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Anyone interested in knowing who and which entities own Xitter? Here you go! ⬇️ www.jacobsilverman.com/p/we-got-a-j...

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Whenever you ponder how Trump could possibly be president, remember the old saying: “Don’t underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.“

submitted 1 hour ago • 52 comments

Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

submitted 7 hours ago • 90 comments

Call today to let your Congressman know what you think about Elon Musk’s DOGE and its slash-and-burn cuts to the federal workforce and vital government programs. Leave a message if necessary. YOUR CALLS REALLY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ☎️

submitted 28 minutes ago • 32 comments

Unfortunately I won’t be to DC in time, but this rally for Ukraine is happening in Lincoln memorial. Attend if you can and Slava Ukrainii!

submitted 1 hour ago • 67 comments

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

submitted 1 day ago • 1530 comments

This is so unconscionable. Elon Musk is personally extorting Ukraine to get access to their minerals for his car batteries. Once again, Elon Musk is an existential threat to everyone on this planet. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

submitted 1 hour ago • 21 comments

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Especially because of what’s happening in healthcare - but on all matters really - what a brilliant and prescient piece of advice. @timothysnyder.bsky.social

submitted 17 hours ago • 10 comments

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

submitted 18 hours ago • 845 comments

U.S. President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished U.S. Department of Homeland Security data show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of Joe Biden's administration.

submitted 19 hours ago • 10 comments

Take Russia's frozen assets now (written in December 2023, now even more urgent) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 19 hours ago • 31 comments

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.

submitted 21 hours ago • 2162 comments

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1510 comments

I cannot imagine the hoops I'd have to jump through to get any kind of clearance. And then this happens.

submitted 22 hours ago • 11 comments

Me too.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 1 day ago • 333 comments

@teenvogue.com has more journalistic integrity than @nytimes.com 💅🏽

submitted 23 hours ago • 3 comments

Zelensky: “Our people are free. To be honest, we’re fighting precisely for this…The legitimacy of comrade Putin is recognized only by comrade Putin himself. Only Putin elects Putin. Russians are the scenery, with only one performer on stage.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...

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This morning AG Bondi fired ATF’s Chief Counsel, Pamela Hicks. Within an hour, Hicks was given the memo from the AG, computer access was terminated, and she was escorted out of the building. Hicks was an exceptional and highly ethical chief counsel. Trump’s purge continues

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NEW: A regional FEMA chief of staff took Elon Musk's Fork in the Road offer. He has proof of receipt. But they didn't honor it. Instead, they fired him 13 days later. Now, this retired Navy captain is speaking out. www.thebulwark.com/p/musk-doge-...

submitted 1 day ago • 153 comments

AI is a marketing term Claiming Musk uses AI to reshape the federal government buys the terminology They're using software readily available for downsizing. This isn't some genius AI move

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

"Frederick Douglass is the very best that this nation has produced. The cancelation of this parade in his honor [reflects] a deep animus toward anything that detracts from a white-centered view of American history. Yes, racism." open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

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Elon Musk's private security detail has been deputized as Federal Marshalls and can carry firearms on Federal property. What could possibly go wrong? www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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All these new polls showing majorities disapproving of Trump, and Elon Musk faring even worse, really undermine one of the dumber narratives of the moment: That "disruption" is automatically good for Trump. Check out my exchange with @juliaazari.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/1917...

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Add up the claimed savings on the DOGE website and (right now )you get $7.19b from contract savings, and $0.14b from real estate, for a total of $7.3b, or $21.47 per American. Trump is talking about giving a "DOGE dividend" of 20% of these savings. Enjoy your $4.29.

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

For the uninitiated, the late 19th century was absolute shit for those without wealth. Trump and his people explicitly pinpoint that time period as the good ol’ days.

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According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

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This is even more unconstitutional than usual. Article I gives Congress the power to establish the post office. It cannot be "dissolve[d]" by the Executive.

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Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

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DOGE’s inner workings, ProPublica has gathered the names and backgrounds of the people employed there. We’ve identified some 46 people, including 12 new names we are adding to the list today. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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CNN Poll: Americans worried by Trump’s push to expand power www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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Another Russian Asset parroting Russian talking points and acting like a petulant child. Fuck this guy!

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