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They keep showing us exactly who they are.

Gestapo...

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

I'm feeling nostalgic for competence.

Last Fall, the Washington Post allowed a right wing group to run a full page ad falsely attacking me for protecting voting rights. Today, Bezos' paper won't accept ads criticizing Elon Musk. Support pro-democracy media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

Bless you Joan.

A bankrupt landlord from Queens.

What Trump has done for US farmers so far: -frozen their foreign aid program (and left their food to rot) -encouraged EU to ban their products -frozen legally-owed reimbursements for their energy efficiency upgrades etc. -threatened to deport half their workforce -suppressed research on bird flu

More "losing" in the Republican administration...

Person Killed in New York Was Tortured for More Than a Month, Police Say www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/n...

"The good of the state stands above the law" -Hitler "He who saves his country does not violate any law" - Trump

That boy JD dispensing more lies again to a low information base.

JFC! We’ve got a teenager with full access to the State Department’s data—one who joked about wiping servers after getting fired for leaking a security firm’s info to a competitor. What could go possibly wrong—except permanent damage to our top national secrets and the trust of our allies.

Several Accused of Impersonating Agents Amid Trump Push on Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...

Birds of a feather...

This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.

“A new analysis by independent automotive blog FuelArc suggests that fire fatalities are 17 times more likely in a Cybertruck than in the infamous Ford Pinto — the posterchild deadly cars if ever there was one.”

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

Guy On Doomed Planet Mostly Concerned With Skin Color Of People In Movies theonion.com/guy-on-...

Bravo, Rep. Marc Pocan !

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Amen to that.

The Supreme Court hasn’t helped. But we are here because of the narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy of too large a segment of the American population and its elected representatives.

Republican supporters in their highly competitive race with each other to the bottom.

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.

Senate Panel Pushes Through Kennedy’s Nomination Along Party Lines www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

The start of week three: