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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

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Appearing today in The Week:

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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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“If you dress like that and you get raped and I’m on the jury, he’s gonna go free.” — Pastor Bobby Leonard of the Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Monroe, NC

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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The Senate just voted on a simple idea: If you make $1 BILLION in a year, you don't deserve a tax handout. Democrats voted yes. Republicans voted no. Republicans are planning huge tax cuts for the rich, but they’re not the ones who need a break — working people do.

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He’s setting us all up for the funniest possible ending.

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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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Headline: Exploding rocket company to oversee changes to airplane safety. buff.ly/3X86gt4

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🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit. A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

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I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

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Trump working hard to bring down grocery prices

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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

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This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.

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Thus far DOGE operatives have have full read access to govt payments system at Treasury (yr tax refunds, bank info, etc); full access to all CMS data (anything tied to your Medicare or Medicaid); and now they are seeking full access to everyone's tax returns. Feeling safer?

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In this last month I have made the mental transition from "air travel is very safe" to "at least it would be a relatively quick way to go"

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What Trump promised: - helping reduce cost of living - helping working class folks generally What Trump is delivering: - costs keep going up, up, up - working class folks losing their jobs - healthcare and medication costs explode - yet Elon Musk is getting MILLIONS in govt $

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When is “billionaire on a tiny submarine” season this year again? Really looking forward to the possibilities.

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BREAKING: Two jets collided at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona on Monday afternoon, killing at least one person and injuring others. Since Trump took office, there’s been a deadly plane crash every few days. What’s happening?

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Musk Watch launched three weeks ago and our reporting was just cited in a second federal lawsuit filed against the Trump administration. This lawsuit was filed by a coalition of labor unions and alleges DOGE is violating the Privacy Act. Musk Watch is cited six times. muskwatch.com/subscribe

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Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

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While Musk runs the country, Trump had a productive weekend naming himself Chair of the Kennedy Center, picking the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, canceling pennies, demanding Google Maps rename Gulf of Mexico, invited only White immigrants from Africa, and saved plastic straws.

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PLEASE SHARE.

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They're waking up.

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Ketchup On Walls Alert: HIGH

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The new cover of TIME.

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TIME Magazine. Grandpa RICO won’t be happy.

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An unelected broligarch and his merry band of unripened incels have hacked our bank accounts, Bird flu is raging, TB is is spreading, planes are falling out of the sky, Trump’s planning Gaz-a-Largo and eggs are more expensive than ever, but at least we’re getting plastic straws back.

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Blumenthal: "It would be one thing if we had some disinterested, impartial business person -- highly successful -- looking at ways to make our govt more efficient and save money. That's not what's happening here. Elon Musk is doing a power grab & information heist, the biggest in American history"

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When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you can cause harm. The President wasted water that was being saved for farmers for a PR stunt. This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.

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DEMOCRATS in Congress, take note! 📌 Reps. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Gwen Moore (D-WI) walked into Mike Johnson’s office unannounced and demanded answers on why Elon Musk’s people got access to a sensitive Treasury payment system. More of this energy, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social , @schumer.senate.gov

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Some terrifying news out. Yes this is a real post.

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As Elon Musk continues to talk about subsidies, let’s remember that he is the LARGEST GOVT SUBSIDIES RECIPIENT in the country!

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Keep calling! Yesterday, Sen Murkowski (R-AK) noted the U.S. Senate phone system had around 1,600 calls/minute, in contrast to the 40/minute usually received.

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I’m excited for fake agency DOGE to get to the Space X and Tesla contracts worth billions. That will save a ton!

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The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.

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Hold the fuck on — the Department of Government Efficiency, the entity which claims its mission is to end “wasteful spending”, was given SEVEN MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS to cover its “expenses” in the span of a single week?!?! Are you fucking kidding me?!?

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Republicans hate people Period

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Trump just said he’s calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says “The US will take over the Gaza Strip”

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Congratulations on a job well done to all the kids on college campuses who bravely stood up to Genocide Joe www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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