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Remember when SCOTUS overruled the bump stock law just before giving Trump absolute immunity, thereby winking and dogwhistling to Trump's paramilitary brownshirts to fire 800 rounds per minute at resistors? Because I do.
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To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
March 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
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So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
March 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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If they’re sharing highly classified military plans over Signal while some of the folks on the thread are overseas, what *else* are they doing?
March 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If they’re sharing highly classified military plans over Signal while some of the folks on the thread are overseas, what *else* are they doing?
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Witkoff was a fool for joining that chat from Moscow. But the entire charlatan national security team also chose to put him on that chat when they knew (or should have known) that he was in Moscow. A spy novel based on this level of cretinous behavior would be unbelievable.
If they’re sharing highly classified military plans over Signal while some of the folks on the thread are overseas, what *else* are they doing?
March 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Witkoff was a fool for joining that chat from Moscow. But the entire charlatan national security team also chose to put him on that chat when they knew (or should have known) that he was in Moscow. A spy novel based on this level of cretinous behavior would be unbelievable.
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Contact them and tell them to vote NO here ⬇️
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March 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🚨 NEW: We just launched a one-click email tool to contact all Democratic Senators who are still undecided on the CR.
Contact them and tell them to vote NO here ⬇️
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Contact them and tell them to vote NO here ⬇️
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maybe he means boom as in he is blowing it to pieces
March 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
maybe he means boom as in he is blowing it to pieces
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Ukraine is now debunking Trump's post from this morning in which he spread Russian propaganda straight from Putin
March 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ukraine is now debunking Trump's post from this morning in which he spread Russian propaganda straight from Putin
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Sen. Klobuchar is a NO
March 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sen. Klobuchar is a NO
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Ah the party of free speech is at it again
Trump declares at the DOJ that he believes CNN and MSNBC are ILLEGAL
March 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ah the party of free speech is at it again
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"Privately, House Democrats are so infuriated with Schumer’s decision that some have begun encouraging [AOC] to run against Schumer in a primary."
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge | CNN Politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept th...
www.cnn.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Privately, House Democrats are so infuriated with Schumer’s decision that some have begun encouraging [AOC] to run against Schumer in a primary."
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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“But if you want to smear your feces on the Capitol walls, come on in!“
Pam Bondi: "If you're gonna touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out, because we're coming after you."
March 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“But if you want to smear your feces on the Capitol walls, come on in!“
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Trump now talking about how great judge aileen cannon is and now he’s back to Bobby knight
March 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Trump now talking about how great judge aileen cannon is and now he’s back to Bobby knight
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Trump says he thinks it's illegal to call Aileen Cannon "slow" and not smart
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump says he thinks it's illegal to call Aileen Cannon "slow" and not smart
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my big takeaway from this Trump speech at the DOJ is that he's totally gonna put Aileen Cannon on the Supreme Court
March 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
my big takeaway from this Trump speech at the DOJ is that he's totally gonna put Aileen Cannon on the Supreme Court
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled that Trump’s firing of a member of the board that handles federal employee labor disputes was unlawful, the latest rejection of his claim to have total power to remake independent boards — likely headed for SCOTUS. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
March 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled that Trump’s firing of a member of the board that handles federal employee labor disputes was unlawful, the latest rejection of his claim to have total power to remake independent boards — likely headed for SCOTUS. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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NEW: A judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing Trump’s order to punish Perkins Coie, saying it likely violates the constitution.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
NEW: A judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing Trump’s order to punish Perkins Coie, saying it likely violates the constitution.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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NEWS: Judge Chutkan has granted a request by several state attorneys general for discovery on DOGE — namely the identities of DOGE personnel and the “parameter’s of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
March 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
NEWS: Judge Chutkan has granted a request by several state attorneys general for discovery on DOGE — namely the identities of DOGE personnel and the “parameter’s of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
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NEWS: Judge Chutkan has granted a request by several state attorneys general for discovery on DOGE — namely the identities of DOGE personnel and the “parameter’s of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
March 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
NEWS: Judge Chutkan has granted a request by several state attorneys general for discovery on DOGE — namely the identities of DOGE personnel and the “parameter’s of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
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NEW: A federal judge dealt Donald Trump his latest defeat in an effort to fire members of independent boards and agencies that oversee federal labor and employee disputes.
These cases are at the DC circuit but likely to rocket to SCOTUS.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
These cases are at the DC circuit but likely to rocket to SCOTUS.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NEW: A federal judge dealt Donald Trump his latest defeat in an effort to fire members of independent boards and agencies that oversee federal labor and employee disputes.
These cases are at the DC circuit but likely to rocket to SCOTUS.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
These cases are at the DC circuit but likely to rocket to SCOTUS.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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NEW: A federal judge, for the first time, has ordered discovery on Elon Musk’s role in DOGE and his authority over the massive overhaul of the federal bureaucracy.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Judge orders DOGE and Elon Musk to turn over documents, answer written questions
The demands for information are designed to clarify the “parameters of DOGE’s and Musk’s authority.”
www.politico.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
NEW: A federal judge, for the first time, has ordered discovery on Elon Musk’s role in DOGE and his authority over the massive overhaul of the federal bureaucracy.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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👀 The DOGE team at the Social Security Administration is one of the largest I've seen to date with the most extensive access to sensitive systems. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
👀 The DOGE team at the Social Security Administration is one of the largest I've seen to date with the most extensive access to sensitive systems. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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JUST IN: Lawsuit brought by states over dismantling of Department of Education goes to Myong Joun, appointee of President Joe Biden.
March 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
JUST IN: Lawsuit brought by states over dismantling of Department of Education goes to Myong Joun, appointee of President Joe Biden.