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This is plainly stupid and illegal. However. There are like two million federal employees. I encourage all of them to respond with a 69-page email full of ipsum lorem gibberish and bury the words "go fuck yourself" in the middle.

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"What did you get done this week?" –Elon Musk to then-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal in 2022 ...And now Musk is doing the same thing to the federal government workforce. I'm discussing all of this with Fredricka Whitfield on CNN later this hour...

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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Frozen shakes sold to nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions have been recalled after the drinks were tied to a yearslong deadly listeria outbreak, the FDA said on Friday.

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And the FBI is instructing employees to ignore the email as well. Also reported earlier by NBC News.

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Joy Reid’s evening news show on MSNBC is being canceled, part of a far-reaching programming overhaul orchestrated by Rebecca Kutler, the network’s new president, people familiar with the changes said. nyti.ms/3D1syG2

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It’s not just Texas. Measles vax rates are down in NYC as well. Most recent data: Just 81% of kids here got their first MMR dose by 24 months (down from 94% pre-pandemic) NYC Health Dept is urging all parents to make sure their kids are vax’d Learn more: on.nyc.gov/measles

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Trump's attacks on the USPS aren't new. For decades, the GOP has been trying to privatize the Post Office and other crucial public services — all to pad the profits of their wealthy corporate donors.

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Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally. Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

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Dan Caine, Trump’s new replacement for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly told Trump, “I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.” He also put on a MAGA hat, despite it violating military protocol.

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Unemployment numbers gonna be through the roof

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Trump’s purge of senior military officials is another move to rid himself of people who follow the law and are willing to tell him “no.” Trump is unmoored from reality and without guardrails. Democrats will fight this. It’s long past time for Republicans in the House and Senate to join us.

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Breaking: The Supreme Court has — for now — prevented Trump from firing Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel. A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 26, and the court could act at a later stage.

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Judge temporarily blocks key parts of Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI wapo.st/436OM44

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For Senator Bernie Sanders, there is no joy in being right. He worries that too many Democrats remain reluctant to shake up the system and does not regret defending Joe Biden. We spoke with him about his upcoming plans. nyti.ms/4hKOB2P

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The Associated Press says it has filed a lawsuit against three Trump admin officials following the decision by the White House to repeatedly deny its journalists access to presidential events.

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looking back everything went to shit when Schoolhouse Rock stopped airing

submitted 3 days ago • 483 comments

Too many Americans can’t afford to buy a house right now — and yet tonight Republicans BLOCKED our amendment to reign in hedge funds that are gobbling up real estate and jacking up prices. So much for all their talk about lowering prices for working people.

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The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the United States. It is also laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. And the oligarchy is cheering them on. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/paying-off-putin

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A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center says the threat targeted Shen Yun, a touring dance troupe that is banned in China, because it is associated with the religious group Falun Gong.

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Tumblr turns 18.

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When they fire the Chair of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of the Navy next week, they’ll use words like DEI. The left will chalk it up to racism and sexism. But that’s only part of it. Mostly they just want people who they believe will carry out illegal or unethical orders.

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AMERICAN DREAM, 1776: I hope our new nation can someday fulfill the promise of true democracy for, of, and by the people AMERICAN DREAM, 2025: I hope the unelected billionaire Nazi fries his brain on Ketamine so someone can stop his broccoli-headed teen soldiers from crashing planes

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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: While the Trump Justice Department is telling a federal court that Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, Republican members of Congress are telling their constituents that DOGE is “led by Elon Musk.” See below 👇

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Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has published a letter sent to him by Trump’s Department of Justice threatening to potentially prosecute him for criticizing Elon Musk.

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President Trump calls Zelensky a “dictator,” which we know can’t be true because Trump loves all the dictators. That’s why he appeases and coddles Putin and his filthy imperialist war on the people of Ukraine. History teaches us that we bow down to dictators and tyrants at our own peril.

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Elon Musk fired thousands of IRS workers in tax season, hundreds of VA health researchers and countless other civil servants doing their jobs. This rampage throws the lives of civil servants into chaos and makes life harder for every American.

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Lawyers at Twitter are reportedly threatening advertisers to spend more money on the platform “or else” Elon Musk will use his connections with Trump to hurt their companies.

submitted 3 days ago • 828 comments

This is the most cowardly administration in history.

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The Senate just voted, 51-49, to confirm conspiracy theorist and election denier Kash Patel to be FBI Director. ALL Democrats and two Republicans — Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski — voted NO. 51 Republicans voted YES.

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"You screwed people": Inside the National Science Foundation’s firing of 168 workers👇

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Remember back in November when a group of Trump campaign officials issued an out-of-nowhere statement blasting "disgraced author Michael Wolff" and his "bad faith inquiries?" Well now that statement has some context...

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A lot of folks have asked me what they can do to fight back. One way is to support candidates in special elections like this one in New York.

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Breaking news: 57 percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has exceeded his authority since taking office for his second term, according to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll.

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Senate Republicans are trying to ram through a budget that cuts vital services for the American people so they can pay for tax cuts for Musk and the billionaires. I'm live on the Senate floor to discuss this and Trump's great betrayal of the American people:

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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

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DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. By Wednesday morning, DOGE had updated its list to show $8 million in savings, though it did not acknowledge the error or explain how it might affect its calculation of total money saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Trump wants you to forget that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator during his first week in office. Don’t forget.

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Republicans are going to make Trump voters great again by cutting their Medicaid to pay for tax cuts that will benefit Musk and billionaires. They're also going to bring back predatory overdraft fees to help banks as Americans are struggling to afford eggs. F around...

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New on MSNBC: Pete Hegseth is considering firing a slate of military generals and flag officers as early as this week, according to two defense officials and three congressional officials.

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Math is hard

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India has refused to play its Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan, which is hosting its first major global tournament in almost 30 years. Here's what to know.

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A civil rights group that successfully defended migrant workers fired dozens of attorneys and staff. It leaves a huge void in immigration advocacy.

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That would be over $700 billion.

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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston was forced to close due to the “sudden dismissal of federal employees,” the library’s foundation said in a statement to CNN.

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New: Denise Cheung resigned rather than carry out what she described as orders from Trump-appointed officials to take actions unsupported by evidence, according to a copy of her resignation letter obtained by NBC News.

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A federal judge just said that Cathy Harris, who chaired the Merit Systems Protection Board during the Biden admin, must be temporarily reinstated to her position — after she was fired by Trump — and returned full access to the benefits of her office until further order of the court.

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Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the FDA who oversaw the agency's banning of the food dye Red No. 3, just stepped down — citing widespread cuts across the agency that he said will make it hard to implement the types of changes the Trump admin is seeking. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to have Pete Buttigieg's salary reduced to $1 in November 2023. Does she think Sean Duffy should keep his job if planes can't manage to stay in the sky?

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