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"As we navigate the sheer quantity of hate and unconstitutional extremism found within these orders, it’s essential we not let this blitzkrieg distract or deter us." - Keith Thirion

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

Imagine being too far-right and Nazi-like for the French far-right: "French far-right leader cancels US speech after ex Trump aide Bannon appeared to make 'Nazi gesture'"

“JD Vance Called Me a 'Dummy' for Pointing Out His Administration's Hypocrisy on Free Speech. I Guess the Truth Hurts” My piece for Zeteo on yesterday’s back and forth with the VP and others on Twitter - and on the threat to imprison American journalists. zeteo.com/p/jd-vance-c...

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

From Turkey to Hungary to Venezuela to Benin, firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power. Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE

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John Fetterman’s staff are leaving him in droves and there are awful rumors about how he treats them. Are we sure he’s not just three Kyrsten Sinemas sitting on each other’s shoulders in a hoodie? Our latest:

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

y'all are fucked... #usa #fucked

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

You do not have to align with someone’s ideology to recognize when they do the right thing. youtube.com/shorts/7IhE_...

Who’s watching White Lotus S3? Southern charm lol www.thecut.com/article/whit...

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."

Thankful our courts are protecting NIH. Musk is just a wrecking ball who pretends he a genius. Trust fund baby of privilege. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

And who they didn't like

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did

It was always Rand Paul’s destiny to be the last man to board the political Titanic and the first one to shove a woman out of the way to take the last seat on a lifeboat.

The ‘real’ reason they are gutting the IRS…👇 Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?!

He seems really eager to christen the new first-in-its-class USS Massive Workplace Discrimination Settlement

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