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@jjohn54.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Wow!!!
"Well, we all are going to die"

#IASen Joni Ernst shocks her own constituents, dismissing concerns that supporting deep cuts to Medicaid and other services will cause people to die if they can't get the care they need.
May 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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NO KINGS Augusta, Maine · No Kings
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May 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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March 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Here's the prospective human costs for the loss of the United States Agency for International Development.

U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Trump-Russia was an understatement.
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wow! That didn't take long--a principled resignation at HHS!
March 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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"The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting — which was used by tens of millions of voters last year — more difficult. Trump has repeatedly said he’d like to end the practice, falsely claiming it allows for widespread fraud." www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
Trump Bid to Take Over Postal Service Could Threaten Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
You may have had some thoughts about this, but Robert Reich gets explicit about it.

The Trump-Vance-Musk-Putin manosphere open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The Trump-Vance-Musk-Putin manosphere
Friends,
open.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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If the test of a theory is its predictive power, then Trump-Russia is the most robust theory in all contemporary political science.
March 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Even at age 38, Al Horford craves the biggest games against the best opponents.

With Kristaps Porziņģis sidelined by an illness in a matchup against the Denver Nuggets and three-time MVP Nikola Jokić, Horford showed up ⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/617...
March 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
March 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Thank you, Robert Reich! I feel a lot better.

The shame of it open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The shame of it
But it’s not our shame.
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Aside from the obvious changing of sides and the betrayal of our long-term allies and Ukraine, historian Timothy Snyder explains the ramifications of the Trump, Vance, and Zelensky exchange in the Oval Office.

The War Trump Chooses open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The War Trump Chooses
That wasn't Trump against Zelens'kyi. It was Americans against reason
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Well, J.D., there's a vote of confidence.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Connect the dots is sort of like follow the money...

Trump’s biggest corruption yet open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Trump’s biggest corruption yet
Friends,
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Bravo, Rep. Marc Pocan !
February 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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“It has become ever more apparent that, to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore, whether that be for political or personal gain,” Judge Coughenour said.
February 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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NEW: Shortly after Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asked her to drop the Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging the state’s 2021 voter suppression law, S.B. 202.

I warned you, Raffensperger is no hero. He is a GOP vote suppressor.
Raffensperger Asks Federal Government for Help Suppressing Voters
Read more.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Quick reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a figment of President Musks imagination and has no power, and isn’t an agency
February 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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🚨BREAKING: The Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association files federal court lawsuit against Department of Justice over the improper targeting of agents previously involved in politically sensitive investigation.

For more details follow @democracydocket.com.
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
An explanation, of sorts, for what's happening...
(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
February 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM