voters the truth, these prices should NOT increase. (Maple syrup label says it’s from Canada and the U.S.)

The universe speaks in mysterious ways.

Let's walk through some cold, hard truths about the reality we now live in. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/you-are-li...

Literally nothing is as MAGA as watching a bunch of self-righteous frauds who pretend to give a damn about Christianity, viciously attacking a minister who preached about caring for the vulnerable while their rapist-felon messiah scoffed at her. Your religion is short one Jesus.

As expected, Trump’s first day in office brought chaos. Immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, and federal programs were all targeted in his first wave of executive orders—but not everything will stick. The Big Picture breaks it all down in this handy guide to Trump's most deplorable day one actions.

If Republican senators confirm Hegseth they own him. And his history suggests that will be a costly purchase indeed.

This is an amazing quote, from a Jan 6 prisoner who is refusing Trump’s pardon. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

$16 billion was spent in the last election. Enough to eradicate world hunger. Twice over. Our elections now feel like auctions. A contest to corral the most billionaires. Citizens United put us on the fast track to an oligarchy. For us to find our way back, it has to be undone.

Hungarian economic slump deepens. Corruption and political arrogance have costs on.ft.com/3BF0yaD via @FT

Last week, William Webster, the only person to have served as both the Director of the FBI and of the CIA, wrote a letter to all Senators urging them not to confirm Kash Patel or Tulsi Gabbard to the FBI and DNI, respectively. Here is his statement on Pres. Carter's passing:

Trump list of “crimes” committed by Liz Cheney are just like his healthcare plan. They’re just concepts of crimes.

One CEO gets shot and now all CEOs are scared to go back to the office. Imagine how our children feel going back to school.

Elon Musk want to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This agency is responsible for protecting Americans from predatory banking, payday lenders, and for-profit colleges. 💙 and share to let the American people know what they voted for!

MEDICARE FOR ALL (the only moral means to provide health care) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

with Tim Miller www.thebulwark.com/p/anne-apple...

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We’ve pretty much ALL been hacked. So we ALL need to consider protecting our communications. iPhone to iPhone and Android to Android are encrypted. For other communications, consider Signal or WhatsApp. This is our world now. #USDemocracy #DemCast #Voices4Victory apple.news/AZD74fN0LS4-...

More than ever, democracy needs help to survive. But who can save the US? | Editorial

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"I think a lot of people fear, you will lose quality of care, because now you’re switching over veteran care to the private sector, the private sector has an incentive to make money… health insurance makes money by denying care. Is that what we want?”