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Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating DEI-related grants via @nbcnews.com The judge found the administration's mandate that grant recipients not engage in "equity-related" programs was too broad. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don... *Preview link deleted because...

What Does Defiance Look Like? by @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social “But do not be misled: this is not just about who can compete on the athletic field, this is about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation. I believe he cannot.”

Opportunity: Americans Recoil at Trump/Musk Overreach by @davidpepperoh.bsky.social Disapproval is ramping up so Trump is goosing Elon to break things faster before opposition rises and people take to the streets.

A message of unity...

'Tip of the iceberg': Texas measles outbreak nears 100 cases: Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit the spread of this highly contagious…

No More Compliance: Historic LGBT Clinic Whitman-Walker's Erasing Of Trans People A Step Too Far by @erininthemorning.com Don't obey in advance! Come on people! It's not that hard! Do not comply! Defy everything! United we stand & divided we fall! Stand together and resist!

How Trump’s Federal Purge is Screwing America by @dangerousones.bsky.social From plane crashes to pandemics to poverty - the DOGE massacre of the Federal government is setting up a dark future. open.substack.com/pub/thedange... *Preview Link deleted because...

This is not complicated: If you know a Jewish person or Israeli - we are all in mourning today. The hostages that have returned in coffins, including 2 babies murdered viscously, the hostages still in tunnels - We have a right to mourn our dead so don’t both sides this.

After just one Beetlejuicing from Bobo in a cab, Kid Rock split from his fiancée nearly eight years after getting engaged.

The family values party.

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...

I saw those clips on @maddow.msnbc.com too. People are starting to understand how all the firings and office closings are going to affect them personally. Hooo, Doggies! When social security, medicare, & medicaid payments/benefits start getting affected, there is going to be an uprising!

It’s a cry for help from Desantis. He’s lonely, isolated, and wants his friends back from before he ran against Trump. Maybe this will rekindle fond memories of the life they once had together as brothers in arms fighting the culture wars, and they will return to praise him.

Marco Rubio is already sidelined at the Department of State. So, he'll be reduced to the diplomatic weddings-and-funerals detail. Sad! puck.news/is-steve-wit...

Pam Bondi Covers Up Foreign Influence Peddling and Lying to the FBI www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/22/p...

Gov. Janet Mills knows how to stand up to bullies.

I love Mexico's President. This is how you stand up to bullies.

We should be horrified Trump used the same quote as a right-wing mass murderer: The 32-year-old Norwegian considered himself a deep thinker and a big fan of the rightwing and Russian propaganda which argued western civilization was rotting from within because of multiculturalism, empowered women,…

Not very transparent www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

Let's be very clear. The Constitution says that presidents are limited to being elected twice. Anyone who says otherwise needs to read the 22nd Amendment.

Why are so few former Joint Chiefs speaking out? Four stars? FBI Directors? Former Senators? Presidents? Thanks to those that do but we need some courage now!

Trump & Elon are choking off research funding regardless of what the courts say.

The Felon wants Elon to break things faster... I guess he's afraid the media and the courts are catching up to him.

again...choking agencies in their processes. They aren't allowed to cut off the funds? OK, we'll delay/pause the meetings that approve the grants/research. They are throwing sand in the gears that keep America running.

Natasha It’s very simple #DontAbandonUkraine

When these inaccuracies were first found, they could be called "mistakes." When DOGE took efforts to cover them up, they can no longer be considered "mistakes."

Not sure what set him off but Donald Trump is big mad at MSNBC. Irony is lost on him as he's the biggest threat to democracy.

“Social Security will not be touched,” Trump understands that Social Security benefits for seniors are sacrosanct. Still, the DOGE team landed at the Social Security Administration this week & they are probably facing workforce cuts & office closures. They are going to choke it to death.

My new favorite drug is Republican members of Congress getting yelled at in their districts by constituents who hate Musk.

Rachel Maddow Devastates Trump And Calls Him A Decorative President: Rachel Maddow described Trump as a decorative president, while Elon Musk does the real work.

The economy fucking sucks. Dow plunges 750 points and Sir Rape a lot is somewhere golfing and grifting.

Valuing diversity is not a crime Installing white men in every position of power is not a meritocracy

He is not a king, he is not a dictator. He is an idiot and if we stick together we can defeat them in the midterms.

The 4th Estate is in ruins

Never thought I’d be standing with Mike Pence on anything but… go Mike!

WRECKonciliation is the perfect name... And for those in the back, while the GOP forces women to give birth, the TAX Scam is trying to take away healthcare coverage for 300,000 pregnant women in Texas alone. #DontCutMyMedicaid

This country would rather cut essential services for the poor and working class from healthcare to social security, from food assistance, to the IRS, all so the wealthy don’t have to pay taxes. Because we can’t have them paying their fair share. Make it make sense.

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.

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.