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President Trump’s birthday military parade is estimated to cost $45 MILLION. Here’s a list of a few ideas of what they could be doing with that money instead:
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Army estimates that Trump's military parade could cost $16 million in damage to Washington streets
The repair costs are part of the estimated $45 million price tag for the upcoming parade.
www.nbcnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
President Trump’s birthday military parade is estimated to cost $45 MILLION. Here’s a list of a few ideas of what they could be doing with that money instead:
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Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
June 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.
A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.
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For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.
June 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.
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Know the difference!
May 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Know the difference!
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Where are the Russian tariffs?
April 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Where are the Russian tariffs?
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Fixed it for 'em.
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Fixed it for 'em.
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The top leaders of our national security community should know better than this. It is indefensible and inexcusable.
There must be accountability starting with the immediate resignation of Secretary Hegseth.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/p...
There must be accountability starting with the immediate resignation of Secretary Hegseth.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/p...
Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages | CNN Politics
The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had...
www.cnn.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The top leaders of our national security community should know better than this. It is indefensible and inexcusable.
There must be accountability starting with the immediate resignation of Secretary Hegseth.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/p...
There must be accountability starting with the immediate resignation of Secretary Hegseth.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/p...
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Extreme, misguided court rulings like Citizens United have flooded our elections with dark money and special interests that drown out the voices of citizens. Today, I’m introducing a Constitutional amendment to overturn the decision and return the power to the American people.
March 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Extreme, misguided court rulings like Citizens United have flooded our elections with dark money and special interests that drown out the voices of citizens. Today, I’m introducing a Constitutional amendment to overturn the decision and return the power to the American people.
This bill in New Hampshire criminalizes educators and librarians and places unnecessary barriers between students and the resources they need to thrive academically and personally.
action.everylibrary.org/oppose_hb324... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/oppose_hb324... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Take a Stand Against HB324 in New Hampshire
Together, we can protect New Hampshire’s students, educators, and school librarians from harmful and unnecessary legislation. Oppose HB 324 today!
action.everylibrary.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This bill in New Hampshire criminalizes educators and librarians and places unnecessary barriers between students and the resources they need to thrive academically and personally.
action.everylibrary.org/oppose_hb324... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/oppose_hb324... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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In response to the trades, some hockey fans at the Icenter in Salem said it's a tough day to be a Bruins fan.
Hockey fans react to trade that sent Bruins' captain Brad Marchand to Florida
In response to the trades, some hockey fans at the Icenter in Salem said it's a tough day to be a Bruins fan.
www.wmur.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In response to the trades, some hockey fans at the Icenter in Salem said it's a tough day to be a Bruins fan.
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It’s borderline criminal.
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s borderline criminal.
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That is exactly true.
March 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
That is exactly true.
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Elon Musk's plan to cut the Social Security Administration's staff by 50% would cause 37,000 more Americans to die each year waiting to receive their disability benefits while the average wait time to collect these benefits would jump to 412 days.
That is beyond unacceptable.
That is beyond unacceptable.
March 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Elon Musk's plan to cut the Social Security Administration's staff by 50% would cause 37,000 more Americans to die each year waiting to receive their disability benefits while the average wait time to collect these benefits would jump to 412 days.
That is beyond unacceptable.
That is beyond unacceptable.
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Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship:
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Vaccination as a cause of autism—myths and controversies
Despite significant progress in the study of the epidemiology and genetics of autism, the etiology and patho-physiology of this condition is far from being elucidated and no curative treatment current...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship:
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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While Trump & Musk DOGE cut the federal workforce and federal contracts leaving THOUSANDS of Americans UNEMPLOYED, Elon Musk & his family are flying for FREE on Air Force.
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
Elon Musk’s use of Air Force One with family sparks backlash over ‘government waste’ | The Express Tribune
Photos of Elon Musk, his mother, and son on Air Force One with Trump fuel criticism over government spending concerns.
tribune.com.pk
March 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
While Trump & Musk DOGE cut the federal workforce and federal contracts leaving THOUSANDS of Americans UNEMPLOYED, Elon Musk & his family are flying for FREE on Air Force.
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
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Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.”
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
March 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.”
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
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Auchincloss: Trump doesn’t have to face the voters again, so I understand what he's doing. He's trying to hook up all these billionaires who invested in his campaign. He owes them, but for the life of me, I can’t understand why Republicans are allowing Trump to frog-march them off the gangplank.
February 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Auchincloss: Trump doesn’t have to face the voters again, so I understand what he's doing. He's trying to hook up all these billionaires who invested in his campaign. He owes them, but for the life of me, I can’t understand why Republicans are allowing Trump to frog-march them off the gangplank.
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No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday.
That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...
It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...
It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
February 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday.
That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...
It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...
It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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2. ECONOMIC BLACKOUT. We support the economic boycott occurring this Friday, Feb. 28, of any entity that has dismantled their DEI programs and pandered to this administration. The buck will stop with us!
February 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
2. ECONOMIC BLACKOUT. We support the economic boycott occurring this Friday, Feb. 28, of any entity that has dismantled their DEI programs and pandered to this administration. The buck will stop with us!
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I’m sure Trump & Musk will condemn Putin for this since they claim to care so much about peace and the Ukrainian people.
February 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’m sure Trump & Musk will condemn Putin for this since they claim to care so much about peace and the Ukrainian people.
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Kudos to Gov. Janet Mills of Maine for standing up to Trump. He threatened loss of federal funds for her state simply because it allows trans girls to play in sports. She said, “See you in court.”
Trump is a weak, shallow, callous leader who wants desperately to be a despot. #BullyPolPot
Trump is a weak, shallow, callous leader who wants desperately to be a despot. #BullyPolPot
February 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Kudos to Gov. Janet Mills of Maine for standing up to Trump. He threatened loss of federal funds for her state simply because it allows trans girls to play in sports. She said, “See you in court.”
Trump is a weak, shallow, callous leader who wants desperately to be a despot. #BullyPolPot
Trump is a weak, shallow, callous leader who wants desperately to be a despot. #BullyPolPot
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"'We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s properties,' said Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic with Yosemite and military veteran who supplied the flag and helped hang it."
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"'We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s properties,' said Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic with Yosemite and military veteran who supplied the flag and helped hang it."
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
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Zelensky is the antithesis of Trump. Zelensky is country first. Trump is Trump first.
⚡ Zelenskyy: I am willing to give up presidency for NATO membership.
“I Am Ready to Step Down,” Zelenskyy Says
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy expresses willingness to resign for peace or NATO membership, emphasizing international collaboration for security.
united24media.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Zelensky is the antithesis of Trump. Zelensky is country first. Trump is Trump first.
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My open letter to Elon Musk.👇
Mr. Musk,
You recently criticized me and another prominent lawyer fighting for the rule of law and democracy in the United States. I am used to being attacked for my work, particularly on the platform you own and dominate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
Mr. Musk,
You recently criticized me and another prominent lawyer fighting for the rule of law and democracy in the United States. I am used to being attacked for my work, particularly on the platform you own and dominate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My open letter to Elon Musk.👇
Mr. Musk,
You recently criticized me and another prominent lawyer fighting for the rule of law and democracy in the United States. I am used to being attacked for my work, particularly on the platform you own and dominate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
Mr. Musk,
You recently criticized me and another prominent lawyer fighting for the rule of law and democracy in the United States. I am used to being attacked for my work, particularly on the platform you own and dominate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice).
1. Refused to violate the law.
2. Refused to violate the Constitution.
3. Refused to bow or scrape.
4. Refused to bend a knee.
5. Deleted this stupid email.
1. Refused to violate the law.
2. Refused to violate the Constitution.
3. Refused to bow or scrape.
4. Refused to bend a knee.
5. Deleted this stupid email.
February 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice).
1. Refused to violate the law.
2. Refused to violate the Constitution.
3. Refused to bow or scrape.
4. Refused to bend a knee.
5. Deleted this stupid email.
1. Refused to violate the law.
2. Refused to violate the Constitution.
3. Refused to bow or scrape.
4. Refused to bend a knee.
5. Deleted this stupid email.