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Per @chrisdjackson.bsky.social on another platform: “It took me 30 seconds to find at least ten postings from Zelensky directly thanking the United States for their support. There are many more. This is pure BS.”

The look on Zelenskyy’s face when Trump says “they respect me” is *chef’s kiss*🤌

Trump and Vance just embarrassed America in front of the world. The only person happy about their despicable performance is Putin.

Canada and Europe, you’re up. Who else? Zelensky should not have to put up with this US crap on top of everything else. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

AOC clapped back at Tom Homan — More of this.

He nails it.

"Last week, I had time to devote to my real job, as I didn't have to spend time responding to an annoying email that the sender thought was clever but is really just a massive waste of time. Unlike this week."

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.

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

Meanwhile, so much for “free speech” over at The Bad Place.

Good morning. ☕️

Miami Vice Theme Jan Hammer youtu.be/6nPTZqnIfFM?... 🎧

A statement from the Kennedy Center

Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) letter to chair of Senate Judiciary Cmte, which is poised to vote on confirmation of Kash Patel: “We regret that you have rejected our efforts to inquire into the first-ever invocation of Fifth Amendment protection by a nominee seeking to lead the FBI”

NEW: The latest at the FBI: Emil Bove told Drizz to forward an email in which Bove accuses Driscoll of insubordination for refusing to hand over the names of J6 agents, and blames Driscoll for the review now underway. Driscoll forwards the message and urges his colleagues to stay safe.

Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections. Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

I’m heading to the Senate floor right now to speak through midnight to make it clear: we cannot confirm Russell Vought to the Office of Management and Budget. Tune in to C-Span and find out why…

REP. RASKIN: “We don’t have a 4th branch of government called Elon Musk.” 🇺🇸

Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy.” -- James E. Dennehy, NYC’s top FBI agent. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

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Elon Musk is perpetrating a digital and financial coup. This is not hyperbole. This is not euphemism. This is what has happened. 🧵

Aviation is falling apart under Trump and Duffy

This is a national emergency:

the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...

Fuck this guy. Ask any nurse or LPN or ER doc or admin clerk or social worker if they work weekends. This disrespect to our federal workforce is disgusting. Especially from this piece of shit.

NEW: David Hogg has won the vice chair DNC election.

Great Trump impersonation 👇👇👇👇👇

Go. To. The. Treasury. And. Demand. Entry. You are the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee.

Well he broke election rules by giving million dollar checks for votes so...

Removing this from its original context today so as to avoid turning it into a dunk, but for the thousandth time: The word "till" in the sense of "until" predates the word "until" by a century and has been in regular use for a millennium, give or take. It's not an abbreviation; it's a word.

Welcome to Hungary, everyone. It’s gonna suck.

No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment. One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.

In a world of @schumer.senate.gov’s, be an @aoc.bsky.social.

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

FYI, this is straight-up eugenics. There were lots of programs like this proposed in the 1930s that offered incentives and rewards to “good” (i.e. white and economically advantaged) communities to promote population growth among those groups and suppress it in others deemed less desirable.

Wow. Malcolm Kenyatta is running for DNC Vice Chair and … DAMN. Just watch. 🔥🔥🔥 Pass this on. Follow: @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social

NEW: “Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.” www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

The new general counsel for OPM—the office issuing all those deranged memos—is Andrew Kloster, a self-described “raging misogynist” with a public history of racist comments and a temporary restraining order for domestic violence who most recently worked for Matt Gaetz. www.pogo.org/investigatio...

Not a great sign when Wired says it won't name at least two fo the people Musk has installed to run the Office of Personnel Management because they may be minors www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

“I coached football long enough to know that, when somebody draws up a playbook, they plan on using it.” @governorwalz.mn.gov We told you. We told you. We told you.

if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.