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Think I’ll pass on the piece in which a racist creep explains why a major party embracing the Nazi salute really isn’t a big deal.

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This is the 23 year old who currently has access to the entire Treasury payment system, by the way.

submitted 18 days ago • 240 comments

The DOJ doesn’t know the answer to who is legally running DOGE. They say it’s not Musk. But they can’t name anyone else. That’s not a good sign.

submitted 9 hours ago • 44 comments

The technical geniuses at DOGE strike again

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"You can purge a website of the words climate change, but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away." (Good NYT story about one of two legal actions we filed this morning.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...

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As this story enters the international news cycle please remember the local journalists who work so tirelessly every day to accurately report on important issues, even the ones that don't go viral. Without their work, there would be nothing for international news to report. #IdahoNews #news #idpol

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The plot thickens. #idpol

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Commander of Andrews Air Force Base tells military personnel not to respond to Musk's "what did you do last week" email. "Your chain of command is the only source that can direct you to take specific actions -- OPM is not in your chain of command." muskwatch.com/subscribe

submitted 12 hours ago • 74 comments

In Indiana, 16 and 17-year-olds can now work the same hours as adults and are no longer restricted by school hours and days. They also can work overnight without an adult and perform hazardous agriculture jobs. Many 14- and 15-year-olds can now work during school hours as well.

submitted 10 hours ago • 55 comments

For those of you who watched the video of an Idaho woman experiencing handmaid‘s tale treatment, now is the time to decide what you would do in that situation—whether it's you or whether you're nearby when this happens to someone else. We are in a moment where we all have to decide who we are.

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Quite a feat for the guy who "has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself."

submitted 11 hours ago • 50 comments

Key part of history not well taught in schools, especially in US. It’s on us.

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Repeal Social Security With This One Weird Trick (lawlessness)

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This is some of the craziest shit an American politician has ever said.

submitted 12 hours ago • 200 comments

To quote the late great Jerry Garcia, "Somebody has to do something. It seems incredibly, in, in fact, it seems pathetic that it has to be us, you know." www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9um...

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Key point from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social: She says Indivisible organizers are encountering lots of voters who are looking for a way to have an impact. That suggests there's energy out there that remains unchanneled. Dems can step up here. Our exchange on this: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

submitted 16 hours ago • 37 comments

To those being dismissive of the fascist assault at the GOP town hall in #Idaho by being all high and mighty that you don't live here. Yes, Idaho has a nazi problem. We've been fighting it for decades, you've dismissed it for decades, and now your President is a Nazi. Get off your ass and #Resist

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If you think the headline is good, you should read the copy.

submitted 13 hours ago • 286 comments

At a London bus stop. The Brits are telling it like it is.

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For those following the story of unidentified men violently dragging a protester from a local Idaho GOP meeting, it turns out they were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management. But neither the sheriff (who watched it all go down) or the GOP will take responsibility for hiring them.

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Dan Bongino sued the Daily Beast for $15 million for reporting the NRA fired him for being "unfit for his duties" and not only did he lose but he was found liable for the Beast legal fees and had to pay THEM $40,000

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The SHERIFF of this town got three unidentified men to violently assault a woman in public because he didn't like what she was saying - and no one stopped them. www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

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One of the repeated themes in Victor Klemperer's diaries of the early Nazi years is hearing from someone whose cousin works in the finance ministry that the regime can't possibly last another six weeks.

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Emboldened ghouls

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Peak White fragility: covering 85% of your face so nobody will recognize you being useless racist trash in Iowa

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The best way to fight back against Musk: Don’t buy a Tesla. (And if you own one, sell it.) The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved. Me, in Slate 🧵

submitted 12 days ago • 70 comments

German political leader and former Atlanticist Friedrich Merz says he’s in touch with other European leaders about becoming “independent” from the US:

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The guy who essentially just won the next chancellorship, Friedrich Merz, has been doing a press tour for the past week or so talking about how America under Trump can’t be trusted and promising to investigate Musk for meddling in the German election.

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seen in newark, new jersey 🔥

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Part 1 of what happened at the Kootenai legislative townhall last night.

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2/19: MSNBC celebrates its NAACP Image Award and Joy Reid’s book Medgar & Myrlie. 2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement. 2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled. When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!

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It is almost impossible to explain the sheer insanity of Elon Musk apparently having the capability to email the entire federal government evidently without getting approval from anyone—and, apparently, against the wishes of most Cabinet departments.

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

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Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.

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#Idaho, what do we know besides they’re lying about not knowing who coordinated the private security and who they are. cdapress.com/news/2025/fe...

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If America had Germany’s proportional-rep parliamentary system, the extreme right likely never would have won total power. Instead, our two-party presidential system lets Trump/MAGA dominate primaries with around 1/3 of all voters, bully potential dissenters via primary challenges, & win full power

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There are genuine questions about who is carrying out all these sweeping illegal actions within the federal government. It's not Trump (golfing continuously) or Musk (posting continuously). So it's a bunch of 20-something cybercriminals?

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The fact that the sheriff took his hands off her and backed off after she repeatedly said 'Bob, you know this is a bad idea' is telling. Then he sent in goons who don't identify themselves and look like bumbling idiots... Whole situation screams illegal. I'll personally chip in to any legal fund

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Fascists R Us. Eyewitnesses observed Brent Regan give Sheriff Bob a signal to have her removed. The videos disclose that Sheriff Bob controlled and directed the fash guards. These were all #idgop. #idpol

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The thing the right-wing took away from non-prosecution of W-era torture wasn't that they were fortunate that Obama was willing to look forward, it was that installing John Yoo's to write memos saying "[illegal thing] is actually legal" is a cheat code to rewrite the laws however you want

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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Former @idahodems.bsky.social candidate for ID House, Teresa Borrenpohl, was removed by force, 2 women were detained for filming, an NIC reporter was injured. Because the crowd booed school vouchers. (URGENT) We need your help identifying the four men in the black coats who assisted Norris. #idpol

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The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.

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I wrote about how particularly ridiculous it is that Senate Democrats, led by Dick Durbin, think the priority should be repealing Section 230 and undermining the very open internet we need more than ever right now. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/w...

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“We’ve got to be a little aggressive with some of these folks here,” Bejarana said. “Your voice is meaningless right now. ... I can talk over all of you.” cdapress.com/news/2025/fe...

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This is what it's like when America is "great again." The more you knoooooow.... 🌠

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Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

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