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If Dems and their backers are not right now cutting ads featuring Tillis to be played in Maine, Alaska, Missouri, Louisiana, and elsewhere, it’s political malpractice.
Sen. Tillis: "Republicans are about to make a mistake on health care and betraying a promise. It is inescapable that this bill in its current form will betray the very promise that Donald J Trump made."
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis on the Senate floor on the budget bill:
"What do I tell 663,000 people [in North Carolina] in two years or three years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding is not there anymore, guys?"
"What do I tell 663,000 people [in North Carolina] in two years or three years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding is not there anymore, guys?"
June 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If Dems and their backers are not right now cutting ads featuring Tillis to be played in Maine, Alaska, Missouri, Louisiana, and elsewhere, it’s political malpractice.
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On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
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I've spent the last few months examining the +1,450 grants terminated at the NIH, including reading hundreds of abstracts.
Many were studying how to solve or improve health disparities – not just identify or explain them.
Some of the terminated grants (h/t to @scott-delaney.bsky.social + team)
Many were studying how to solve or improve health disparities – not just identify or explain them.
Some of the terminated grants (h/t to @scott-delaney.bsky.social + team)
June 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I've spent the last few months examining the +1,450 grants terminated at the NIH, including reading hundreds of abstracts.
Many were studying how to solve or improve health disparities – not just identify or explain them.
Some of the terminated grants (h/t to @scott-delaney.bsky.social + team)
Many were studying how to solve or improve health disparities – not just identify or explain them.
Some of the terminated grants (h/t to @scott-delaney.bsky.social + team)
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Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News:
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
June 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News:
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
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If what was happening in LA was such a “national emergency”, why was the “president” in NJ smiling for the cameras at a UFC fight?
June 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If what was happening in LA was such a “national emergency”, why was the “president” in NJ smiling for the cameras at a UFC fight?
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We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol.
Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.
W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga
Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.
W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol.
Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.
W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga
Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists.
W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga
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NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
www.propublica.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
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Today is Day 9.
0 deals.
0 deals.
April 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Today is Day 9.
0 deals.
0 deals.
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🚨🚨🚨🚨Trump was caught on the hot mic telling Bukele they plan on doing citizens next.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨Trump was caught on the hot mic telling Bukele they plan on doing citizens next.
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Schadenfreude alert: all of those sleazy amoral big firms absolutely would've litigated anti-environmental cases for the coal companies but now they have to do the exact same work for free. 😂
At his coal promotion event at the White House, Trump just said he will use the major law firms he bullied into providing $150 million+ in free legal services to fight state and local government regulations on coal pollution.
April 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Schadenfreude alert: all of those sleazy amoral big firms absolutely would've litigated anti-environmental cases for the coal companies but now they have to do the exact same work for free. 😂
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Don’t worry folks, MAGA says they’re SURE that the nepo baby who bankrupted casinos, committed egregious business fraud, added $8 trillion to our debt and left office as the worst jobs president since Herbert f’ng Hoover is going to “usher in a golden age” by crashing our economy.
Fucking idiots.
Fucking idiots.
April 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Don’t worry folks, MAGA says they’re SURE that the nepo baby who bankrupted casinos, committed egregious business fraud, added $8 trillion to our debt and left office as the worst jobs president since Herbert f’ng Hoover is going to “usher in a golden age” by crashing our economy.
Fucking idiots.
Fucking idiots.
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We just learned that Trump spent $40 million in taxpayer dollars to keep 400 migrants in Guantanamo for a month. For that amount of money you could pay more than 375 federal workers (at their average salary) for a full year.
March 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We just learned that Trump spent $40 million in taxpayer dollars to keep 400 migrants in Guantanamo for a month. For that amount of money you could pay more than 375 federal workers (at their average salary) for a full year.
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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“‘We’ve never seen a president so comprehensively attempt to arrogate and consolidate so much of the other branches’ power, let alone to do so in the first two months of his presidency,’ said Stephen Vladeck, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.“
How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More
President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“‘We’ve never seen a president so comprehensively attempt to arrogate and consolidate so much of the other branches’ power, let alone to do so in the first two months of his presidency,’ said Stephen Vladeck, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.“
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Now that Trump has proven to be a ruthless autocrat, too many have grown timid and silent.
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
I Worry, but I Fight
From Marc | Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.
www.democracydocket.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Now that Trump has proven to be a ruthless autocrat, too many have grown timid and silent.
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
That is simply not who I am. It is not what I believe, and it is not what I will do.
Instead, I will worry. I will hope. And I will fight.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
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Home from a little sign shaking down at City Hall... my sign and my FAVORITE SIGN:
March 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Home from a little sign shaking down at City Hall... my sign and my FAVORITE SIGN:
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Goodbye FEMA
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-executive-order-fema-disaster-preparation
#fema #politics #uspol #disasters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-executive-order-fema-disaster-preparation
#fema #politics #uspol #disasters
March 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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I am about halfway through reading the full opinion now. So far , she has pretty much accused the DOD of falsifying data and the DOJ of basically committing perjury on some key points of the defense. Despite all that though, this right here is my FAVORITE paragraph thus far...
March 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I am about halfway through reading the full opinion now. So far , she has pretty much accused the DOD of falsifying data and the DOJ of basically committing perjury on some key points of the defense. Despite all that though, this right here is my FAVORITE paragraph thus far...
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Nancy Pelosi just said publicly what we’ve all been thinking
youtu.be/wWRgIscsgIw
youtu.be/wWRgIscsgIw
Nancy Pelosi TAKES DOWN Schumer and There’s NO COMING BACK!
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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March 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Nancy Pelosi just said publicly what we’ve all been thinking
youtu.be/wWRgIscsgIw
youtu.be/wWRgIscsgIw
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I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
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Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice. I cannot ignore what Trump is doing to our democracy and our country. Or more precisely, I will not.
So, I won’t.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
So, I won’t.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
I Worry, but I Fight
From Marc | Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.
www.democracydocket.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice. I cannot ignore what Trump is doing to our democracy and our country. Or more precisely, I will not.
So, I won’t.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
So, I won’t.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-wo...
Why I always say Senator John Kennedy panders to his base…listen to him speak about NOLA Charity hospital after Hurricane Katrina. He starts speaking about 45 sec into the video.
March 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Why I always say Senator John Kennedy panders to his base…listen to him speak about NOLA Charity hospital after Hurricane Katrina. He starts speaking about 45 sec into the video.