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“Musk is not at war with corruption; he’s at war with equality and liberty. And he sees equality and liberty as corrupt because they undermine the pure, untrammeled, rule of billionaires, fascists, and kings.”

Had he been a bigot but not also a narcissist, it would have been enough. (1)

Let’s amplify the impact of Medicare cuts!

Austin, TX!!!

When American Soldiers Were in Trouble, Our Allies Showed Up open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

contrarian.substack.com/p/the-real-h... fabulous piece

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The kicker quotes from Prof. Jason Stanley are 🎯🎯🎯 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...

NEW: USAID's acting asst administrator, Nick Enrich, has been placed on leave after sharing a memo detailing how political appointees have "wholly prevented" staff from continuing life saving aid.

Justice for sale

Cuts to low income health care, tax cuts for multinational corporations Cuts to food assistance, tax cuts for estates over $14 MILLION Cuts to Ed grants & school lunches, tax breaks for businesses buying equipment The Trump agenda is a transfer of wealth from bottom to top

As we near the end of a very long week, this is maybe a useful way to process Elon Musk’s ongoing takeover of key parts of the US government www.wired.com/story/the-us...

There is no thought given to the impact of their actions.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u... “For some jobs, we need the highest level of genius,” he said. Evidently, President isn’t one of those jobs.

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

Since Monday, Trump has: Halted civil rights investigations, suspended public health advisories, frozen infrastructure spending, rescinded an executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors and another one aimed at lowering drug prices. How does this help working people?

Oh, this is what they meant when they said "Make America Great Again." They meant white. And male. popular.info/p/trump-unde...

A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from Republican lawmakers in recent years.

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