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Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Ditch Her District for Tropical Costa Rica …Again? Evidence the DOGE chairwoman dodged her district amid constituent unrest and freezing temps

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There’s surely a lot of frustrating stuff about any bureaucracy—meeting with stakeholders in advance, circulating draft after draft, respecting chains of authority, getting legal to sign off, etc.—but there’s no better illustration of why it exists than Elon Musk’s month of chaotic destruction.

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Lol. Trump is taking a victory lap over Germany’s election while ignoring that nearly everyone in his orbit—Musk, JD Vance & others—backed the AfD, which lost and won’t govern. Meanwhile, incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has repeatedly criticized Trump, especially for his pro-Russia stance

submitted 2 hours ago • 139 comments

When incompetence and mastery of bull-shitting conjoin the results are breathtaking.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...

submitted 2 hours ago • 23 comments

From AFGE regarding the “Five Bullets” email from [email protected]:

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Per @catgyoung.bsky.social: “The Trump admin just fired key staff at NIH’s Alzheimer’s research center—including the incoming director. With 6.9M Americans affected and cases set to double by 2050, cutting research means fewer breakthroughs and more suffering. Patients and families deserve better.”

submitted 2 hours ago • 77 comments

Some came with complaints about Elon Musk. Others chided the GOP to push back against President Trump’s moves to trample the constitutional power of Congress. In districts around the U.S. over the past week, Republican lawmakers faced a groundswell of fear and disaffection from constituents.

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Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behind. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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This is a wild, WILD situation. The President is at least allowing, licensing these emails though clearly not directing them. Meanwhile parts of the uniformed military are directing civilians within DOD to ignore them. Same at State and according to Dilanian FBI. But DOJ is saying do what the ...

submitted 18 hours ago • 88 comments

United States support for Ukraine was never about securing mineral rights. Or providing security for money. It was about democracy and sovereignty. And a willingness to defend our allies and oppose our enemies. Trump is betraying Ukraine, but also our values. Our history and our legacy.

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“A video shared by Tarrio on social media on Saturday showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, through … a Washington hotel that was hosting the Principles First summit, a conference where one of the officers received a ‘profile in courage’ award.”

submitted 3 hours ago • 1456 comments

Your tax dollars at work

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THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired. “I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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Two Trump officials - including Hegseth - decline to say Russia started the war in Ukraine www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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BREAKING: A MAGA bomb threat issued at the Principles First Summit in DC. I apologize for the language in it.

submitted 2 hours ago • 241 comments

We can help shift the tide! Wisconsin must have fair electoral maps going forward. Answer Musk’s money with a blizzard of small donations. Give Musk the finger and support Judge Susan Crawford for the open WI Supreme Court seat. Our democracy depends on it. secure.actblue.com/donate/hrccr...

submitted 4 hours ago • 177 comments

Here’s what happened at the summit I spoke at in Washington, DC today. Tell me free speech isn’t under attack: youtu.be/Gnt4PNS7lJU

submitted 3 hours ago • 82 comments

Before lawmakers swear an oath to the Constitution, perhaps they should be required to read it

submitted 3 hours ago • 59 comments

The @principlesfirst.bsky.social conference was just evacuated due to a bomb threat. This is after Enrique Tarrio and members of the Proud Boys showed up and tried to disrupt the conference yesterday.

submitted 3 hours ago • 327 comments

This was always about cutting the federal government so the tax cuts for the very wealthy don’t expire. This was never about “efficacy.”

submitted 6 hours ago • 452 comments

Federal workers in limbo. Employees at HHS getting emails telling them to justify their jobs and NIH instructing workers to hold off before responding. Obtained from a source familiar.

submitted 4 hours ago • 118 comments

First counting with 83% of the vote in Germany. CDU +SPD have large majority with the Alt Fer Deutschland (AfD, extreme right) garnering 20% doubling their base. Semi-good news, but still troubling.

submitted 4 hours ago • 23 comments

Over 72 million children, seniors, and people with disabilities rely on Medicaid for life-saving healthcare. The Republicans' budget plan will cut $880B from this crucial safety net to pay for huge tax breaks for the wealthy. It's time to fight back! Tell Congress... HELL, NO SAVE MEDICAID 1/

submitted 4 hours ago • 10 comments

The fact that President Musk-Trump is not aware of how government operates, and needs to do a listening tour of this magnitude, should really, really really scare everyone! Federal employees told to justify jobs in email or Musk says they face dismissal www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/p...

submitted 4 hours ago • 43 comments

THIS SHOULD BE BREAKING NEWS! The steps to make the military a personal army is happening in real time. Wake the hell up and hold republicans accountable for confirming this nightmare.

submitted 4 hours ago • 45 comments

This is true, but also the exit poll indicates the AfD underperformed their recent polling and came in a rather distant second to the boring post-Merkel conservative union. www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/...

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This is very difficult to read, but I think this is the first time I’ve seen a story feature the perspective of a surviving teacher like this, and it’s so important. “Students called and texted… What their own parents could not fully understand — the worst moment of their lives — Ms. Schamis could.”

submitted 8 hours ago • 5 comments

I'm not sure it's actually set in that the Trump administration has done an end run to effectively grind to a halt new scientific research. They're not pausing the money. They're pausing the meetings needed to sign off on the $ www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

RFK Jr. urging his staff to respond to Elon's email

submitted 4 hours ago • 57 comments

Why the Rule of Law Depends on an Evidentiary Hearing in Mayor Eric Adams’ Case by Andrew Weissmann (@weissmann11.bsky.social) #PublicCorruption #RuleOfLaw

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

The first federal employees on the public payroll who need to answer the Musk dictate: “What did you do last week?” are the silent GOP Members of Congress who cannot find their voice or spine. No one can be a king unless their subjects bend their knee.

submitted 4 hours ago • 7 comments

New — I wrote about how the 5 bullets email is nothing but an escalation of Musk and the Trump administration’s psychological war on federal workers. Read here:

submitted 5 hours ago • 28 comments

Josh is the Former Chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽

submitted 4 hours ago • 75 comments

For most folks, democracy is local. So get out and run for office. The people are demanding change. Don’t just wonder when that change will happen. Be that change.

submitted 7 hours ago • 67 comments

Republicans are getting rude awakenings in town halls across the United States. Here is our message:

submitted 6 hours ago • 282 comments

It's been amazing to watch Republicans' souls leave their bodies for the last 10 years.

submitted 4 hours ago • 16 comments

“And then we break windows, assault cops and shit all over the floor.” “Amazing, what do you call this act?” “The January 6th Prison Choir!” consequence.net/2025/02/j6-c...

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When Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) “arrived at a crowded community center on Saturday in the small rural town of Trinity in East Texas, he came prepared to deliver a routine update on the administration’s first month in office. Instead, he fielded a barrage of frustration and anger from constituents”

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

AFD underperformed. Elon is kryptonite.

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BREAKING: Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc wins the federal election, with the far-right AfD coming in second but underperforming expectations, according to exit polls. Looks like Elon Musk and J.D. Vance’s support for the AfD didn’t succeed.

submitted 4 hours ago • 130 comments

All conversations ended in 2008. NATO membership for Ukraine was never on the table and the Russians knew it. In winter 2022, Putin repeatedly ignored attempts by the west to reassure him Ukr isn’t getting in. Mearsheimer’s name will live in infamy for eternity for coming up w this bs.

submitted 6 hours ago • 24 comments

Sen. John Curtis compares Trump purging the military to "a stop the car moment." "Those of us who have had young kids and been on family vacations know what a 'stop the car moment' is. 'Kids you're so disruptive we're stopping the car.' I think in many ways the American people said 'stop the car.'"

submitted 5 hours ago • 203 comments

NO. Democrats must NOT negotiate with republicans to fund what Trump is doing. We should WEILD the power of the slim majority to DEMAND individual agency funding bills. There is NO REASON to allow the GOP to fund the dismantling of our government. Make THEM fund it properly or make THEM shut it down

submitted 5 hours ago • 198 comments

there are literally no more quiet parts

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