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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

submitted 18 hours ago • 646 comments

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

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So there is a law that says the Pentagon can't just fire people willy nilly but have to carry out a review to ensure that it won't affect readiness. Why isn't there a law requiring that in every dept? How can it be legal for some rich weirdo to just take a wrecking ball to the U.S. govt?

submitted 22 hours ago • 15 comments

Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 1 day ago • 106 comments

share of americans who believe the wealthy have too much influence on the trump administration: 71% -reuters/ipsos

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Mr Garcia, I have drafted an appropriate response for you. You're welcome.

submitted 1 day ago • 247 comments

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

submitted 1 day ago • 848 comments

BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.

submitted 1 day ago • 165 comments

This thread. Whew. Share it far and wide.

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More Americans see Trump as a dictator than Zelensky www.newsweek.com/nearly-twice...

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I wonder what would happen if @wyden.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov asked GAO to investigate whether DOGE's "receipts" claiming savings amounts to fraud. Honestly, it's the only fraud found so far. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.

submitted 2 days ago • 3301 comments

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

submitted 1 day ago • 3407 comments

I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

submitted 2 days ago • 2867 comments

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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"Elon Musk is the undisputed champion of making money for Elon Musk. As effectively the CEO of the United States of America? Very bad. Embarrassing, honestly..." www.wired.com/story/doge-i...

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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

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I am wondering when people who have given their careers to defending the post-WWII world order, a Europe whole and free, and most recently to the defense of democratic Ukraine will use the Dissent Channel to denounce the repugnant sellout of Ukraine and Trump lies afsa.org/state-depart...

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

This is, in no uncertain terms, a rout. The New York Times published an unfortunate op-ed trying to legally justify Trump administration's #Birthright citizenship order. Here, five leading scholars show, with analytic precision, how that op-ed was "fundamentally flawed and irresponsible."⬇️

submitted 2 days ago • 79 comments

👇Evergreeen www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

submitted 2 days ago • 31 comments

WASH POST/IPSOS POLL: Trump & Musk’s approvals ⬇️ Firing federal workers ⬇️ Deporting nonviolent immigrants ⬇️ Tariffs ⬇️ Shutting down USAID ⬇️ Trump obeying the law ⬆️ www.washingtonpost.com/documents/17...

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Unfortunately firings have continued at the National Nuclear Safety Administration. I’ve been contacted by an NNSA worker who was fired, then told her termination was paused, then told she was fired again. She says there were numerous others at NNSA treated the same way. These people keep us safe.

submitted 2 days ago • 86 comments

MARCO RUBIO IN 2017: "Foreign Aid is not charity. We must make sure it is well spent, but it is less than 1% of budget & critical to our national security.” MARCO RUBIO IN 2025: "USAID is a global charity."

submitted 3 days ago • 776 comments

Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

submitted 2 days ago • 2868 comments

SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 530 comments

BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.

submitted 2 days ago • 531 comments

DOGE can't back up its claims about how awesome DOGE is... - www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog... (Shades of Tesla Full but not full Self Driving only this time impacting the entire world not just roads near you where Tesla owners or fans do beta testing.)

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

AOC speaking to a thousand NYC federal workers and allies about the urgency of resisting Musk 🔥🔥🔥

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WATCH: “Musk is really good at getting government subsidies.” Since NASA bailed Elon out, SpaceX exploits workers in unsafe conditions & bullies Texas neighbors, leaving a trail of destruction. And now he’ll deregulate himself. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGRedci...

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📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias. This cause was once championed by Republicans. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/1917...

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Last night, Trump promised he wouldn't touch Medicaid. This morning, Trump endorsed the House Republican plan to slash Medicaid. It's smoke and mirrors: Trump and Republicans are plotting to take away health care from millions of people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.

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“At least Russia has elections” Russia frequently jails and kills any opposition to Putin, who has been in power since 1999. If you like dictatorships, that’s fine. Just admit that. Don’t insult anyone’s intelligence—including your own—by claiming Russia has real elections.

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Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."

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