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Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

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All politics is economics. If the Supreme Court Citizens United decision grants more political power to those with more money, then to defeat them, it is essential that we target the sources of their wealth. Yes, that means you should sell your Tesla and get off X. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

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Another scoop from @peard33.bsky.social: DOGE installed Tom Krause at the Treasury Department. He's keeping his job as the CEO of a software company that has millions of dollars in federal contracts, including with the Treasury Department www.wired.com/story/krause...

submitted 17 hours ago • 18 comments

Another reason to celebrate tonight!! 🎉

submitted 16 hours ago • 16 comments

BREAKING: In a shocking moment of departure from unwavering, blind support of Donald Trump, the New York Post has a scathing front page rebuke of his policies on Ukraine and embrace of Putin.

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Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 1 day ago • 105 comments

Cringe levels off the scale

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“Elon Musk’s private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service” www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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Mid morning starfish snack.

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Harbour seal going for a mid morning forage.

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“USAID is not a perfect agency,” writes @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social, the president of Refugees International. “No government institution is. But from the Green Revolution to humanitarian relief to the fight against HIV, it has built a more stable world while advancing U.S. interests.”

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The Internal Revenue Service is expected to fire about 6,000 workers today in the middle of tax season, a source tells CNN: cnn.it/3X5Ngvi

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Trump Claims Power to Fire Administrative Law Judges at Will The Justice Department said a law protecting the officials from arbitrary removal is an unconstitutional intrusion on presidential authority. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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“As part of the X-37B's seventh mission, the vehicle executed a series of first-of-its-kind maneuvers, called aerobraking, to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel” Hopefully this isn’t looked back on as the peak scientific output of the Great American Hegemony

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Mr Garcia, I have drafted an appropriate response for you. You're welcome.

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Tonight, Senate Dems are putting up amendment after amendment against the Republicans’ absurd plans to give another tax cut to their billionaire buddies on YOUR back. We chatted with @underthedesknews.bsky.social just off the Senate floor about how we’re fighting back: youtube.com/shorts/Fl4Y1...

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COLLINS: You wrote in fall 2023 that "Putin is to blame like Al-Qaeda was to blame for 9/11." Do you still feel that way or do you share the president's assessment as he says Ukraine is to blame? WALTZ: Well it shouldn't surprise you that I share the president's assessment on all kinds of issues

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Port Angeles shows Victorians the love with open arms as the first Coho ferry of the year arrives to a huge welcome.

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This is, in no uncertain terms, a rout. The New York Times published an unfortunate op-ed trying to legally justify Trump administration's #Birthright citizenship order. Here, five leading scholars show, with analytic precision, how that op-ed was "fundamentally flawed and irresponsible."⬇️

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The layoff notice to a CDC employee whose latest performance review was 4.75 out of 5. “Unfortunately, the Agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the Agency’s current needs ..." www.ajc.com/news/health-...

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Musk has arrived at CPAC.

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Canada: "They get 95% of their product from the United States, so I think they have to become the 51st state. You heard the people booing the national anthem, but I think ultimately they'll be praising the national anthem ... I call him Governor Trudeau ... we're looking at Greenland."

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All night on the Senate floor: Democrats are putting up AMENDMENT AFTER AMENDMENT to fight back against the Senate Republican budget resolution Because the Republicans, Donald Trump, and Elon Musk are trying to give huge tax breaks to their billionaire buddies paid for by YOU

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You're gonna have to speak up, I can't hear you over all this impending doom.

submitted 19 days ago • 12 comments

I'm never quite sure how much spaghetti to cook or how many rocks to carry when I walk into the ocean.

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This is close, but not enough. "Stooge" is an insult with no legal significance. "Russian intelligence asset" wakes up military generals and Supreme Court justices.

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On opera, and the wonderful imperfections of live performance: "Seeing the seams is part of live performance’s charm—it asks the audience to actively participate in the suspension of reality, as opposed to having it ready-made for them." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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“It’s hard to say which is worse, Trump’s moral depravity or his stupidity, but both have been on vivid display in the past ten days vis-à-vis Ukraine.” www.thebulwark.com/p/america-jo...

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Selling out might work . . . if you never have to look at yourself in the mirror open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

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Campaigning in NC, Trump promised them more money. Whoops www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/c...

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VP Vance continues to show his patriarchal hubris at CPAC, talking about women only in the role of baby-makers and bemoaning that men aren't allowed to have a beer and tell jokes. (cartoon from the archives)

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