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Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

#medsky

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Oh my God if this is true

As detailed in Proof of Destruction—see below—the claims that America has sent hundreds of billions to Ukraine and that half of what America sent is missing were laundered by the Kremlin and the FSB through Tucker Carlson, who Canada calls a Kremlin agent. The actual figures: $56 billion and <2%.

I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

-The Question: How the hell did we get here? -The Answer: Citizens United.

A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence

white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge

The UK has a shadow cabinet - political positions within the party that isn’t in power - and so should we. Plus, we need weekly press briefings led by @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on the state of the union. Business-as-usual time is over.

It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out. They gut the FAA. Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted. Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.

Ooops, sorry, didn’t mean to drop this. 😏

Imagine if the media pointed out there was already a Government Accountability Office whose job it is to go after actual waste and fraud, not just things Elon doesn’t like, and found $70 Billion in savings last year and $2 Trillion in waste since 2003. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...

For no particular reason I am thinking about how until 1933 German universities were the most prestigious in the world.

There are zero states with a COVID vaccine mandate for K-12 schools. So, why would Trump want to deny federal funding to schools with a COVID vaccine mandate if it doesn’t actually exist? Because this is a precursor to coming for other vaccine mandates in schools.

In response to Trump’s assertion, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” we say: The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

Vance needs to go home and stay there

When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted. Yet somehow Musk isn't.

NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

Strong rumor with credible sourcing: DOJ has put all of public integrity line attorneys in a room and told them they have an hour for someone to choose who will sign motion to dismiss and if nobody does, they will all be fired. The nastiest strong-arming in DOJ history by a long shot.

Elon Musk re-shared a tweet containing Judge John McConnell Jr.’s daughter’s job and financial records on X after the judge ruled against DOGE.

I have just finished reading Danielle Sassoon’s memorandum in its entirety. It is a tour de force. Its correctness is obvious. She’s an American hero. Emil Bove ought to be investigated by his state’s bar association for discipline and possible disbarment, at least.

There is literally HIV being transmitted from mom to baby because of the illegal shutdown of US AID and now Trump’s State Department wants to spend 400 million dollars on Tesla cyber trucks. This is not about efficiency. It’s a smash and grab.

Embarrassed isn't strong enough. I'm ashamed to be an American.

If this is a direct quote, it's one of the most irresponsible and reckless things a SECDEF has ever said

This one was censored in the US so not sure how many of you caught this before, but little X knows about the election rigging. Which is why Musk has effectively kidnapped him and doesn't allow him to be with his mother or other family.

One of the bigger predictors of "did not change last name"? Dem affiliation. And gets stronger w increased liberalism (and vice vera on the right). But ~80% of married women in opposite-sex marriages changed last names, so this would be HUGELY disenfranchising--but in a way that leans pro-Dem.

So Ukraine is expected to relinquish its national territory, pledge never to join NATO, and also hand over their rare earth minerals to Trump. Meanwhile, Russia, which invaded Ukraine, receives everything it desires without conceding anything. My God.

Dozens of US middle school students at a U.S. military installation in Germany walked out as part of protests aimed at Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The main organizer was a 13 year old girl. #3E #EndImpunity

Let's recap: An unelected oligarch is currently taking a blowtorch to the federal government and making unilateral decisions about how/where to allocate your tax dollars. Democrats aren't allowed to ask him any questions. Republicans don't want to know what he's doing. Zero oversight. ...🧵

Tulsi Gabbard as Director Of National Intelligence is like Ted Kaczynski as Postmaster General. This will cost lives.

Introducing our new ally Vladimir Putin.

🚨 SecDef Hegseth handed Putin a gift—blocking Ukraine from NATO and denying its right to reclaim land Putin illegally seized. This emboldens Russian aggression and puts American Troops at risk. Hegseth cheered the Iraq War, costing 3K+ American lives. Now he’s setting up another disaster.

We are sorry, Ukraine. The Russians have broken us. Keep fighting the good fight. Slava Ukraini. Sincerely, America

Crockett: While he was stopping money… somehow the only money that didn’t stop was the money going to his organization. I don’t know you can have him be watchdog as well as the guy living off of the government. If you want to talk about government welfare, it looks like Elon Musk

I'm 80! When I was a little girl in Hollywood, Russia was our enemy. We had duck and cover drills because they were going to drop a bomb on us. We are where we are (and I was at January 6th) because they don't teach civics anymore and people have NO IDEA OF HOW GOVERNMENT RUNS. Check & Balances

When America reaps the whirlwind of putting Tulsi Gabbard in as the director of national intelligence, it will cost lives and honor beyond what you can imagine.

This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages

In case any of you want this

What a horrible message to send to Ukrainians...

People who didn’t understand Kendrick Lamar‘s halftime show also don’t understand how tariffs work.

That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit