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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

submitted 18 hours ago • 1339 comments

Another six-byline alarm on DOGE’s specious accounting. “That contract wasn’t canceled by DOGE or anyone else,” he said. “If they took credit for canceling the contract, they’re lying.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 10 hours ago • 27 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 21 hours ago • 115 comments

Good!!! Go get 'em.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

So DOGE's 'wall of receipts' is riddled with errors, falsehoods and distortions. big shock. about what you'd expect from 6 tech bros dragged over from the strip club www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 19 hours ago • 35 comments

Churchill: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." Trump and Musk: "Who cares. Let Russia win."

submitted 20 hours ago • 6 comments

YES! We have an amicus appointed by the judge in the case to dismiss the charges against Eric Adams. Basically, if neither party opposes, the court appoints someone to fight the other side. They did this in the Flynn case as well.

submitted 1 day ago • 60 comments

There’s something happening in this country.

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Holy crap. At his town hall last night, Rep. Rich McCormick compared his own constituents who asked him tough and fair questions to January 6 insurrectionists

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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This is what a personalist presidency looks like: "Investigation follows President Trump's remarks at the Republican GOvernor's Association dinner...that Maine risks losing federal funds."

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WATCH: Trump threatens to withhold funding from Maine gov. if state doesn't follow trans sports ban.

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#GoldenAgeOfAmerica 🇺🇸

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Very very scared to fly these days….

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Where did Trump get the 4% number from? That’s what Putin told him in their recent phone call. The American president takes lies about our allies directly from Putin and asserts they are true to the American people without telling them he got those lies from Putin.

submitted 2 days ago • 276 comments

Is That Legal? 38 major actions the president has taken in his first month. ⚠️ Actions that appear to conflict with specific statutes or to violate the Constitution. 🚫 Actions that have been temporarily blocked by a judge, either partly or completely. Francesca Paris/Charlie Savage nyti.ms/3QulKno

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This is exactly how Hitler talked. It's not even a comparison or analogy, as people claim. It's a direct connection in ideology as well as a similar approach to governance and relationship to democracy. This needs to be how we talk about it. They are the ideological descendants of Hitler.

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February 20, 2025

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The new chairman of the FTC wants to investigate cENsORsHiP on social platforms and boy do I have a platform for them! www.platformer.news/ftc-censorsh...

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.. 🐢

submitted 2 days ago • 402 comments

The Constitution gives Congress power to establish the U.S. Postal Service. It did, by law, during the Washington administration. Its status as an independent agency was established by Congress in law. USPS is wildly popular with the American people and its service is essential and irreplaceable.

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

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ICYMI: my piece on how Trump's move to take control of the independent federal agencies (SEC, FTC, FCC, etc.) is premised on the Supreme Court's willingness to throw out a century or so of law, which it hasn't yet done. "Break the law and see if the courts stop me" is a whole strategy for him.

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I regret to report that Ilan Wurman has filed a brief telling our SCt that there's "abundant historical support" for nondelegation doctrine in the 18c materials. I confess to having have some follow-up Qs. But for calibration, I'd like to start w/evidence cited in the brief. 1/

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