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Wed night, the tRump regime irresponsibly destroyed years of environmental protections, clearing the path for a radical change in fed environmental law. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) required environmental assessments for projects, but tRump is trashing it. thehill.com/policy/energ...

Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

The DHS will use polygraphs to question employees about communications with the media or nonprofit organizations in an effort to root out members of the resistance.

I don’t often feel rage. That said, I’ve been getting pretty damn close, watching one of the few truly warrior like heroes in the world of leadership…Zelensky…being rat fucked by two of the biggest pieces of shit on the planet.

This will go down as the real end.

They’re going to try and prosecute their political enemies

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

Trump issued an executive order to drastically shrink the Presidio Trust, the federal agency overseeing San Francisco’s Presidio, a national park site at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge.

That about sums it up

Spineless, yellow-bellied, lily-livered, weak-kneed, pusillanimous chickenshits.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.

Dark Pence is back.

MARCO RUBIO IN 2017: "Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.” MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

A Missouri Representative has filed a bill to track pregnancies in the state. HB 807 will: "Maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for seeking an abortion of her unborn child and make the same available to a prospective adoptive parent who has completed screenings."

I have been boycotting target since this was announced. We have to use the tools that we have. $$$$ talks.

BREAKING: Trump and Musk just CUT funding for 9/11 survivors -- and firefighters, police, and first responders The World Trade Center Health Program was just cut by 20% and forced to lay off staff -- and slash critical care So much for NEVER FORGET.

What do you think about this idea?

“It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is” Chief Justice John Marshall, US Supreme Court Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)

🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit. A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...

If you thought it wasn’t possible—well, here we are. Musk pulled $80 million in funding authorized by Congress straight from NYC’s bank account. The federal government took the funds and called it a “clawback” of taxpayer money. A lot of others would simply call it stealing.

SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

There is a certain grief of mourning a future you thought you'd have. For mourning a world you thought would exist. Especially when you weren't expecting much in the first place, just simply hoping for the opportunity.

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

"What our profession most definitely does not believe is that the primary purpose of history is to instill a single notion of 'patriotic education' in our youth about 'our incredible Nation,' as the order demands." Correct. Trump wants propaganda, not history. newrepublic.com/article/1912...

Judge Coughenour was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Let's get this circulated!! 😤

Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a teenage DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.

FROM CNN: The FBI is preparing to disband a team of specialists charged with combating foreign threats to US elections, a source familiar tells CNN. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

For Reals

So, a convicted felon and a billionaire became best friends and try to take over the world by hiring a guy with a worm in his brain, a retired football player, and the the mean girl from Catholic high school who didn’t study geography. Lord help us. 🙏🏼

Harrison Butker Announces He Can’t Kick If Women Are Watching. We're fading the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX after Harrison Butker announced cannot and will not kick if girls are watching.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison "Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you can cause harm. The President wasted water that was being saved for farmers for a PR stunt. This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.

New on @MSNBC: Some U.S. Agency for International Development and State Dept. career employees are concerned information in their personal devices may be being monitored. The employees received pop-ups in the last few days warning them that info on their personal phones or laptops could be tracked.

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.