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Your occasional reminder that Elon Musk, as a "special government employee," never swore an oath to "support and defend the Constitution" or "bear true faith and allegiance" to it.

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Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...

submitted 16 hours ago • 1817 comments

HMMM: So the administration reveals in a new court filing (ordered by Judge Bates) that Amy Gleason was actually hired by HHS as an "expert/consultant" on March 4, just a few days after the White House identified her as the administrator of DOGE.

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Beshear: When I vetoed the nastiest anti-LGBTQ+ bill during my election year, I explained why I did it. My faith teaches me that all children are children of God. I wanted those children, who were being hated on, to know their governor cares for them… my faith tells me that’s my job

submitted 20 hours ago • 278 comments

I think future historians will describe DJT's election as one of the greatest environmental disasters of the 21st century: "Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm" @nytimes.com 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c... GiftLink 🎁🔓

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Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution apnews.com/article/usai...

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Judge Slams Trump For Putting Fired Probationary Workers On Paid Leave. Reinstated workers should be back on the job, not on administrative leave, the judge warned in an order. www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-...

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Reminds us of how @marshablackburn voted against it then showed up to try to take credit for it: x.com/thetnholler/...

submitted 1 day ago • 1130 comments

Trump cuts to team finding Ukraine stolen children spark US outrage inews.co.uk/news/trump-c...

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

Trump Vows to Authorize Coal-Fired Power to Counter China financialpost.com/pmn/business...

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Top House Democrats seek DOGE details, questioning if it operates ‘outside the bounds’ of US law apnews.com/article/doge...

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

1. EXCLUSIVE An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency. The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result. Follow this thread for details. 🧵

submitted 2 days ago • 226 comments

Judge Boasberg was incredulous over contentions that his verbal directions did not count, that only his written order needed to be followed, that it couldn’t apply to flights outside the U.S. and that they could not answer his questions about the trips due to national security issues.

submitted 1 day ago • 41 comments

Trump says he’s ending Secret Service protection for Biden’s adult children apnews.com/article/hunt...

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DOJ seeks to boot judge questioning Trump deportations, lawyer warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ www.cnbc.com/2025/03/17/t...

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Top Democrats Demand Investigation Into DeJoy's Secret Deal With Musk To Gut USPS www.politicususa.com/p/top-democr...

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BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court race has broken the record for the most money spent on any state supreme court race, with groups tied to Elon Musk spending millions. Here's our tracker of all spending in the Wisconsin race:

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

GOP lawmaker pushes to impeach judge over order to halt deportations www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

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I could write up why there’s no constitutional problem with the President using an auto-pen to sign official documents—or I could just post the 30-page 2005 opinion by George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel that explains why in lots of detail. I choose the latter: www.justice.gov/file/494411/...

submitted 2 days ago • 452 comments

Democrats demand investigation into Musk over possible criminal corruption www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"The director of the program to enrich uranium took a job with NATO... "Also gone is the director of the program to modernize production of spheres of radioactive plutonium that are fitted into warheads... "The office that oversees the Los Alamos lab lost 9 staff... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

submitted 2 days ago • 1152 comments

The members of the Jan 6 Committee are all proud of our work. Your threats will not intimidate us. Or silence us.

submitted 2 days ago • 2546 comments

Border czar Tom Homan on Fox: “I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/bor...

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Dictator shit

submitted 2 days ago • 4145 comments

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped apnews.com/article/trum...

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‘Maga since forever’: mercenary mogul Erik Prince pushes to privatize Trump deportation plans www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Here we go: the rewriting of history has formally begun "Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’" www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

submitted 3 days ago • 199 comments

This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.

submitted 3 days ago • 1349 comments

New ride is here. Built by union labor here in America thanks to @uaw.org!

submitted 3 days ago • 874 comments

Under the heading of FAFO! He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

submitted 3 days ago • 127 comments

Hot stove: still hot

submitted 3 days ago • 39 comments

Hey look — DOGE found dead people on social security and cut off their benefits… one problem: THEY ARE ALIVE. 😕 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

submitted 3 days ago • 353 comments

While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.

submitted 3 days ago • 2247 comments

America First president bombing Yemen, allowing Israel to ethnically cleanse Palestinians, supporting Russia's occupation of Ukraine, and starting trade wars with our allies that will lead to a recession. It's terrible to be in a cult but maybe one day the MAGA rubes will wake up.

submitted 3 days ago • 119 comments

Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States. w/ Ken Bensinger www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...

submitted 4 days ago • 83 comments

Final report into Trump's handling of classified documents should never be released: DOJ abcnews.go.com/Politics/fin...

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ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.

submitted 3 days ago • 2116 comments

Today Donald Trump attacked me by name in a speech at the Department of Justice. Of course I am worried, but courage comes from acting in spite of being worried. I have made my choice: I will continue to speak out, I will continue to litigate, I will continue to stand tall. I will never bow down.

submitted 4 days ago • 1783 comments

Donald Trump walked into the Department of Justice and labeled his courtroom opponents “scum,” judges “corrupt” and the prosecutors who investigated him “deranged.” With the DOJ logo directly behind him, Trump called for his legal tormentors to be sent to prison. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Trump goes full fascist during his political speech at the DOJ

submitted 4 days ago • 378 comments

Merrick Garland dragged his foot on prosecuting the attempted coup to avoid looking partisan, leading to Trump coming back and then actually politicizing the DOJ

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10 Democrats help Republicans advance GOP funding bill to avoid shutdown thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign apnews.com/article/trum...

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Trump’s EPA Plans to Reconsider Finding That Climate Pollution Harms Public Health www.ecowatch.com/trump-epa-cl...

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

submitted 5 days ago • 656 comments

‘A What?!’ Trump Commerce Secretary Stunned By Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Asking About Recession Fears

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www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/t... It’s a global protection racket.

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Head of Postal Service agrees to let DOGE work with USPS www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...

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They installed the TV... At his request... So he can play video games... In his office... In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

submitted 5 days ago • 1297 comments