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"I would just like to go back...to having professionals run our country."
Americans nationwide are exercising their right to free speech and assembly to resist and oppose Donald Trump's wake of destruction.
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Americans nationwide are exercising their right to free speech and assembly to resist and oppose Donald Trump's wake of destruction.
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April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"I would just like to go back...to having professionals run our country."
Americans nationwide are exercising their right to free speech and assembly to resist and oppose Donald Trump's wake of destruction.
WATCH:
Americans nationwide are exercising their right to free speech and assembly to resist and oppose Donald Trump's wake of destruction.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Joe Gallina - ''If you could tell Donald Trump anything tonight, what would you tell him?'' Jasmine Crockett - ''Grow a spine and stop being Putin’s hoe.''
March 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Joe Gallina - ''If you could tell Donald Trump anything tonight, what would you tell him?'' Jasmine Crockett - ''Grow a spine and stop being Putin’s hoe.''
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And in other news, the Trump administration is dropping US cyber defenses against Russia.
It’s almost as if Trump is colluding with Putin.
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social @clairelehmann.bsky.social @claireberlinski.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s almost as if Trump is colluding with Putin.
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social @clairelehmann.bsky.social @claireberlinski.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And in other news, the Trump administration is dropping US cyber defenses against Russia.
It’s almost as if Trump is colluding with Putin.
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social @clairelehmann.bsky.social @claireberlinski.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s almost as if Trump is colluding with Putin.
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social @clairelehmann.bsky.social @claireberlinski.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It was a shameful cowardly display in the Oval Office, but also as with everything it was very dumb as well
I know everyone is cynical, but Putin has a 9% approval rating in America and I think this kind of imagery in the same office occupied by Lincoln and FDR will repulse more people than Trump and Vance realize.
VP Vance to President Zelenskyy: Have you said thank you once?
February 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It was a shameful cowardly display in the Oval Office, but also as with everything it was very dumb as well
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Even accepting the most inflated DOGE numbers, we're destroying the federal government of the United States to save $65B, or just 18% of Elon Musk's net worth.
In this trolley problem we literally have to choose between One Rich Guy and a nation of 340M people.
abcnews.go.com/US/doge-now-...
In this trolley problem we literally have to choose between One Rich Guy and a nation of 340M people.
abcnews.go.com/US/doge-now-...
DOGE says it's now saved $65B in federal funds, but that's still impossible to verify
DOGE has updated its website to say it's slashed $65 billion in federal funding -- but they only provide records for $9.6 billion in savings from contract terminations.
abcnews.go.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Even accepting the most inflated DOGE numbers, we're destroying the federal government of the United States to save $65B, or just 18% of Elon Musk's net worth.
In this trolley problem we literally have to choose between One Rich Guy and a nation of 340M people.
abcnews.go.com/US/doge-now-...
In this trolley problem we literally have to choose between One Rich Guy and a nation of 340M people.
abcnews.go.com/US/doge-now-...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has paused multiple vaccine projects – including one to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form.
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has paused multiple vaccine projects – including one to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form.
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🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
February 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
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Jon whips out his trusty calculator to identify where America’s waste, fraud, and abuse really is
February 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Jon whips out his trusty calculator to identify where America’s waste, fraud, and abuse really is
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “You’re Fired!” #NewYorkerCovers
Read the full issue: nyer.cm/zPvnD2r
Read the full issue: nyer.cm/zPvnD2r
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “You’re Fired!” #NewYorkerCovers
Read the full issue: nyer.cm/zPvnD2r
Read the full issue: nyer.cm/zPvnD2r
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"If the GOP could pull Trump’s dick out of their mouths long enough for the oxygen to return to their brains, they might see how batshit crazy it is to run a govt like this... But that would require a spine and these Republicans have the collective courage of a baby deer caught in a 6-lane highway."
February 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"If the GOP could pull Trump’s dick out of their mouths long enough for the oxygen to return to their brains, they might see how batshit crazy it is to run a govt like this... But that would require a spine and these Republicans have the collective courage of a baby deer caught in a 6-lane highway."
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I think the most wrong I have ever been as a political scientist was when I said in a public forum in 2020 that there would not be political violence in the US (Jan 6 was 2 mos later).
Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.
Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.
February 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I think the most wrong I have ever been as a political scientist was when I said in a public forum in 2020 that there would not be political violence in the US (Jan 6 was 2 mos later).
Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.
Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.
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its genuinely insane that they're firing CJCS for being black and CNO for being a woman. that is what's happening here
February 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
its genuinely insane that they're firing CJCS for being black and CNO for being a woman. that is what's happening here
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let me say that this is the classic “just asking questions” approach to delegitimizing the achievements of black people. and critically, you don’t even have to be a black person who talks about race. simply being black to these people means you are “obsessed with race.”
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
let me say that this is the classic “just asking questions” approach to delegitimizing the achievements of black people. and critically, you don’t even have to be a black person who talks about race. simply being black to these people means you are “obsessed with race.”
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Musk is not only pulling the strings of government power to remove a disagreeable cop from the SpaceX beat, but he’s also setting up the company to potentially receive lucrative contracts to overhaul the nation’s air safety systems.
Is Elon Musk Poised to Profit From New Layoffs at the FAA?
Employees from Musk’s SpaceX hope to give air traffic control a makeover, as the Trump administration slashes Federal Aviation Administration staff
www.rollingstone.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Musk is not only pulling the strings of government power to remove a disagreeable cop from the SpaceX beat, but he’s also setting up the company to potentially receive lucrative contracts to overhaul the nation’s air safety systems.
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“I’d understand a strategic reduction in force if needed,” said one USDA employee, who was fired over the weekend. “But this was a butchering of some of our best. Does the public know this?” this excellent WP story explains why the firings are illegal. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are expected.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“I’d understand a strategic reduction in force if needed,” said one USDA employee, who was fired over the weekend. “But this was a butchering of some of our best. Does the public know this?” this excellent WP story explains why the firings are illegal. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.
January 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The same people having a temper tantrum over DEI just confirmed the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history because Trump liked him on TV.
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January 20, 2025
January 20, 2025
The tone for the inauguration of Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
January 20, 2025
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Sinclair Lewis wrote a satiric novel called, It Can't Happen Here (1935). Far from his best, but prophetic nonetheless. Trump is demonstrating on Day One that it CAN happen here. Pay attention. Where you can, act. (Good material on this from Harry Litman.) harrylitman.substack.com/p/we-are-now...
We Are Now A Backsliding Democracy
Are we destined to become another Hungary?
harrylitman.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Sinclair Lewis wrote a satiric novel called, It Can't Happen Here (1935). Far from his best, but prophetic nonetheless. Trump is demonstrating on Day One that it CAN happen here. Pay attention. Where you can, act. (Good material on this from Harry Litman.) harrylitman.substack.com/p/we-are-now...