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We are ten times richer than we were during Donald Trump’s favorite era jabberwocking.com/we-are-ten-t...

For those who need to be reminded, the post below is NOT legal advice. In fact, if not already clear, don’t ever rely on social media posts from any lawyer as legal advice. Get private legal guidance specific to you if necessary.

BREAKING: Elon Musk Causes Panic For Federal Employees. I need your help to spread this everywhere because if people don't read Elon's Twitter, they may not be aware. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

The order to email Elon Musk five things you did last week or else you’re fired appears to be illegal. More here.

Very interesting reporting here. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

Every Dem Senator and Rep should publicly call Musk a dick and dare that dick DC US Atty to "investigate" them all.

“Failure to respond will be deemed” resignation? By Whom??????????????????????????????????????????????????

ICYMI — under Trump the USDA has suspended the 1890 farm bill scholarship program that went to HBCU’s, including Tennessee State University, to increase the number of students studying agriculture and related majors. www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

Who elected him the boss of all federal employees??!! apnews.com/article/elon... Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week

Such a bunch of incoherent crap that he's spewing! Come on--even his sycophants know that none of what he says here is true. He's going to impoverish ALL of us.

“Hegseth suggested that Brown, who is Black, may have risen to his position through racial preferences. ‘We'll never know,’ he wrote, in a classic just-asking-questions dodge. But Trump should know. He’s the president who nominated Brown to be Air Force Chief of Staff in 2020.”

So DOGE's 'wall of receipts' is riddled with errors, falsehoods and distortions. big shock. about what you'd expect from 6 tech bros dragged over from the strip club www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

The Trump administration halted defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit filed a lawsuit.

What was it that the ABA said about the rule of law the other day?

Dear @cnn.com, The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?

Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine threatened legal action after President Trump said he would withhold funding to her state unless she complied with his executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. Read more: nyti.ms/3F2nn9a

They even gave their own emblem. Luke other countries we know

He’s Black. 👀 #Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff on Fri, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.” apnews.com/article/trum...

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

Helpful explanations here. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

Six House lawmakers with military backgrounds are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about his reported plans to fire top generals and flag officers.

The NYT, has finally added the clause "who is the communications director for Houston Young Republicans" to describe the ringer among the ostensibly representative Black people it interviewed for a Trump story. Utterly shameless. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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THIS IS INSANE

Elon’s lie about the astronauts being stranded in space for political reasons exposed, leading Elon to get community noted on his own website

"The voters who chose Trump last year because of his business prowess must have forgotten about his six bankruptcies, hundreds of stiffed contractors, $25 million Trump University fraud settlement, and terrible reputation among peers." www.thebulwark.com/p/seven-myth...

In addition to Congress being the place that makes the laws, pretty key thing, the constitution explicitly says Congress gets to create the postal system. It’s not left implied that that comes under law making generally. The President has no power to unilaterally abolish it and move it to commerce.

In negotiating a G7 statement on the Ukraine war, Trump administration objects to calling Russia the "aggressor," trying to reverse the group's position over the past three years. @stevenerlanger.bsky.social @matinastevis.bsky.social David Sanger www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...

Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

Trump has been president for 31 days. He only slept at the White House for 19 of those days. The other 12 were at his properties, among his customers. Gift link: wapo.st/434l8fD

It’s not just that Trump’s agenda isn’t popular. It’s that new Post polling shows that views of his agenda comes down to Republicans vs. everyone else. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Bullshit. www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

Big time Trump supporter and boot licker owns a car dealershop in Queens. Would be terrible if that dealership - Bayside Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram was flooded with negative reviews! Be careful - more than one Bayside Chrysler - make sure it is Queens.

Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory Senate Democrats have drawn a line in the sand on the budget. Democrats are not going to agree to anything without restrictions on Trump’s power Will it even make a difference? The House must follow suit! www.politicususa.com/p/senate-dem...

They know they’re skating on thin ice. Like when they feared Kamala would win & Musk announced his $1million sweepstakes for voters in PA. Or when Trump was tanking for his COVID response & so put his personal signature on stimmy checks. It’s their Hail Mary. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

This is, in no uncertain terms, a rout. The New York Times published an unfortunate op-ed trying to legally justify Trump administration's #Birthright citizenship order. Here, five leading scholars show, with analytic precision, how that op-ed was "fundamentally flawed and irresponsible."⬇️

Full text: www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Pure genius

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

Trump's former VP Mike Pence has more courage and moral clarity, than the majority of GOP and he believes, in spreading the truth. He posted this on Twitter today. Dark Pence is back! 🔥🔥🔥

the “make america healthy again” agenda appears to be an elaborate op conjured up by sentient strains of listeria and salmonella www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

Here’s an idea: Hochul removes Adams and replaces him with someone who will tell the Secret Service that the next time Trump comes to Manhattan the Secret Service can block the streets themselves without the help of the NYPD