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Hopeful that my cancers don't kill me too soon. Hopeful that democracy survives.
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Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

Marbury v Madison is a seminal case from 1803 that holds that the federal courts must determine the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches of government. Hope that helps, Stephen.

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— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

The federal police misconduct database that the Department of Justice just deleted at Donald Trump's direction was one that @crewcrew.bsky.social had long advocated for. It's incredibly disheartening that a key avenue for holding officers who committed misconduct accountable is now gone.

Finally, 1 Republican Senator, speaking out against trump's lies on who Putin really is! Please retweet!

Is it too much to ask to want the government to stop the president from doing the illegal stuff?

Remember when America had friends? Like a month ago?

I bet maple syrup was flying on the walls last night when Trump watched Canada beat the United States. O Canada! 🍁 🇨🇦

Ugh ugh ugh…. Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, New York. We can anticipate a lamprey return thanks to President Anal Musky, VP Tmurp and the wannabe frat boys gone wild DOGE-BROS. This should be unpleasant and gross, just like them! www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

Just in case you feel a little helpless right now, you might want to participate in some of these national events of protest.

In TN alone: NIH Funding: $770m Jobs Supported: 9,362 Economic Activity Supported: $1.99b

Retired high school English teacher here and I’ve been saying this since 2016. Why didn’t my Dem leadership listen to me and simplify the messaging? Duh!! 😡

The co-presidents are dismantling the government at lightning speed but haven’t done a single thing to lower prices. In fact they’re making it worse. Why the rush?

Never forget.

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

Holy shit! You’ve got to see this town hall. Republicans are starting to get torn apart by their own constituents. Rep. Rich McCormick: “You don’t think I’m going to stand up for you?” Woman in the crowd: “You need to stand up.” Another woman: “Don’t bend over.” 🔥

Canadians are now referring to the United States as the 11th province

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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: "What comes next?" #3E [1]

Trump has spent half of his time and more than $10M in taxpayers' money visiting Trump properties to play golf (and charging the Secret Service for staying at his properties) since the inauguration. ⛳

Putting a freeze on your credit takes a mere 2 minutes at Transunion and Experian. At Equifax, it takes about 5-20 minutes. So in 25 minutes or less you can protect yourself against possible thuggery from Musk's band of thieves, hackers &Doge dipshits. I highly recommend it.

“This means that children are expected to show up in court, as of tomorrow, on their own, with no legal counsel, and try to defend themselves from deportation in an adversarial system." via @racheluranga.bsky.social

BREAKING: Sen. Ron Wyden sounds the alarm that Trump approves of the House budget resolution -- the only way they can meet their $880 billion in cuts is by cutting hundreds of billions from Medicaid, a disaster for millions. Make sure everyone sees this.

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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”

Oh my God if this is true

On its most recent 10-K filing DJT, Trumps money hemorrhaging media company list as one of the risk factors the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Surprise surprise Trump has halted that act by EO. This is beyond doubt the most corrupt POTUS in history and the GOP controlled congress sleeps.