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Love reading and learning about our government and civics. Good BS detector; not afraid of idiots. #NoHokum
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

🚨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!

If you are in the LGBTQ+ community, your existence matters. The current administration wants, for cynical political purposes, to make you feel helpless and alone. You are not. If you don’t have a support network at home, there are helping hands reaching for yours. (Cont.)

He should be our messenger.

And you have had your jobs because you are an old white guy www.newsbreak.com/share/382103...

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

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.

Crockett: He went from being the dork that was jumping around on stage to allegedly being this amazing genius that's gonna save a country he wasn't born in, and one that maybe he doesn't agree w/the idea of a democratic republic, considering the fact he may have been more on the side of apartheid.

I did an event in IN a few weeks ago where I said that on 1/6/21 Mike Pence saved the country (for now) by being one of very very few who stood by his principles under maximum threat.

If Joe Biden said this, the entire Republican Party would be yelling about Munich/1938/appeasement, & it would prompt nonstop front page headlines about whether he was mentally unfit to be president.

Right at the end here, Bernie says the thing that everyone who believes in the Constitution must say: the United States under Donald Trump is careening into authoritarianism.

Apparently, the felon, rapist, & treasonous traitor believes he’s the king & is free to shred our constitution & democracy. We, the people, must stop him. General strikes, protests, boycotts, independent journalism, growing a broad resistance coalition, unifying across cultures, & more is on us.

They think that the people who have spent their careers will just quietly go along with their cruelty.

Stevens is a former chief Republican strategist. This was his response after Trump's Stonewall erasure. Do it. Out them all. Every single one of them. Paint their names on a rainbow flag and fly it above the Capitol, the Supreme Court, and the White House. Start with 2-beard Vance.

This is just sheer brazen criminality by DOJ. Adams gets federal corruption charges dropped not because there isn’t overwhelming evidence, but because he agrees to help Homan round up migrants. And Homan says the charges will be refiled if Adams doesn’t “come through.”

Ooooh well played.

Popok breaks down the Trump admin’s growing scandals—7 prosecutors quit over a corrupt deal with NYC’s mayor, 68 lawsuits + 19 injunctions in 3 weeks, JD Vance praised by Russian TV for attacking our allies & more. Tune in now!

📌URGENT: The Associated Press is one of the foremost news operations in the world. Without it, most media entities could not survive. 📌Well, the AP has now been barred from the White House. I'd suggest very strongly that any media that gets its news from AP takes a damn stand here in solidarity.

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged Google to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico the 'Gulf of America' for US users, adding the country could file a civil suit against the firm if necessary reut.rs/4hR5Bnu

Trump thinks he can snap his fingers and eradicate the Palestinian and Ukrainian people simply because he hereby ordered it. Help me tell Genocide Don to FUCK OFF!

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

Valor Danielle Sassoon, Acting U.S. attorney for SDNY - refuses to drop Adams charges and resigns John Keller, Acting head of DOJ Public Integrity Section - refuses and resigns Kevin Driscoll, Acting head of DOJ Criminal Division - refuses and resigns www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Thanks to the 13,000 participants who joined me for our telephone town hall this week to discuss violations of the rule of law and escalating threats to key federal government programs, federal workers and vulnerable communities. We’re fighting back. Check it out below.

While working families struggle with rising costs, Republicans are pushing tax breaks for billionaires like Musk. We need fair wages, affordable healthcare, and support for small businesses. America should reward hard work—not just wealth. If you agree, share this with as many people as you can.

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

Europe needs to back Ukraine with everything then freeze Trump out. Make him absolutely unimportant

The Trump apologists who tried to make us believe he really was secretly for Ukraine and will be all tough…. Ya, nope. These people need brought forward and called out so we never listen to them again.

Crockett: While he was stopping money… somehow the only money that didn’t stop was the money going to his organization. I don’t know you can have him be watchdog as well as the guy living off of the government. If you want to talk about government welfare, it looks like Elon Musk

BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks. This is leadership. It’s also unprecedented. A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.

Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"

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🚨NEW: VoteVets Senior Advisor LTC (Ret.) Alex Vindman sounds the alarm. SecDef Hegseth’s decision to block Ukraine from NATO is a full capitulation to Putin—emboldening Russian aggression and putting U.S. Troops at risk. This isn’t “America First.” It’s Russia First.

Donald Trump isn't interested in a smaller government, he wants a weaponized government. He doesn't want fewer federal employees, he just wants them loyal to him.

And if you call for an Uber or Lyft and get a Tesla, cancel it and tell them why.

I wish Elon was brave enough to take up deep sea submarine exploration.

No words. But, I’m not surprised. I am a military veteran. I’m a former congressman. I cannot in good conscience follow or support this administration. Anyone voting for her is complicit in the downfall of this country. Tulsi Gabbard is an abomination. apple.news/A01S4jqQSSK-...