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Members of Congress throwing up their hands and going, “What can we do about DOGE?”
THIS. You can do THIS. Thank you, @repstansbury.bsky.social, for going to your local Social Security Office and reporting back.
THIS. You can do THIS. Thank you, @repstansbury.bsky.social, for going to your local Social Security Office and reporting back.
Today, I went to our Social Security Office to conduct Oversight and was denied access to meet with officials.
Instead, we were given a generic phone number in another state and denied entry past the waiting room.
Here’s what we found out ⬇️
Instead, we were given a generic phone number in another state and denied entry past the waiting room.
Here’s what we found out ⬇️
April 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Members of Congress throwing up their hands and going, “What can we do about DOGE?”
THIS. You can do THIS. Thank you, @repstansbury.bsky.social, for going to your local Social Security Office and reporting back.
THIS. You can do THIS. Thank you, @repstansbury.bsky.social, for going to your local Social Security Office and reporting back.
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AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror
April 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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The reason DEI exists is so that competent, qualified people don't get passed over in favor of mediocre incompetent white men who had a well-connected buddy.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
March 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The reason DEI exists is so that competent, qualified people don't get passed over in favor of mediocre incompetent white men who had a well-connected buddy.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
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People I see on e-bikes:
- Seniors staying active and living their best life.
- Moms, dads and kids actually enjoying the school run.
- People getting groceries or running errands
- Service workers commuting on an affordable vehicle
“E-bikes aren’t cheating. They’re winning.” - @pflax1.bsky.social
- Seniors staying active and living their best life.
- Moms, dads and kids actually enjoying the school run.
- People getting groceries or running errands
- Service workers commuting on an affordable vehicle
“E-bikes aren’t cheating. They’re winning.” - @pflax1.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
People I see on e-bikes:
- Seniors staying active and living their best life.
- Moms, dads and kids actually enjoying the school run.
- People getting groceries or running errands
- Service workers commuting on an affordable vehicle
“E-bikes aren’t cheating. They’re winning.” - @pflax1.bsky.social
- Seniors staying active and living their best life.
- Moms, dads and kids actually enjoying the school run.
- People getting groceries or running errands
- Service workers commuting on an affordable vehicle
“E-bikes aren’t cheating. They’re winning.” - @pflax1.bsky.social
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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👇🎯 This. It's a full-blown Article I and Article III constitutional crisis, & the sooner everyone realizes we're already well under way in our collapse into authoritarianism, the better.
Let’s get out of this lawyer mentality—& I fully respect lawyers—to understand how authoritarian regimes operate.
The administration was *not* playing games. The administration fully understood the ruling, & fully ignored it.
What the administration was saying is: whatcha gonna do about it?
The administration was *not* playing games. The administration fully understood the ruling, & fully ignored it.
What the administration was saying is: whatcha gonna do about it?
The argument the administration seems to be settling on – that the planes had gone into international airspace – is ludicrous. If the executive had power to act, the judiciary had power to enjoin. But even setting the merits to the side, it makes it look as if the administration was playing games.
March 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
👇🎯 This. It's a full-blown Article I and Article III constitutional crisis, & the sooner everyone realizes we're already well under way in our collapse into authoritarianism, the better.
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I strongly suspect this recent piece from Prof. David Knoll is about to be come extremely relevant and widely read.
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I strongly suspect this recent piece from Prof. David Knoll is about to be come extremely relevant and widely read.
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there."
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The issue with people like Schumer and Carville is that they refuse to accept that politics is not the same as it was 20 years ago.
They refuse to accept they are the remnants of a system that doesn’t exist anymore.
They refuse to accept they are the remnants of a system that doesn’t exist anymore.
March 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The issue with people like Schumer and Carville is that they refuse to accept that politics is not the same as it was 20 years ago.
They refuse to accept they are the remnants of a system that doesn’t exist anymore.
They refuse to accept they are the remnants of a system that doesn’t exist anymore.
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Schumer is failing to condemn Cuomo, failing to condemn Adams, failing to condemn the unconstitutional arrest of a green card holder, and failing to condemn the defunding of university research — just days after he fucked the House and his party over to vote for Trump’s budget.
Just unforgivable.
Just unforgivable.
March 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Schumer is failing to condemn Cuomo, failing to condemn Adams, failing to condemn the unconstitutional arrest of a green card holder, and failing to condemn the defunding of university research — just days after he fucked the House and his party over to vote for Trump’s budget.
Just unforgivable.
Just unforgivable.
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Make no mistake, this brazen attack will lead to the shut down of public libraries and museums across the country.
This map details the impacts: imls.gov/map
This map details the impacts: imls.gov/map
March 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Make no mistake, this brazen attack will lead to the shut down of public libraries and museums across the country.
This map details the impacts: imls.gov/map
This map details the impacts: imls.gov/map
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🧵 The passage of this dangerous Republican funding bill is a travesty. The ongoing administrative coup led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a constitutional crisis. The authoritarians stripping away our rights and trying to loot the government to enrich the billionaires are a five-alarm fire.
Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🧵 The passage of this dangerous Republican funding bill is a travesty. The ongoing administrative coup led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a constitutional crisis. The authoritarians stripping away our rights and trying to loot the government to enrich the billionaires are a five-alarm fire.
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I will keep saying this: Schumer is more of a liability for Democrats right now than Joe Biden was after the first debate. He has to go.
Schumer tells me Republicans might try to jam Democrats again in September, but thinks Trump will be less popular then and Republican appropriators might be more willing to stand up to him. He said they refused to do so now.
March 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I will keep saying this: Schumer is more of a liability for Democrats right now than Joe Biden was after the first debate. He has to go.
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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"Mr. Schumer's stated approach of waiting for Trump to 'screw up' and continue this inexplicable embrace of the slippery slope is wholly inadequate and an astonishing failure of leadership."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Down
Sign the petition.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"Mr. Schumer's stated approach of waiting for Trump to 'screw up' and continue this inexplicable embrace of the slippery slope is wholly inadequate and an astonishing failure of leadership."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
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It would be absolutely inexcusable for any Senate Democrat to vote to advance the extreme MAGA spending bill.
Democrats cannot cave and give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government.
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Or email: act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
Democrats cannot cave and give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government.
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Or email: act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
March 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It would be absolutely inexcusable for any Senate Democrat to vote to advance the extreme MAGA spending bill.
Democrats cannot cave and give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government.
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Or email: act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
Democrats cannot cave and give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government.
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Or email: act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
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Sen. Adam Schiff on the House-passed funding bill: "One thing is certain, if we pass this continuing resolution for the next half year, we will own what the president does. I am not willing to take ownership of that."
March 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sen. Adam Schiff on the House-passed funding bill: "One thing is certain, if we pass this continuing resolution for the next half year, we will own what the president does. I am not willing to take ownership of that."
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
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THAT’S MY FUCKING SENATOR
I’m voting HELL NO on the Republican CR. It hands Musk and Trump a blank check, turning your tax dollars into a wanna-be dictator’s slush fund. No accountability. Just corruption on autopilot.
March 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
THAT’S MY FUCKING SENATOR
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Trump and Musk are staging a coup.
We must not give our leverage away.
We must not give our leverage away.
Trump and Musk would love a shutdown.
We must not give them one.
From me in @NYTimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o...
We must not give them one.
From me in @NYTimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o...
Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown. We Must Not Give Them One.
A government shutdown would lead to real pain for the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Trump and Musk are staging a coup.
We must not give our leverage away.
We must not give our leverage away.
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Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social
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It's pretty wild to see what the Tesla Takedown people have built from nothing, totally organically in just two months.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Join me at the TeslaTakedown
The #TeslaTakedown movement is growing! Join us for an event in our community—or find one of more than 100 events every week across the country. And if there's not one near you, it's easy to sign up t...
actionnetwork.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's pretty wild to see what the Tesla Takedown people have built from nothing, totally organically in just two months.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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I don’t buy the narrative that Trump & President Musk actually WANT a shutdown. If that was the truth, they would’ve put forth an even worse bill that would 100% guarantee zero Dem votes.
What they did was propose a bill that green-lights DOGE & Elon’s billionaire takeover by omitting guardrails.
What they did was propose a bill that green-lights DOGE & Elon’s billionaire takeover by omitting guardrails.
March 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I don’t buy the narrative that Trump & President Musk actually WANT a shutdown. If that was the truth, they would’ve put forth an even worse bill that would 100% guarantee zero Dem votes.
What they did was propose a bill that green-lights DOGE & Elon’s billionaire takeover by omitting guardrails.
What they did was propose a bill that green-lights DOGE & Elon’s billionaire takeover by omitting guardrails.
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Senator Schumer is living in a world now long gone. He is an ineffectual leader, weak, appeasing and accommodating to MAGA who will bite every hand that feeds them. We need a resolute fighter, not a relic of the past.
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Senator Schumer is living in a world now long gone. He is an ineffectual leader, weak, appeasing and accommodating to MAGA who will bite every hand that feeds them. We need a resolute fighter, not a relic of the past.
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No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
SCHUMER just now: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse."
March 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.