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NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff. Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.

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Alina Habba, who is ostensibly a lawyer, claims on Fox & Friends that Trump "made the law" with his executive orders (executive orders are not laws -- only Congress can make laws)

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The family values party.

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BREAKING: Donald Trump purged the Military to install loyalists, his Administration suffered a significant loss at the Supreme Court, and Republicans are being held accountable by their constituents. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

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Trump Urges Musk to Intensify DOGE Aggression Amid Declining Polls Trump ignores constituent unrest

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"Piece Plan"

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🚨WATCH🚨 ON THE LINE with VoteVets, hosted by @fpwellman.bsky.social, digs into Trump’s reckless and feckless military purge.

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"Why are they doing this? Because they are sick and cruel people. That’s why. For them, money isn’t so much even a measure of wealth as it is a tool to inflict suffering, which gets them off. In […] The torture, pain, and hate are not a bug—it’s their desire and final solution."

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“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

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“The UK didn’t have a general election for 10 years because of WW2 - that doesn’t make Winston Churchill a dictator. Zelensky has not banned opposition parties - just the ones openly pro-Russian, just like we banned the fascist party when Hitler was bombing the shit out of us on the nightly basis.”

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It’s imperative at this point that Europe develop a defense posture independent of the United States, which should be treated as the ally of Russia that it has now become.

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This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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I heard someone compare Trump’s mass firings to him being a bull in a china shop. I disagree. Trump is a like a bull in a VA hospital. Trump is like a bull in an assisted living facility. Trump is like a bull in an Alzheimer’s research center. Trump is like a bull in a NICU.

submitted 5 hours ago • 106 comments

The purge of senior officers who have served with distinction on the battlefield and off should send a shiver down the spine of any American who cares about an apolitical military.

submitted 12 hours ago • 36 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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I am very politically active and write/call my congressman often. I have lived in his district for almost 2 decades. I have never seen him in person and it’s not for a lack of trying. No town halls. No visiting his district. I’ve never seen hide nor hair of Sam Graves.

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STATEMENT: “This Is The Move Of A Weak And Insecure Tyrant, Not A Strong Commander-in-Chief”

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Political interference in military leadership—especially dismissing generals and admirals based on ideological loyalty rather than competence—has repeatedly led to disastrous consequences. We are not exempt. NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-purge...

submitted 17 hours ago • 40 comments

If you support this, you’re an awful human being

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So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

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Sure Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the CNO....but they fired the top JAG's in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Why would you fire the top lawyers in the armed services at night on a Friday? That's the part you should be freaking out about.

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The worst part of this North Korean style sycophancy is that we all know Lutnick doesn’t believe a word of this and Trump knows Lutnick doesn’t believe a word of this.

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Folks are asking, “what should I do in this moment?” One of the most passionate, progressive voices in Congress for 30 years, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden answers that question. Here’s our conversation, inside a replica of the Senate chamber at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: youtu.be/n_nQ-Moa9fI?...

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Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico. Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts! New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

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Part of the preparations for using the American military on American streets to commit violence against American citizens. Full caudillo. bsky.app/profile/avin...

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#Polio vaccination in #Gaza has started. WHO teams are on the ground providing support to ensure a quality campaign.

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We are arms dealers to terrorists.

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In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests? There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The FBI ordered the transfer of 1,500 staffers out of its Washington headquarters, two sources familiar with the orders told Reuters reut.rs/3QuHkbf

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what would a foreign adversary do differently as part of a coordinated attack

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