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Retired 49 year PR/communications pro. Twitter refugee. Curator of memes, gifs and political non- sense. Unapologetic purveyor of occasional humor as a timeline cleanse.
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Federal workers in limbo. Employees at HHS getting emails telling them to justify their jobs and NIH instructing workers to hold off before responding. Obtained from a source familiar.

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Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, a former slave, opened one of the first restaurants in Rhode Island with his wife in the 1700s — and America may owe its love for oysters to their efforts

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This made my day(so far)

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Let’s try this again. Apparently, the audio wasn’t working on the first clip. Hopefully, it’s fixed now. Thank you @petebuttigieg.bsky.social for continuing to speak truth to power and giving us hope. [1 of 2 clips of the same talk cut in order to share here]

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, must have known this would happen. The truth is, he was too scared to vote to tank RFK Jr. So all this is on him.

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Demand town halls from every member of Congress. Especially those who support Trump/Musk cuts. Media: Send more cameras to these. Please.

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BREAKING: USCP is arresting Enrique Tarrio for swiping his hand at a counterprotester who got in his face.

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Thank you Democracy Docket for putting this handy Trump Accountability tracker together that gets updated each week!

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Gov. Mills of Maine reminds us how to stand up to bullies.

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One Russian paper poses a “core question” about America, Europe and Nato. Another quotes a retired Russian general & former minister as saying that, when the war in Ukraine ends, Russia “must continue to build up its defence capabilities. I repeat, build them up.” #ReadingRussia

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Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Sucking up to Trump, who views friendship as leverage, won't work. Standing up to a bully may be uncomfortable but firmly extracting security guarantees and denying him an easy victory is the only option.

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"The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia. Except, no. None of that is true. Not that it stops President Trump..."

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Multiple agencies and unions have reportedly told federal workers not to respond to a new email demanding that they account for their work over the last week

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Trump voter who got laid off from IRS tells NBC10: “I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found [waste] instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason.” www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

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Current mood..

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JUST IN: Judge Trevor McFadden sets hearing for 3PM Monday on @AP bid to end lockout from Trump White House events & Air Force One

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“This Week in Democracy: Week 5 – The 'King' Purges His Generals” Read and share the latest from Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term:

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you love to see it www.pressherald.com/2025/02/21/r...

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NYT reports the Trump administration is considering a plan to hold migrants at military detention sites, including Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, CO. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Fascinating conversation

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UPDATE: Luigi Mangione appeared in a New York City courtroom today in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Friday's preliminary pretrial hearing was Mangione's first court appearance since he was arraigned on state murder charges in December.

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+1

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A little high tea timeline cleanse-sort of. Support PBS and NPR. (Edited slightly for time from IG)

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New from 404 Media: source familiar with engineers spending days of their time scanning .gov sites for "transgender" and other terms. "It is not efficient to take engineers off their work to scan old content for any keywords this new administration hates." www.404media.co/the-bigotry-...

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BREAKING: Judge Dale Ho declines quick approval of Trump administration's bid to dismiss criminal case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, appoints renowned conservative lawyer & former solicitor general Paul Clement to argue against dismissal. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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From a Reddit user who says they are a fired federal worker and military veteran: "NEWSFLASH - They don't care about Veterans."

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NEW: We spoke with federal workers grappling with symptoms of paranoia around technology due to DOGE's incursion, including some fearful of their own home networks, and take a hard look at the range of tools the government currently uses to monitor its workforce: www.wired.com/story/survei...

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Latest Hiding in Plain Sight column for the Nation. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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@booker.senate.gov on @maddow.msnbc.com “The power of the people is always greater than the people in power. We must use our voice to demand a government that works for and by the people.” 1/2

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Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and CEO Devin Nunes announce the board voted to advance plans for possible new mergers, acquisitions and partnerships in the 'America First economy' Trump's media company is jumping on the grift-for-all bandwagon www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

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I loved seeing the photos of so many people protesting in front of Tesla dealerships, so it was a pleasure to have @alexwinter.com on the show to talk more about how they came to be and where it’s all going. The opposition to Trump and Musk is growing.

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one thing about measles is it's *contagious as shit*, about on par with omicron kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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More of this. The fuck are you doing promoting a book when the country is falling apart?

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If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long. They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net

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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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This feels so relevant right now.

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Nothing to see here..

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A must-read about how to deal with online trolls.

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X is now a Russian style state media social media outlet, journalist need to react to this new reality accordingly

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Vote-a-rama update: Chuck Schumer offered an amendment to the Republican budget resolution to prohibit tax cuts for the wealthy if even $1 is cut from Medicaid. It was rejected 49-51. Democrats unanimously voted YES, joined by Collins and Hawley. Other Republicans voted NO.

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A small museum says all but one sponsor of a Girls in STEM event backed out, fearing retaliation from the Trump administration over "DEI." Evan Kruegel reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1n...

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The US needs a return policy, where we have 90 days after inauguration to send the president back for one that isn't broken

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a call with President Volodmyr Zelensky today. Tellingly, the pair agreed that "any peaceful end to the conflict must include Ukraine at the negotiating table." (Trudeau was also on the phone with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni this afternoon.)

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Jobless claims were up 5,000 this week. And this is BEFORE the tens of thousands Federal workers have filed. Then Walmart's stock falls on its future guidance (the tariff factor). Dow closes down near 500 points. We likely won't be hearing this quote anytime soon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2EY...

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