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Reader, writer, editor, nature lover, dog mom, human mom, Democrat and Oxford comma for the rest of my life. 💙
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Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

Here’s my prediction for DOGE: Whatever minimal amount of money it may possibly save in the short term will be far exceeded by the ultimate cost of fixing all of the problems it creates. It’s already an epic failure.

Hold the fuck on — members of Elon Musk's private security detail have been deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service? What the actual fuck?!?!?

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

Emails have gone out to federal employees. Subject: "What did you do last week?" Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager. Please do not send any classified information, links, or attachments. Deadline is this Monday at 11:59pmEST.

Here’s the email everyone is getting from OPM. Embarrassing stuff.

Wall art in Oaxaca, Mexico

I used to be a bartender for the rich and powerful, so I can assure you they're all on drugs, having secret kids, and whining about it. It's their culture. Taking away their money and giving them a middle-class income would actually make them happier.

The disrespect has been shocking but this is now full on contempt. All it takes is 3 Republicans to join us and leave behind the silence and complicity. We must call out Musk on his harassment of the civil servants who keep our country running. Keep the pressure on.

Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

Please follow and support former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe — an inspiring representation of our OPPOSITION movement. Earlier this week, Kluwe appeared at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach City, California and exercised his right to peaceful civil disobedience —…

Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars. apnews.com/article/musk...

US officials are reportedly threatening to revoke Starlink access for Ukraine if they don’t give us 50% of their mineral rights. That’s not diplomacy, it’s extortion. We’re also pushing them to kill a UN Resolution that blames Russia for starting the war. Facts matter.

It has been a long and grueling week. Thank you to everyone who offered kind words of support. If you want to follow everything happening to democracy in court, while also supporting pro-democracy independent media, please sign up for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

He thinks he's a king... because he doesn't remember what happened the last time a king tried to rule us. #USDemocracy

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THIS MAN 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiXs...

Is Vladimir Putin calling the shots?

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

Instead of focusing on America’s national security, this man is treating America like a reality show. Firing QUALIFIED military leaders! Playing with our national security! This isn’t a game. crockett.house.gov/media/press-...

#ProudBlue #BlueSkyResistance Another hero Governor! 👏👏👏 I love that she called Trump out. He was trying to embarrass her. How disgusting that this is our President.

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

First term: alternative facts Second term: alternative math www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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...

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

Trump: Fire hundreds of thousands of career civil servants trying to keep America safe and running. Also, Trump: Give DHS a budget of up to $200 million to run anti-immigrant ads that repeatedly thank Trump for leading an immigration crackdown. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

#ProudBlue #BlueSkyResistance I’m reading “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn. I’m only one chapter in & I’m already horrified. The brutality of Christopher Columbus & the explorers is unimaginable. We STOLE this land & TORTURED the natives to take what wasn’t ours.

Clement was the U.S. solicitor general during President George W. Bush’s administration. Ho also called for additional briefs from the parties and said he would hold an oral argument for March 14 if he felt it was necessary.

WATCH Bernie Sanders lay out exactly what's at stake if Republicans gut Medicaid. Don't Cut My Medicaid

We all need to sue trump. 💯%

After sending over 400 ICE agents to Denver and Aurora, CO, and knocking on hundreds of Americans' doors, ICE made only one arrest. Now, Trump has removed the Acting ICE Director, Caleb Vitello. (WaPo)

Judge declines to immediately dismiss Eric Adams' corruption case and delays his trial. U.S. District Judge Dale Ho in Manhattan said he would appoint an outside lawyer, Paul Clement to present arguments against the prosecutors' bid to dismiss. #Voices4Victory www.reuters.com/world/us/jud...

The Supreme Court, in its first ruling on President Trump’s use of executive power during his second term, decided that he cannot, for now, dismiss the government lawyer leading the watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistle-blowers.

When I see Steve Bannon doing a Nazi salute to cheers it means only one thing: 420,000 U.S. troops died defending our country from Nazi assholes and 77 million people voted for them to be in power. MAGA betrayed our country voting for this nightmare.

Constituent: When will you stand up to them and say that is enough? Rep. Fitzgerald: The end result of the fraud and abuse that has been discovered Crowd: Booo

Imagine being among the 10's of 1000's of Federal workers fired w/out cause by email & then you see this soulless puke rejoicing in the life crisis that he created for you as though it was a reality TV show. He doesn't love you & he'll target you w/out a moment's thought. We're all on the menu.

Grimes tweeting at Musk

Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)

It's past midnight, and Senate Republicans are voting NO against every Democratic-led amendment to PROTECT HEALTH CARE for our families. Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.

BRAVO to Maine Governor Janet Mills for slapping petty tyrant trump in the face with her calmly defiant "see you in court." THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥