@metrost.bsky.social
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.
March 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.
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Yes: when you start by saying the institutions are the problem -"there is lots of waste in government/media does seem biased/higher ed doesn't defend free speech"- you are adopting the frames of the authoritarian.
They don't want efficiency, or unbiased coverage, or free speech! They want control!
They don't want efficiency, or unbiased coverage, or free speech! They want control!
Stop pretending that the authoritarian repression is BECAUSE of the problems in {higher education, the media, the law, government, immigration policy, etc.}. This is what authoritarians do. If they didn't focus on these justifications, they'd come up with other ones.
March 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yes: when you start by saying the institutions are the problem -"there is lots of waste in government/media does seem biased/higher ed doesn't defend free speech"- you are adopting the frames of the authoritarian.
They don't want efficiency, or unbiased coverage, or free speech! They want control!
They don't want efficiency, or unbiased coverage, or free speech! They want control!
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The Trump administration has suspended millions in USDA grants to tribal colleges and universities. Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
She’s on a Scholarship at a Tribal College in Wisconsin. The Trump Administration Suspended the USDA Grant That Funded It.
Tribal colleges and universities, which ProPublica last year found are perpetually underfunded by Congress, say it’s illegal to withhold financial support from them. Their funding is protected by…
propub.li
March 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Trump administration has suspended millions in USDA grants to tribal colleges and universities. Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
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"Do we allow that fear to consume us?... I'm going to continue to speak out the truth, which is that Donald Trump is an authoritarian dictator wannabe who is destroying our country and undermining the right to vote and undermining democracy." -@marcelias.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Do we allow that fear to consume us?... I'm going to continue to speak out the truth, which is that Donald Trump is an authoritarian dictator wannabe who is destroying our country and undermining the right to vote and undermining democracy." -@marcelias.bsky.social
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Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.
February 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.
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This is what professional courtesy looks like among oligarchs.
UPDATE: Meta is continuing to censor anti-Musk ads. It has removed a Facebook ad calling for a boycott of Tesla, saying that it violates the company's policy on "unacceptable business practices"
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February 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is what professional courtesy looks like among oligarchs.
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This is why we have debt. It’s tax cuts for the wealthy not programs for tbe poor. There are more sources and you can find them easily online.
www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...
Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio
Without the Bush and Trump tax cuts, debt as a percentage of the economy would be declining permanently.
www.americanprogress.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is why we have debt. It’s tax cuts for the wealthy not programs for tbe poor. There are more sources and you can find them easily online.
www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-...
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Elon Musk is traumatizing hardworking federal employees, their children and families.
He has no legal authority to make his latest demands.
We will block him in Congress and in the Courts.
Again.
He has no legal authority to make his latest demands.
We will block him in Congress and in the Courts.
Again.
February 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Elon Musk is traumatizing hardworking federal employees, their children and families.
He has no legal authority to make his latest demands.
We will block him in Congress and in the Courts.
Again.
He has no legal authority to make his latest demands.
We will block him in Congress and in the Courts.
Again.
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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
February 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
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Not a great time for citizens who have chosen to serve their country by working in government, when the current leaders have nothing but contempt for your very existence.
I have an idea, run for office against a Republican who is enabling it - which is all of them.
I have an idea, run for office against a Republican who is enabling it - which is all of them.
February 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Not a great time for citizens who have chosen to serve their country by working in government, when the current leaders have nothing but contempt for your very existence.
I have an idea, run for office against a Republican who is enabling it - which is all of them.
I have an idea, run for office against a Republican who is enabling it - which is all of them.
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Vote early starting March 18!
@CrawfordForWisconsin a former prosecutor, attorney, and now as a Circuit Court Judge believes in upholding the law, protecting our constitution, and basic rights and freedoms is seeking election to Wisconsin Supreme Court
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited
#LiveBlue #ResistanceUnited
February 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Vote early starting March 18!
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NATO and trump:
Bolton was present at many NATO meetings between Trump and Stoltenberg. He says he believes Trump did not understand how the NATO alliance worked, or what Stoltenberg's role was.
WOW
Bolton was present at many NATO meetings between Trump and Stoltenberg. He says he believes Trump did not understand how the NATO alliance worked, or what Stoltenberg's role was.
WOW
February 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
NATO and trump:
Bolton was present at many NATO meetings between Trump and Stoltenberg. He says he believes Trump did not understand how the NATO alliance worked, or what Stoltenberg's role was.
WOW
Bolton was present at many NATO meetings between Trump and Stoltenberg. He says he believes Trump did not understand how the NATO alliance worked, or what Stoltenberg's role was.
WOW
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Lutnick: "I'd like to thank you President Trump. It is the greatest honor to work for you, to be with you, to carry your name, your leadership, and your flag throughout the world ... I know him as the smartest, most thoughtful, and most intuitive person I've ever met."
February 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Lutnick: "I'd like to thank you President Trump. It is the greatest honor to work for you, to be with you, to carry your name, your leadership, and your flag throughout the world ... I know him as the smartest, most thoughtful, and most intuitive person I've ever met."
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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.
February 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.
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If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.
February 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.
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👀💵👇🏾
Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico.
Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts!
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1918...
Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts!
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1918...
Trump’s Own Pollster Just Hit Him with Very Bad News—and a Warning
A poll of swing-district voters is already showing heaps of warning signs for Republicans bent on helping billionaires. That was fast.
newrepublic.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
👀💵👇🏾
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We are arms dealers to terrorists.
February 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We are arms dealers to terrorists.
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I'm not sure it's actually set in that the Trump administration has done an end run to effectively grind to a halt new scientific research.
They're not pausing the money. They're pausing the meetings needed to sign off on the $
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
They're not pausing the money. They're pausing the meetings needed to sign off on the $
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm not sure it's actually set in that the Trump administration has done an end run to effectively grind to a halt new scientific research.
They're not pausing the money. They're pausing the meetings needed to sign off on the $
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
They're not pausing the money. They're pausing the meetings needed to sign off on the $
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
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New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong
"Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."
"Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."
AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong
Other Democrats, from Schumer to Hochul, should follow her lead.
www.publicnotice.co
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New in PN: AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong
"Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."
"Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to imitate."
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NEW: The Colorado GOP says Trump strategist Steve Bannon will headline the party's "Golden Age Gala" in March. Yesterday, a French far-right leader pulled out of CPAC after Bannon offered an Elon Musk-style "Roman salute" on stage.
February 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
NEW: The Colorado GOP says Trump strategist Steve Bannon will headline the party's "Golden Age Gala" in March. Yesterday, a French far-right leader pulled out of CPAC after Bannon offered an Elon Musk-style "Roman salute" on stage.
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Maine’s Gov. Mills: “See you in court.”
Trump called her out over the trans athletes ban and threatened to withhold funding, she said she will follow the law.
More: thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
Trump called her out over the trans athletes ban and threatened to withhold funding, she said she will follow the law.
More: thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
February 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Maine’s Gov. Mills: “See you in court.”
Trump called her out over the trans athletes ban and threatened to withhold funding, she said she will follow the law.
More: thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
Trump called her out over the trans athletes ban and threatened to withhold funding, she said she will follow the law.
More: thehill.com/homenews/lgb...