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Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Trump signs order making independent regulators answerable to White House As part of the dictatorial coup note that this includes absolute authority over the Federal Election Commission. Bye bye democracy.

Lavrov, Rubio discuss removal of 'barriers' set by previous US administration, Russia says - www.reuters.com/world/russia... Lavrov eating Rubio for lunch.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o... Important piece about the financial risk of Trump’s unchecked mob approach to government. If he begins to use repayment of Treasury debt obligations as just another blackmail tool, it could be disastrous for our and the world economy.

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud: He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies. How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors? Or you?

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u... So Musk is allowed access our social security information, including people’s disability information, to investigate mis-spending, when SS’s own audit showed errors of less than 1% of nearly $8 trillion in outlays to us over the past 8 years. Bet Tesla can’t beat that

Great rally of at least a thousand Philadelphians standing up for democracy while also cheering our Eagles.

This is evil. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.

Gift link: Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

We’re abandoning people throughout the world who’ve relied on our aid. The result is deaths. But because many of the people affected are poor and have brown or black skin, America doesn’t give a damn.

Concerning

For anyone who wants to alleviate homelessness among veterans and people with mental illness and substance abuse, know that Project 2025 calls for ending Housing First programs.