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For the #HandsOff , there were a group of seniors that couldn't make it to the Capitol.
So they held their very own! 57 of them came out!
Aged 67-104!
They all walked down to the main street! So proud of them!
They had s sign making day before the event!
They sent this video to me to share.🥰
So they held their very own! 57 of them came out!
Aged 67-104!
They all walked down to the main street! So proud of them!
They had s sign making day before the event!
They sent this video to me to share.🥰
April 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
For the #HandsOff , there were a group of seniors that couldn't make it to the Capitol.
So they held their very own! 57 of them came out!
Aged 67-104!
They all walked down to the main street! So proud of them!
They had s sign making day before the event!
They sent this video to me to share.🥰
So they held their very own! 57 of them came out!
Aged 67-104!
They all walked down to the main street! So proud of them!
They had s sign making day before the event!
They sent this video to me to share.🥰
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Undocumented immigrants pay nearly $100B in taxes and receive no benefits or representation. Trump is about to explode the deficit by using the SSA to find and deport them. www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants
The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Undocumented immigrants pay nearly $100B in taxes and receive no benefits or representation. Trump is about to explode the deficit by using the SSA to find and deport them. www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...
“As part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS received $80 billion in new funding, in part to help the agency’s faltering efforts to audit wealthy individuals and large corporations, who are believed to commit an outsized portion of tax cheating.”
After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say www.icij.org/inside-icij/... via @ICIJorg
After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say - ICIJ
The upheaval undermines the agency’s quest to tackle high-end tax cheating.
www.icij.org
March 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“As part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS received $80 billion in new funding, in part to help the agency’s faltering efforts to audit wealthy individuals and large corporations, who are believed to commit an outsized portion of tax cheating.”
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ICYMI: a budget literally set to starve the poor to feed the rich.
New analysis says Trump budget plan will take from poorest 40 percent to give to rich
Both Medicaid and SNAP would suffer hundreds of billions in cuts, according to the analysis
www.independent.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
ICYMI: a budget literally set to starve the poor to feed the rich.
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Trump and DOGE have twisted and mischaracterized the US's own aid programs—the US African Development Foundation and the Inter-American Foundation—to make them sound frivolous and unimportant.
Ironically, both agencies have worked towards goals that Trump and Musk claim to support.
Ironically, both agencies have worked towards goals that Trump and Musk claim to support.
Musk and Trump bash immigrants while destroying programs to stabilize their home countries
Attacks on two small agencies focused on foreign aid are working against MAGA's supposed goals.
www.motherjones.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trump and DOGE have twisted and mischaracterized the US's own aid programs—the US African Development Foundation and the Inter-American Foundation—to make them sound frivolous and unimportant.
Ironically, both agencies have worked towards goals that Trump and Musk claim to support.
Ironically, both agencies have worked towards goals that Trump and Musk claim to support.
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“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…
propub.li
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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If Russian troops went back to Russia the war would be over
Just a quick reminder, if Russia ceased firing there would be a cease fire
March 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If Russian troops went back to Russia the war would be over
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Trying to explain this story as if one is speaking to a small child. Members of congress, whose job it is to set federal spending, now get to call Elon, who is for some reason controlling federal spending, to plead for changes to federal spending????? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk promises better communication between Republican lawmakers, DOGE
Trump adviser Elon Musk stepped up his congressional outreach Wednesday, taking questions from Republican lawmakers, some of whom are facing anger over DOGE.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Trying to explain this story as if one is speaking to a small child. Members of congress, whose job it is to set federal spending, now get to call Elon, who is for some reason controlling federal spending, to plead for changes to federal spending????? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Here we go, yup, this is just robber baron stuff. Sell the government-owned buildings to themselves on the cheap—commercial real estate is in a rut and these buildings have no other potential use without massive renovations—and lease them back to the government at a huge profit.
*TRUMP SEEKS TO PUT 443 FEDERAL PROPERTIES UP FOR SALE
*PROPERTIES INCLUDE HHS AND HUD HEADQUARTERS IN DC
Listed properties here: www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
*PROPERTIES INCLUDE HHS AND HUD HEADQUARTERS IN DC
Listed properties here: www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
Non-core property list
Learn about our lease cost avoidance plan and its successes.
www.gsa.gov
March 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Here we go, yup, this is just robber baron stuff. Sell the government-owned buildings to themselves on the cheap—commercial real estate is in a rut and these buildings have no other potential use without massive renovations—and lease them back to the government at a huge profit.
This! The only one of the three who promised sovereignty and security of Ukraine who isn’t currently invading, abandoning and extorting them is the UK.
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This! The only one of the three who promised sovereignty and security of Ukraine who isn’t currently invading, abandoning and extorting them is the UK.
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CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong-based conglomerate, will sell ports near the Panama Canal to BlackRock after pressure from Trump
CK Hutchison Sells Panama Ports to BlackRock Amid Trump Pressure
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-based conglomerate, agreed to sell control of a unit that operates ports near the Panama Canal after pressure from US President Donald Trump to limit Chinese ...
www.bloomberg.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong-based conglomerate, will sell ports near the Panama Canal to BlackRock after pressure from Trump
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and as people spend millions to dine with trump, elon musk’s $1 spending limit is delaying shipments of critical supplies, stalling travel, and stopping employees from doing their jobs.
March 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
and as people spend millions to dine with trump, elon musk’s $1 spending limit is delaying shipments of critical supplies, stalling travel, and stopping employees from doing their jobs.
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Cowards
"The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm told Republican lawmakers Tuesday to stop holding in-person town halls amid a wave of angry backlash over the cuts undertaken by President Donald Trump's administration."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
No more in-person town halls, NRCC chief tells House Republicans
Rep. Richard Hudson issued the edict after a spate of testy episodes.
www.politico.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cowards
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There it is. Literally saying the US and Russia are working together to take away the independence of another country.
I'm wondering if any of our press is gonna pick this one up? Seems like headline material?
I'm wondering if any of our press is gonna pick this one up? Seems like headline material?
Tuberville: "Zelenskyy's gonna play hardball, but you know what? He's not even in the game. It's gonna be Putin and President Trump and the people on our side that will end up making this decision for the future of Ukraine."
March 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
There it is. Literally saying the US and Russia are working together to take away the independence of another country.
I'm wondering if any of our press is gonna pick this one up? Seems like headline material?
I'm wondering if any of our press is gonna pick this one up? Seems like headline material?
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Must watch: GOP Senator Roger Marshall stands up and flees his own town hall meeting today after being asked why Republicans think it’s acceptable for DOGE to be firing Veterans.
This is a very rural, very conservative town.
This is a very rural, very conservative town.
March 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Must watch: GOP Senator Roger Marshall stands up and flees his own town hall meeting today after being asked why Republicans think it’s acceptable for DOGE to be firing Veterans.
This is a very rural, very conservative town.
This is a very rural, very conservative town.
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KYIV INDEPENDENT: “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.” kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...
March 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
KYIV INDEPENDENT: “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.” kyivindependent.com/editorial-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...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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...
And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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The first reaction to this news should be concern about the future of voting by mail www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The first reaction to this news should be concern about the future of voting by mail www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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That’s how you write a headline, people.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
That’s how you write a headline, people.
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This is 100% true. JD Vance is investing in failing farms/farmers and has a vested interest in seeing farms fail.
civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...
civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...
JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.
The real estate platform streamlines investing in US farmland. Now farms are fast becoming a portfolio staple for investors worldwide.
civileats.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is 100% true. JD Vance is investing in failing farms/farmers and has a vested interest in seeing farms fail.
civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...
civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...
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“Vote for me and you’ll never have to vote again.” Less than 2 weeks into his presidency, how do you now interpret this statement?
February 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“Vote for me and you’ll never have to vote again.” Less than 2 weeks into his presidency, how do you now interpret this statement?
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Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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If Republicans are OK with the "Roman Salute" that Musk did then please start using it from now. Exactly how he did it. Begin your press conferences this way. Your Youtube shows. Go for it. Do it in Europe when you're traveling.
January 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
If Republicans are OK with the "Roman Salute" that Musk did then please start using it from now. Exactly how he did it. Begin your press conferences this way. Your Youtube shows. Go for it. Do it in Europe when you're traveling.