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Throughout 2024, I said that the worst thing about Trump's return to power would be America's abandonment of the Ukrainians. We would throw them to the wolves. It would be sickening. And it is.

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We're not living through normal times. Don't try to normalize it.

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THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination

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My name is Jonathan Treble. I'm a father, business owner, and the Democrat ready to flip Arizona's 1st and bring back real leadership to our district. I can't do it alone. Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help me take back this seat and take back the House majority?

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This guy in an “incelerator”

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Listening to Pete Buttigieg on Flagrant, and it occurred to me that he gets it while Gavin Newsom sadly doesn’t. You don’t make a podcast then force your Democratic audiences to listen to Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk. You go on manosphere podcasts to have their audiences listen to your ideas.

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Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 16 hours ago • 117 comments

Say. This.

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A three-judge panel in a North Carolina court blocked a Republican scheme to gain power over the state’s election board — the agency charged with running elections and enforcing campaign finance laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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sounds legit (revving up the doj-in-exile machine)

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Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. "Party of family values."

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Thank you, Mr. Buttigieg

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I could listen to Pete Buttigieg all day❗️💙 Also Brian Tyler Cohen A very good message for what Democrats in Congress do and how WE THE PEOPLE can make a huge difference in November 2026 Voting Blue 💙💙❗️ Urge Democrats to go on these types of shows because R’s watch them 👍🏻 youtube.com/watch?v=yhNL...

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The first question we need to ask is why Trump wants to keep Abrego García in El Salvador. A normal administration would want to retrieve someone wrongly sent to a foreign gulag. I believe part of the reason I that Trump wants a fight with the courts in which he can defy their orders.

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Why Is Trump Acting like Putin’s Agent? open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

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On the mark by @radiofreetom.bsky.social : "The vice president might just be toeing Trump’s line, but if his previous statements on international affairs are a guide, he really does seem to have a dismally simplistic understanding of geopolitics." Vance is a simpleton - but a malicious one.

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this is, by definition, not an "immigration crackdown"

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Trump (soon): Although President Xi hasn’t called me and China won’t talk to us, he’s a good man and I know he really wants to call and say how much he respects me with tears in his eyes so I’m going to do him a big favor and cut the tariffs. I think he learned his lesson. MAGA!

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A friend of mine has proposed coining a new verb. To “Pinochet” means to kidnap someone in violation of but under color of law, and to send them to a gulag in a foreign land. Sample sentence: “Masked agents of the Trump regime Pinocheted the prisoners to El Salvador in the middle of the night.”

submitted 5 hours ago • 166 comments

Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful. Most Americans don't support his cruel agenda. His approval ratings are in the gutter. Individuals and institutions are fighting back in courts and winning. Keep up the fight.

submitted 12 hours ago • 100 comments

The Trump DOJ canceled grants for gun violence prevention, opioid addiction treatment, and victim advocacy—because saving lives doesn’t “align” with their priorities. These are the same folks claiming to make our streets safer.

submitted 12 hours ago • 74 comments

I wonder who Trump is referring to?😂 PS: I left Perkins Coie in 2021. PPS: Perkins Coie is suing Trump, not the other way around. PPS: Perkins will win.

submitted 11 hours ago • 174 comments

Trump is furious that Ukraine won’t surrender to Russia. The Trump regime appears desperate to appease the Kremlin and has destroyed foreign relations with the US’ closest allies. Desperate Trump continues to spiral into irrelevance.

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Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, has begun baselessly claiming that birthright citizenship is a massive welfare scam. Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.

submitted 13 hours ago • 91 comments

The Plan 1) Economic sneak attack on allies and partners. 2) Threaten to invade Danish territory and to annex Canada. 3) Sell out Ukraine to Putin, wreck NATO. 4) Permanent 10% tariff on former friends. 5) Surprise and hurt that nobody wants to help Trump find a face-saving exit

submitted 11 hours ago • 35 comments

Donald Trump's proposed deal gives Russia everything it wants.

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"Home-growns are next." We cannot let the 24 hour news cycle forget what Donald Trump wants to do with American citizens. Spread the word.

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Let’s be real: the cost of living is out of control. People are living paycheck to paycheck. Rent is sky high. And folks are choosing between medication and meals—just trying to survive. Meanwhile, billionaires aren’t paying taxes and are getting richer by the day.

submitted 11 hours ago • 156 comments

Larry David with a clear, concise explanation of how all sane, decent human beings view Trump—and everyone who supports him.

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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF

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In the US peace proposal, I saw a long list of things we are asking Ukraine to give up, but did not see anything Russia is being asked to give up. Maybe I’m missing the rest of it.

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Who else remembers the PPP covid loan scheme in which millions of dollars were given out to many crooks like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jared Kushner, Devin Nunes, Betsy DeVos and then it was all suddenly forgiven, over $750B worth? I do. ✋

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The Trump Administration is stealing from us. NSF-funded research is for the public good by design. Our future scientific workforce. Our ability to use science to solve real-world problems. The joy and wonder we get from learning about our world. Science is for everyone, not just billionaires.

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A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

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In case you hadn't noticed:

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Here's your call to action! Anyone who cares about the independent civil service should submit a public comment objecting strongly to this politicization of government positions that have until now been filled on the basis of expertise and experience.

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We’re on the cusp of a national wave of outrage that transcends the old political labels of "left" and "right." Will this give cover to business leaders who have so far remained silent? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-view-from-the-right

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If this MFer could ever get off social media for 5 minutes he might be able to keep up with some of his work.

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Very, very important piece about a part of the CECOT story that's gone barely discussed. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

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