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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive & judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”- James Madison
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Musk, Vance and their support for the anti-American, pro-Russian German far-right From Jamie Kirchik www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...

Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...

Some personal news: I think nazi salutes are bad www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

How many child cancer researchers did they fire to pay for this?

another Nazi salute at CPAC

Clinical trials for the most serious diseases halted. Research grants ended. 1,500 NIH workers fired. All probationary employees fired- these were the brightest, fully trained & vetted, most talented next generation of public servants - fired. This is not ending “waste, fraud or abuse”’

Helpful explanations here. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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)

This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own:

In 1994, under pressure from US, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for assurances from United States, Russia, and UK to respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders. Eventually Russia invaded Ukraine. Imagine if Ukraine had kept its nukes-

Good morning 💙 Wordle 1,344 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

People i know who had a Tesla have sold them. Nobody wants a Tesla now

This is how it’s done.

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

We just won a court order stopping DOGE and unauthorized, unelected, and unvetted individuals like Elon Musk from accessing people's private data and blocking federal funds. We will keep fighting to protect all Americans from this administration’s destruction.

Trump has fired the country’s senior military officer, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

They keep showing us exactly who they are.

Trump’s jealousy of Zelensky is so obvious. No one will EVER say Trump is a hero or compare him to Churchill.

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

"The larger dynamic is that Trump isn’t merely pushing to redefine the boundaries of the law or even the Constitution," Jonathan Chait writes. "He is rejecting the principle that the law constrains him at all."

NEW: Whitman Walker, a LGBTQ health center in Washington DC, has scrubbed its site of descriptions of gender affirming care services. This is pure cowardice and stabbing the trans community in the back. While services are not affected, it will limit access to resources if patients can't find them.

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

Applebaum: When Putin invaded Ukraine: “international financial institutions froze $300 b of Russian assets -There are sound legal & moral arguments for seizing these assets & giving them to Ukraine” to allow them to continue defending themselves & to rebuild www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

What happens when people who do not understand agency missions control the agency: "One of the officials who was locked out of his work accounts was Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety James Todd, a senior executive official and the top authority for all nuclear-safety matters in the agency."

If we have enough people with the knowledge and moral fortitude of Maine Governor Janet Mills, and the Associated Press- we might be able to save our Democracy

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

US stock markets fell sharply after an economic report showed American consumers are growing increasingly fearful of price increases and how President Donald Trump's tariffs could reignite the inflation crisis.

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

Thank you Gov Mills!! We need to oust this convicted felon, treasonous bully, ignorant thug from our WH and our lives. And he can take his unqualified, hostile toadies with him.

Of course stocks are tumbling in this unstable, scary environment led by ignorant, unstable people. Countless Americans fired, programs we rely on shuttered. Trump has alienated allies & trade partners. Stupid tariffs loom & with them higher inflation. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...

The Trump administration is sending asylum seekers and migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and China to Costa Rica and Panama. There’s no plan for what happens to them next // Andrea Salcedo writes from Panama City with @schmidtsam.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

If true this could not be more serious But who is left to investigate him?

Neither Trump, Musk, Vance or any of Trump appointments have the deep experience & knowledge required to lead America They don’t know or care about consequences. Its chaos. Also, we have a president and others with questionable loyalties. Its Russia first. Putin puppets.

People need to understand this: Trump did not leave office willingly the first time. If his health holds up, he will not leave office willingly this time. He is not joking about serving more than two terms.

"Presidents only get so much political capital. Trump has decided to invest his finite capital into supporting Putin's authoritarian regime in Moscow..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

"Key congressional Republicans have powers they’re choosing not to use... "Senator Susan Collins, for example, believes the White House and DOGE may be breaking the law. She doesn’t, however, seem eager to use her considerable influence..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

DOGE is not about waste and fraud. This is about gutting government services without any evaluation of their need. Americans have decided to have and fund an effective National Park Service. Trump and Musk are trampling on democracy to do whatever the hell they want.

People who come to this country are not criminals. They come just as my parents came - with their best hopes and their skills, drawn by the American dream- the opportunity to make a better life in the land of promise. That America is now being stolen from us all.

Measles are coming If he[RFK Jr] sticks to the nonsense he has spread for the past two decades, children will die — publicly, with their grieving parents interviewed on camera, regretting their decisions not to vaccinate. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

🚨 Russia’s war on #Ukraine nears its 4th year, amounting to: ❌ 12,456 civilians killed ❌ Millions displaced & widespread destruction Justice & civilian protection must be central to any negotiations. 🔎 Learn what policymakers should prioritize: hrw.org/news/2025/02...