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morganstephens.bsky.social
national politics reporter with Daily Kos covering Democrats, poet TILT (2024), previously White House for Bloomberg & production for CNN, slowly lurching toward my first novel
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POTUS continues "joking" about staying in office past 2028. The majority of Americans believe he'll attempt it. Meanwhile, MAGA is already splintering on the issue, with recent activist factions popping up at CPAC. Latest: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

“Absolute admiration for President Zelenskyy. The guy has balls. He went into the Oval Office and stood up to Russia’s best negotiators,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell of California.

ICYMI: The DNC filed its first lawsuit on Friday against Trump in what calls a “blatant power grab by a corrupt Republican administration” over campaign finance law. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

NEW: After Trump and Vance threw Zelenskyy’s White House meeting off the rails, the public consensus among Democrats was swift and unified: “embarrassing,” “dangerous,” “un-American,” “an ambush.” www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

JUST NOW: "You see the hatred he's got for Putin, it's really tough to make a deal with that kind of hatred," Trump said to Zelenskyy and reporters in Oval Office during devolving WH meeting.

Trump and Musk are right about one thing: All of this is a disaster—their disaster.

You nailed it, @morganstephens.bsky.social. She’s desperate to stay relevant and the maga broligarchs are her last refuge. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

After 3 surgeries, a blood clot, infection & being hospitalized for over a week, the moment I was discharged I rushed to the airport so I could get on a plane to DC & vote NO on Republicans’ disastrous budget plan. Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵

A federal judge just smacked down Trump’s reckless funding freeze, calling it “ill-conceived” and “unfathomable.” Turns out, trying to block trillions in federal aid practically overnight is completely unhinged.

USDS staffers resign en masse in response to Musk’s latest antics.

Shocker.

Spoiler: the FBI, Pentagon, and unions aren’t impressed.

As if gutting the entire federal government wasn't enough, Trump and RFK Jr. are now abandoning 9/11 first responders.

No Kings on Presidents Day. The American people are fighting back against Trump and Musk.

New from me: Congressional Democrats of all factions are hinting at a government shutdown in one month as a bargaining chip to combat the Trump and Musk administration. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Marjorie Taylor Greene is out here silencing Democrats to protect Elon Musk’s fragile ego. Government efficiency, indeed. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Trump is back on Putin’s leash.

Want Medicare for All? Climate action? Wealth tax? Then we need progressives winning these Senate races.

NEW: 13 attorneys general file a lawsuit against DOGE, challenging Elon Musk's "exercise of executive power." 1/3 Filing here: www.mass.gov/doc/nm-v-mus...

What do they say about sunlight and disinfectant?

"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation." (gift link)

Sunlight will be the best disinfectant ☀️😎:

Trump’s FBI pick is accused of perjury. Republicans’ response? Full speed ahead 🚨

NEW from me: Democrats, young and old, get social media savvy in their direct-to-voters fight against Trump and Musk www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

From the digital sphere to the steps of State Capitols. I wrote about the grassroots #50501movement that took hold this week on Bluesky in response to Trump's chaos.

NEW from me: The massive labor union @aflcio.org trolls Elon Musk after rolling out the "Department of People Who Work for a Living," which aims to elbow its way into the conversation for working Americans. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Fantastic news. Bookshop over Amazon ANY day. www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan says that so many NH residents called her office over Trump and Musk that the Senate phone system is experiencing "technical issues from the increase in calls." She's now asking people to email her instead.

NEW from me: The first days of @kenmartin.bsky.social steering the DNC show a man ready to set up a 'war room' to combat the GOP's misinformation machine in the digital age, rebuild the party for the working class and push back against Trump each step of the way. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

@warren.senate.gov speaks outside the Treasury: "A few months ago, Elon Musk spent $280 million to buy an election for Donald Trump. Now, Elon Musk is here to collect on his investment. He is here to seize power for himself. We are here to fight back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUIC...

Elon Musk has got to go.

Going direct to voters via social. Smart.

@pressley.house.gov calls Elon’s minions “billionaire boys with grubby little hands” 🤌🏼

Happening NOW: Democratic lawmakers speak with protesters on Musk's access to financial data on Americans, chanting to "shut down the Senate" at a rally hosted by @moveon.org Civic Action, @indivisible.org, and @workingfamilies.org outside the Treasury Dept in Washington, D.C. Link below.

Wyden: "Tell Elon Musk to take his hands off your money!"

In a DNC Chair acceptance speech, @kenmartin.bsky.social says Dems must do three things: 1. Unite & rebuild to win elections & improve working people's lives. 2. Go on offense. "Trump’s first week is what happens when amateur hour meets demolition derby." And 3. build new alliances. 1/2

NEW: @kenmartin.bsky.social wins the election for Democratic National Committee chair. #DNCChair

Happening now: the DNC is holding its vote for their next chair.

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

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