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It's great to have presidents talking about the need for a balanced budget, but Republicans are backing a plan that will increase borrowing.
Trump promised a balanced budget. Don't believe it.
In light of one of the more outlandish claims that President Donald Trump made during Tuesday night's joint address to Congress, an important reminder:
reason.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It's great to have presidents talking about the need for a balanced budget, but Republicans are backing a plan that will increase borrowing.
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Letter: Senators and congressmen, why aren’t you doing anything about the “self-coup” that Musk and Trump are enacting? Do you not recognize a coup when you see it?
Letter: U.S. attorney Danielle Sassoon stood up for justice. Utah lawmakers: Take that as your inspiration.
Letter: U.S. attorney Danielle Sassoon stood up for justice. Utah lawmakers: Take that as your inspiration.
www.sltrib.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Letter: Senators and congressmen, why aren’t you doing anything about the “self-coup” that Musk and Trump are enacting? Do you not recognize a coup when you see it?
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Craig Unger is an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Donald Trump’s connections to Russia’s security services and the Russian mafia stretching all the way back to the 1980s.
US author explains Donald Trump’s Russia, KGB connections
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
www.youtube.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Craig Unger is an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Donald Trump’s connections to Russia’s security services and the Russian mafia stretching all the way back to the 1980s.
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We need to continue to hold MT accountable for their unethical and unscientific wolf hunt. A majority of Montanans don't hunt wolves, so why is MT FWP managing wolves like they do?
February 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We need to continue to hold MT accountable for their unethical and unscientific wolf hunt. A majority of Montanans don't hunt wolves, so why is MT FWP managing wolves like they do?
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“The companies that the CFPB oversees are actually some of the biggest and most powerful,” says Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “They would want ... a lapdog rather than a watchdog.” https://cbsn.ws/4kahkjc
February 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“The companies that the CFPB oversees are actually some of the biggest and most powerful,” says Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “They would want ... a lapdog rather than a watchdog.” https://cbsn.ws/4kahkjc
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Making a mental list of podcasters I'd rather have as deputy director of the FBI
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Making a mental list of podcasters I'd rather have as deputy director of the FBI
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I heard my friend Dan here give a remarkable brief talk about this last month. Thankfully, he’s written it up at length to share.
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I heard my friend Dan here give a remarkable brief talk about this last month. Thankfully, he’s written it up at length to share.
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Monday marks three years since Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. has been Ukraine's decisive ally. Now, President Trump seems to be turning his back — falsely calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator and talking peace with Russia.
February 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Monday marks three years since Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. has been Ukraine's decisive ally. Now, President Trump seems to be turning his back — falsely calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator and talking peace with Russia.
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Richard Nixon—yes, Nixon—signed some of the strongest conservation laws in U.S. history. Not out of love for the wild, but because the public demanded it. Today’s leaders gut those same protections while pretending to care. #presidentsday
February 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Richard Nixon—yes, Nixon—signed some of the strongest conservation laws in U.S. history. Not out of love for the wild, but because the public demanded it. Today’s leaders gut those same protections while pretending to care. #presidentsday
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Just one thousandth of what they said! No big deal.
The biggest line item on the site of Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Just one thousandth of what they said! No big deal.
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“For his part, Musk claims that he purchased Trump outright by spending nearly $300 million on his 2024 campaign.” - @borowitzreport.bsky.social
Putin Agrees to Negotiate with Musk over Ownership of Trump
The negotiations are proving contentious.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“For his part, Musk claims that he purchased Trump outright by spending nearly $300 million on his 2024 campaign.” - @borowitzreport.bsky.social
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They didn’t want the black woman, so they picked the crazy man. 🤣😅😂
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They didn’t want the black woman, so they picked the crazy man. 🤣😅😂
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Scenes like this wouldn’t be possible without whistleblowers coming forward about Elon Musk’s authoritarian takeover. Reminder that if you’re a public servant wishing to report fraud, waste, or abuse at a federal agency, you can do so on my website:
February 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Scenes like this wouldn’t be possible without whistleblowers coming forward about Elon Musk’s authoritarian takeover. Reminder that if you’re a public servant wishing to report fraud, waste, or abuse at a federal agency, you can do so on my website:
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I know pointing out hypocrisy doesn’t matter anymore, but if there’s one person I wouldn’t want to be the judge of who goes into locker rooms, it would be the man who openly boasted about walking into dressing rooms of underage girls
February 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I know pointing out hypocrisy doesn’t matter anymore, but if there’s one person I wouldn’t want to be the judge of who goes into locker rooms, it would be the man who openly boasted about walking into dressing rooms of underage girls
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Absolutely. Grind it to a halt.
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Absolutely. Grind it to a halt.
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I was just outside the Treasury Department where Elon Musk has launched a full scale authoritarian takeover. My message to Musk is simple: get your hands off our money and get the hell out.
February 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was just outside the Treasury Department where Elon Musk has launched a full scale authoritarian takeover. My message to Musk is simple: get your hands off our money and get the hell out.
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Too many people didn't appreciate just how wonderful, how glorious, it was that the daily news cycle during Biden's presidency was boring as fuck.
February 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Too many people didn't appreciate just how wonderful, how glorious, it was that the daily news cycle during Biden's presidency was boring as fuck.
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No one listens to me about installing trap doors in the floor. It's been deemed constitutionally permissible by several scholars.
Republicans ran into the room to SHEILD Elon Musk from having to come and speak to Congress. They want their billionaire takeover done behind closed doors. The people deserve transparency. No one elected Elon Musk.
I’m in Oversight Committee right now. Ranking Member Connolly just called for a vote to subpoena Elon Musk. Republicans out-number us on this committee, but many aren’t in the room. We’ll see who wins this vote. We deserve transparency and answers.
February 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
No one listens to me about installing trap doors in the floor. It's been deemed constitutionally permissible by several scholars.
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Keep saying creepy! Call them Musk's bloodboys! This is better!
Chris Murphy: "We don't pledge allegiance to the creepy 22 year olds working for Elon Musk. We pledge allegiance to the United States of America."
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Keep saying creepy! Call them Musk's bloodboys! This is better!
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“He’s unqualified, and I daresay that everybody here knows it.” We need more principled senators like Warnock.
Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the vote on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary:
"I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it."
BOOM!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it."
BOOM!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
February 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“He’s unqualified, and I daresay that everybody here knows it.” We need more principled senators like Warnock.
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Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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Not to get all political on you but actually I do think you should be talking to people you know about this
cool how Project 2025 went viral during the election, we were told Trump disavowed it and wouldn't do it, he got elected and started implementing it immediately and now we're being told "well this is what people voted for"
they very explicitly did not
they very explicitly did not
The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
January 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Not to get all political on you but actually I do think you should be talking to people you know about this
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Pete Hegseth admitted to the Senate that he paid $50,000 (!!!) to silence a "Jane Doe" who accused him of rape.
But at his hearing last week, he said he was “falsely accused."
More questions than answers. We can't rush his vote and trust him with our national security.
But at his hearing last week, he said he was “falsely accused."
More questions than answers. We can't rush his vote and trust him with our national security.
January 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Pete Hegseth admitted to the Senate that he paid $50,000 (!!!) to silence a "Jane Doe" who accused him of rape.
But at his hearing last week, he said he was “falsely accused."
More questions than answers. We can't rush his vote and trust him with our national security.
But at his hearing last week, he said he was “falsely accused."
More questions than answers. We can't rush his vote and trust him with our national security.
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