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Compositions in brown, gray & blue Interested in liberal politics, originality, and intellectual achievements of others. Despise the current Republican party in the USA. Support secular democracy and detest theocracies & autocracies… and how do YOU do?
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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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Trump and JD Vance will be enjoying a fancy, government funded meal while the commoners struggle with inflation on their own

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My grocery store sells through their egg allotment by 10 am every day and the cost of a dozen white large eggs has risen from $3.49 to $4.99. Where are all the people who said they voted for Trump over egg prices (not facism) and all the journalists who wrote those stories with a straight face?

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THIS IS A DICTATOR

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The ignorance by the American people of how government works and relies on expertise is the fault of how civics is taught - poorly - and a corporate media which has failed to explain to the public how things work but offers 6 hours of Super Bowl pregame coverage.

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It’s as bad as this … and worse.

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Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

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There is no king in America Down with traitor Trump!

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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No moral decency, no shame and now Putin’s useful idiot youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...

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🚨 NEW: Wow, Trump's former VP Mike Pence just called Trump out for lying about Ukraine.

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After claiming remote workers are actually golfing, Trump again hits the links in Florida Via @jeffzeleny.bsky.social and Kevin Liptak www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p...

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🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org files emergency lawsuit to halt DOGE from taking taxpayer data at the IRS. Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage. www.democracydocket.com

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Canada, Greenland, Denmark, Panama, and Gaza could not immediately be reached for comment

submitted 5 days ago • 1109 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Is “because I’m a gutless pussy who actually loves Trump” too obvious of an answer?

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From the resignation letter of AUSA Hagan Scotten: "I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me."

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Breaking: Bove now dangles promotions for those wiling to drop case against Eric Adams after mass resignations. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/14/t...

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Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

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UPDATE: Judge CHUTKAN has called a 4pm hearing on the lawsuit over Elon Musk's authority to run DOGE.

submitted 8 days ago • 317 comments

Weird how letting the world’s richest man buy the world’s biggest communication hub to bend it to his political will 2 weeks before the midterms hasn’t worked out great for democracy.

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Good reminder that #Resistance is happening and escalating against the lawlessness of FELON47. open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

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When will people stop clinging to the hope that if only the Democrats use the right communication tools - then MAGA voters will turn from their sadistic and simplistic natures and lean toward the light? The problem isn't the way Democrats communicate. It's the immoral character of GOP voters.

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Blue background

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It still blows my mind to this day that Britain could be so unfathomably stupid, the brain drain this has had on Britain due to visa issues is seismic too. A genuine embarrassment & believe me, As a regular traveler to Spain Britain is nothing short of a laughing stock the world over because of it.

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