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I don't know who this guy is but he's absolute right.

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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: "Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."

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Stocks tumble after Trump says long-threatened tariffs are coming www.nbcnews.com/business/mar...

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old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

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NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...

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We’re in this mess in large part bc the average American is uninformed about fundamentals of civics, history, basic biology, economics, etc, and media and the internet are not meeting the moment. Is anyone organizing teach-ins or similar for the general public, whether irl or online?

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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

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Democratic Congressman Tom Suozzi just received a huge standing ovation in a Trump +5 Congressional District at Hofstra University after talking about how despicable Trump‘s behavior was in the Oval Office with Zelensky. Americans are furious.

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Protestors skiing with signs to humiliate JD Vance is fantastic

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After yesterday's events in the White House, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels. Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces.

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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...

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How it started/How it's going

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Gutting Alzheimer's research. First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru... See also... newrepublic.com/article/1917... See also... www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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2 women out by the highway in blood red MS, 2 times a week. They say most people are glad they are there, honk, give them a thumbs up, bring them water, thank them. The only negatives: White men in big trucks yelling the C-word, the b-word. Say "get a job!" 1 is 70, the other is 64. 2 women.

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Is it possible to re-cancel my canceled subscription to @washingtonpost.com ?

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I had the privilege of working with David Shipley who quit as Bezos spews nonsense and steers @washingtonpost.com in a dangerous new direction. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

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Thank you everyone, let's roll up our sleeves and get to work! I gifted this article so you can read what is happening around the country. wapo.st/438kkqf

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More than 950 law scholars declare, “a constitutional crisis” in bipartisan letter concluding that President Trump “has acted unlawfully and unconstitutionally” in a slew of executive orders and actions. www.acslaw.org/press_releas...

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Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country." The first will be in Phoenix March 5.

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How so many of us feel right now.

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We now have confirmation from two major surveys that consumer sentiment tanked in February. Lemme give you my quick reactions.

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The divide in politics today is between unreality and reality. Those who seek to rule the world blur human experience and smudge memory, making cooperation and friendship laughable and unthinkable. Ukraine resists an unreality war. snyder.substack.com/p/the-realit...

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Republican Congressman Mark Alford is hearing from his constituents in Missouri loud and clear today: Hey-hey! Ho-ho! Elon Musk has got to go! (via Brian Johnson / KMBC)

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Mitch McConnell on the Ukraine war: "Blame for this human catastrophe rests solely on Vladimir Putin … If Russian forces laid down their arms, Europe would be at peace. If Ukrainian forces laid down theirs, Putin's aims would not stop … Mistaking this fact is as embarrassing as it is costly."

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“Because the key insight is this: The tech sector operates as a winner-take-all economy. But our political economy is based on perpetual competition.” @jvl.bsky.social

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"When Vance tells the Europeans that the greatest danger facing democracy is 'the threat from within,' he’s right. But that threat isn’t coming from Europe. It’s coming from the United States." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-now-...

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MAGA is a terrorist organization.

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BREAKING: Pro-democracy forces WIN German national elections Disappointingly weak show by neo-Nazi AfD party supported by Elon Musk, JD Vance, and the Kremlin — they’ll likely again be SHUT OUT of the government Wonderful news for Europe — and critical for supporting Ukraine

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Had hoped to make the @principlesfirst.bsky.social conference this year -- even had the press badge ready. But plans changed. I will definitely make it next year. The thugs in this administration will not win.

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MUSK LOSES BIG IN GERMANY Germany’s CDU/CSU wins big, while the far-right AfD underperforms in second—despite backing from Elon Musk and JD Vance. AfD is now likely to be completely shut out of the governing coalition.

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Republicans are getting rude awakenings in town halls across the United States. Here is our message:

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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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A federal judge has extended the order keeping Elon Musk's DOGE out of Treasury Department payment systems, ruling that the Trump admin's process for granting access to the sensitive data was so flawed and haphazard that it was likely illegal.

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It's not just one instance of a billion being only a million: "DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes," a team of New York Times reporters found. The figures are "full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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“Americans have never had to confront an overtly authoritarian regime on our soil.”

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Действительно, очень большие яички!!

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Egg prices are way up. Stocks are way down. How’s everybody doing with all this winning?

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