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Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to remove protections for certain types of wetlands across the state to financially benefit developers. WPLN's @carolineeggers.bsky.social reports the bill is on the schedule for debate this week with a new amendment.

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GO VOLS and special shout out to Zakai = ZZ Rocky Top! 🍊🏀🧡 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️

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Per @johnleguizamo.bsky.social: “Medicaid is called by different names in different states! Stay awake America you lose everything you rely on!”

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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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This is an excellent sign that — to paraphrase Ben Franklin’s probably apocryphal quote — corporate law firms would rather hang together than hang separately. Williams & Connolly is top-notch and as establishment as it gets.

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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

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DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov - a “former” KGB spy. That’s right, one of Elon Musk’s young cyber criminals — related to a former KGB spy, and who seemingly did not have to undergo a background check — now has unprecedented access to…

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As America is being torn apart, weakened, and sold to the highest bidder, I think about all the folks who told me, "Well, it won't be THAT bad" and "We survived 4 years of Trump..." and "The systems will hold." All of them are privileged and well-off. Alas. We're all in it now.

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Gorgeous afternoon sunshine following snow and bitter cold in Nashville. A bit of joy in a dangerous world.

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🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration? I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for meaningful opposition to each. I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24

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Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."

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“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

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Just showed the latest ‘HeGetsUs’ Super Bowl ad to Jesus and Johnny Cash and they’re both freaking PISSED.

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With the Eagles obliterating the Chiefs, now is a good time to remind everyone that the last time the Eagles won the Super Bowl they refused to go to the White House because of Donald.

submitted 39 days ago • 542 comments

This is also a valuable resource for sky users theblue.report

submitted 43 days ago • 1274 comments

Um, people need to stop and read this. Musk’s team is looking at the coding of the Treasury payment system. prospect.org/economy/2025...

submitted 45 days ago • 180 comments

so unsurprisingly this whole thing about the mexican troops was fake. congrats to everyone who reported it.

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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

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What’s the over/under on how soon Trusk will declare Marshall Law? Next week when the market crashes?

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"It was a plan to steal power through executive actions knowing that neither the courts or Congress will have the strength to resist them" @elienyc.bsky.social on Trump seemingly following the Project 2025 playbook. "What is Congress doing? Why are they even there? Is it for the parking?"

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Who is the head of our government? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

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realizing this is about as close to a creed as i have.

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There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.

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i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.

submitted 48 days ago • 448 comments

Democrats shld make clear to voters that this gives Musk's private sector employees the power to stop checks to any individual recipient in the US (Soc Sec, vets benefits, Medicare) as well as examine their private financial info. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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This is so well said I simply had to share! 👇

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🔥REPUBLICAN ex-Rep. Sam Whitson’s letter to Republicans: “This (voucher scam) will come at enormous costs to the taxpayer and mean less resources for students still in public schools, particularly students with disabilities & students living in poverty.” www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

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They never counted on AI putting AI out of business.

submitted 52 days ago • 35 comments

I don’t know if this is the one, but this IS the way! The only language they speak is 💰. If we don’t hit them where it hurts, they will never listen. This is our true power.

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WATCH: Nashville Dems Sen. @campbell4tn.bsky.social & Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social encourage folks to speak out about next week’s special session — where @govbilllee is tying his vouchers scam and immigration to hurricane disaster aid Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFLlPfH...

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This is Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. She is the face of courage and compassion. I thank her for speaking truth to power by calling out those who seek who harm and punish the marginalized. In a world of MAGA lunatics, always be like her. 💙🙏

submitted 57 days ago • 17 comments

AOC seems like the only Democrat in Washington whose brain hasn't been removed and stored in a pickle jar.

submitted 57 days ago • 108 comments

Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?

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