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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s company Starlink. How is Musk addressing the potential conflict of interest? The American people need answers.

submitted 15 hours ago • 59 comments

Truth sandwich The President does not have power to ignore the courts. John Yoo and Robert Delahunty essay recently invoked Cambodia case claiming Pentagon "ignored" a court order. The legendary Burt Neuborne sets the record straight in this brilliant essay. (Burt argued the case in 1973.)

submitted 1 day ago • 134 comments

"The teams and contractors that would be deployed to fight an Ebola outbreak have been dismantled..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 79 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 1 day ago • 475 comments

It's not normal for the president to take business meetings at the White House. It's not normal for the president to spend a third of his time golfing at his properties on the taxpayer dime. It's not normal for the president to own a publicly traded company.

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

submitted 5 days ago • 138 comments

"I never could have imagined, none of us could, that the government of the United States of America would openly ally itself with a fascist political party. In the heart of Europe. In Germany, for God’s sake."

submitted 4 days ago • 99 comments

Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 5 days ago • 2641 comments

Siding with dictators and referring to himself as “King.” The world is on notice: America has switched sides.

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

📊 57% of Ukrainians trust Zelensky as of February 2025, according to KMIS. Trust has grown since December 2024 when it was 52%. Meanwhile, 37% do not trust him, with a +20% trust-to-distrust balance. www.kiis.com.ua?lang=ukr&cat...

submitted 9 days ago • 17 comments

Zelensky dismissed claims of $500B U.S. aid as "not serious," stating Ukraine received $67B in arms and $31B in budget support. He accused the U.S. of helping Putin break isolation via Saudi talks. He said that that the war costs $320B—$120B from Ukraine, $200B from allies.

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

Zelensky revealed that at one city, there were no missiles for the Patriot air defense system, saying, “At 5 AM, the commander reported: ‘8 targets are incoming, but we have no air defense missiles.’”

submitted 9 days ago • 29 comments

🇺🇸 CNN poll shows just 8% of Americans view Russia positively—on par with those who think the moon landing was fake. 61% see Russia as an enemy, and only 4% as a partner. Only 9% like Putin, with the same percentage believing the Earth is flat. 52% support Ukraine using U.S. weapons in Russia.

submitted 9 days ago • 83 comments

Planes are crashing because Trump and Musk wanted to cut their own taxes even more. Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.

submitted 9 days ago • 79 comments

What happened to this Marco Rubio?

submitted 9 days ago • 179 comments

Blaming Ukraine for being brutally invaded by Russia. Putin is really getting his money’s worth.

submitted 9 days ago • 174 comments

On @pbsnews.bsky.social Laura Meckler of WaPo said that states and local officials are in control of education in the U.S. Trump incorrectly claimed 3 red states with large white populations are top in education. The top states for PreK-12 are blue - MA, NJ, CT, NH and NY youtu.be/EotNGqhIMOQ?...

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

In their rush to destroy our government The Trump administration fired the workers who keep our nukes safe And-realizing how badly they screwed up Are trying to rehire them But can’t-because they don’t know how to get in touch with the fired workers The incompetence is unprecedented

submitted 12 days ago • 127 comments

GAO returns $123 for every dollar spent. Inspectors general return $26 for every dollar spent. We already have watchdogs who root out waste, fraud and abuse. We don't need DOGE, led by an unaccountable, unelected billionaire. www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...

submitted 15 days ago • 16 comments

Umm, @norsemanil.bsky.social , I wrote an article about values. Goes the new SecDef didn’t read it. www.thebulwark.com/p/i-helped-t...

submitted 14 days ago • 25 comments

🇫🇷 Peace through weakness in Ukraine could expand the conflict, warns French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu. “Peace must come through strength. Otherwise, it could lead to dramatic security risks or even a wider war.”

submitted 15 days ago • 14 comments

Europe needs to back Ukraine with everything then freeze Trump out. Make him absolutely unimportant

submitted 15 days ago • 1136 comments

"I don't think it was a priority that he talked to Russia first. Although it's really not very pleasant," – Zelensky on Trump’s call with Putin. "Ukraine will not accept any bilateral peace talks without our participation and that of our European partners," he added.

submitted 15 days ago • 36 comments

Sure, there are occasional moments of resistance from senators not facing reelection, but they are fleeting and ultimately meaningless if those same individuals fold when the stakes are high. My latest adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-coward...

submitted 15 days ago • 382 comments

Inspectors general conduct oversight and investigations into allegations of government waste, fraud and abuse. Here's what the White House said about why they fired 18 IGs: "We’re cleaning house of what doesn’t work for us and going forward." That says a lot.

submitted 15 days ago • 10 comments

Quietly, Hegseth announces a major policy change, ruling out Ukraine joining NATO. This is a capitulation to Putin, justifying his wars of aggression starting with Georgia in 2008. This will embolden Putin & undermine the interests of peace in Ukraine & Europe. A major blow to US national security.

submitted 16 days ago • 230 comments

BREAKING: President Trump just fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics. By all indications, Trump is planning to run a lawless administration and these unprecedented moves are an alarming first step to put those plans into action. www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-r...

submitted 17 days ago • 21 comments

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

submitted 17 days ago • 485 comments

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 18 days ago • 1048 comments

“Unless proper checks and balances are maintained to limit government power, love of power will tend to create a real despotism in America.” ~George Washington

submitted 18 days ago • 28 comments

NEW: Did Elon just create a secret IT contracting vehicle at OPM to avoid Congressional and public oversight? We need to get more eyes on this so please share my latest (always free): www.muellershewrote.com/p/did-elon-j...

submitted 18 days ago • 147 comments

I don't think this is their only motivation, but it certainly may factor into it.

submitted 18 days ago • 31 comments

A reminder to DOGE.👇 "It is long settled that courts possess inherent authority to initiate contempt proceedings for disobedience to their orders, authority which necessarily encompasses the ability to appoint a private attorney to prosecute the contempt." -Young v. U.S. ex rel. Vuitton (1987).

submitted 18 days ago • 293 comments

Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.

submitted 19 days ago • 1231 comments