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Lemme share something with you. A lot of semi-Trumpy types are saying Zelensky blew it. All he had to do was show up, shake hands, say Trump is great and sign the docs. He couldn't do that. But there are also people in DC who are not Trumpy who are saying the same thing. Now, big picture this ...

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I’m just excited I get to keep posting this book cover.

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@ijeftomi.bsky.social @TruthSandwich.fedi.truth-sandwich.com.ap.brid.gy @mike10010100.bsky.social hmm seems to me Jeffries struck the right youtu.be/Q2U3WBZNZvc?... cord & even posted a YT video About it but u'd never know that from the FECKLESS DEMS 😂 CROWD of which there's many who DGAF ABT UKR 🇺🇦

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PubMed is back up but you can’t randomly fire people from departments that work to support and maintain this critical science infrastructure and expect 24/7 reliability. The rest of the world needs to take over the mantle until the US can shed its internal saboteurs.

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday. That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas... It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

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I'm genuinely disheartened by the lack of reviews/coverage for "Eyes on the Prize III," which premieres on HBO tonight. Sigh. This is, I guess, a "me" problem. But nothing you could watch this week is better. Anyway... ICYMI, my review:

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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

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Democratic Whip Katherine Clark to House Dems: "House Republicans are trying to jam through their Budget Resolution after assuring House Democrats that there would be no further votes this evening. "

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if you remember the collective media freak out about biden's age, clinton meeting on an airline tarmac, the afghanistan withdrawal and biden's press conference schedule -- when the msm wants to make big noise about something theyre more than capable. when they don't -- its a choice.

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So @jennybeatty.bsky.social did some great work pulling together data from multiple sources to answer the question "Does diversity in pilot ranks negatively impact safety". While any partly sane person already knew the answer, her work proves the answer is no. www.jennybeatty.com/airline-safe...

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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Our job to make sure they do! (tough job, unpaid, really hard)

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it's really saying something that this is how an apparent friend explains Elon's goals www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...

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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...

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“put it on his fucking gravestone”

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This is the now third deportation “detention” site outside the U.S. that the administration has disclosed. These are more than concentration camps; they’re what’s called “zones of lawlessness.” People being held in isolated facilities. Some if not all are de facto stateless.

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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

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Posting this for no reason at all

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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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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MARK MY WORDS: America changes the moment Kash Patel becomes FBI Director. People who have not dug into MAGA can not possibly understand how bad he wants to be. Like a human piece of Trump's spittle.

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Is This Why Musk Keeps Using the Same Dozen Tech Micro-Bros for Each Takeover? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-th...

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Today's item: I ran through the options available to Senate Democrats on cabinet nominations and what they're actually doing. No, there's no magic button they're neglecting. (And seriously no, Tuberville didn't come up with one). goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/confirming...

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"Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Jim Moran (Kansas) and Steve Daines (Mont.) were all co-sponsors of this law. None responded to requests for comment."

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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are publicly organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

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One of the craziest things abt DOGE 2025 is that they're implementing Milei's policies, but in the strongest economy in the world, effectively CREATING the problems that Milei ran on fixing. Which makes this read worthwhile.

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BREAKING — USDA says it accidentally fired officials working to combat bird flu and says it’s trying to rehire them www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog... by @allansmith.bsky.social

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“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated." "This is a very real threat to the American flying public.” EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

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It is shameful that RAINN, representing sexually abused people, erased trans people because they are scared of Trump. To any org censoring themselves: you cannot jettison trans to save yourself. Yes, if you don't, other groups may suffer, and you might too. But we are all in this together.

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🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration? I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for meaningful opposition to each. I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24

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I worked on this story for a decade and he just said it out loud on Fox News

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In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.

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Where are all the Dem consultants who supposedly do "comms" work at? Where's the website put together with succinct talking points, one pagers, posters that folks can easily download, print and pass out in their communities? Why aren't they doing this work PRO-BONO?

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so Bobby will make sure black children get the opportunity to get "re-parented" and sent out to some farm somewhere.

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This legal fiction is to shield Musk from any meaningful accountability. He is operating his own organization within the federal government, loyal to him not Trump, and has amassed unprecedented control of federal data. But just an advisor!

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years have passed and google hasn’t still corrected pronunciation of Māori place names on google maps but the corporation is managing to implement change the on gulf of mexico within days maps are political www.renews.co.nz/why-google-m...

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worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.

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The 16,000 Artworks the Nazis Censored and Labeled “Degenerate Art”: The Complete Historic Inventory Is Now Online

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$500 million worth of food intended for relief efforts is at risk of spoiling, given Trump’s freeze on shipping food assistance “They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn’t going to have a USAID bottle, and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” WH official said.

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