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A grassroots movement’s call for Americans not to shop at major chains for 24 hours in an “economic blackout” last week went viral — and now, its organizer is launching a weeklong boycott against Amazon.

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Donald Trump cares about one thing: protecting corporations and the ultra-wealthy. He is not, and will never be, a president for working people.

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There's a reason Trump hates Marc Elias - he's literally distributing very important information (in an accessible way) that is normally ignored or glossed over by most media.

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Donald Trump targeted AP and legacy media did nothing. Donald Trump has now targeted two large law firms and Big Law is silent. You all read Martin Niemöller's poem “First They Came.” So, I ask you -- What are you doing?

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NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.

submitted 2 days ago • 144 comments

The program forgives the loans of borrowers who work in public service. The executive action would exclude those who work for certain organizations.

submitted 21 hours ago • 53 comments

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to suggest that we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

submitted 21 hours ago • 272 comments

Every day, millions of travelers’ lives are literally up in the air, relying on the acuity of air traffic controllers to orchestrate high-speed maneuvers and help prevent aircraft from crashing. But the shortage of air traffic controllers is nearly the worst in 30 years.

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The federal government is preparing to shed up to a quarter of its 360 million square feet of real estate, an NPR analysis finds. The agency in charge of federal real estate is also slashing staff.

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The Justice Department has removed top national security officials as part of a widespread purge of senior career leaders across the law enforcement agency.

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Breaking news: The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of career employees.

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The Washington Post gave a thumbs up to confirming Pam Bondi, calling her “serious.” Democracy Docket warned about Pam Bondi, calling her an “election denier.” Who do you want to support to get your news? www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 18 hours ago • 248 comments

Mental health professionals with the Veterans Health Administration say the stress caused by Elon Musk's "What did you do last week?" emails is hurting veterans' care.

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Twenty Democratic attorneys general have sued the Trump administration in federal court and filed for a temporary restraining order against nearly two dozen federal agencies, arguing that the mass layoffs of thousands of federal probationary employees in recent weeks were conducted illegally.

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Trump is not on the side of the good guys www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...

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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head. So,I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

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“National security concerns.”

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Last night was basically what we have seen before, except this time the GOP lacks anyone willing to do anything but dutifully stand and clap like its Kim Jung Un’s birthday. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trump-lies...

submitted 3 days ago • 261 comments

From Russian State Media. This is playing out exactly the way Putin planned it with Trump.

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The country claims Smith & Wesson and other gunmakers are turning a blind eye to hundreds of thousands of high-powered weapons made in the U.S that are illegally trafficked into in the hands of Mexican cartels.

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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid

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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

submitted 4 days ago • 1815 comments

One more time for the people in the back.

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Of course President Musk wants to slash another organization that's investigating his shady business deals. Let's call this what it is: DOGE is bribing federal workers to resign so the SEC can't do its job. This is the opposite of government efficiency.

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Donald Trump will insist on using the powers of the state to attack his political opponents. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...

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Canadian and Chinese officials say they were already helping reduce fentanyl smuggling. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said fentanyl crossing the northern border is "near zero." By @brianmannadk.bsky.social

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Justin Trudeau gave the exact kind of press conference today that we have been waiting for from our Democratic leaders. Watch it and learn from it. No gimmicks, no stunts, no script, no platitudes, no slogans, no games. Just straight talk, honesty, sincerity and facts.

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President Donald Trump has decided to pause all future deliveries of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine in an extraordinary move aimed at pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into peace talks with Russia, said two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

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The market is tanking, Trump just launched a trade war, we told Cyber Command to stand down against Russia, Trump is rolling out a massive crypto scam, and drug dealers have started selling eggs because the profit margin is better. You aren’t distracting us with culture war BS.

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"The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting — which was used by tens of millions of voters last year — more difficult. Trump has repeatedly said he’d like to end the practice, falsely claiming it allows for widespread fraud." www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

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China has announced its tariff retaliation—15% tariffs on US chicken, wheat, corn & cotton, plus a 10% tariff on soybeans, pork, beef, fruits, vegetables, & dairy products. Blue or red state, your grocery bill just raised. Wonder who Trump will blame this trade war on?

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Key takeaway from DOGE: There’s less government fraud/waste than expected.

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“Russia Ukraine is not a proxy for whether you like Trump or not, Russia is our enemy, and paid the Taliban bounties to kill American soldiers”

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Trump’s ‘Friday Night Massacre’ just purged top military leaders—loyalty over competence, politics over national security. This isn’t normal, and it’s dangerous. Read why it should alarm every American adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/mission-co...

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The US has suspended operations and planning for offensive cyber operations against Russia, a senior US official told CNN.

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An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

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Rick Scott, who took the 5th 75 times when he was investigated for Medicaid fraud, says AOC “should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law” for advising people of their rights: “We took an oath to uphold the constitution, not to tell people how to evade the constitution.”

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Your tax dollars are paying for the richest man in the world to fly around when he has his own jets.

submitted 5 days ago • 248 comments

We will always lead the charge to hold Trump and his henchmen accountable. If the press isn’t there to expose him, we’re happy to. That’s why we exist. We won't let him get away with turning this country into something it’s not. Support the mission: bit.ly/3WNK7wY

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love this @rokhanna.bsky.social We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos Please share off line as well !!!

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Demonstrators gathered at more than 50 Tesla showrooms across the United States on Saturday in protest of CEO Elon Musk’s role in slashing government agencies as part of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency established by President Donald Trump.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to pause cyber and information operations against Russia as President Trump seeks to bring Putin to the negotiating table to end the war in Ukraine.

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The remaining employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are trying to “pick up the pieces” and figure out how to continue delivering life-saving information to the public after the firing of hundreds of America’s foremost experts in weather forecasting and earth sciences

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A federal judge has ruled that the head of a government watchdog agency whom President Donald Trump is attempting to fire is entitled to remain in the post, setting up a dispute that will almost certainly be decided by the Supreme Court

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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

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The American public’s view of Donald Trump’s presidency and the direction he’s leading the country is more negative than positive just ahead of his first formal address to Congress since returning to office, according to a new CNN poll: cnn.it/43kvGHU

submitted 7 days ago • 173 comments

It was never America First. It was always Trump First.

submitted 6 days ago • 574 comments