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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

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This is the way.

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less than eight years ago she said what Al Franken did goes beyond party, beyond friendship, and that what he did disqualifies him for public office

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USAID’s Nicholas Enrich was put on admin leave after sending this memo outlining the catastrophic damage and human suffering caused by Trump’s cuts to the agency’s work including 200K kids paralyzed by polio; more than 28K cases of diseases like Ebola and Marburg; up to 18 million cases of malaria.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Literally all he did was quote someone. Defining criticism of the government as treason is what authoritarians do. Turning a publicly funded news outlet into a state media propaganda machine is what authoritarians do.

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www.vanityfair.com/news/story/h...

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JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 28 days ago • 1055 comments

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

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USAID is US strength!

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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

submitted 33 days ago • 1750 comments

We’re updating TheGriffinList.com soon with voter testimonials shared with us, like this one 🔥 youtu.be/Tra_E2PE4JY?...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

I saw this brief come in, and, I'll be honest, I didn't want to read it. I will, but it's appalling.

submitted 34 days ago • 28 comments

Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options. Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.

submitted 35 days ago • 4012 comments

Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

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People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)

submitted 34 days ago • 383 comments

FYI

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Gary's Economics is a really good channel - honestly feels like he'll be weighing up running for an election at some point too... youtu.be/QROpbj_Yz-0?...

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NEW: The National Council of Churches, whose members represent ~30 million Christians, have come out against Trump's revocation of the ICE sensitive locations policy. "Violating sacred and safe space is not an acceptable way to enforce immigration laws that are outdated and in need of reform."

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My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.

submitted 37 days ago • 510 comments

These are important wording choices. When you describe lawbreaking this way, you’re communicating to the reader that sure, maybe it’s TECHNICALLY illegal, but it can’t REALLY be that important. Nobody describes street criminals as “unbound by legal niceties.”

submitted 37 days ago • 44 comments

dark times indeed, but still laughing that one of the week’s big stories was an Chinese AI company being like “oh a bullshit machine? we can make that, no problem” and it blew up the stock market

submitted 37 days ago • 30 comments

i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve

submitted 38 days ago • 2177 comments

It has now officially been confirmed. We have reached the singularity

submitted 39 days ago • 351 comments

If you're struggling financially due to government fuckery or for any reason really and you need infant formula talk to your pediatrician we can hook you up and don't like to ask questions.

submitted 40 days ago • 229 comments

While President Trump illegally pauses federal funding from Congress, the Senate must not be business as usual. We do not consent to this lawless power grab.

submitted 40 days ago • 1481 comments

I was to give a talk at a big US Attorney's Office next week abt the complicity of German lawyers in the creation of the Nazi state. Yesterday the Justice Department cancelled it. Irony is dead. I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated. #LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust

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1/ ProPublica has heard from dozens of voters who expressed astonishment and anger at state appeals court Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing attempts to cancel their ballots in the North Carolina Supreme Court race. “I know the rules,” one voter said. www.propublica.org/article/nort...

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FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅ FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅ W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀 Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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Schiff: "None of this is in a vacuum. It all takes place in the context of a Supreme Court decision that gave Donald Trump absolute immunity to commit crimes using the DOJ. So more than ever you need an attorney general willing to say no to an unlawful or immortal request from POTUS."

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NEW: Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Department.

submitted 53 days ago • 28 comments

we made the @charlotteobserver.bsky.social as “another group”

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say blogblog you cowards 🤣🤣

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Add to the list why eligible votes are being challenged in N.C.: having 2 last names. #ncpol "The system has trouble with compound names," journalist @ccourtneybohl.bsky.social was told "and that’s likely the reason it couldn’t verify my social security number." indyweek.com/news/jeffers...

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NC voters, have you checked to see if your name is on this list?

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It snowed. It’s not like there’s a violent mob outside beating up cops who are desperately trying to protect members of Congress inside.

submitted 62 days ago • 2933 comments

Everyone knows the Washingon Post is in turmoil, bleeding subscribers, journalists, reader respect. But if the boss is asking how to attract Trump supporters that means self-respect is eroding too. For me, at least, that's a step further than I thought we were at. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

submitted 63 days ago • 156 comments

VP Harris: Today, I will perform my constitutional duty as Vice President to certify the results of the 2024 election. This duty is a sacred obligation — one I will uphold guided by love of country, loyalty to our Constitution, and unwavering faith in the American people.

submitted 62 days ago • 1177 comments

Doing liberal January 6 today. We’re all gathering and showing off our love for election norms no matter the context. “You won” we smugly chant. My buddy’s sign says WE’LL GIVE YOU MOST OF WHAT YOU WANT

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“The logic of despair isn’t for me.” — James Baldwin

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