@joanfriedman.bsky.social
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Hey DOGE where’s our 5 Billion? I say at least we’re owed, some stock and a board seat.
Musk’s SpaceX, a privately held company which gets 84% of its revenue from tax payer funded contracts, pays no taxes and due to changeTrump made in 2017 never will.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
Musk’s SpaceX, a privately held company which gets 84% of its revenue from tax payer funded contracts, pays no taxes and due to changeTrump made in 2017 never will.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hey DOGE where’s our 5 Billion? I say at least we’re owed, some stock and a board seat.
Musk’s SpaceX, a privately held company which gets 84% of its revenue from tax payer funded contracts, pays no taxes and due to changeTrump made in 2017 never will.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
Musk’s SpaceX, a privately held company which gets 84% of its revenue from tax payer funded contracts, pays no taxes and due to changeTrump made in 2017 never will.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
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SOCIAL SECURITY ISN'T AN ENTITLEMENT, IT'S AN EARNED BENEFIT.
On it's 90th anniversary, Social Security is under attack like never before. That's why I’m fighting alongside @sanders.senate.gov to pass our Social Security Expansion Act to expand benefits & extend the life of the program by 75 years.
On it's 90th anniversary, Social Security is under attack like never before. That's why I’m fighting alongside @sanders.senate.gov to pass our Social Security Expansion Act to expand benefits & extend the life of the program by 75 years.
August 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
SOCIAL SECURITY ISN'T AN ENTITLEMENT, IT'S AN EARNED BENEFIT.
On it's 90th anniversary, Social Security is under attack like never before. That's why I’m fighting alongside @sanders.senate.gov to pass our Social Security Expansion Act to expand benefits & extend the life of the program by 75 years.
On it's 90th anniversary, Social Security is under attack like never before. That's why I’m fighting alongside @sanders.senate.gov to pass our Social Security Expansion Act to expand benefits & extend the life of the program by 75 years.
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The Dems really, really, *really* need to make Miller the face of the administration, the way Musk was until recently. He’s hugely unlikeable and has the potential to create major drag if he is out front and center.
"The [GOP] bill contains the resources [Miller] needs to replay Los Angeles over and over and over again. If it doesn’t pass, he’ll lose his fix, like a junky whose stash gets flushed down a toilet."
@brianbeutler.bsky.social tells Rs who's bidding they're doing
www.offmessage.net/p/the-greedy...
@brianbeutler.bsky.social tells Rs who's bidding they're doing
www.offmessage.net/p/the-greedy...
The Greedy Hubris Of A Repulsive Creep
More Americans—and elected Republicans—should know what’s up with this psycho.
www.offmessage.net
June 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The Dems really, really, *really* need to make Miller the face of the administration, the way Musk was until recently. He’s hugely unlikeable and has the potential to create major drag if he is out front and center.
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Timothy Snyder on Maddow just now, being asked what's next for opposition to the Trump regime (my recollection of his words):
June 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Timothy Snyder on Maddow just now, being asked what's next for opposition to the Trump regime (my recollection of his words):
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We know now more than EVER before: The Trump Administration’s cruelty and inhumanity knows no bounds.
HERE is the news Sen. DURBIN just broke after staff visited two ICE detention facilities. A THREAD.
HERE is the news Sen. DURBIN just broke after staff visited two ICE detention facilities. A THREAD.
May 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We know now more than EVER before: The Trump Administration’s cruelty and inhumanity knows no bounds.
HERE is the news Sen. DURBIN just broke after staff visited two ICE detention facilities. A THREAD.
HERE is the news Sen. DURBIN just broke after staff visited two ICE detention facilities. A THREAD.
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This isn’t about budgeting. It’s about power.
And it’s about protecting Trump from the rule of law.
I’ll be voting against this bill — and speaking out against any attempt to weaken our courts.
And it’s about protecting Trump from the rule of law.
I’ll be voting against this bill — and speaking out against any attempt to weaken our courts.
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This isn’t about budgeting. It’s about power.
And it’s about protecting Trump from the rule of law.
I’ll be voting against this bill — and speaking out against any attempt to weaken our courts.
And it’s about protecting Trump from the rule of law.
I’ll be voting against this bill — and speaking out against any attempt to weaken our courts.
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The result:
1⃣ Judges would lose one of their only tools to make sure the law is followed.
2⃣ Agencies could be dismantled in violation of court rulings.
3⃣ Trump could keep defying the courts — with no consequences.
1⃣ Judges would lose one of their only tools to make sure the law is followed.
2⃣ Agencies could be dismantled in violation of court rulings.
3⃣ Trump could keep defying the courts — with no consequences.
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The result:
1⃣ Judges would lose one of their only tools to make sure the law is followed.
2⃣ Agencies could be dismantled in violation of court rulings.
3⃣ Trump could keep defying the courts — with no consequences.
1⃣ Judges would lose one of their only tools to make sure the law is followed.
2⃣ Agencies could be dismantled in violation of court rulings.
3⃣ Trump could keep defying the courts — with no consequences.
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Courts routinely waive that bond — especially in public interest cases or when the government is the defendant.
This clause would block enforcement in cases where a judge already ruled and didn’t require a bond. Even permanent injunctions could become meaningless.
This clause would block enforcement in cases where a judge already ruled and didn’t require a bond. Even permanent injunctions could become meaningless.
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Courts routinely waive that bond — especially in public interest cases or when the government is the defendant.
This clause would block enforcement in cases where a judge already ruled and didn’t require a bond. Even permanent injunctions could become meaningless.
This clause would block enforcement in cases where a judge already ruled and didn’t require a bond. Even permanent injunctions could become meaningless.
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Right now, if you ignore a federal court order — like an injunction — a judge can hold you in contempt. That’s essential to the rule of law.
But Section 70302 says courts can’t do that unless the plaintiff paid a bond at the start of the case.
Why is that a problem? ⬇️
But Section 70302 says courts can’t do that unless the plaintiff paid a bond at the start of the case.
Why is that a problem? ⬇️
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Right now, if you ignore a federal court order — like an injunction — a judge can hold you in contempt. That’s essential to the rule of law.
But Section 70302 says courts can’t do that unless the plaintiff paid a bond at the start of the case.
Why is that a problem? ⬇️
But Section 70302 says courts can’t do that unless the plaintiff paid a bond at the start of the case.
Why is that a problem? ⬇️
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I'm attending Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect's event, “No Kings–Then or Now: Historian H. Cox Richardson, AG Campbell, US Rep. Raskin - Resc www.mobilize.us/volunteerblu...
No Kings–Then or Now: Historian H. Cox Richardson, AG Campbell, US Rep. Raskin - Rescheduled! · Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect
No Kings – Then or Now: Fighting on All Fronts
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We will ...
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April 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I'm attending Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect's event, “No Kings–Then or Now: Historian H. Cox Richardson, AG Campbell, US Rep. Raskin - Resc www.mobilize.us/volunteerblu...
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Workers are under attack! Whether you’re an immigrant, a union worker, farmer or govt worker, let’s stand up for labor rights in this country!
5/1 there will be massive protests. Search for some near you and make your voices heard!
Here’s the one I’ll be at!
See you there! ✊💙💪
5/1 there will be massive protests. Search for some near you and make your voices heard!
Here’s the one I’ll be at!
See you there! ✊💙💪
April 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Workers are under attack! Whether you’re an immigrant, a union worker, farmer or govt worker, let’s stand up for labor rights in this country!
5/1 there will be massive protests. Search for some near you and make your voices heard!
Here’s the one I’ll be at!
See you there! ✊💙💪
5/1 there will be massive protests. Search for some near you and make your voices heard!
Here’s the one I’ll be at!
See you there! ✊💙💪
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It was never about saving money—or rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse.
Musk bought himself a presidency, and in exchange, Trump handed him the keys to our government so he could tear down anything in his way, siphon off our data w/his hackers, and line his pockets w/more fat government contracts.
Musk bought himself a presidency, and in exchange, Trump handed him the keys to our government so he could tear down anything in his way, siphon off our data w/his hackers, and line his pockets w/more fat government contracts.
April 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It was never about saving money—or rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse.
Musk bought himself a presidency, and in exchange, Trump handed him the keys to our government so he could tear down anything in his way, siphon off our data w/his hackers, and line his pockets w/more fat government contracts.
Musk bought himself a presidency, and in exchange, Trump handed him the keys to our government so he could tear down anything in his way, siphon off our data w/his hackers, and line his pockets w/more fat government contracts.
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Great news, folks!
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
After months of denying that they were going to cut Medicaid by $880 billion
Republicans have now quelled that rumor
By announcing they’re “only” going to cut $600 billion in benefits
So that way, you know, only 25,500 people will die instead of 34,000
Hands
Off
Our
Medicaid
April 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
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They’re essentially telling everyone "Shut up, fall in line, and we’ll help you take people’s health care."
April 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
They’re essentially telling everyone "Shut up, fall in line, and we’ll help you take people’s health care."