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Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally. Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

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Short of Republicans in Congress doing their jobs instead of kissing the ring, there isn't much we can do until midterms. However, Democrats in Congress can refuse to pass things until the bullshit ends 🤷

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The greatest gift Russia ever received was the USA electing Trump.

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Nick misses the old days when the Nazis were more competent.

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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According to the trump Golf Tracker website, out of 29 days in office so far, trump has spent 7 of them golfing -- that's 24.14% ALREADY. What a fucking freeloader.

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Every supposed mistake is, in fact, deliberate!

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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When all is said and done, do you think our vote will count again🤔🧐 . Desantis will end term limits on governorship making it possible for his bid again.. And Trump will secure his dictatorship by doing the same.

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Trans people are now forcibly interned in the US by Donald Trump’s regime www.thecanary.co/global/world...

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Trump’s first 25 days…

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Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are.

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NEWSY: The White House confirms tonight that Elon Musk is NOT the administrator of DOGE and is not even technically part of it. He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS: CDC disease detectors—fired. The Trump administration is using a hatchet, not a scalpel, to slash jobs during a bird flu and measles outbreak. At this rate, we’ll be relying on word of mouth for disease outbreaks like it’s the 1700s.

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At the direction of RFK Jr., America’s newly confirmed secretary of Health and Human Services, the CDC has suddenly fired nearly 1,300 employees in a single day. 10% of America’s vital team of health experts — considered global leaders in disease control — have been axed. Although HHS…

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THREAD: Trump's intentionally flooding the news cycle w/ a stream of outrage porn to distract, scare, & confuse. These are the stories that actually matter that you might've missed this week: NIH funding cuts jeopardize ‘life-saving’ research in AL aldailynews.com/nih-funding-...

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Find Out Stage: Act I

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Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

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This is who, 30 days ago, the Washington Post endorsed for Senate confirmation. Saying that DOJ "filed charges" intentionally misleads people into thinking DOJ took criminal action. It's just a civil lawsuit. Support @atrupar.com and independent media like him.

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This is your daily reminder that it's a coup.

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I love the reply! 👍😂

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JUST IN: In a court filing, the Trump administration reveals about 200 USAID contracts that have been terminated since yesterday. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Trump, July 2024: We will drive prices down very fast. Trump, August 2024: I will immediately bring prices down starting on day one. Trump, December 2024: I won an election based on that, we’re going to bring those prices way down. Have prices gone down? Nope.

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More lawsuits. This is absolutely crazy.

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Musk called USAID corrupt and then shut it down. Musk called the CFPB corrupt and shut it down. Now he is calling Social Security & Medicare corrupt. We can only assume Musk is going to try to shut down Social Security and Medicare.

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There is literally HIV being transmitted from mom to baby because of the illegal shutdown of US AID and now Trump’s State Department wants to spend 400 million dollars on Tesla cyber trucks. This is not about efficiency. It’s a smash and grab.

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New $400-million government contract for Tesla's douche cars. He's just helping himself to our tax dollars like a thief. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..." apnews.com/article/trum...

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Elon Musk has ZERO receipts for his claims of “fraud” in government agencies. But there seem to be a LOT of receipts showing that those same government agencies were investigating or regulating Musk and his companies.

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Elon Musk has been attacking USAID — because USAID has been investigating Musk Why? Because USAID paid for the Starlink units Musk claimed to give Ukraine in 2022 (!!!) Some ended up with Russia — so USAID opened an inquiry Meanwhile Musk started speaking to Putin in late 2022

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Trump and the newly corrupted Department of Justice are going to drop the Eric Adams prosecution. Trump has never met a criminal he didn’t like. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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NEW: Two planes crash on the runway at Scottsdale Airport. At least one person has died after an aircraft crash on the runway Monday at the Scottsdale Airport. Three other people onboard the plane have been taken to hospitals for treatment of their injuries. 🔗 www.abc15.com/news/region-...

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👀 DOJ acknowledges making two significant errors during a court hearing last week on efforts to dismantle USAID 1) It said only 500 employees had been placed on leave. Actual number was 2,140. 2) Said only future contracts were stopped. Existing contracts were also stopped.

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Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.

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This is — literally — unheard of in federal prosecutions. We can’t prosecute him because he’s a candidate for office? Wow.

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Donald Trump is going to appoint himself chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center….just like Adolf Hitler did in Germany in 1933. Believe me, THIS IS NO COINCIDENCE…

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