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Budzinski: "We saw just yesterday another round of layoffs at the VA -- 1,400 more people. When we're trying to address veterans suicide rates, when you're cutting jobs for folks that are actually answering those suicide hotlines, how is that in the service of our veterans?"

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Rachel Maddow called out MSNBC for getting rid of Joy Reid and Katie Phang, saying it’s “indefensible” to get rid of their non-white anchors. Bingo.

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The rumors are true: The proposed SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote.

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🔥Hey #Florida ! Get mobilized for the coming #SpecialElections FL01 & Fl06 House districts are up. Sign up for a live zoom call tonight with @joshweil.bsky.social & @gayforcongress.bsky.social #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #FlipTheHouse

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This is great. www.theverge.com/news/617014/...

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Evil has never been presented as evil. It always puts on the false cloak of goodness and morality, and does evil things

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If comedy is now legal, how come none of them are funny?

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Hold the fuck on — members of Elon Musk's private security detail have been deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service? What the actual fuck?!?!?

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If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

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Article 5 is dead. To my American friends, we were there for you after 9/11 when you invoked article 5. There in Iraq and Afghanistan. No-one asked for your rare earths or insulted your leaders when you asked for our help. #Ukraine #supportUkraine 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦

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www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n... NO THIS IS DANGEROUS SOMEONE COULD BE KILLED OMG NO NO HATE, IGNORANCE, and CRUELTY running rampant ESPECIALLY HATE 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT FOR OUR TRANS SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND YOUTH 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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All cases dismissed

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1/ Town halls continue to go badly for GOP congresspeople, an ongoing thread: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Pc7F6y/

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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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apple juice was designed to be drunk on a plane. it just never tastes better or more refreshing than it does at 30,000 feet

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Starting to think the right’s mEmE KiNg WhO LeGaLiZeD CoMedY is actually just a whiny little bitch with a fragile ego.

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Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

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Opinion | The last 80 years have brought unprecedented peace and prosperity to the US, Canada, and Western Europe. It's time that we ended it.

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Pretty much. www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-thre...

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Last night I attended the Save Our Services rally in New York City. Listen to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fighting for people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” @aoc.bsky.social

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“I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. “I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.”

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I have no independent confirmation of this. But this is seriously scary. This piece claims D.O.G.E. exposed sensitive government servers to the internet. @markwarner.bsky.social @jahimes.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cyberint...

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OMG this is horrible. Rebecca Marodi, a California fire captain who was targeted by the right-wing as being a “DEI hire” & blamed for the LA fires, has been found stabbed to death. May she rest in power. 💔

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📢 Chicago showed up! Federal workers & allies rallied to defend public services—and the turnout was huge. Social Security, Medicare, and veterans’ care belong to the people, not corporations. The fight continues. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices

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We shouldn’t have to fear the spread of false information. We should be afraid because a large number of voting adults are unable to distinguish for themselves what is true and what is false.

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The polar opposite of our current cowardless embarrassment

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This Game of Thrones quote feels especially poignant: “Any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king.”

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So my dear friend who's a Choctaw is getting messages from the Choctaw Nation that Trumps goons are going after Natives not on their rez. She keeps trying to call but the phone cuts off every time she says anything about it...3 times now

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Whelp, it looks like Putin has, in fact “eaten him [Trump] for lunch”

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PAY ATTENTION: While they bombard us with constant news cycles of f*ckery, they are continually trying to strip away our rights and humanity. Bill H.R. 722 would lead to a Federal Abortion Ban with no exceptions! #ProudBlue #DemCast

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"Lawyers in Panama say it is illegal to detain people without a court order for more than 24 hours. Roughly 350 migrants deported by US have been locked in a hotel, in Panama City, for nearly a week. Armed guards prevent any of deportees from leaving the hotel. Several are children” ❗️ per NY Times

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JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

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"Yet Another Top DOJ Prosecutor Resigns After Trump Appointees Demand She Freeze Funds and Investigate Biden EPA Funding" Trump's DOJ pressured federal prosecutor to FABRICATE a crime to prosecute people from Biden Admin www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p...

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If you think Musk wants all this data in order to root out fraud and marginally improve government efficiency, I have several bridges to sell you. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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