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"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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Don’t usually like this genre, but interesting here to see how Musk-Trump’s Putinist stance on Ukraine brings out articulate agreement on some fundamental issues. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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“To put it frankly, without our team ... pilots would quite literally be flying blind."

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People voted for this.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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This is what happens when you fire 6,000 employees in the middle of tax season.

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Normally the DNI and POTUS see each other regularly for intelligence reasons but Trump doesn’t do that stuff.

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I just share this stuff in family group chats with family members who are pro-Ukraine and voted for Trump. They should know what they voted for.

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Imagine how news media would respond if it was Harris saying this after a dozen eggs topped $8 nationally

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"...eliminated positions for employees who have played a role in assessing the brain-implant technology in Elon Musk’s Neuralink devices." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/h...

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As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/20/trump-musk-oligarchy-russia-far-right

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Trump's lies are imperious to fact-checking. This clip is from today.

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ICYMI: We know Trump is Elon's jester, but he desperately wants to be king. @therickwilson.bsky.social and @mayaonstage.bsky.social dissect Trump's delusions on the latest episode of The Breakdown: youtube.com/watch?v=7FmI...

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We've come a long way from "I will lower prices on day one"

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Trump: "We're actually going to Ft Knox. Because I want to see -- do we have the gold? Do we still have whatever it is, tons of gold? I hope we do. Wouldn't that be disappointing?"

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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

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François Heisbourg, one of the world’s leading strategists and a cool head:

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NEW: Judge Dale Ho appoints Paul Clement to present “friend of the court” arguments on the government’s motion to dismiss Eric Adams’s charges.

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Such hostile nonsense from Americans in power just now. I wish we would listen to people who have suffered for reporting the truth, like Stanislav Aseyev, combat veteran and survivor of a Russian torture camp.

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In the latest episode of George Conway Explains It All, @gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social talk Donald Trump’s quoting of Napoleon and calling himself a king, the resignations in SDNY over Mayor Eric Adams corruption case, and more:

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BREAKING: Four hours after this article was published, and the accompanying video went online, Scott Curtis received an email from FEMA’s Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer telling him his firing was being reversed.

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Shakedown politics: obey or I end you

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Trump and his allies are slashing and hacking federal programs to afford an extension of his 2017 tax plan. Next up: the U.S. Postal Service.

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lol what It’s about 160 million in 24 hours at peak. It’s a few dozen in a few minutes at a polling place. This not strenuous for a computer.

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another thing every other president in history would be impeached for just happened

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French far-right leader Jordan Bardella canceled his speech at the conservative CPAC conference in Washington after what he described as a Nazi salute by a speaker, an apparent reference to Steve Bannon, his National Rally party said reut.rs/3EOPV6c

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"the outrage of some influencers who believed he’d further their causes is a warning: As president, Trump is no longer the vessel into which people can pour their discontent with the status quo. " www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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For those unfamiliar, Paul Clement probably has more credibility with the conservative wing of the Supreme Court than any other litigator alive.

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Masterstroke by Judge Ho. Brilliant.

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Not good news, but needs to be said: Hamas claimed that Israel killed the Bibas children and their mother in an airstrike. Forensic examination of the corpses reveals the kids were murdered and that Hamas didn't even send back the mother, but a random body. Depravity piled upon lies.

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i mean, that's a protection racket. what he's describing is a protection racket.

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Bullshit.

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If only we cared.

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A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."

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New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."

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musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds. um... www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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New research suggests mice may exhibit revival-like behaviors to help unconscious mice recover faster.

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Elon Musk’s DOGE is hacking and slashing the federal government to size down the budget, but in doing so, they seem to have let go of a few mission-critical employees—despite the agency’s promises against it.

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"One questioner, citing recent cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in nearby Atlanta, asked, 'Why is the supposedly conservative party taking such a radical and extremist and sloppy approach to this?'" Could a new Tea Party be forming?

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Data posted to the DOGE website detailing headcount and total wages for the National Reconnaissance Office is not classified, but was 'not intended for public release,' an agency spokesperson told Reuters reut.rs/3EQJ9wP

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President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk's unprecedented and frantic effort to slash the federal workforce, pushing tens of thousands of workers out of their roles, is starting to draw more significant backlash, even in strongly Republican areas reut.rs/4hKnjcM

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Dow Jones plunging again today on fears of Trump chaos - tariffs and inflation. Now lower than when Biden left office. Told you we would miss him. Trump making a mess of our county and economy!

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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

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An evening with Senators who are on the right side of history. Full interview with @timkaine7.bsky.social @timkaine01.bsky.social youtu.be/FDGUds7k3Hs

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Trolling has gone from an occasionally used tool on the right to a unifying touchstone of an entire political faction. "Call it a coalition of the crass," writes @alibreland.bsky.social.

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Or was this his plan all along?

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