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The dam is starting to crack. -4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs -a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed -Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies -his economic approval dropped to 40% -his right-hand man lost big in WI

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#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Hey Pennsylvania‼️ Wisconsin showed us last night that we can say NO to Musk! Our turn is coming soon. Our #CourtsMatter & we can’t let Elmo buy them here either! Make sure you are registered by May 5th Election Day is May 20th

submitted 13 hours ago • 9 comments

A bright spot

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Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority. bit.ly/3XEYO8Z

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Say it loudly: Trans rights are human rights. This #TransDayOfVisibility, we must be vocal about our support for the transgender and nonbinary community. Let’s continue to fight for a world where everyone can live authentically, free from hate and discrimination.

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Well, they lied. Obviously.

submitted 7 days ago • 2099 comments

It did look fantastic on my OLED 😅

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Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

submitted 11 days ago • 4519 comments

Serious question: Who decides which haircuts belong to which genders? 🤔

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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

submitted 14 days ago • 3346 comments

1. EXCLUSIVE An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency. The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result. Follow this thread for details. 🧵

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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.” WOW. Planes in air must turn around. A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.

submitted 18 days ago • 1065 comments

More of this!

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A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.

submitted 34 days ago • 97 comments

There are no words.

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New in PN: Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud "With nothing to show for its efforts to find actual fraud, it has become clear that DOGE is the enforcement arm of a Trump administration that has no interest in working with Congress to implement its policy priorities."

submitted 37 days ago • 412 comments

Wordle 1,346 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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FRIDAY, FEB. 28, buy only from small, independent businesses, not massive companies, especially avoiding Amazon, Walmart & Best Buy. Raise awareness of the enormous power of our collective action & set the stage for bigger future actions. #WeHaveThePower

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

More of this, please: Reporting on the resistance over the tyrants. This is the #GoodTimes. How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

submitted 39 days ago • 3 comments

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...

submitted 40 days ago • 481 comments

These spineless House Republicans are going to get eaten alive by their own constituents

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This would be funny if it weren’t so terrifying that this dug-addled parasite is playing God with our federal government

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Elon wouldn’t last 5 minutes being questioned by Senator Warren—but I’d pay to see it

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Putin’s puppet hard at work

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As if we needed something else to keep us up at night… The global implications of this fight playing out in the UK are massive and deeply unsettling.

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President Musk has spent $40 Million to dismantle critical government infrastructure. So much for rooting out fraud and stopping waste.

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If you didn't know... • Exxon • Moulton/Coors • Walmart Have funded Heritage Foundation (#Project2025) for YEARS #Boycott

submitted 40 days ago • 876 comments

Amanda Zurawski has been named one of TIME magazine’s Women of the Year. Amanda’s Story: Citing the state’s abortion laws, Texas doctors denied Amanda Zurawski emergency medical care when her water broke at only 18 weeks of pregnancy. It was September of 2021, and Amanda was miscarrying. Her…

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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”

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Trump says his tariff policies will be a boon to US-based businesses. I spoke with a family-run leather goods company in Oregon that says their costs are already going up because of additional taxes on China — and they aren't optimistic that tariffs will help sales: www.theverge.com/news/613111/...

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 44 days ago • 2378 comments

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

submitted 46 days ago • 2671 comments

The cybertruck sucks, and it failed, so Musk rescued it through a corrupt government scheme that is technically a federal crime American taxpayers are going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a vehicle that everyone serious agrees is absolute garbage as a matter of construction and safety

submitted 48 days ago • 283 comments

NEW: A week after Elon Musk's DOGE gained access to Treasury's payments system, funds to the National Endowment for Democracy have been inexplicably frozen. The move is a huge win for Beijing, imperilling Chinese civil society groups around the world. www.thewirechina.com/2025/02/12/d...

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At a time of massive income & wealth inequality, Republicans in Congress just introduced a budget to provide trillions in tax breaks to the wealthy, paid for by massive cuts to Medicaid that will throw millions of kids off health care & seniors out of nursing homes. Unacceptable.

submitted 48 days ago • 232 comments

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

submitted 49 days ago • 900 comments

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

submitted 62 days ago • 969 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 63 days ago • 3765 comments

You should read DeepSeek terms and conditions before you download the app: -DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted -The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/

submitted 63 days ago • 166 comments

“To love a country, as to love a person, is to love a flawed & exquisite creation, to see what is best in it, to be angry when it is not what it could be, precisely because you have seen glimmers of its greatness.” ✨Pete Buttigieg Pete, I toast you w/ this #CupOfJoe. Thank you for you.

submitted 64 days ago • 39 comments

This is what a man looks like.

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Fully 75% of immigrant farm workers didn’t show up to work the other day in Bakersfield, California because of fears of ICE raids. America’s agricultural communities will be the hardest hit from Trump’s harsh immigration policies. Food prices are going to skyrocket. americasvoice.org/blog/immigra...

submitted 70 days ago • 667 comments

His own SIL, under penalty of perjury, filed a report that he’s unfit. Call your senators! Vote NO on Pete Hegseth!

submitted 70 days ago • 234 comments

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

submitted 71 days ago • 945 comments

This is a ploy so they can shut it down on Sunday, blame it on Biden, then turn it back on in 1-2 days so Trump can play the hero and claim credit. It’s sad to see that the Chinese Communist Party is working with Trump so closely to deceive app users and the American people.

submitted 75 days ago • 408 comments

Someone tell that sanctimonious pixie Speaker Mike Johnson that if he places conditions on California's ability to rebuild, his state, Louisiana, the Welfare Queen of Federalism, won't be able to fix any of its roads because that money comes from the far more successful economy of California.

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