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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

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This is going to be important: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Aid to Gaza is now blocked. What will US do about it?

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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

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Yes

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Republicans don't care about you.

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Quite the message from the guy running our government

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Republicans are planning to raise the deficit by $4.6 trillion dollars over the decade courtesy of more tax cuts for the rich. Meanwhile, 40% of the contracts DOGE has cut won't result in any savings. And it deleted its 5 biggest spending cuts from its "wall of receipts." Hello?

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"It is also clearly in the public interest for citizens to know if their representatives’ views have shifted on who is—or is not—a foreign adversary." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Arrest Warrant Not Returned for GOP Lawmaker politicalwire.com/2025/02/24/a...

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We are, unequivocally, the Bad Guys. We have been before, and we will be again, no doubt, but this one is particularly repellent.

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Is this real? ...Tell me it can't be real. The document is real. This is insane.

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this week's cover is on point ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social

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The Revolution will be AI-icized

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www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u... Of course he did.

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TONIGHT: @timothysnyder.bsky.social joins @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The Last Word. Tune in!

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One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Exclusive: Trump’s foreign aid freeze stops anti-fentanyl work in Mexico - www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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“An unelected billionaire is now bulldozing the research arm of the Department of Education,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said. “Cutting off these investments after the contract has already been inked is the definition of wasteful.” By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

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!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

submitted 30 days ago • 425 comments

This is a flamethrower that also effectively torpedoes any possibility that the SDNY will dismiss the case against Adams without scrutiny and ensures any prosecutor filing the dismissal motion would do so at risk of bar discipline. Holy shit

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On day 23 of the Coup keeps Churning.... Fotus, and his right hand nazi have decided America and those who call this country home should not be as secure as other countries. While also slaying election integrity and security. #SheShed #Voices4Victory abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

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The AP should stop covering Trump events. Instead send those White House reporters out into the field to report on the harms and repercussions of his policies. The U.S. public never needed coverage of pseudo-events anyway.

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NEW: Apparently the Dept of Energy has replaced its Chief Information Officer with a "network engineer from SpaceX" who has maybe run a service desk but has no other IT leadership experience, per a source with knowledge. The DOE, among other things, oversees all nuclear security. So that's cool.

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And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America

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Okay, let's keep going. Got another one today looking at just how absolutely fucking crazy it is that an inexperienced Musk-lackey is apparently pushing untested live code to America's checkbook. Tried to contextualize all of it. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/a...

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At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought. “He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

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Quick reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a figment of President Musks imagination and has no power, and isn’t an agency

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President Donald Trump's administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice on Tuesday — not even enough time to gather her personal effects — according to two people familiar with the incident.

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“We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations. We need to use the tools of the federal government, the FBI, the US Marshals—go after them like organized criminals and terrorists,” Joe Kent said in a 2021 conversation.

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And every FBI agent should strike as well

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Corporate media IS going to fail us during Trump 2.0. Their owners are too intimidated by the toddler-tyrant. It’s important to identify and grow alternative media channels NOW.

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NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

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Trump just ordered 2 dams opened up in California in an unprecedented move that risks depleting the reservoirs ahead of the dry summer months. And the kicker? The water from the dams doesn't even flow to Los Angeles.

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Trump has frozen foreign aid

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This is terrible.

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Trump: “we don’t have the facts on the crash but we have opinions” or to that effect. This is parallel to Giuliani saying we don’t have the evidence but we have a lot of theories. Lots of people must not be able to see through this.

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BREAKING: Trump has moved to fire the dem members of the EEOC and the NLRB - two independent agencies that provide protections for unions and workers. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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EPA just confirmed to me that the agency "has paused all funding actions related to the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act at this time."

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