Heather Powers
@hlpowers.bsky.social
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SPECIAL GUEST - Crawford in the Kitchen!
Polls opened today in #Wisconsin. Let’s show Elon not everything is for sale….
youtu.be/m8t5Fo2qhQ4
Polls opened today in #Wisconsin. Let’s show Elon not everything is for sale….
youtu.be/m8t5Fo2qhQ4
SPECIAL GUEST - Crawford In The Kitchen!
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
SPECIAL GUEST - Crawford in the Kitchen!
Polls opened today in #Wisconsin. Let’s show Elon not everything is for sale….
youtu.be/m8t5Fo2qhQ4
Polls opened today in #Wisconsin. Let’s show Elon not everything is for sale….
youtu.be/m8t5Fo2qhQ4
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Closing 18F lays bare that this is not about efficiency. It’s a hive of tech talent accepting below market rates for their salaries being let go during an ostensible digital upgrade.
18F staffers- who were summarily fired en masse overnight- issue statement expressing shock, bewilderment:
"18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated."
"18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated."
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Closing 18F lays bare that this is not about efficiency. It’s a hive of tech talent accepting below market rates for their salaries being let go during an ostensible digital upgrade.
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Adam Sandler performs a song celebrating 50 years of Saturday Night Live.
#SNL50
#SNL50
Adam Sandler's Song: 50 Years – SNL50
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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February 17, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Adam Sandler performs a song celebrating 50 years of Saturday Night Live.
#SNL50
#SNL50
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Well unfortunately Texas will get what it voted for. Their young people in discomfort.
February 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Well unfortunately Texas will get what it voted for. Their young people in discomfort.
And several examples of using the records they now have access to for intimidation - such as against family members of
Judges standing up to them.
Judges standing up to them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And several examples of using the records they now have access to for intimidation - such as against family members of
Judges standing up to them.
Judges standing up to them.
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Trump posted 14 times about his Daytona 500 trip—but not once about the deadly flooding in multiple states.
Trump Posted 14 Times About His Daytona 500 Trip, Nothing About Multi-State Flooding
An indifferent Trump was chauffeured around the racetrack as Kentucky mourned 8 deaths including a mom and her 7 year old child
meidasnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trump posted 14 times about his Daytona 500 trip—but not once about the deadly flooding in multiple states.
Needed this reminder after a long 4 weeks already.
"You can't disassociate. There's no disassociation allowed... It's the long fucking run with these people. You gotta stick in there."
@karaswisher.bsky.social has some important advice amid all the Trump and Elon chaos.
@karaswisher.bsky.social has some important advice amid all the Trump and Elon chaos.
February 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Needed this reminder after a long 4 weeks already.
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Trump voters: Had enough yet?
February 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Trump voters: Had enough yet?
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Tell your Senators to vote no on Tulsi Gabbard. Confirmation vote is tomorrow. It only takes a minute:
Tell your Senators: Oppose Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
Please contact Congress now!
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Tell your Senators to vote no on Tulsi Gabbard. Confirmation vote is tomorrow. It only takes a minute:
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New in PN: Trump declares flawless victory in pointless trade war
"His corporate backers assured us he’d never be so monstrously stupid as to follow through on his threats and would instead cut taxes and blow up regulations like a normal Republican.
LOL."
"His corporate backers assured us he’d never be so monstrously stupid as to follow through on his threats and would instead cut taxes and blow up regulations like a normal Republican.
LOL."
Trump declares flawless victory in pointless trade war
Keep pulling the fire alarm, eventually no one will pay attention to the noise.
www.publicnotice.co
February 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New in PN: Trump declares flawless victory in pointless trade war
"His corporate backers assured us he’d never be so monstrously stupid as to follow through on his threats and would instead cut taxes and blow up regulations like a normal Republican.
LOL."
"His corporate backers assured us he’d never be so monstrously stupid as to follow through on his threats and would instead cut taxes and blow up regulations like a normal Republican.
LOL."
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Exactly. No is a complete sentence
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Exactly. No is a complete sentence
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to call this a clown show is unfair to clowns. pure madness. like playing russian roulette with a machine gun.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
February 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
to call this a clown show is unfair to clowns. pure madness. like playing russian roulette with a machine gun.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
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I was on Marketplace today, talking to Kai about precarity in the labor market.
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/04/w...
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/04/w...
The jobless rate is low, but the job market is weak, economist says
The low hiring rate shows the labor market is "standing over a cliff," says Kathryn Anne Edwards. Per JOLTS, openings decreased in December.
www.marketplace.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I was on Marketplace today, talking to Kai about precarity in the labor market.
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/04/w...
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/04/w...
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“I couldn’t believe the craziness. And Robert Kennedy was part of promoting some of these things.” Bill Gates talks to David Remnick about vaccine skepticism and becoming the target of conspiracy theories by anti-vaxxers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bill Gates and the New Trumpian Tech Oligarchs
The Microsoft founder discusses vaccine skepticism, his fellow-billionaires’ political pivots, and his dinner with the President at Mar-a-Lago.
www.newyorker.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“I couldn’t believe the craziness. And Robert Kennedy was part of promoting some of these things.” Bill Gates talks to David Remnick about vaccine skepticism and becoming the target of conspiracy theories by anti-vaxxers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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White House reporters need training in asking questions. Not “is Elon Musk doing a good job?” Ask “how and why does Musk have the power to control Treasury?” Damn! FFS!
February 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
White House reporters need training in asking questions. Not “is Elon Musk doing a good job?” Ask “how and why does Musk have the power to control Treasury?” Damn! FFS!
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3) USAID was initially established by EO; but later written explicitly into law.
LUSAID was mandated in statute in 1998, and only Congress can reverse that.
LUSAID was mandated in statute in 1998, and only Congress can reverse that.
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
3) USAID was initially established by EO; but later written explicitly into law.
LUSAID was mandated in statute in 1998, and only Congress can reverse that.
LUSAID was mandated in statute in 1998, and only Congress can reverse that.
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Isn't this what Trump learned in 2024?
If you do illegal things at rapidfire, the courts can't keep up with you fast enough to hold you accountable.
He outran the courts because elections were quicker than his prosecution.
The faster he does illegal things now, the more he cripples a slow system.
If you do illegal things at rapidfire, the courts can't keep up with you fast enough to hold you accountable.
He outran the courts because elections were quicker than his prosecution.
The faster he does illegal things now, the more he cripples a slow system.
The slow moving coup has suddenly Picked up a lot of speed
February 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Isn't this what Trump learned in 2024?
If you do illegal things at rapidfire, the courts can't keep up with you fast enough to hold you accountable.
He outran the courts because elections were quicker than his prosecution.
The faster he does illegal things now, the more he cripples a slow system.
If you do illegal things at rapidfire, the courts can't keep up with you fast enough to hold you accountable.
He outran the courts because elections were quicker than his prosecution.
The faster he does illegal things now, the more he cripples a slow system.
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Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
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Jesus didn’t have electricity…God help us.
February 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Jesus didn’t have electricity…God help us.