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“The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.” -Molly Ivins Deep in the heart of Texas…
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@maddow.msnbc.com is really back in the groove! 🔥 Any chance she stays in past the hundred day mark? She is giving so much life to the would-be despondent among us.… I will remain hopeful. 🙏🏼

Kristi Noem….certified ba….dumbass. My latest.

This was….five months ago

Tanden: That's not government efficiency. You would fire an HR manager who did, who had that level of incompetence, who fired all these people and then begged them to come back.

once again, every accusation is a confession. republicans spent 15 years accusing democrats of winning elections by trading cash for votes. now, here we are.

NEW: Elon Musk is trying to buy Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, spending millions to install bought-and-paid-for MAGA extremist Brad Schimel. Today, @WisDems launches a campaign to punch back: The People v. Musk.🧵

We have overcome near-death experiences before. We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis. We are. But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...

When there is uncertainty, lenders get persnickety about lending money. And yes that’s an #econsky official term

Americans elected Trump because he said he would improve the economy. But tariffs and DOGE distractions have left Americans more pessimistic than they were before the election — even Republican optimism has stalled since inauguration. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

By all means don’t listen to the voters

"...eliminated positions for employees who have played a role in assessing the brain-implant technology in Elon Musk’s Neuralink devices." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...

NEW: It's the Elon Musk paradox: On X he's a budget-cutting warrior leading a noble Trump-approved battle against the Deep State bureaucracy. But to the WH, increasingly besieged in court, he's a run-of-the-mill adviser with no decision-making power. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road. NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.” Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

The message is clear. The Trump WH thinks democracy is a joke.

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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

Does Congress even remember that it has the power of the purse? www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...

trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Oops 😬

Two Days In, Pam Bondi's DOJ Is Already an Ethical Swamp www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/07/t...

At some point we need to have a discussion about how to maximize the 1A challenges against Xitter as Elon becomes inseparable from the govt. You can't BOTH snoop through my taxes and claim your own speech--and throttling of me--is not a governmental act.

This is a national emergency:

If you are a leader who previously boasted about your pro-democracy positions, you have a greater obligation. If you feel obliged to obey Trump, spare us your justifications. Just tell us you are too scared to fight. If you feel the need to bow down, let someone with more courage take your spot.

watching rachel maddow like it’s french resistance radio