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NEW: Law Dork has learned that nearly 20 probationary employees were fired from a Florida VA hospital on Monday. In terms of stability of services, I would add that my understanding is that, at least at the hospital level, HR is finding out about the firings at the same time as the employees.

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Once again they screw veterans first. — Veteran-owned small firms hit first by VA's push for $2B in contract cuts. Service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs bear 89% of the claimed savings. Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins claims this is just step one. washingtontechnology.com/contracts/20...

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NYT: “DOGE deleted the top five highest savings claims on its ‘wall of receipts’ leaderboard after variousnews outlets pointed out multiple errors in its calculations…” newrepublic.com/post/191973/...

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Neal: "Look at the alignment. $1.2t here for cuts, but $1.2t for tax cuts. Oh, let me figure that one out. They are going to cut Medicaid to justify what it is that they want to do."

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Wow. 20+ DOGE staffers just resigned en masse, saying they refuse to use their expertise to “dismantle critical public services.” “We swore to serve the American people... However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.”

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I heart Tina Smith.

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If you feel this way, you're not along. And together, we're going to keep the Republic. Pass it on.

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'No Amazon, no Walmart, no fast food': What's behind the 'Feb. 28 economic blackout' www.yahoo.com/news/no-amaz...

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They are still ignoring court orders

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I stand with Katie Phang! @katiephang.bsky.social #RESIST #PERSIST

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“Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the D.C. Beltway,” Sanders said. “It will only be defeated by millions of Americans…in every state in this country, who come together in a strong grassroots movement and say no to oligarchy, no to authoritarianism, no to kleptocracy.” More here:

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The RNC allegedly failed to notify the FBI that its email systems had suffered a serious breach by Chinese hackers for fear of bad press during Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign for the presidency.

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Raise your hand 🖐️ and Repost if you think Donald Trump should be removed from office, lose his pension and his Secret Service protection! 💯 I want all of my 170K friends to follow YOU! 💙 Like ❤️ and repost 🔄 and you will get even MORE followers! 🚀 Who agrees? 🖐️

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RIP to one of the bona fide greats

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Not going to lie—as a longtime @MSNBC.com viewer, I’m bitter about what’s happening at that network, and I won’t forget it. BUT I do appreciate this moment—giving @joyannreid.bsky.social her flowers. She signs off the way she always does: doing the work and showing us the path to save democracy.

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As a consumer of a huge amount of news, social media, podcasts, and alt media across the spectrum from far right to far left every day, I can tell you that I see Sen Chris Murphy everywhere taking on the Trump Admin, including Fox, & there are some Dem senators I never, ever see.

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Wow! So 1+1 really does equal 2. The Texas measles outbreak is hitting the area with the highest vaccine exemption rates. Shocking—if you ignore science.

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Allison Gill on Mitch McConnell: if your dumb ass would have voted to convict and barred him from office, we wouldn’t be here. YOU are embarrassing and costly.

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"If the GOP could pull Trump’s dick out of their mouths long enough for the oxygen to return to their brains, they might see how batshit crazy it is to run a govt like this... But that would require a spine and these Republicans have the collective courage of a baby deer caught in a 6-lane highway."

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A message from the brave woman - Dr, Teresa Borrenpohl - who was dragged out by unmarked private security in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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THIS is the person that we need on the WI State Supreme Court! Someone that will uphold the law and the constitution! VOTE Susan Crawford April 1.

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Van Hollen: 'What We Are Witnessing Are Illegal Actions By Elon Musk': Sen. Chris Van Hollen laid into Trump for his "great betrayal of the American people" by allowing Musk to illegally take a wrecking ball to our federal government. During an appearance on this Sunday's Face the Nation on CBS,…

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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

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Bwahahaha. Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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don't mind me, i'll just be sobbing at the muppet movie script

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Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…

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Does anyone have her contact info? If so, please send to the signal contact muellershewrote.23

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One of the most powerful political cartoons I have seen. Follow the artist at @ellabaron.bsky.social.

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this week's cover is on point ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social

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Morning Zelenskyy puts Trump to shame Little Liar Marco once STOOD BY UKRAINE. HOW DARE HE NOW! My father & people you know fought and died to fight fascism We SHOULD EMBRACE all of UKRAINE, help them My father would be so proud of these great people They are FIERCE SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦

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May be terminal

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I don’t even know what to do with this information… In total, from 2017 through 2023, 2,682 people with developmental disabilities died under the care of the state of Missouri — on average, one person every day. missouriindependent.com/2025/02/24/d...

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BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...

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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops. More of this pointed ridicule, please.

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🚨 I hear that House Reps could vote as early as Tuesday, Feb 25th at 6:00 p.m. on their disgusting budget pkg that could strip MILLIONS of low-income & disabled people of health coverage & food subsidies, just to stuff the fat pockets of the filthy rich! I'm pretty pissed off! 🤬 Calling my Rep.

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Elon Musk is buying Brad Schimel to support big corporations, ban abortion with no exceptions, and take Wisconsin backwards. Susan Crawford is NOT for sale! VOTE Aril 1st!

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Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, pledged support for Ukraine will be a top priority for his government and that it must "win the war". "Victory means restoring territorial integrity" and "we are not neutral, we are not standing aside. We are on the side of Ukraine.” #GermanElection #CDU

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"It’s true that the Republican party in Congress has been servile beyond belief. But we don’t need, at first, a massive rebellion against Trump. We need only a handful of congressional Republicans to break with Trump on some key issues." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumpism-i...

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There are certain Republicans who have a lot to lose if Medicaid is cut

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"What could provoke a revolt of at least a few Republicans? What about the attempted betrayal of Ukraine? Half of the Republicans on the Hill voted for aid to Ukraine less than a year ago. Are they going to do nothing to prevent a free Ukraine from disappearing?" www.thebulwark.com/p/trumpism-i...

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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

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I just want to say thank you to everyone who has reached out with kindness and encouragement, both personally and in these social media streets. So very proud of The Reidout @joy.msnbc.com team, who are truly family, and all of our supporters & friends. See you tomorrow night at 7, one more time ‼️

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All those on the Left can celebrate the firing of Joy Reid all they want, but there is no scenario on the planet where this a good thing for the fight against fascism. Again, the myopia is insane.

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For most folks, democracy is local. So get out and run for office. The people are demanding change. Don’t just wonder when that change will happen. Be that change.

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