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The emperor has no goddamned clothes! None!

Trump's treasury secretary is looking to exit fhe administration after concerns the tariff debacle is damaging his credibility. I wouldn’t let anyone who supported this tariff plan manage the finances of a taco truck after this let alone any major business or government position.

Hey, I wonder if there's any economic news today. I'll check out the website of America's biggest news network--Fox! Phew. Nothing's up! Biggest news in US today is a very nice Christian woman was slapped for no reason after sticking a camera in a stranger's face & calling her a baby killer.

If our democracy dies, this is its epitaph

🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody. She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care. This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.

I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader. We can’t hold hearings. We don’t have subpoena power. We can’t pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.

It's 25th ammendment o'clock. These are the mental dribblings of an unsound mind driven mad by power and rage. This is the whipping of the sea. This is the sound of fiddles and flames around us.

I don't begrudge anyone getting out of this hellhole country but at the same time advice on resisting fascism hits differently from a dude who's bailing the fuck out

About to be living in a Libertarian Paradise. "America is not a country, it's a business. Now fucking pay me."

Happy Liberation Day. You’ve been liberated from worrying about whether you can afford to retire.

BREAKING: I'm placing a hold on President Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney in DC. For the past few weeks, Ed Martin has been a one-man wrecking ball. Threatening political opponents, firing public servants, and using his office to chill free speech. His nomination must be blocked.

HELP! I'm being inspired against my own will! I'm feeling seen! I'm uncovering hope under layers of cynicsm! Who is this spokesperson for a self-reflective party that is committing to fight back, and what does he think he's doing??

Elon Musk: pours tens of millions into a race that has never seen even a fraction of that much money. bribes multiple voters with $1 million checks to vote. offers any Wisconsin voter who proves they voted $50. wears a fucking cheesehead Wisconsin: votes against his candidate by historic margins

what booker is doing very well is making clear the difference between moral persuasion and legislative power. Democrats have the ability to harness the former, if not the latter, and while it's taken longer than I would have preferred, I'm happy to see it happening.

Very cool that America's executives and financiers will spare no effort or expense to prevent us from enacting even mild social democratic policies and then do this smol bean routine when it comes to a madman toying around with the liquidation of the economy

JUST IN: 470 Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico. We’re not dealing with isolated events anymore. This is regional surge. A vaccine-preventable disease is exploding across two states while public health agencies offer press quotes instead of emergency declarations.

Incredible news on TDOV. The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Dear all foreign friends outside the United States, Our country is big. Like really big. Like so much bigger than you ken. Our states are bigger than many countries, and there's 50 of them. So when you wonder why we are not all marching on DC I live 2,500 miles (4000 km) from the White House

Exactly

Yes, tariffs are a tax, but people don't mention often enough that they are a regressive tax. Taxes on consumer goods tax the poor at a higher rate, as basic necessities are a much larger part of their spending. If food goes up by 20%, it is a tax on the poor. Rich people won't even notice.

There are RULES for gov’t documents—who has them, sees them, keeps them, where they’re kept—because they’re a record of gov’t business. Not open to all—but containing the doings & ACCOUNTABILITY of what our gov’t does. The Nat’l Archives stores much of that vital data. DJT fired the archivist.

I do think Signalgate offers a throughline i.e. if you think they're being careless with war plans what do you think they're doing with your social security, tax, and banking info

President Trump issued yet another order today targeting law firms and lawyers he views as political enemies, continuing his efforts to take down the pillars of a free society.

Liberals would rather die than humble themselves. They lecture about uniting while demeaning the people they want to unite with. Too arrogant to bring themselves down from that pedestal. Can’t even deign to level with anyone they don’t agree with.

“I don’t know how Pete Hegseth can look service members in the eye. He’s just blown his credibility as a military leader.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/o...

This level of negligence in handling American military intelligence is completely unacceptable. Defense Secretary Hegseth and National Security Advisor Waltz must resign — or be fired. My full statement: morrison.house.gov/media/press-...

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order that aims to upend U.S. elections and disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. This is an extreme abuse of power — we'll see him in court.

There’s not one sign** on the road to fascism where it’s like “okay NOW we will all fight facism together” but this is a huge NEON sign. **there have been many signs but people ignored them

Today, thousands of openly-transgender service members will put on their uniform and do what needs to be done because they honor their oath to our country, while Pete Hegseth denigrates their service and violates his oath by brazenly sharing classified intel in text groups. Just a reminder.

Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important. He should be fired immediately.

Today, I am calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other top officials in the Trump administration to resign immediately due to their reckless and unlawful disclosure of national security secrets. Their actions have put our country at risk, and immediate accountability is necessary

Literally. @senategabe.bsky.social

From Atlantic article on the loose lips Signal chat, I learn that open white supremacist ally--as in "Hitler is misunderstood" & pro "white rights" organizations white supremacist--was appointed by Trump director of the National Counterterrorism Center--& serves as Tulsi's point of contact.

Txt STOP to opt out of updates on war plans

holy shit www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This piece on the regime of body-altering surgeries required to have a place of influence in MAGA world would seem to be obliquely related to that world’s hysteria around the supposed rash of gender confirming surgeries being imposed on school children. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sometimes it’s worth pausing and recognizing when he puts a new straight-up impeachable offense on the pile

Not to lib out but he's literally doing everything in this stupid document

The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.

The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.