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In just 3 weeks, Trump has realigned our alliances to cozy up with authoritarians again, and betray democracies.
He spoke to Putin. Today, SoS Rubio spoke to Russia’s Lavrov. Vance betrayed our European allies, and met with far-right AfD Hegseth threw Ukraine under the bus.
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He spoke to Putin. Today, SoS Rubio spoke to Russia’s Lavrov. Vance betrayed our European allies, and met with far-right AfD Hegseth threw Ukraine under the bus.
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February 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
In just 3 weeks, Trump has realigned our alliances to cozy up with authoritarians again, and betray democracies.
He spoke to Putin. Today, SoS Rubio spoke to Russia’s Lavrov. Vance betrayed our European allies, and met with far-right AfD Hegseth threw Ukraine under the bus.
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He spoke to Putin. Today, SoS Rubio spoke to Russia’s Lavrov. Vance betrayed our European allies, and met with far-right AfD Hegseth threw Ukraine under the bus.
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I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
February 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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Moreover it is a bizarre statement to suggest that undocumented immigrants “cannot give allegiance…or promise to be bound by [our] laws. Somehow undocumented immigrants managed to pay nearly $60 billion in federal taxes in 2022 according to the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy.
February 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Moreover it is a bizarre statement to suggest that undocumented immigrants “cannot give allegiance…or promise to be bound by [our] laws. Somehow undocumented immigrants managed to pay nearly $60 billion in federal taxes in 2022 according to the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy.
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What could go wrong? www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
What could go wrong? www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
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Breaking on MSNBC:
The Trump admin has begun a mass firing of federal workers.
Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders and advised them to dismiss probationary employees.
Hundreds of thousands of people could be affected.
The Trump admin has begun a mass firing of federal workers.
Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders and advised them to dismiss probationary employees.
Hundreds of thousands of people could be affected.
February 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Breaking on MSNBC:
The Trump admin has begun a mass firing of federal workers.
Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders and advised them to dismiss probationary employees.
Hundreds of thousands of people could be affected.
The Trump admin has begun a mass firing of federal workers.
Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders and advised them to dismiss probationary employees.
Hundreds of thousands of people could be affected.
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No, because they have no idea any of it is happening. Just a vague sense that stuff is getting done.
Trump voters: Had enough yet?
February 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
No, because they have no idea any of it is happening. Just a vague sense that stuff is getting done.
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And people talk about how Koreans "showed up for their country" but like. Why do you think they showed up where they showed and when they showed up? The opposition party was literally sending SMS alerts and mass-printing glossy color cardstock signs for their voters
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
And people talk about how Koreans "showed up for their country" but like. Why do you think they showed up where they showed and when they showed up? The opposition party was literally sending SMS alerts and mass-printing glossy color cardstock signs for their voters
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Per a source with knowledge, the US Forest Service is firing all probationary employees.
February 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Per a source with knowledge, the US Forest Service is firing all probationary employees.
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Trump on Canada: "I spoke to Governor Trudeau ... they don't have military protection, and you take a look at what's going on out there ... people are in danger ... they need our protection."
February 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Trump on Canada: "I spoke to Governor Trudeau ... they don't have military protection, and you take a look at what's going on out there ... people are in danger ... they need our protection."
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BENNET: Did you blame Biden and NATO for Russia invaded Ukraine?
GABBARD: I believe you are reading my tweet, senator
BENNET: Yes is the answer.
GABBARD: I believe you are reading my tweet, senator
BENNET: Yes is the answer.
January 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BENNET: Did you blame Biden and NATO for Russia invaded Ukraine?
GABBARD: I believe you are reading my tweet, senator
BENNET: Yes is the answer.
GABBARD: I believe you are reading my tweet, senator
BENNET: Yes is the answer.
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The guy from The Apprentice, who hired a Fox weekend host to run the Pentagon and a cast member from the Real World to run the FAA (the two agencies associated with the incident) says the real cause of a deadly plain crash is DEI.
REPORTER: I'm trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.
TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
TRUMP: Because I have common sense, ok? And unfortunately a lot of people don't
January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The guy from The Apprentice, who hired a Fox weekend host to run the Pentagon and a cast member from the Real World to run the FAA (the two agencies associated with the incident) says the real cause of a deadly plain crash is DEI.
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Jessica Tarlov: Trump showed up with one message — it’s DEI’s fault. Then Hegseth and Duffy say DEI. DEI is not a scapegoat for everything.
🎥: 2/2
🎥: 2/2
January 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Jessica Tarlov: Trump showed up with one message — it’s DEI’s fault. Then Hegseth and Duffy say DEI. DEI is not a scapegoat for everything.
🎥: 2/2
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Despite what the Trump Administration is claiming, Head Start centers have informed us that their funding is STILL PAUSED.
We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.
We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.
January 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Despite what the Trump Administration is claiming, Head Start centers have informed us that their funding is STILL PAUSED.
We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.
We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.
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This tweet sent out 14 hours BEFORE the crash needs to be immortalized in stone.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This tweet sent out 14 hours BEFORE the crash needs to be immortalized in stone.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
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Senator Adam Schiff torched Kash Patel:
"Mr. Patel may be, I don't know, but he may be the first nominee for FBI Director in history who felt it necessary to plead the 5th."
BOOM!
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"Mr. Patel may be, I don't know, but he may be the first nominee for FBI Director in history who felt it necessary to plead the 5th."
BOOM!
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January 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Senator Adam Schiff torched Kash Patel:
"Mr. Patel may be, I don't know, but he may be the first nominee for FBI Director in history who felt it necessary to plead the 5th."
BOOM!
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"Mr. Patel may be, I don't know, but he may be the first nominee for FBI Director in history who felt it necessary to plead the 5th."
BOOM!
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Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
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Trump signs an Executive Order for every American to be nice to him
January 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Trump signs an Executive Order for every American to be nice to him
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The face of DEI
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The face of DEI
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If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
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January 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
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trump is unique in that his depravity creates the very cynicism he feeds on. it is necessary to uphold the idea that we are capable of better even if that belief is counterfactual. which is why we need to tell the bureaucracy that their work is valued and that they are holding the line for us.
Taking the President's symbolic roles as essentially being the central rituals of American civic religion, Trump's inability to perform them- to actually be presidential- signals that the civic religion is hollow and without power, that there are no consequences for blaspheming it.
January 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
trump is unique in that his depravity creates the very cynicism he feeds on. it is necessary to uphold the idea that we are capable of better even if that belief is counterfactual. which is why we need to tell the bureaucracy that their work is valued and that they are holding the line for us.
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It turns out when you lie under oath to the Senate to distance yourself from an antisemitic white supremacist conspiracy theorist podcaster so you can get confirmed as FBI director, the bigot in question might get upset and reveal you’re lying & you used to regularly text his personal cell phone.
Stew Peters says that Kash Patel was helping him to sue Rolling Stone and during that process, "we directly [texted] via personal cell phones constantly."
January 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It turns out when you lie under oath to the Senate to distance yourself from an antisemitic white supremacist conspiracy theorist podcaster so you can get confirmed as FBI director, the bigot in question might get upset and reveal you’re lying & you used to regularly text his personal cell phone.
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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.
But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.
They aren’t firing for a reason.
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They just invented fact checks.
January 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
They just invented fact checks.