Republicans have been screaming that DOGE and the elimination of federal agencies and employees is necessary to reduce the deficit and get the national budget in order. It was all a LIE. It was NEVER about the budget or deficit. Fiscal hawk Republican Thomas Massie today:

MAGA and the far-right moved into office by convincing the people that Democrats and liberals (and even moderates) hate America, and want to destroy America. Today, Trump did more to destroy the idea of America than all the equal rights protections Democrats have enacted combined. 🫤

Fascism.

Just because Trump or Musk disagree with how the gvt spends money, that does NOT constitute “fraud” or “corruption.” If Congress has approved the money, it is NOT fraud. When asked about this conflation of terms, White House Minister of Propaganda, er…, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down.

Early this evening, when I first heard of the Trump DOJ wanting to drop the public corruption case against Eric Adams, my first thought was, why?? Adams is a Democrat, and the case against him is VERY strong. It just didn’t make sense. I was missing something. Well, there it is!

Elon Musk addressed the World Government Summit in Dubai. We do not know for whom, or in what capacity, he was speaking. Is he making or articulating policy for the United States now?

(transcript below)

Anyone else planning a REALLY EXPENSIVE dinner for Valentine’s Day?

Now do you believe it’s all just one big grift??

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This isn’t going to end well for Ukraine, or democracy.

Tomorrow at NOON. I urge my clergy colleagues to wear something distinguishing you as clergy - clerical clothes, stoles, or even just a shirt of your church. We need people to see that Christians and Christian leaders are standing up for human dignity and the rights of our neighbors!!!

RIGHT NOW: Trump just said Palestinians should leave Gaza permanently, and the U.S. will “take over the Gaza Strip… We’ll own it.”