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We have spent trillions to posture against Russia over the years. Now we have a chance to send them into the ash heap of history by supporting Ukraine. It’s a good deal, unless you want Russia to win, in which case god help you

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JD Vance — enjoy your vacay. 😂

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It’s a pat on the head, not the back.

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The NTSB database still appears to be down at noon ET on Sunday.

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It occurs to me that not everyone knows how to get to Sugarbush, the ski resort JD Vance is visiting. It’s a great mountain, but even if you don’t ski, it’s a beautiful drive to get there, especially on a clear day like tomorrow. You can get directions here. You’re welcome!

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Elon Musk has shut down a team of tech-savvy civil servants responsible for developing the IRS’s free tax-filing service and improving government websites. As a result, 90 employees were immediately locked out of their devices and informed that their jobs were deemed non-essential.

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"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...

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Absolute 100% required reading in re Big Balls and the Federal payments systems and [waves hands around] all this paulkrugman.substack.com/p/musk-in-yo...

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Reuters: "Trump did not say what the pardon would cover, as Rose was not convicted of a crime." Uh, dudes: Pete Rose pleaded guilty to two charges of filing false income tax returns and served time in federal prison for it. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru....

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I’m not trying to beat anyone over the head, but I’m not feeling a real sense of urgency from most elected Democrats and that’s problematic. They didn’t start the fire, but the fact remains that the country is on fire.

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Trump and Vance wanted Zelensky to thank them for an aid package that Vance voted against and Trump opposed.

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Apart from showing how evil he is yesterday, Trump showed how he’s actually a bad—moronic—dealmaker. I mean, you’ve got some guy coming in to give you his country’s minerals. Wouldn’t you want to get him to sign first before berating him on global television?

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A lot of things need to happen when this madness ends, but an essential thing is putting people in the dock for the massive number of major crimes they have committed and will no doubt continue to commit. bsky.app/profile/ndre...

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As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.

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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

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Trump and Vance are part of the tiny percentage of Americans who sympathize more with Russia (4%) than Ukraine (62%) and who view Putin more favorably (75% unfavorable) than Zelensky (28% unfavorable) today.yougov.com/politics/art...

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Looks like classified documents are headed back to the bathroom at Mar-a-Lago with all the foreign workers there.

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Nailed it www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

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I missed Trump’s apology to Zelensky for calling him a dictator last week.

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Trump wanted to treat Gavin Newsom the same way as Zelensky when he flew out there. But Gavin met him on the tarmac and bodied him. And that was that. Because face to face, man to man, no bros around to back him up, Trump is the biggest coward on earth.

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what the actual

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Our schools are not your churches. No taxpayer vouchers for private religious schools.

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The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

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This isn’t a coincidence. Paging Dr (Senator) Cassidy for your comment.

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins took to social media to tout sweeping cuts to contracts that he said would save the department nearly $2 billion. But the 875 contracts on the chopping block help cover medical services, fund cancer programs and provide burial services to veterans.

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Hero

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Look at this leader. Lift her up.

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I completely missed that Republicans introduced a bill to increase the endowment tax from 1.4% to 21%. If passed, Harvard would go from paying ~$35m to $525m/yr in federal taxes (that’s 8.2% of its current operating expenses)

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The House budget reconciliation framework that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid has just passed. They are literally taking from the sick and poor to give the rich tax cuts.

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open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

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No bullshit

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John Simpson of the BBC noted that “there are years when the world goes through some fundamental, convulsive change” and that 2025 is on track to be one of them: “a time when the basic assumptions about the way our world works are fed into the shredder.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Coinbase was being investigated by the SEC so they: - gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC - gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration - sponsored an inaugural party - hired Trump’s campaign manager - listed Trump’s meme coin And now the investigation is closed. These are called bribes.

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I write long form articles on Substack and I would love if you'd follow me there. No spam. No BS. Just articles on Democrats in red states and blue dots across the country. We have been fighting these fascists for years. jesspiper.substack.com

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Donald Trump promised to let Elon Musk self-police his conflicts of interest. The result? Those investigating his companies have been fired. Cases against his companies have been dismissed. The corrupt self-dealing is staggering.

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If you look at all the firings across the government over the last two weeks it's frequently been taken as a given that any black or woman official or officer is either a DEI hire or supports DEI and is summarily fired on that basis. Seems like the same model here.

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This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

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Real talk - If you are a member of Congress and are warned of death threats, I'm genuinely sorry, that's terrible. But the response is not to surrender and change your vote. It's to run to EVERY CAMERA YOU CAN FIND and say "I am receiving death threats for doing my job." Christ.

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