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“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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Jeffries: hey the GOP controls the government, absolutely nothing i can do, gonna work on my personal book tour Sanders: brb i am going to personally barnstorm strategic GOP house districts and try to peel off 2 votes so we can block Trump's cuts to Medicaid www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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To understand the moment we are in as a country, this is incredibly important to take in:

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Really awful.

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It appears irony is not dead after all.

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REPOST if you stand with AOC!

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

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@juliusgoat.bsky.social

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As @petebuttigieg.bsky.social wrote on another platform: “The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?”

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It’s not about “government efficiency.” It’s about autocratic power.

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NY City Council speaker Adrienne Adams: "With the resignation of deputy mayors, it has become clear that Mayor Adams has now lost the confidence and trust of his own staff, his colleagues in government, and New Yorkers. He now must prioritize New York City and New Yorkers, step aside and resign."

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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

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Across the nation, thousands protested on Monday, slamming tRump’s heinous agenda. They called him a “king” on Presidents’ Day, condemning his actions dismantling the federal government and inflicting pain on countless citizens. We demand accountability and justice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

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Hey, @maddow.msnbc.com Are you on board with the February 28th #EconomicBlackout? I hope so and, if so, please amplify! www.newsweek.com/will-nationw...

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@abc7.bsky.social Who told you “100’s” of New Yorkers were protesting Trump/Musk/Adams today? Wrong! Fire that person. There were many thousands of furious citizens marching.

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz (@zezvaz.bsky.social):

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Amazing day out here and across the country! We have over 70 people at this store in Pasadena. Won't post shots of the crowd, up to others if they want to. This is just the beginning! #TeslaTakedown Teslatakedown.com

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

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👇🏻👇🏻

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When real world headlines read like The Onion…

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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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A statement from Robert B. Fiske Jr., John S. Martin Jr., Mary Jo White, James B. Comey, David N. Kelley, Geoffrey S. Berman, and Audrey Strauss:

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Spot on.

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Donald Trump took credit for Biden's stock market when Trump wasn't president--and he is now blaming Trump's inflation on Biden when Trump is president. Donald is always the first to take credit and the last to take responsibility.

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Good for Jamie Raskin!

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A great letter:

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/am...

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open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

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CFPB - closed USAID - closed Medicaid - under attack NIH cancer funding - frozen Department of Education - under attack But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today? SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk

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Remember when Musk and Zuck were gonna maybe fight in a UFC cage match? We should get that going again. Zuck hates Musk. Altman hates Musk. Like, every other billionaire hates Elon Musk? Can they all just do a cage match, already? @mcuban.bsky.social you down?

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I wonder how one possibly justifies any of these actions

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If you are looking for someone to say that all is lost and the courts can't help protect democracy, you are following the wrong guy. If you are looking for someone who fights hard and will never give up, I'm here for you.

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i just want to be clear about something. if you're a democrat or independent and you didn't cast a ballot for president in the last election, this shitshow is on you.

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open.substack.com/pub/elonmusk...

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NEW: A Rhode Island federal judge rules that the White House violated a previous court order blocking a funding freeze. He orders the Trump administration to restore federal program payments, warning that further non-compliance could be a crime.

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (again): The Justice Department asked a court to urgently “dissolve” or “modify/clarify” the sweeping order that blocks Musk allies — and political leadership in Treasury from accessing the government’s massive payment system. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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