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Essentially ALL TB programs funded by the U.S. Government were officially terminated last night. Horrifyingly, that includes the Global Drug Facility that coordinates the vast majority of TB treatment and tests purchased globally. Shuttering the GDF will stop TB treatment for the entire planet....

submitted 21 hours ago • 569 comments

Federal prosecutors are not the president’s lawyers. Prosecutors take an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not to implement the president’s agenda faithfully. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.

submitted 22 hours ago • 71 comments

Cartoon by Nick Anderson

submitted 1 day ago • 180 comments

Bobby’s child kill list went up by one today. Lotta of the year left to go.

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MAGA R's can perpetrate any lie they like about the budget/reconcilliation. You know who doesn't buy it? The Fed. The bond market.

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Just an FYI: Medicaid fraud is rarely perpetrated by beneficiaries. The fraudsters are almost always the doctors and CEO's that administer Medicaid. For example: when a doctor charges the government $600 for an $8 breast pump and pockets the cash and the third party administrator takes a cut.

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This is evil. Pure evil.

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Important: A Republican Congressman, Austin Scott, just wrote to Marco Rubio urging him to address the problems I reported on below that are putting lifesaving treatment for severely malnourished children abroad at risk. He joins Dem Rep Seth Magaziner. Horrific stuff:

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I'll state the obvious. This isn't about saving money. It's about control. It's about ousting independence & installing loyalists. It's about frightening folks into compliance. It's about flooding the zone so people miss details & the bigger picture. It's not about saving money. And never has been

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Where are the indictments for the alleged fraud?

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lol okay. who's in charge? that's secret.

submitted 2 days ago • 61 comments

This Republican administration lies like a rug. They say their budget isn't a tax giveaway for billionaires—it is. The say they aren't gutting Medicaid and hurting their constituents—they are.

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Like clockwork, MAGA media tries to explain away the anger at GOP townhalls by saying Indivisible orchestrated all of it. They're scared. Keep pushing. freebeacon.com/media/mainst...

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How can you tell that Trump and Musk don’t actually care about going after waste and fraud? They just fired someone at the Minnesota VA whose job was to find waste/inefficiencies to save taxpayer money. It’s all a façade to shell out more money for billionaires and big corporations.

submitted 2 days ago • 77 comments

Some good advice here.

submitted 3 days ago • 44 comments

"Don't worry. We've got our best teenage Nazis on the case and they're swiftly moving to automate your job. No, they don't need to know anything about it first. Wait, why is everyone mad-"

submitted 3 days ago • 57 comments

He and Musk have no idea what they are doing. Dangerous clowns

submitted 3 days ago • 82 comments

Last week, the Senate GOP passed a budget that included a $150B increase in military spending. This week, the House GOP will vote on its own budget — which includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for more billionaire tax cuts. This isn't about what we can "afford."

submitted 3 days ago • 86 comments

This is so goddamn embarrassing. www.axios.com/2025/02/24/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 101 comments

The more you know…

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Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees. ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.

submitted 4 days ago • 94 comments

Jeffries: "Republicans have the House, the Senate, and the presidency. It is their responsibility to fund the government."

submitted 5 days ago • 263 comments

We make a fatal error agonizing over a lack of leadership in DC. There are some leaders there who we should praise. But people have always been ahead of politicians. Stop fuming and start organizing, marching, helping.

submitted 5 days ago • 127 comments

Ukraine should not have worn such a provocative outfit.

submitted 5 days ago • 138 comments

Elmo is demanding that 2.3M federal employees submit 5 bullets representing their accomplishments last week (or be fired). Fun fact. If 2.3M employees spend 5 minutes each answering that email, it will cost taxpayers $8.5M. Your taxpayer dollars funding his harassment of Feds. Now you know.

submitted 5 days ago • 119 comments

This is for @gtconway.bsky.social Five things I did last week. 1. Took too much ketamine 2. Danced onstage with a chainsaw 3. Ignored my new baby momma 4. Laughed at my own jokes. 5. Neglected all of my children except for the one I use as a human shield.

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"Starting on 28 January, federal employees refused to leave their posts in spite of Musk’s campaign to bully them out... Although 2 million workers were pressured to quit, only 75,000 of them took what looked like a sketchy “buyout” deal." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The Associated Press has sued three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists.

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

“The United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources, Reuters reported on Feb. 21, citing three sources familiar with the negotiations.”

submitted 6 days ago • 397 comments

Gov. Mills of Maine reminds us how to stand up to bullies.

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How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

submitted 6 days ago • 738 comments

BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

submitted 6 days ago • 363 comments

Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug.

submitted 6 days ago • 875 comments

@hcrichardson.bsky.social did you see your brave governor?

submitted 6 days ago • 86 comments

Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

submitted 10 days ago • 1416 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are putting your Social Security checks at risk.

submitted 10 days ago • 417 comments

Oh, I remember that, too. How dare Secretary Pete bring his husband along! The GOP and its mouthpiece are hypocritical bigots.

submitted 9 days ago • 212 comments

There's a rally TODAY targeting LaHood if you're near IL-16

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

The sledgehammer approach is madness. America is not a company you can strip for parts.

submitted 9 days ago • 142 comments

Republicans are promoting “financial responsibility” by allowing banks to charge exorbitant overdraft fees.

submitted 9 days ago • 67 comments

Shocker of all shockers: Pete Hegseth is in way over his head and embarrassed himself in his first trip overseas as the secretary of defense. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 10 days ago • 641 comments