If only there was a word for when an unelected oligarch moves quickly to take over control of the government.

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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

Elon Musk, Days in Government Job: 1

Elon Musk, Days Without Doing Multiple Public Nazi Salutes: 0

I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Helpful!

Rampell: If you voted for Trump because you thought he was going to bring down the cost of housing, a lot of our lumber, cement, and other materials comes from Canada, which means that construction costs are going to go up

Netanyahu is a monster; the world should abandon his government. Not Israel—his government. Until Israel has a government willing to seek peace, not genocide, I can’t understand continued affiliation with him at any level. What’s happening to the Gazans is one of the great disgraces of this century.

Texas DPS not stopping a gunman in Uvalde vs Texas DPS stopping unarmed protestors at UT

Ron is correct. If you are terrified of the man you are supposed to be aggressively covering, retire. That television slot can be taken by someone with a spine.

Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.

I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:

The idea that you *must* coexist with and listen to people who are cruel, unjust, and just plain unpleasant to be around is the logic of abusers, by the way

I feel like—ten years into the Trump era—journalists should have better language for what is happening that goes beyond verbs like shocking, upending, overturning, frustrating...

Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.

He's doing violence to America.

Release the Gaetz report.

Pass it on.

Trump's nomination of Gaetz will be the clearest signal yet of whether GOP senators are ready to do his bidding on all sorts of issues.

If Trump can get 51 votes for Gaetz, he can get a Senate majority for just about anything — like cutting back Social Security.

Be warned.

Look at this graph.

The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest.

As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.

This is why we must build back union power.