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Son of a proud Marine. Who survived Iwo Jima. 🇺🇸 I’ve seen the damage war can do, up close and personal. Spent 24 years around politics. Local & National. No messages
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I mean holy sh*t, don’t ever bet against Ukrainians.

should i do another handbasket subscription push rn?

Now, who exactly is it that benefits from a 10 year ban on regulating AI? Let me think… apnews.com/article/ai-r...

#OMB has oversight of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service #BFS. OMB plays a crucial role in overseeing the financial management of the federal govt & #BFS which DOGE just got full access to Wednesday, within the Dept. of the Treasury, is a key part of that system. fedscoop.com/judge-oks-do...

"These normie Republicans have become the willing enablers of the cruelty and autocracy, the destructiveness and lawlessness, coming from the administration they support...Which is why some of us are no longer Republicans, and unlikely to become Republicans again." www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-mah...

A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.

This is Olenya airbase - one of Russia’s key strategic aviation facilities, hosting aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapon

Mike Johnson blatantly lies on Meet the Press: "You can underscore what I'm about to tell you -- there are no Medicaid cuts in the big beautiful bill ... what we're doing is an important, and frankly heroic thing."

For all his professions of piety, Mike Johnson is a gifted liar

Paul: It’s worth people remembering that the Republicans used to be for lower taxes, tariffs are a tax. So if you raise taxes on the private sector, that's not good for the private sector.

President Puddingbrain is spreading insane lies that Biden was executed and replaced by a robot. What the fuck are we doing here? www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Global temperatures are forecast to reach record or near-record levels during the next five years, setting the stage for more deadly extreme weather, according to an annual report from two of the world’s top meteorological agencies.

Mike Johnson: "Those 4.8 million people will not lose their Medicaid unless they choose to do so."

More than three dozen Russian bombers reportedly burning en masse after a Ukranian drone strike: kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...

What Ukraine is doing to RU bombers could be the proverbial “2 am phone call” requiring action by the US, with no NSA (or working NSC) to handle it. What will be the reaction, other than POTUS insulting Zelensky for destroying bombers that are killing his citizens?

BRENNAN: The speaker of the House estimates that this is gonna add $4 to $5 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years, and there's a debt limit increase BESSENT: That's CBO scoring BRENNAN: That's the speaker of the house

“We’re not in love with the law” is a pretty good motto for this group

WELKER: Do you have any actual evidence that the people who will lose Medicaid coverage are engaging in fraud? MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there is a tremendous amount of fraud in Medicaid

Vought is lying. 60-70% of Project 2025's executive action proposals have been initiated or implemented — like gutting education and environmental laws. 30-40% is currently proposed as legislation — gutting healthcare, banking deregulations, voter suppression, and more.

Lying is a sacrament in the church of MAGA.

When you care about something deeply, & you see it going horrifically wrong, exhaustion is inevitable. But I've found the best antidote to exhaustion is engagement, participation, standing up, speaking out, staying strong, rallying, marching, protesting ... engaging. Come on friends, let's roll.

Musk is in denial about a serious problem he so obviously has and his bullying wealth is the reason no one close to him — enablers all — will step in and tell him he is in desperate need of help.

Yes.

7th District Congressman Eric Burlison won’t bother to engage with his constituents, but I will. I drove fours hours for this meeting and it was standing room only in Joplin, Missouri. #LFG

Honolulu police say they are launching a review after attorneys accused officers of arresting sober drivers to meet quotas. The ACLU of Hawaii says it has identified at least 127 people arrested from 2022 through 2024 who had blood alcohol levels of 0.00.

i did not make this but lmao

Vital Knowledge warns investors not about #TACO 🌮 — but #TALO.

Some people get upset when we ask for an email to read our free articles or put reporting behind a paywall. “Why can’t it just be free?” they ask. But producing original journalism costs real time and real money. It’s not a hobby. It’s a business.

50 Trump #crypto dinner invitees hold tokens linked to #alt-right symbols and racist language d CREW www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...

Contempt charges, come on

When gold-standard science means the opposite. Kind of like Orwell, except now and IRL. 🎁 wapo.st/43VGY52

Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec: "... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands "...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest" apnews.com/article/hass...

Attending a pro-democracy protest isn't a downer. Quite the opposite. It's a colorful event with clever signs and cool people who love their country as much as you do. It will give you hope that decency can prevail. Make plans for June 14. Bring your family and friends.

This should make us all mad as hell. Don’t think when politicians are allowed to do whatever they want that they won’t do whatever they want to any of us.

This.👇

It's like a death cult

NEW: What happens when right-wing extremism becomes the mainstream? As I explain in my OUR LAND newsletter, this is what's occurring in Trump 2.0. There's no barrier to racists, bigots & conspiracy pushers. No line between fringe & acceptable. link.motherjones.com/public/40096...

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