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If you haven't realized it yet, Trump and MUSK are doing an open coup and purging the government of any guardrails as they assume authoritarian rule. But pronouns! Kamala is a woman! Woke!

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This is the energy, the sentiment, the drive and the fight that I have. There *are* leaders all around us. Let's keep resisting and press them.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. Dante Alighieri

EXCLUSIVE: The Democratic National Committee filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Republican National Committee’s efforts to tank mail-in voting legislation in Nevada.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

Has Putin also ordered Trump to cut the US military down to the point where we can't stand up to Russia? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

Republicans have made clear they won’t hesitate to bleed health programs dry if it means they can shower more tax cuts on billionaires and big corporations. I will fight tooth and nail to stop them & protect the health care families rely on. Repost if you're with me.

This is correct.

Warning! The constant, daily attempts by Felon Trump & Fascist Musk to destroy our democratic freedoms need to be met with immediate action. Build power with collective actions, generating momentum to stop the Trump/Musk crime spree. #WeHaveThePower

A must-read article by fantastic @hartmannreport.com. Please read, share and get the word out people! We are in *big* trouble and it's right before our very eyes.

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

We the People are pissed! 📍Manhattan, #NYC New York #NoKingsDay #50501 protest 2/17/2024 #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard #ImpeachTrump #DeportMusk @polrev.bsky.social

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.

Michael Steele goes off about Elon Musk and DOGE: "They've got your data, dumbass...I want somebody to show that they care enough to get off their fat ass and say something about it." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

The reason Bill Burr's sentiment resonates with so many is that we know the billionaires are screwing us over--and it's more obvious than ever. We need laws to address income inequality and get big $ out of politics.

Don't take the bait.

Don't let the bastards grind you down

Street art in Seattle, Washington

Hmmm who benefits when there are fewer IRS tax collectors? Billionaires like Elon Musk. Cutting IRS tax collectors RAISES the deficit because wealthy taxpayers can avoid paying taxes. Wait, I thought DOGE wants to cut the deficit? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Hey dingus, a key component of democracy is checks and balances. If you weren't acting illegally, the judges wouldn't be stopping you.

A dementia diagnosis. 24 hour care. A lifetime worth of savings gone, quickly. Then, Medicaid. Without it, my mom would have suffered and I with her. I shudder to think what I would have done without it. Hands Off My Medicaid.

Can someone explain to me why these stats alone (83 fatalities/232 fires) weren't enough for people to stop buying Teslas... that it took the Nazi salute for people to rethink their purchase??

Imagine what Trump and Musk are doing that we DON’T know about. Of course we are in a full blown Constitutional crisis. If Republicans had an ounce of courage, they would’ve impeached and removed him already. We must never stop fighting. Onward.

Dear Governor Kathy Hochul: It's time. You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor. Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York. REMOVE ADAMS NOW. Sincerely, A New Yorker

Disgraceful

Having passed up the opportunity years ago to run DOJ’s Civil Division, I’ve never run a large organization, let alone at DOJ. So I’m no expert. But I’m gonna spitball that if hundreds of your subordinates want to tell you to “go fuck yourself,” you might, perhaps, have a management problem.

The numbers of people in *every* state who will be affected by Medicaid cuts at the $2T scale in the House budget is truly devastating. This will mean: *Nearly complete loss of rural health care *Inability to pay for elder care in nursing homes *Death sentences for those with chronic disease

At a time of massive income & wealth inequality, Republicans in Congress just introduced a budget to provide trillions in tax breaks to the wealthy, paid for by massive cuts to Medicaid that will throw millions of kids off health care & seniors out of nursing homes. Unacceptable.

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

BREAKING: The Senate has confirmed RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary in a 51-48 vote. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote no. God help us all.

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on. 4) Repeat. Don't let them get away with it.

Good advice ⬇️

Dear Republicans: History will remember the cowards — will you be one of them? hartmannreport.com/p/dear-repub...

The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich. How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?

Senator Chris Murphy: "The pace of this assault on the Constitution in order to serve the billionaire class, it is absolutely dizzying." Bingo.

Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"