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Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

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From Heather Vox Richardson’s daily letter, regarding the DOGE access to IRS records: “Indeed, compromising access to that information is a felony.” If that’s true, why have no arrest warrants been issued? I’d truly like to understand.

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I have a small request. Before you demand someone take to the streets and protest, or try to publicly shame someone who is not at a rally today, please consider that they may have a disability that prevents them from doing so. 🙏💙

submitted 5 days ago • 506 comments

The UK has a shadow cabinet - political positions within the party that isn’t in power - and so should we. Plus, we need weekly press briefings led by @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on the state of the union. Business-as-usual time is over.

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Trump just fired hundreds of employees with the FAA — weeks after the fatal D.C. crash exposed agency understaffing. The union repping the employees called the firings a "hastily made decision" that would increase the workload of a workforce already stretched thin. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…” This was never about efficiency. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...

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I keep seeing this. Guys, their literal job is to figure out what to do. They are not helpless even if they are not the majority. I really hope we can stop treating some of the most powerful people in the world as helpless and without sentience.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Understanding what the courts can do helps us understand what we must do. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-courts...

submitted 5 days ago • 225 comments

@juliusgoat.bsky.social

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We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

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This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

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An important point to keep in mind.

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February 16, 2025

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'We Could Have Had a President Right Now' FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-could-h...

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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as allude to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

submitted 6 days ago • 2110 comments

February 15, 2025

submitted 7 days ago • 53 comments

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WATCH: NASHVILLE resident @sherylcrow.bsky.social ditches her Tesla 👋🏽 , donates the funds to NPR Her post: www.instagram.com/reel/DGEf88e...

submitted 7 days ago • 174 comments

Yes. Absolutely.

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WATCH: “ @aoc.bsky.social is 6th from the bottom in net worth in Congress, and hasn’t traded a single stock since being in Congress.” PSA: Anyone who won’t back a ban on congressional stock trading is unworthy of your vote, regardless of party. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGHs8gg...

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Update update: 24 hours in and aside from a sore left arm, easily managed by ibuprofen, no real aches or fatigue. I feel lucky. But even if both vaccines kicked my ass this weekend, it would have been worth it. Get your shots, y'all!

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From an FDA probationary employee: the firings are coming from outside the agency without cause and with zero input from supervisors (as promised.) More firings expected between now and Tuesday. Do not open the termination email before you download your documents and performance evals.

submitted 7 days ago • 291 comments

This is probably the most accurate take.

submitted 7 days ago • 2927 comments

jamelle is correct

submitted 7 days ago • 1331 comments

Fellow Blueskyers: if I reply to a post with 📌, how do I then find that post later? Where do pinned posts go to hide from me?😱

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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This is fascism.

submitted 7 days ago • 3192 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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