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Trump says he's not going to cut Social Security. Really? Let's add up all the ways Trump is undermining Social Security, the most successful government program in history, in order to hand it over to his billionaire friends on Wall Street. A thread:

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The law firm, founded and chaired by Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias, said in a statement Saturday that there would be "no negotiation" with the White House about the clients it represents or the lawsuits it brings on their behalf. www.aol.com/no-negotiati...

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MAGA is mad that Trump stripping my non existent security clearance means literally nothing and is funny. THEYRE SO MAD!!!

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“The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected — he wasn’t a tattooed monster.”

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Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

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The National Weather Service is facing significant staffing cuts and has temporarily reduced weather balloon launches at several sites. These balloons are a key tool used by meteorologists to gather data for weather forecast models.

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harrowing. includes an account of a young man who sounds like he may be the person we profiled last night on MSNBC. time.com/7269604/el-s... www.advocate.com/news/gay-mak...

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I’ve known Judge Boasberg for decades & his reputation as a respected, honorable judge speaks for itself The rhetoric Trump used against him was so extreme, even the Justice Roberts condemned him! Flippancy will get him nowhere in the courts—I discussed @cnnipr.bsky.social - TN

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Terry was scammed out of most of his savings and was supposed to get his money back—until Donald Trump and Elon Musk gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Part one:

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Trump and Elon are closing the dept of education so they can renew their tax breaks

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"They clearly don’t have any affiliation with Tren de Aragua at all...” "What is he doing in El Salvador if he committed no crime there?… "Why don’t they say what crimes they are accused of?” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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AG Bondi’s comments on Boasberg were an assault on the Constitution Article III gives judges power to make sure laws—like the Alien Enemies Act—are followed Another example of D + R judges OVERWHELMINGLY ruling that Trump's actions are unconstitutional—I discussed @anacabrera.bsky.social - TN

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NEW: A Maryland federal judge temporarily blocks Elon Musk and DOGE from accessing sensitive data at the Social Security Administration — including Social Security numbers and tax records — and orders DOGE to destroy any data it has.

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Trump is angry because he keeps losing! • He wanted to fire 6K FBI agents: Blocked • He wrongly terminated 20K fed. workers: Reinstated • He fired the head of the FLRA: Reinstated & yday, we had a huge victory vs Musk/DOGE after they went after USAID—I discussed @allinwithchris.bsky.social

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This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/

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It looks like Tesla needs DOGE's services to find fraud and waste Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...

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“I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country...” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️ STARTING TOMORROW. Nevada. Arizona. Colorado. You, me, and Bernie. Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙 See you there 💪🏽🌞

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Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the U.S. District Court in Maryland ruled that the Defendants’ unilateral decision to shut down USAID likely violated the US Constitution. Indefinitely blocked the agency’s dismantling and barred Musk’s staffers from accessing sensitive personal data maintained by USAID.

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Breaking News: A federal judge just ruled that Elon Musk has violated the Constitution for dismantling USAID and ordered employees to have their access immediately restored.

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Elon Musk called Social Security “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” Now, he wants to fire workers who make sure your grandma gets her monthly check. I've got a message for Elon: get your hands off our Social Security.

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If you haven’t read this yet please do. I’m tired of trumps hollow threats. Bring it or shut you mouth, it’s boring adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-tantru...

submitted 7 days ago • 239 comments

We are fighting like hell to stop Musk’s staffers. They come into our buildings, forcibly removing us with the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and police. This coup must be stopped.

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The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE! Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin Visit www.takedowntesla.com

submitted 7 days ago • 2397 comments

The members of the Jan 6 Committee are all proud of our work. Your threats will not intimidate us. Or silence us.

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10 years ago, when I introduced a bill to make public colleges & universities tuition free, it was called "radical." Not today. Over 100 colleges & universities now offer free tuition to working class students. Now, we must expand that idea to all public colleges & universities.

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Trump is defying court orders and abusing wartime powers to deport people with no due process. He's using the law that put Italian, German, and Japanese immigrants in detention camps during World War II. We are not at war. Donald Trump is not a king. He is not above the law.

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OMG. One of the best I have ever seen.

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The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with. By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms. We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.

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Musk’s staffers have entered an independent government agency by force. Employees from DOGE are now inside the Washington offices of the United States Institute of Peace. This comes just days after agency representatives were unable to gain access to the building on Friday being blocked by lawyers.

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The Seattle Times found a very much alive man who was wrongly declared dead and immediately cut off from his benefits.

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"The biggest reason for long-term optimism is the most obvious: people are finding their voices. Please use yours."

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Yay!!! A federal appeals panel denied the Trump administration’s request for a pause in the rehiring of probationary workers who were fired illegally.

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A highly relevant legal analysis about how courts can enforce contempt orders without relying on the executive branch. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...

submitted 7 days ago • 271 comments

As @amoneyresists.bsky.social pointed out, Elon Musk is a mass murderer.

submitted 8 days ago • 321 comments

Elon Musk claims "the leftists" are bad-mouthing his company. This isn't true. It's ordinary car buyers who are fed the fuck up.

submitted 9 days ago • 1311 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.” WOW. Planes in air must turn around. A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.

submitted 9 days ago • 1071 comments

Our country has had enough of the abuse of power of Donald Trump. Our country is uniting - and our coalition is growing. Together we stand with @indivisible.org , Women’s March, @polrev.bsky.social @voicesofflorida.bsky.social in a UNITED nationwide mobilization …with a special event in DC.

submitted 10 days ago • 41 comments

New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden. This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.

submitted 11 days ago • 268 comments

The CR passed in the House will provide a blank check for Trump and Musk to continue their savage war against working families, the elderly, children, the sick and the poor in order to lay the groundwork for massive tax breaks for billionaires. This is a bill I cannot support.

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Dr. Oz want to gut Medicare — AND it looks like he cheated on his Medicare taxes. Dr. Oz is once again demonstrating that he cannot be trusted to protect Medicare and Medicaid for millions of people.

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