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Is America a fallen empire? If 02/28/2025 didn't answer this question in the affirmative, I don't know what will. Worth a watch is the Danielle Moodie Show. @daniellemoodie.bsky.social is always speaking truth to power. Please give her a listen today! RESIST! 👊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8BA...

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NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

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Looking to help people being targeted by the Trump administration? Support Whistleblower Aid (@wbaidlaw.bsky.social). They protect courageous citizens who risk everything to defend our democracy. The legal non-profit has proven track record & needs support to keep combatting this Administration.

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This is who Donald Trump has nominated to head the U.S Attorney's Office in Washington DC. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Woof

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Excellent reporting here www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

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Good morning. Source: Conflict Catalogue brecke.inta.gatech.edu/research/con...

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Important and appropriate A1 play in the NYT print paper today for the story Kirsten Grind and I did on the 11 federal agencies that had targeted Musk companies for investigations/lawsuit that have now been disrupted in a way that benefits Musk. A free link as well. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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This is very, very bad news for voting rights. "Gates has been the city attorney for Huntington Beach since 2014, and soon, he will serve under Harmeet Dhillon, Trump’s nominee for the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, who is expected to be confirmed soon."

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god this guy is an idiot. like, a stone cold idiot who sincerely believes that war fighting and preparedness is about having the biggest dick

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It’s been a crazy week. Here’s something really important that you may have missed: youtu.be/QsvksLFDalE?...

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"In hindsight, the first year may have been the entire ballgame — even if no one quite knew it at the time..." Really good explainer by Zack Beauchamp here. Worth reading: www.vox.com/politics/398...

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Trump's federal funding freeze has stopped the hiring of thousands of essential, seasonal firefighters. Yes. You read that right. I'm demanding answers from the Trump administration ASAP. They must reverse this freeze.

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AG Bondi’s new DOJ policies dismantle anti-corruption efforts 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/weissman... #DOJ #Corruption #Democracy

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Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (D-CT) joins Michael Steele as the Trump administration prepares to gut the Department of Education.

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Corrupt AND an anti-American national security threat. And probably the next director of the FBI.

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I never understood the musicians playing music while the Titanic sank. Now I do.

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Federal judge says Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keeper convicted of seditious conspiracy for Jan 6, cannot enter the US Capitol building or DC without permission from the judge. Rhodes had his sentence commuted on Monday by Pres Trump. Several others who also had sentences commuted have same restrictions.

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One person at the Carter funeral is not putting his hand over his heart, and in a million years you will never guess who it is

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Why is the federal government blowing over $800K on a huge military plane to deport just 79 immigrants to Guatemala, when a regular flight used to cost us $100K? It’s all for show! And the truth—they weren’t rapists, murderers, or criminals.

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I don't want my appliances to be connected to the internet. I don't want them to have blinky lights or touch screen controls or be accessible by phone. All I want is for them to do the one thing they are supposed to do, and to beep less. Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.

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The central core of Trumpism is voter suppression and election subversion. Too many people only pay attention to this right before elections and forget it once elections are over. We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.

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So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Apple Costco Bank of America Delta JP Morgan Marriott Microsoft Procter & Gamble Goldman Sachs American Airlines Southwest Airlines United Airlines Catholic Health

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I made this in 2016. Undiminished explanatory power IMHO.

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Please pay attention to this case being argued in the 4th Circuit tomorrow. It could determine whether the GOP succeeds in stealing a NC Supreme Court seat by disenfranchising 60,000 voters. Follow @democracydocket.com for full coverage of this critical case. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊

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His dozens of dubious executive orders and announcements the last 48 hours is a spectacular new iteration of what Steve Bannon in 2018 said was their secret. “The way to deal with” Democrats and especially the press he told Michael Lewis, “is to flood the zone with shit.”

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The most punk thing you can be nowadays is an optimist

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THREAD: Let's walk through some of the serious/potentially unethical/signs of manipulation/conflict of interest that have already been identified by lawyers/crypto experts re $Trump-the memecoin the Trump family cyrpto created on Friday. First, here's our latest story www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...

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Best thing our allies can remember: if you stand up to Trump you intimidate him and he will back down. If you crawl to him (like his sycophantic politicians) he will not respect you and will eventually throw you under the bus.

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FEEDBACK: A viewer wrote about our decision today to detail the violence against police by the Coloradans pardoned by Trump for J6. We did it because many Coloradans back the Blue. And it should be on the record for when those J6 attackers run for office in Colorado. #copolitics

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