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You owe it to us New Yorkers to hold town halls @schumer.senate.gov Explain your vote to fund the government and conceding everything to Trump Tell us why you changed your position so abruptly-without even telling Hakeem Jeffries Convince us why you shouldn't step down

📌Judge Crawford has locked up violent criminals, shielded seniors from scams, and stood up to both corporations and government when our freedoms were on the line. ✅ Vote for Judge Susan Crawford. Our future & democracy depends on it.

Being a Florida resident, this is DeSantis last stint as bring a Nazi Project 2025 criminal. Now he wants his wife to run for Governor when his term is up… I say hell no to this Satan 😡

So, Florida used to protect 16-17yo so they would get a dinner break. Under proposed legislation supported by DeSantis, they'll could be forced to work through without a break. What changed? Only what labor needs, not what young adults need. What's next?

Sometimes you just have to ask—why? The Senate voted to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure introduced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was expected to save Americans billions each year.

Members of Congress can send official mail via the United States Postal Service without having to pay for stamps. A notice that DOGE gained access to sensitive personal data and recommending steps to mitigate that harm could certainly be official mail. This is an excellent idea:

New Yorker cartoon.

U.S. military pilots are furious—lives were put at risk when Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon leaked flight plans for a live mission over Signal. Pilots were in the air while targets and timing were being texted. This wasn’t just a mistake. It was a failure of leadership. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

History books won’t make sense of this either. It will be up to psychology studies.

the one thing that “the handmaid’s tale” got HORRIBLY wrong was that the media would go down fighting instead of shamelessly collaborating and becoming court stenography drones

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

Sorry America- I know you’ve been taught that Clint Eastwood will ride into town and clean out the bandits - but in reality the citizens will have to do it themselves. Clint Eastwood is an actor.

This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites. Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.

We're losing our top researchers and scientists because trump is a fucking moron!

I will no longer engage with hateful comments on X , thus I have chosen to respond in this manner. 🤗

Ida Lewis helped her mom tend Lime Rock Lighthouse, R.I.. Ida was a great swimmer & rower who 1st rescued 4 men whose boat had capsized when she was 12. The US gov’t awarded her the Gold Lifesaving Medal for her rescue of 2 soldiers. Lewis Drive in Arlington Cemetery is named for her. (See ALT text)

🔥 Patriotic Millionaires UK campaigned last week across the country to advocate for a Wealth Tax, against the backdrop of significant possible welfare cuts in the spring budget.

Do you suppose the contract to re-do Treasury's Payment System will be tendered, or go directly to #DOGE staff? www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...

‘More egregious' than just war plans: Fox News reporter calls out Trump official's 'lapse' https://twp.ai/1VMMgg

This government has declared war on its people.

Ron Johnson Endorses Good Old What's His Name https://twp.ai/1VMMow

substack.com/@letsgetinto...

I am tracking 3 separate cases where the government is violating court orders. The question now is whether judges find willfulness and hold officials in contempt. Democracy Docket members will receive my latest on this and more in their inboxes tomorrow. Join now. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

MacKenzie Scott

He posted this before he acknowledged that people died in the tornadoes. Also… His last golf “championship?”

This is the man I love more than life itself, laying in the bed sick as a dog because the V.A. didn't auto ship his meds for the 1st time ever 😤 20 years in the g.d. military with ptsd, deaf, tinnitus, vertigo & all kinds of shit from it & now you stop his meds?😡 This is what felon/Musk is doing! 🤬

We can’t look away, we can’t walk away, we can’t give up. Too much is on the line.

Trump is attacking environmental protections that are widely popular with the American people across party lines, but he doesn't want people to know. We can't let Trump pull out the rug on climate safeguards without fighting back. 💪 share.sierraclub.org/s/2Hy64rUh

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Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and other life-saving programs. It’s time to fight back. app.sosha.ai/s/7nqq8QHL Downtown Los Angeles. Taking the train!

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When I wrote this in July, some said I was being alarmist. Unfortunately, now I look prescient. "Project 2025 is premised on contempt for constitutional norms and the rule of law. It seeks to reshape American government, law and society for a generation." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...

There it is

This 👇

@marcelias.bsky.social's message to Trump after attacking Marc by name at the DOJ: "I wear your scorn as a badge of honor."

this guy’s distinguishing quality is his boundless contempt for anyone who voices the slightest disagreement with him. you can see in his voice and mannerisms that he thinks he’s better than everyone around him. (which to my mind is just compensation for his palpable self-loathing)

Neville Chamberlain celebrated "peace in our time" Schumer and his 9 Senate appeasers can celebrate this piece of shit CR in their time.