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DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov - a “former” KGB spy. That’s right, one of Elon Musk’s young cyber criminals — related to a former KGB spy, and who seemingly did not have to undergo a background check — now has unprecedented access to…

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Today feels like a good day to re-share my interview with Electorette about the ever-present myth of the Black perpetrator and the white victim in electoral politics—and the way its intended goal is to threaten white women into voting conservative. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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He nails it.

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Oof! Brian hit the nail on the head!

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Tom Homan, the head of ICE, does the salute. Don’t minimize this.

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DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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So, these four men, Musk, Thiel, Sacks, & Botha — either born or raised in South Africa—together, built massive wealth on American soil, on the backs of American workers, took advantage of our democracy to build that wealth, but now want to destroy democracy & opportunity for all other Americans.

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These connections are incredible. I knew about Musk and Theil, but hadn’t connected the other two, and didn’t know much about Theil’s background. 🧵

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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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Read how glib and terse these dismissal notices are. If a private company was firing people en masse, without cause, and sending out these messages, it would be a scandal we couldn’t stop talking about.

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This is a shameful way to treat our fellow citizens who are public servants. This doesn’t make America great.

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So... I want to try to articulate some thoughts that have been forming in my head the past few days. They're still coming together (which I know is risky #onhere) but I feel like I want to "talk" through them.... (1/)

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🧵 This whole thread… but also, (somewhat related), I was thinking about the energy behind the “when is somebody going to do something” pastime. The yelling in itself, is a currency that people aren’t willing to give up. As soon as someone does the thing they’re yelling about, the target moves.

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NYAG Letitia James >>>>

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BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

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JUST IN: “A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Another regretful Trump supporter. This time one of the many fired IRS employees. He said they sat around all day, doing nothing, until they waited for official notice that they were indeed, fired. Then they were all escorted out. The total lack of care for people’s lives... youtu.be/N23KVyaSoLw?...

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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The “positive” comments from white republicans on this post are fascinating. There’s a dissertation in there somewhere.

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This is heartbreaking: “NPR host Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend who died in D.C. plane crash” www.npr.org/2025/02/20/g...

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Monstrous.

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So an open threat against a sovereign state. Where are all my “state’s rights” people?

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BREAKING: USCP is arresting Enrique Tarrio for swiping his hand at a counterprotester who got in his face.

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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Hey @chatterton.bsky.social Rufo, among many other things, made up evidence that Haitians were eating people's pets. Now some 500,000 Haitians who were here legally are likely going to get deported. Glad he criticized you in "good faith" though. Enjoy staying on a platform run by the administration

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This cannot be real.

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I spoke with voting rights expert Eliza Sweren-Becker from @brennancenter.bsky.social about the #SAVEAct — a bill fast-tracked by Republicans that could disenfranchise millions. It’s even worse than I thought, and could be up for a vote as early as next week. Watch here: youtu.be/svTohAaTHuk?...

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Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, canceled a planned address at the right-wing Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington after Steve Bannon made what appeared to be a Nazi salute on stage.

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Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

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Imagine if people in Biden’s inner circle or his administration started doing this salute in public?

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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After she was maligned as a DEI hire and blamed for checks notes fires in California that happen annually, someone fucking murdered her. Are we great yet. RIP Rebecca Marodi.

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So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

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White people. Put up or shut up.

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