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New, from me @theatlantic.com: No, the federal government is not too big It has real human capital needs Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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No sh!t. This should be the lead story everywhere. If this happened under any Democrat, it would be.

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Read it at Law Dork and subscribe today: www.lawdork.com/p/the-import...

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Keep it going. Keep protesting!

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He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.

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We can help shift the tide! Wisconsin must have fair electoral maps going forward. Answer Musk’s money with a blizzard of small donations. Give Musk the finger and support Judge Susan Crawford for the open WI Supreme Court seat. Our democracy depends on it. secure.actblue.com/donate/hrccr...

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Again: Stop asking if Russia was the aggressor. It’s like asking if the Eagles won the Super Bowl. Start asking them why they refuse to say it.

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended the Trump administration’s purge of top military lawyers because they don’t want people in those roles who “attempt to be roadblocks to… anything that happens.”

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NO. Democrats must NOT negotiate with republicans to fund what Trump is doing. We should WEILD the power of the slim majority to DEMAND individual agency funding bills. There is NO REASON to allow the GOP to fund the dismantling of our government. Make THEM fund it properly or make THEM shut it down

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Here’s my prediction for DOGE: Whatever minimal amount of money it may possibly save in the short term will be far exceeded by the ultimate cost of fixing all of the problems it creates. It’s already an epic failure.

submitted 16 hours ago • 125 comments

1/ “There was no legitimate reason for the Friday Night Massacre in the military. It was the slaughter of our integrity, our values, and our security.” joycevance.substack.com/p/friday-nig...

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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

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5 things I did last week Musk 1. Successfully asked you to rehire 300 nuclear & avian flu workers you “accidentally” fired 2. Pressed you to pay attention to rising household costs 3. Stood up for vets 4. Fought against your tax cuts for the rich 5. Stood with 🇺🇦 instead of🇷🇺

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We had friends & allies around the world based on alliances & relationships that were built over many decades. In one month, Trump has torched them all. Now our friends are Putin, Orban, the crypto scammer in Argentina, and the guy in El Salvador offering us mercenary prisons.

submitted 7 hours ago • 276 comments

This is a statement: "It is cruel and disrespectful to hundreds of thousands of veterans who are wearing their second uniform in the civil service to be forced to justify their job duties to 1/2

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

Judiciary employees and likely federal judges all got the "what did you do last week" email.

submitted 21 hours ago • 92 comments

In 2020, the military was adamant about refusing to get involved in the election. That's why Trump hates General Mark Milley so much. Now, Trump is transforming the military into one that will back him up in 2029. We need to figure out how to prepare for that eventuality.

submitted 22 hours ago • 529 comments

Trump and Musk DOGE logic: The National Park Service will hire more than 5,000 seasonal park rangers, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said, after he fired more than 1,000 full-time park employees.

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Just so everybody is clear on Republican priorities: We put up an amendment to make sure nobody making over $500 million gets a tax cut. Republicans voted against it.

submitted 2 days ago • 78 comments

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

submitted 1 day ago • 403 comments

I gifted this so you can read it. DOGE is an absolute joke! If these kinds of mistakes were made in corporate America, or even by real government employees, they would all be fired. The incompetence is simply spectacular! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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We told them, but they wouldn't listen........

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Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense. This is a growing national security risk.

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Hegseth fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of Chief of Naval Operations. Trump fired Gen. Charles Brown Jr., a four-star fighter who became only the second African American to hold the job of Joint Chiefs Chairman. A Black man and a woman.

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MORE NEWS: A federal judge has granted an even more extensive block of DOGE's access to Treasury systems, saying there is a "realistic danger" that the "rushed" process to access sensitive payment systems has compromised data. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

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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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TRUMP: You have a man who has let a country that had the more beautiful cities get demolished. The most beautiful domes. FOX: But that's Russia's fault, Mr President T: 1,000 year old domes. Everything is demolished. It's sorta like Gaza F: That's Putin's fault T: I get tired of listening to it

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developmentally disabled people will no longer be able to see manatees, thanks to Republicans

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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🔥 Sick of Trump and the GOP chaos? It’s time to take action! 🔥 We have a HUGE opportunity to flip the House—two critical special elections in Florida on April 1, 2025. If we win both, the House will be tied and Mike Johnson can be removed.

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Reproductive freedom is at risk in Wisconsin. MAGA extremist Brad Schimel wants to enforce a 175-year-old abortion ban. We can protect abortion rights (and the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court) by electing Susan Crawford. Take action: indivisible.org/scow...

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Turns out Musk and DOGE are wildly unpopular. Even Republicans are concerned that this unelected, foreign billionaire has too much influence on the White House. reut.rs/41t8XYQ

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Senate Republicans just launched an all-night voting spree to rip apart Medicaid and starve kids—all so they can hand more cash to billionaires like Elon Musk. They’re doing this while most people aren’t watching. Absolutely disgraceful.

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Dozens of major news organizations, including CNN, The Washington Post and Fox News, wrote to the White House this week urging the Trump administration to immediately lift its ban on The Associated Press. (wow, Fox News 😉)

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Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org

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Reminder: Behind the numbers are regular people, with lives - many veterans.

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The plaintiffs in the case need to put this in front of the judge, stat

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Unfortunately firings have continued at the National Nuclear Safety Administration. I’ve been contacted by an NNSA worker who was fired, then told her termination was paused, then told she was fired again. She says there were numerous others at NNSA treated the same way. These people keep us safe.

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If confirmed this is going to blow MASSIVE holes in the US budget. It will serve only to transfer wealth from American taxpayers to the wealthiest Americans who are the hardest to audit. This isn't fiscal responsibility - it's theft by Elon, Trump and their grifting goons.

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40 years ago, it would have been unthinkable for the president of the United States to repeat Russian propaganda about Ukraine. It's remarkable how far we have fallen with Donald Trump.

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VF: “In private, Republicans fear Trump might incite his followers to commit violence against them if they don’t rubber-stamp his actions… scared shitless about death threats and Gestapo-like stuff...” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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