Nate Riggins
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Building strong democratic legislatures. Former Congressional staff. Jersey kid & forever Philly sports fan. Views are always my own.
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This is big: House Republicans tucked language into the budget res “rule” that bans the House from voting to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration used to impose tariffs. TL;DR lawmakers who vote for this are officially giving up their power to revoke his tariffs until October.
April 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is big: House Republicans tucked language into the budget res “rule” that bans the House from voting to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration used to impose tariffs. TL;DR lawmakers who vote for this are officially giving up their power to revoke his tariffs until October.
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The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
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We are now in an era where protesting a car company is domestic terrorism, protesting genocide is international terrorism, and criticism of the tech industry is prohibited speech.
I don't think any sci-fi writers of generations past could have done our dystopia justice.
I don't think any sci-fi writers of generations past could have done our dystopia justice.
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Meta rep flagged 'critiques of tech industry figures' as 'sensitive or controversial content'
Meta said that the journalist "should never have received this response," but the incident set off a wave of concern over censorship online.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We are now in an era where protesting a car company is domestic terrorism, protesting genocide is international terrorism, and criticism of the tech industry is prohibited speech.
I don't think any sci-fi writers of generations past could have done our dystopia justice.
I don't think any sci-fi writers of generations past could have done our dystopia justice.
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Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
March 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
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A complex and confusing scheme whose myriad corrupt dimensions would take, I don’t know, a second-grader to sniff out
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A complex and confusing scheme whose myriad corrupt dimensions would take, I don’t know, a second-grader to sniff out
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We're detaining tourists now and making legal residents disappear.
Boycott us. Don't visit. It will hurt but we have to clean our house. I'm utterly disgusted by how many are willing to sell their souls for a scrap of comfort.
Following orders doesn't justify violating human rights.
Boycott us. Don't visit. It will hurt but we have to clean our house. I'm utterly disgusted by how many are willing to sell their souls for a scrap of comfort.
Following orders doesn't justify violating human rights.
March 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We're detaining tourists now and making legal residents disappear.
Boycott us. Don't visit. It will hurt but we have to clean our house. I'm utterly disgusted by how many are willing to sell their souls for a scrap of comfort.
Following orders doesn't justify violating human rights.
Boycott us. Don't visit. It will hurt but we have to clean our house. I'm utterly disgusted by how many are willing to sell their souls for a scrap of comfort.
Following orders doesn't justify violating human rights.
This is a massive violation of the first amendment and cannot stand. Even if you disagree with Mahmoud Khalil’s political views that is not a legal reason for political retaliation.
UPDATE — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now commented on the Trump admin’s detaining & attempted green card revocation of a Columbia Gaza encampment student negotiator:
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
“We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.”
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
March 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is a massive violation of the first amendment and cannot stand. Even if you disagree with Mahmoud Khalil’s political views that is not a legal reason for political retaliation.
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Reminder: When a person or institution you hate is targeted for illiberal persecution by an aspiring authoritarian, you have to defend them EVEN IF you don't like them. It doesn't matter if you don't like campus protestors or Columbia or the law firms. We must defend them or we're all at risk next.
March 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reminder: When a person or institution you hate is targeted for illiberal persecution by an aspiring authoritarian, you have to defend them EVEN IF you don't like them. It doesn't matter if you don't like campus protestors or Columbia or the law firms. We must defend them or we're all at risk next.
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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
The reason you have a federal bureaucracy full of technical and functional experts is EXACTLY so that some rando can go “oops accidentally fired all the people in charge of containing Ebola”.
This is an idiocracy.
This is an idiocracy.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The reason you have a federal bureaucracy full of technical and functional experts is EXACTLY so that some rando can go “oops accidentally fired all the people in charge of containing Ebola”.
This is an idiocracy.
This is an idiocracy.
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The Nasdaq is down over 275 points.
"Extreme fear" is driving the market.
Welcome to Donald Trump's economy.
"Extreme fear" is driving the market.
Welcome to Donald Trump's economy.
February 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Nasdaq is down over 275 points.
"Extreme fear" is driving the market.
Welcome to Donald Trump's economy.
"Extreme fear" is driving the market.
Welcome to Donald Trump's economy.
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THREAD: Today, House Republicans will vote on an extreme budget that cuts $880 BILLION from Medicaid to pay for billionaire tax breaks.
Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan are swing-seat Republicans who won by only 4000 and 6000 votes, respectively. Call and pressure them so they #DontCutOurMedicaid.
Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan are swing-seat Republicans who won by only 4000 and 6000 votes, respectively. Call and pressure them so they #DontCutOurMedicaid.
February 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
THREAD: Today, House Republicans will vote on an extreme budget that cuts $880 BILLION from Medicaid to pay for billionaire tax breaks.
Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan are swing-seat Republicans who won by only 4000 and 6000 votes, respectively. Call and pressure them so they #DontCutOurMedicaid.
Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan are swing-seat Republicans who won by only 4000 and 6000 votes, respectively. Call and pressure them so they #DontCutOurMedicaid.
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DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans."
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans"
The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, canceled a $275,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research.
www.cbsnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans."
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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February 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
THEY FIRED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO CUT THE BUDGET BUT THIS ISNT WASTE?!?
LOUD NOISES
LOUD NOISES
The State Department has suddenly awoken to the incredible opportunity that is $400 million of expensive and impractical armored Cybertrucks www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
THEY FIRED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO CUT THE BUDGET BUT THIS ISNT WASTE?!?
LOUD NOISES
LOUD NOISES
Very clearly an attempt at another piece of the authoritarian toolkit: building a loyal security service to do the bidding of ruling junta.
EXCLUSIVE: Candidates for national security roles in the new administration have been posed loyalty questions, such as: Was Jan. 6 an inside job, and Was the 2020 presidential election stolen? They were asked to give straight "yes" or "no" answers. Here's our story.
wapo.st/3EF3aWN
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U.S. intelligence, law enforcement candidates face Trump loyalty test
Candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement jobs were asked to give “yes” or “no” responses to questions such as: Was Jan. 6 “an inside job?”
wapo.st
February 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Very clearly an attempt at another piece of the authoritarian toolkit: building a loyal security service to do the bidding of ruling junta.
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Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.
EXCLUSIVE: Candidates for national security roles in the new administration have been posed loyalty questions, such as: Was Jan. 6 an inside job, and Was the 2020 presidential election stolen? They were asked to give straight "yes" or "no" answers. Here's our story.
wapo.st/3EF3aWN
wapo.st/3EF3aWN
U.S. intelligence, law enforcement candidates face Trump loyalty test
Candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement jobs were asked to give “yes” or “no” responses to questions such as: Was Jan. 6 “an inside job?”
wapo.st
February 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.
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Trump and Musk are shutting down US AID because they do not want to interfere with overseas issues WITH ONE WEIRD EXCEPTION
Trump just issued an executive order titled: ADDRESSING EGREGIOUS ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
It says "the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation"
It says "the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation"
February 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Trump and Musk are shutting down US AID because they do not want to interfere with overseas issues WITH ONE WEIRD EXCEPTION
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Begging some hero in the Department of Ed to rename the student loan record file folder "DEI training materials" before unlocking the door for the DOGE bros
February 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Begging some hero in the Department of Ed to rename the student loan record file folder "DEI training materials" before unlocking the door for the DOGE bros
Federal funding cuts and mass layoffs of federal employees will not just reduce the size of the federal government. It will tank the economy and spike the unemployment rate. Organizations around the country that use federal funds will have to lay off employees.
Republicans are job killers.
Republicans are job killers.
February 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Federal funding cuts and mass layoffs of federal employees will not just reduce the size of the federal government. It will tank the economy and spike the unemployment rate. Organizations around the country that use federal funds will have to lay off employees.
Republicans are job killers.
Republicans are job killers.
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Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on self-interest."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on self-interest."
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This is normally for a country to invest their budget surpluses. Since we don’t have one, and won’t have one anytime soon, unclear whose money is going into this and where it will be going. We are going to borrow more money to invest it?
February 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is normally for a country to invest their budget surpluses. Since we don’t have one, and won’t have one anytime soon, unclear whose money is going into this and where it will be going. We are going to borrow more money to invest it?
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"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
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Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
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