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I like naps.
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2/ My own sense is that Senate Ds are sowing the wind with this decision. It's not only a very, very bad idea on the merits. But trying to bamboozle their voters like this will having very damaging repercussions down the road. But people should keep calling. Nothing's over till it's over.
March 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
2/ My own sense is that Senate Ds are sowing the wind with this decision. It's not only a very, very bad idea on the merits. But trying to bamboozle their voters like this will having very damaging repercussions down the road. But people should keep calling. Nothing's over till it's over.
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What does she consider a real job? These federal employees range from medical research to inspecting our nuclear weapons. She doesn't think these matter? How about we eliminate her position in Congress? After all, it isn't a real job since she just whines and lies about everything.
February 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What does she consider a real job? These federal employees range from medical research to inspecting our nuclear weapons. She doesn't think these matter? How about we eliminate her position in Congress? After all, it isn't a real job since she just whines and lies about everything.
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February 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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I just got home from this rally. We had 22 Senators and Reps there.
I introed each MoC & asked them one question: Will you withhold your vote on a funding bill until the constitutional crisis is over? 16 of 17 who spoke agreed on the spot.
Why is this important? www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
I introed each MoC & asked them one question: Will you withhold your vote on a funding bill until the constitutional crisis is over? 16 of 17 who spoke agreed on the spot.
Why is this important? www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Stop Elon's Billionaire Grift: Hands off the CFPB · Indivisible
Join Indivisible, Progressive Change Institute, MoveOn, Americans for Financial Reform, and CFPB Union NTEU 335 to Rally at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with Senator Elizabeth Warren and C...
www.mobilize.us
February 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I just got home from this rally. We had 22 Senators and Reps there.
I introed each MoC & asked them one question: Will you withhold your vote on a funding bill until the constitutional crisis is over? 16 of 17 who spoke agreed on the spot.
Why is this important? www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
I introed each MoC & asked them one question: Will you withhold your vote on a funding bill until the constitutional crisis is over? 16 of 17 who spoke agreed on the spot.
Why is this important? www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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leading the fight against woke ... St Jude's Children's Research Hospital
February 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
leading the fight against woke ... St Jude's Children's Research Hospital
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this is the person who would actually know if this tactic is effective or not. he can hear the phones ringing.
People who are concerned about their government should absolutely call their representative, no matter what party they are. That's the only way some members will hear that their constituents are pissed that Musk is breaking parts of the government that impact their lives.
I'm serious. Folks often say they have R reps so there's no point in calling them. THIS is a message that will make them scared. This is absolute normie stuff that affects Rs and Ds alike. They need to get thousands of calls about this. reps.fyi
February 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
this is the person who would actually know if this tactic is effective or not. he can hear the phones ringing.
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Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
USAspending.gov
usaspending.gov
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
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There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.
February 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.
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Big national media outlet still failing.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.
February 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Big national media outlet still failing.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.
@mcuban.bsky.social Any thoughts on whether this seizure of the Treasury computer system is about a deliberate attempt to crash the economy; an attempt to hijack the power of the purse from Congress; both, or something else?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social Any thoughts on whether this seizure of the Treasury computer system is about a deliberate attempt to crash the economy; an attempt to hijack the power of the purse from Congress; both, or something else?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target.
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30
Retailer Costco Wholesale will increase pay for most of its hourly U.S. store workers to more than $30, according to a memo sent to employees this week.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target.
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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History is littered with democracies that lost their freedoms without seeming to notice while it was happening.
Let’s not become one of them.
Let’s not become one of them.
January 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
History is littered with democracies that lost their freedoms without seeming to notice while it was happening.
Let’s not become one of them.
Let’s not become one of them.
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No mystery what we're seeing here:
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire
January 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
No mystery what we're seeing here:
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire
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Well, that’s not good. I wonder if there is a leader they might like better. Rhymes with Scara.
NEWS: More than 400 WashPost journalists - including some of its most distinguished reporters & editors - have sent plea to owner Jeff Bezos to intervene. This petition was sent last night and disclosed by NPR.
While not citing CEO Will Lewis by name, it casts a harsh light on his leadership/more
While not citing CEO Will Lewis by name, it casts a harsh light on his leadership/more
January 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Well, that’s not good. I wonder if there is a leader they might like better. Rhymes with Scara.
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The billionaires want you all to be divided to keep the heat off of them.
This nightmare will all be over on the day that working people unite and realize that’s it’s YOU vs. THEM.
This nightmare will all be over on the day that working people unite and realize that’s it’s YOU vs. THEM.
December 20, 2024 at 3:45 AM
The billionaires want you all to be divided to keep the heat off of them.
This nightmare will all be over on the day that working people unite and realize that’s it’s YOU vs. THEM.
This nightmare will all be over on the day that working people unite and realize that’s it’s YOU vs. THEM.
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The next time you hear someone in Donald Trump's circle talking about cutting SS, Medicare, VA Benefits, etc., remember the times that lousy son of a bitch filed bankruptcy, and taxpayers picked up the amount that was discharged—hundreds of millions of dollars. Taxpayers who were already struggling.
December 13, 2024 at 4:13 AM
The next time you hear someone in Donald Trump's circle talking about cutting SS, Medicare, VA Benefits, etc., remember the times that lousy son of a bitch filed bankruptcy, and taxpayers picked up the amount that was discharged—hundreds of millions of dollars. Taxpayers who were already struggling.
@michaeltwardy.bsky.social
Better avatar…
Better avatar…
December 4, 2024 at 5:06 PM
@michaeltwardy.bsky.social
Better avatar…
Better avatar…
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Dinesh D'Souza admitting his film "2000 Mules" had a "flaw" is like saying the Titanic had a "mild flotational hinderance"
December 3, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Dinesh D'Souza admitting his film "2000 Mules" had a "flaw" is like saying the Titanic had a "mild flotational hinderance"
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The Hunter Biden pardon retroactively pushed Trump to call for overturning the Jan 6 cases for three years
Trump uses Hunter Biden pardon to hint potential clemency for January 6 insurrectionists
Trump uses Hunter Biden pardon to hint potential clemency for January 6 insurrectionists
Trump says Joe Biden’s pardon of his son is a ‘miscarriage of justice’ in latest supportive reference to convicted rioters
US politics – live updates
Donald Trump seized on Hunter Biden’s pardon to drop one of his strongest hints yet that he intends to grant clemency to at least some of the instigators and participants of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by a mob trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
“Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!” the US president-elect posted on his Truth Social platform.
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:23 AM
The Hunter Biden pardon retroactively pushed Trump to call for overturning the Jan 6 cases for three years
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I see red when I hear people saying Patel is an extremist, breaks norms, is a loyalist, yada yada. He’s repeatedly promised to abuse his power as soon as he’s in office. Literally. That’s all I want any D pol to be saying.
December 2, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I see red when I hear people saying Patel is an extremist, breaks norms, is a loyalist, yada yada. He’s repeatedly promised to abuse his power as soon as he’s in office. Literally. That’s all I want any D pol to be saying.
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A thing everyone has forgotten is that Donald Trump basically sprang Roger Stone from prison so he could help with the coup and it was maybe a one day story.
December 3, 2024 at 12:36 AM
A thing everyone has forgotten is that Donald Trump basically sprang Roger Stone from prison so he could help with the coup and it was maybe a one day story.
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The Trump cabinet: A merger of Fox & friends and The Sopranos.
December 1, 2024 at 9:24 PM
The Trump cabinet: A merger of Fox & friends and The Sopranos.
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This woman is deeply unwell.
November 26, 2024 at 2:13 AM
This woman is deeply unwell.
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
November 16, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.