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

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It is insanely obvious that Elon Musk is illegally exercising the powers of a principal officer of the United States in violation of the appointments clause

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Putting aside the fact that this is nonsense, since Ukraine's constitution prohibits elections during wartime and biggest opposition figures are against elections right now, note how Musk is never concerned about democracy in Russia and China. After all, it might jeopardize Tesla sweatshops in China

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

Molotov Ribbentrop is the exact analogy. The US is doing this, not help Ukraine, but get spoils from selling out Ukraine to Russia Rubio's lifelong legacy will be to have his name attached to this disgrace.

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Unfortunately I won’t be to DC in time, but this rally for Ukraine is happening in Lincoln memorial. Attend if you can and Slava Ukrainii!

submitted 7 hours ago • 150 comments

Love to see it!

submitted 7 hours ago • 326 comments

No doubt last night’s purge reflects racism and misogyny. But those wrongs are just a cover for the far more serious evils and dangers that exist here.

submitted 7 hours ago • 240 comments

Support Ukraine Don't extort Ukraine

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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...

submitted 1 day ago • 78 comments

If this is the mood in a Trump +22 district hoooooo boy

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Wait. It gets worse: "The new document states that the revenues will be directed to a fund in which the United States holds 100 percent financial interest, and that Ukraine should contribute to the fund until it reaches $500 billion....The US has allocated $119 billion for aid to Ukraine."

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Here come the “town hall no-show’s”. #Wisconsin wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

submitted 9 hours ago • 100 comments

Something I've now heard from federal worker constituents at several agencies: Musk and Trump's mass firings are clearing out all personnel from FOIA offices and leaving them completely empty, it sounds obviously intentional.

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Yes, it is entirely correct to point out that ICE officers do not have any legal authority to break into somebody’s home unless they get a judicial warrant; which they generally cannot do, because judges only issue warrants for probable cause of crimes, not immigration law violations.

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Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug.

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What fucking ignorant moron at the Journal wrote this subhead

submitted 22 hours ago • 268 comments

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow tumbles 748 points, and S&P 500 has worst drop in 2 months after discouraging reports on the US economy.

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@sarahemclaugh.bsky.social Sarah. Did you write that? If so, I owe you a 🍺 or two.

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Proof positive his days are numbered.

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Murdoch’s New York Post today. #ukraine🇺🇦

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If your adversary can't believe their luck, either you're very, very bad at negotiating, or you don't think they're your adversary.

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DAMN!

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ETTD ( Boys don't ask Trump's help next time after he disparages your opponents country) www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/g...

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@prchovanec.bsky.social such a terrific close hockey game this no fights

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Mike Pence rebuffed Trump's requests to aid in his Jan. 6th coup. JD Vance says he'd go along. Bill Barr rejected Trump's lies about the 2020 election. Pam Bondi was one of the liars. Chris Wray refused to support Trump's election-fraud lies. Kash Patel claims there was fraud. Trump's dream team:

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Now we're talking.

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Never write this off as just teasing and trolling, goofing and goading. Not from him. It's probing. It's "softening up." You normalize talking about a third Trump term, then over time people become acclimated to the possibility. "Haha" becomes "Sure, why not?" becomes "Let's make this happen."

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I don't think people really get how these employee purges are just going to break the culture of public organizations for a very long time.

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This sort of gives away the "liberal deep state" nonsense. There has never been a Director of the FBI who was a Democrat. The Republican Directors were not targeting conservatives, if the word "conservative" has any meaning.

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Some Democratic strategists think the party should not try to defend USAID. They say Democrats should focus on the things that directly affect American voters, not foreign aid. Former congressman Tom Malinowski disagrees: www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

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“transactional” is such a sweet way of saying “extortive”

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WSJ: “.. The message was clear, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation: Get your clients to spend more on Elon Musk’s social-media platform, or else.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/med...

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Blackmail 101 ( Sad to say Trump will still sell out Ukraine 1000%. But this will be Putin's only concession to have the US steal minerals from Ukraine.....kinda like Sovet union and Hitler carved up Poland.

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In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

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State media watch

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Tbh, I saw this and thought: “careful Economist, it can always get worse…” #happythoughts

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Gen. Mark Hertling ( @markhertling.bsky.social ) walks through some of the war crimes Russia has committed in Ukraine, identifying the specific violations of international law. This is who Rubio was parlaying with. This is who Trump wants to cut up Ukraine with. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-neg...

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Replace "western" with "white" and "unvetted" with "non-white," and you'll understand exactly what he's saying here.

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The Trump administration is now bringing the postwar era to an end. No one should be surprised: this is what they said they would do. America's European and Asian allies need to adjust, quickly. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Republican pollster Frank Luntz debunks Trump’s lie about zelensky’s approval numbers, points out they’re actually higher than Trump’s 👇🏽

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83 years ago today, 120,000 Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps across the country, simply due to their ethnicity. This shameful chapter of American history exists in living memory, as does its lesson — that unchecked executive power threatens our basic constitutional rights.

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Today marks the anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. EO 9066 was signed on February 19, 1942, to mandate the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Elon Musk has now set his sights on the U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox, insisting on personally ensuring the gold remains intact. The vault was last opened to journalists and a congressional delegation in 1974.

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