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..."the Department of Homeland Security already uses polygraph tests to suss out border-patrol applicants. But even some Republicans have referred to them as an “interrogation tool” and have highlighted the test’s high failure rate as preventing wannabe employees from joining an understaffed agency.

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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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I am not a subscriber so I can't read the details but on the surface, it rings true. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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that Trumpers think the US Postal SERVICE should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

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“What merit means to them” General Brown’s record, which Hegseth questioned for obvious reasons: www.af.mil/About-Us/Bio...

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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There is a lot of good logic expressed here

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“No air traffic controllers nor any professionals who perform safety critical functions were terminated,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said..." #KarolineLeavittisaLiar #TrumpisaLiar

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Trickle up economics.

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@democracyforward.org requested limited, expedited discovery in its lawsuit seeking to block DOGE access to sensitive Department of Labor information. If granted, plaintiffs will be able to obtain some evidence on how the agency operates within the government.

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President Macron: "Russia is already aggressive towards the whole of Europe.It's started.It's got a strong army,it's attacking us on information,cyber,migration.I can mention other things.It's destabilizing us,it's attacking our interests in Africa,it's provoking us,testing us at sea,in the air"

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Amanda Zurawski has been named one of TIME magazine’s Women of the Year. Amanda’s Story: Citing the state’s abortion laws, Texas doctors denied Amanda Zurawski emergency medical care when her water broke at only 18 weeks of pregnancy. It was September of 2021, and Amanda was miscarrying. Her…

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Is it too much to ask to want the government to stop the president from doing the illegal stuff?

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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

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To the @GOP senators and Congressmen who claim to support Ukraine, you do have some power… if you’re unwilling to exercise it then don’t pretend to care about your country more than your political career:

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Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"

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3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

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#trumpisatraitor

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When are people going to learn that #trumpisatraitor #trumpisaliar #trumpcantbetrusted #trumpwillstabyouintheback

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U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s resignation, which he announced this week, could open the door for President Donald Trump to carry out his long-sought after plan to privatize the massive federal agency.

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Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

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He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/... Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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When dealing with russia, the US acts like a poker player folding with a royal flush. Absolutely pathetic!

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Tom Homan can’t find enough illegal immigrants to deport because they fabricated the ‘crisis,’ so now he’s just gonna spend all his time attacking AOC.

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NEW: Trump’s FEMA administrator just sent out an email ordering all employees to stop sending things to the media without prior authorization. It was immediately sent to me by a FEMA employee without prior authorization to share with you.

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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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The time to BEWARE, has passed…👇 Hasn’t it?! Unfortunately. For. Everyone.

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Emil Bove's Missing Documents www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/16/e... Danielle Sassoon said that Emil Bove negotiated Adams' consent to dismissal w/o prejudice w/o SDNY involvement. Bove didn't include proof of consent on Friday's filing.

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For any Republicans out there-- don't you see what's happening? Your elected officials, drunk with power, are quietly and quickly getting filthy rich. And in exchange, they're cutting your Medicaid, cutting your education funding, cutting SNAP benefits, cutting medical research.

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