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The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the US ... shocking.

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My weekly column and news roundup of our national crisis, written in the style of how the US media would—with more clear-eyed authority—cover these events if they were happening overseas: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...

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He nails it.

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John Fetterman’s staff are leaving him in droves and there are awful rumors about how he treats them. Are we sure he’s not just three Kyrsten Sinemas sitting on each other’s shoulders in a hoodie? Our latest:

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This thread is definitely worth a read.

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Thank you.

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You can gaslight us by calling what these orgs (incl the one you work for) are currently doing "past errors" or you can face the truth that every one of these orgs have an undeniable pattern of normalizing Trump's illegal acts, thereby undermining democracy.

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Firing 7000 IRS agents will make it even easier for the rich to get away with skirting what they owe. But it's also a gift to the multi-billion dollar tax prep industry. Fewer IRS agents to help you file your taxes means more money in the pockets of companies like TurboTax.

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The Shaun King of white supremacists…

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Hey so they’re deporting people who legally came here to study.

submitted 17 hours ago • 44 comments

So far, they've cut access to national parks, stopped cancer research, fired veterans, made our food and our flying less safe, and given a green light to contagious diseases. For that, they've saved enough money to send everyone in the country a $50 check. Don't spend it all in once place.

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Forty-five years later:

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Trump called out Maine for resisting his executive order on transgender athletes. Trump: "Are you not going to comply with that?” Gov. Janet Mills: "I'm complying with the state and federal laws." Trump said "we are the federal law" and threatened to withhold funding. Mills: "See you in court."

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Working families need Washington to bring down costs—on housing, health care, child care, groceries, you name it. They don’t need Donald Trump and Elon Musk to cut funding for cancer research, fire air traffic controllers, or gut disaster recovery.

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Unfortunately I won’t be to DC in time, but this rally for Ukraine is happening in Lincoln memorial. Attend if you can and Slava Ukrainii!

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From the get go of the second Trump administration, it was clear that the president would try to pass a bunch of executive orders without any clear indication that he, or his trusted advisors, actually knew if it was legal. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...

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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are publicly organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

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BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

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deadbeat of the decade (she just deleted this reply lol)

submitted 6 days ago • 74 comments

This

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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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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We are already at the ‘purging the generals and replace them with loyalists’ part of the Trump second term, just five weeks in. Totally normal. Not dangerous at all

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Obama: "If you like your doctor...." MAGA: THERE ARE A FEW CASES THAT'S NOT TRUE. OBAMA IS A LIAAAAAR! Trump: "We suspect millions of dead people are collecting SS." Press: "There's no factual basis for that." MAGA: HE JUST SAID 'SUSPECTED'!!! THAT MEANS IT MIGHT BE TRUE!!!

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WATCH: “You just said something that’s not true — that tens of millions of dead people are on that list… but the same report you cited said almost none of them have received Social security.” Trump’s Press Sec hides behind saying they “suspect” it, then runs away 🤔

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Welcome to affirmative action for white male mediocrity, which has a long, long history but is all ramped up and shouty and sulky right now.

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Mr. Hegseth has previously said that General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military. Replaces a Black four-star fighter pilot with a white man who does not meet the statutory qualifications supposedly over DEI.

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So, he's running to fix something his crew screwed up. My god, the ineptitude of this bunch is already over the top.

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A federal judge in Baltimore preliminarily halted the Trump administration from enforcing portions of the president’s sweeping executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that it considers illegal and discriminatory.

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Another scoop from @peard33.bsky.social: DOGE installed Tom Krause at the Treasury Department. He's keeping his job as the CEO of a software company that has millions of dollars in federal contracts, including with the Treasury Department www.wired.com/story/krause...

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Yup!

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WAKE UP!!!!! It's all FEAR PORN. How many transgender athletes are there in the U.S.? Out of 510,000 athletes competing at the collegiate level, there are FEWER THAN TEN who publicly identify as transgender, Charlie Baker, the N.C.A.A. president, said in January

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Former co-host of Fox & Friends fires the Chief of Naval Operations, a Navy admiral who commanded the destroyer U.S.S. Ross, and later a destroyer squadron, two aircraft carrier strike groups, all naval forces in Korea and the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. Bizarre times, folks.

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This is huge breaking news. Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Chief of Naval Ops, Vice of the Air Force and all three JAG’s of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Watch this breaking news report we did for @votevets.org tonight. This is outragous. www.youtube.com/live/OdOjEdR...

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Crazy question but is there a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs right now? there's never a gap. Brown is out but Caine needs to be confirmed by the Senate. He also I think needs probably a couple waivers. I assume the responsibilities devolve on the Vice Chair. But still seems pretty weird.

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Stop spreading disinformation. Neither have been cut.

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Republican Party Chain Of Command

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In summation, a qualified Black man got fired and will be replaced with a white man who doesn’t meet the qualifications for the position.

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If you look at all the firings across the government over the last two weeks it's frequently been taken as a given that any black or woman official or officer is either a DEI hire or supports DEI and is summarily fired on that basis. Seems like the same model here.

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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According to the trump Golf Tracker website, out of 29 days in office so far, trump has spent 7 of them golfing -- that's 24.14% ALREADY. What a fucking freeloader.

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💯

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Doesn't at all speak well of the guy replacing him. Anyone with any integrity would have refused the promotion.

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