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Says the guy who won't even respond to the mothers of his own children

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Warren Buffett offers Donald Trump some advice while celebrating Berkshire Hathaway's success apnews.com/article/warr...

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WASH POST: “Musk’s DOGE claims to have saved an estimated $55 billion through a combination of layoffs, canceled contracts, lease renegotiations and other actions. But a list that it posted of contracts and leases suggests that number is inflated.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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“Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.”

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I wouldn’t think “moved to root out diversity initiatives” is a useful phrase for journalism at all, but using it as a euphemism for a purge of high ranking black officers is downright Orwellian.

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holy crap .... Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

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Elon is fighting to pay $2K in child support for 3 kids, getting sued for custody by another mother of his child, is estranged from another daughter… And this is who the party of “family values” is turning the keys to the country over to?

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Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff. Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.

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“This is someone who made his money by ripping off American taxpayers and who shouldn’t come anywhere near a position of authority over tax dollars,” said Sen. Ron Wyden about Schuler’s appointment. “He’ll fit right in with the Trump administration.” By @peterelkind.bsky.social

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said. apnews.com/article/pope...

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“Tesla recalls 380,000 vehicles in US over power steering assist issue” 2/21/25 www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/b...

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At Trump’s Black History Month event, Kimberly Brown, daughter of Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown claimed Trump was Black and a Hebrew descendant of King David. Brown: “People have to realize that 3,000 years have passed since Jesus Christ so skin color can always change.”

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A compromised sycophant is guarding your Social Security. Feel better? Trump tabbed analyst under investigation as acting Social Security commissioner: report www.rawstory.com/trump-social...

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Remarkable stuff in the texts between Musk and St. Clair in the exhibits to her paternity position. He’s really into making babies!

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“Musk team is laying off workers at auto safety agency investigating Tesla crashes” 2/22/25 www.latimes.com/world-nation...

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🚨In this video, The Intellectualist highlights Mitch McConnell’s role in blocking voting rights, democracy reforms, and climate action, enabling Trump’s political return, and orchestrating the Supreme Court shift that overturned Roe v. Wade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8fW...

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I'll back Ukraine in talks with Trump, Starmer says www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Provided you overlook the part where he directed his mob to attack the Capitol.

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"When you take an ill-conceived action for the wrong reasons, unforced errors are inevitable."

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“Federal regulators have cited Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab for violating workplace safety rules in connection with the electrocution of a worker last summer at its Austin, Texas, auto-manufacturing plant.” 2/20/25 1/ www.reuters.com/business/aut...

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Donald Trump's hunger for power was clearly displayed Friday in a brief exchange with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine). But of course, his "we are the federal law" is a big change from his many, many years of campaigning on "states' rights."

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Republican Senators who voted for RFK Jr. have the best healthcare in the world, paid for by you. They don’t care about what’s going to happen to your kids, your parents, or you.

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Through an RCFP-organized letter sent to the White House last week, dozens of major news outlets urged the Trump administration to lift its ban on the @apnews.com. [via @nytimes.com]

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Homan should’ve worn a red coat if he’s gonna talk like John Burgoyne.

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i must have been in a coma when this happened

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UPDATE: Meta is continuing to censor anti-Musk ads. It has removed a Facebook ad calling for a boycott of Tesla, saying that it violates the company's policy on "unacceptable business practices" muskwatch.com/subscribe

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DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.

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HELL YEAH!! The largest organization of professional and amateur surfers has just SLAPPED Donald Trump with a major lawsuit to protect California beaches from off shore drilling. SEE YOU IN COURT!

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Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chief of Naval Operations Vice Chief of Staff for the Air Force The Coast Guard Commandant And is looking to replace the Judge Advocates General for the Army, Navy and Air Force Will anyone stop him if he tries to use the military against US citizens

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Completely nuts.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com As a reporter, James Gerstenzang covered five presidents and is familiar with the conventional disputes between journalists and presidents. But Trump's ban on The AP "is emblematic of the broader assault by the White House on the public's right to know," he writes.

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Trump STRUGGLES to Keep Up as Musk UNDERMINES Him in MAJOR Move youtu.be/KzfpodY-M5o

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“They are not bureaucrats, they are not the ‘deep state’"; these are the people that live next to you and work with your family members” amid mass firings, Everett Kelley reminds us who federal government workers are and the important work they do every day.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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More subtle outcomes of litigation. Courts have not just blocked DOGE and other actions, but also forced Gov to produce answers and commitments. Friday night's Treasury decision requires: Gov certifying what is the security clearance process for DOGE team; revealing authorizations for DOGE; more⬇️

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Whenever you ponder how Trump could possibly be president, remember the old saying: “Don’t underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.“

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If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

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We are arms dealers to terrorists.

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“While in this moment of emergency we must fight to preserve the democracy we have, reform & rethinking will be needed to achieve the democracy we want for the future. The chaos, corruption & misery will be hard but every day more eyes will be opened to the truth” open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

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President Trump’s purge at the Pentagon is a major step toward creating an officer corps personally and absolutely loyal to him, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/3oq1fmSh

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Trump was willing to stand up there for a few minutes to pretend to care about black history, but hugging the guy was a deal breaker.

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Trump called out Maine for resisting his executive order on transgender athletes. Trump: "Are you not going to comply with that?” Gov. Janet Mills: "I'm complying with the state and federal laws." Trump said "we are the federal law" and threatened to withhold funding. Mills: "See you in court."

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For the first weeks, Americans seemed frozen, expecting institutions to do something. Americans were used to “checks and balances” and “guardrails” working. That didn’t happen. People realized that they had to take matters into their own hands. 👇

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Just recorded a podcast with @samsteindc.bsky.social on the military purge. Should be up soon. We try to explain the broader significance of replacing these senior military officers: Trump wants to break all institutional constraints at the power agencies, and secure personal fealty to him.

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