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On average, the American public spends north of $20 billion dollars each day on daily shopping. Let's use that power. We're staging an economic blackout on Fri, Feb 28. No shopping, no online purchases, no transfer of money. Hit them where they will notice. #228 #IamIN #nospendfriday

What in the ever living hell?? Mortality rates for pregnant women are soaring but hey, if we don’t count Black women it’s not so bad. Also…the CDC page is gone due to Diversity Equity and Inclusion attacks.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

Why close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Who gains? (Not you.)

When the VP of the U.S. and the de-facto president says the judiciary has no power over the executive branch, remember, checks and balances. “In evaluating presidential actions, the courts uphold the separation of powers between Congress and the executive and place a check on executive power.”

SpaceX, which holds billions of dollars in government contracts, was penalized by the FAA for ignoring regulations. In response, Musk pushed for the resignation of the agency’s chairman.

Standing ovation from me for Dana Milbank. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This site tracks the legal actions taken against the Trump administration. www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

This is sort of soothing after the last two weeks. So worth a listen or a read.

The $10,000 SB 2 would allow per student is more state money than the $6,160 base amount public schools receive from the state per student. This from a state that has consistently underfunded public schools despite budget surpluses. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/t...

So. Musk is “employed” by Trump as a Special Government Employee. I just perused the laws governing any SGE hire. Here are just a few of those laws.

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