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So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

NEW: U.S. consumer sentiment plunges—down 10% from January over tariff and inflation fears. Most people I know think the economy is cooked thanks to Trump’s policies—designed to help the rich and screw working folks. He’s not doing shit to fix the economy or lower costs. Just broken promises.

How long before he stops Grok from telling the truth on this?

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

Absolutely, the finest compendium of accurate descriptors!

Thursday’s front page of the British Daily Star. Putin’s Poodle

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

Maddow: All of this absolutely historically unprecedented. No president has ever come out of the gate with numbers like this ever before. And it is across the board

☑️ Sunday: Driven around the track at Daytona ☑️ Monday: Golf ☑️ Tuesday: Golf Again ☑️ Wednesday: More Golf

Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it. Her on air support is truly important

Everyone has things in their career of which they're ashamed. Nothing...and I mean nothing...in my career in politics makes me more ashamed and regretful than supporting and promoting Marco Rubio. He is the most craven betrayer of his stated ideals of any human I've ever met.

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.

SASC Chair Wicker on Russia/US talks “any sort of peace talks, that might get a fair result would definitely need to get the Ukrainians at the table and make sure that European interests are carefully weighed” Says Putin is a war criminal and can’t be trusted

SPOT ON!!! @www.csce.gov Chair Senator Wicker when asked if putin can be trusted in Ukraine talks: 👇🏻 “No. Putin is a war criminal who should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed.”

☑️ Sunday: Drove around the track at Daytona. ☑️ Monday: Went Golfing ☑️ Tuesday: Golfing Again

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

🚨BREAKING: Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, was ousted after denying Elon Musk access to “sensitive files,” the Washington Post reports This. Is. Insane.

let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated

NYC Mayor Eric Adams debuts his new look.

Nick Akerman, an ex-Watergate and SDNY prosecutor, wants to file an amicus brief opposing dismissal of the Eric Adams corruption case—and asking the judge to haul Emil Bove into court and possibly sanction him for "making improper and unethical demands." Doc https://buff.ly/416cCKD

Billionaire co-founder of AirBnB Joe Gebbia has joined Elon Musk’s DOGE team, so let’s spread awareness and make sure nobody books a goddamn thing through AirBnB ever again, shall we?

Really American A stunning new video of Donald Trump getting booed relentlessly at the Super Bowl just was released. It’d be a shame if it went viral.😎😎😎