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Help us build out our rapidly growing list of townhalls where GOPs got rocked last week over people who hate the Elon and DOGE crime spree talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ye-ol...

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My mom helped run a Social Security field office for most of my childhood. The population that these locations serve is overwhelmingly disabled, elderly, poor or some combination thereof. That’s who they’re looking to deny services and resources.

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BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

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Bookmooch.com is a great place to get books and give the middle finger to bezos. It’s like a book co-op. It’s also a great place to unload your shelves from books you’ve already read. #BoycottAmazon

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“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed,” said Amy Paris, who had been working to help reform the US organ transplantation network. “That is the scariest thing in the world.” New: @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social

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The problem with making Christianity a cultural force rather than a redemptive one is that anything culturally normative becomes the Gospel. When the fruit of discipleship are measured anything other than Christ's example, it's not Christianity ... it's merely mammon.

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We refuse to let the oligarchs win and control us, and I feel a sea change (link to full video in reply)

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Greg @bluestein.bsky.social isn't just a friend and former long-time co-worker at the AJC, he's absolutely one of the most professional, down-to-earth and down-the-middle reporters I've known. It's why politicians on both sides of aisle talk to him. That the cretin Elon did this says everything.

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For anybody who wants to blow this off like it's no big deal, I have dead family members from Nazi-occupied France who were sent to gas chambers who would like to have a word with you.

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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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PANTHEON MACRO: “.. Uncertainty over the severity of federal spending cuts and tariffs has led to a sudden stop in decision-making, likely weighing materially on GDP growth in Q1.” 🇺🇸

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roswell, georgia is an Atlanta suburb full of rich white people

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US consumer sentiment dropped more than expected in February to a 15-month low and inflation expectations rocketed as households worried that President Donald Trump's plans for steep and broad-based tariffs would eat into their purchasing power reut.rs/41gv4Aq

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Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE

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In addition to Congress being the place that makes the laws, pretty key thing, the constitution explicitly says Congress gets to create the postal system. It’s not left implied that that comes under law making generally. The President has no power to unilaterally abolish it and move it to commerce.

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U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office. #gapol ajc.com/politics/mcc...

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“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

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EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

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Kash Patel has been confirmed as FBI Director. Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) voted no. History will remember the cowardice of so many across the GOP who chose loyalty to Trump over the rule of law & the national security of our country.

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Anyone else feel like a sucker for paying taxes and generally obeying the law?

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“Government as a % of revenue” screens starting to make the rounds. 👀 $PLTR

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Happy Reacher day to those who celebrate. Make sure to leave out 4000 calories for the big guy if you want him to cave in a local thug’s skull for you!

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Every reporter today should be asking every Congressional Republican why they're OK siding with Putin and walking away from NATO and democracy.

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* EXCLUSIVE - US DECLINING TO CO-SPONSOR UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION BACKING UKRAINE AND CONDEMNING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AHEAD OF WAR ANNIVERSARY, DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAY @reuters.com

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It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for

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Be Careful Who You Pretend to Be www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/care...

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When you kill your AirBnB account or Amazon account, make sure you tell them why…

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In the end, Trump/MAGA is the American franchisee of a global crime syndicate that seeks to destroy western democratic law and order to exploit natural resources and hide wealth from taxation - a direct blowback to what was exposed in #PanamaPapers

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This is good from the UK’s former Defence Minister & Army veteran, Ben Wallace. He dismantles Trump’s lies one by one, pointing out that he’s just spewing Kremlin talking points. Ukraine started the war - LIE US gives more funding than Europe - LIE Ukraine needs elections - LIE (🎥 LBC Radio)

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NEW: Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform. Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.

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Out of the 12,000 civil rights complaints the Education Department has put on hold since Trump took office: • 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students • 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence • 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination

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US Secretary of State, less than three years ago.

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Washington Post subscription cancelled ✔️ Audible subscription cancelled ✔️ Amazon Prime subscription cancelled ✔️ ____ Delete Amazon account

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All I’m saying is that if I were running for governor I wouldn’t want the first high-visibility thing I’ve done be “taking education away from students with disabilities”

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