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May 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Raskin: The lowest 100 day approval rating since polling began. He controlled the agenda. He controlled the House, the Senate— he’s got everything going for him and his numbers are in the gutter
April 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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FEDERAL SPENDING SURGES

Despite chaos caused by Trump, Musk, and DOGE, federal spending is on pace to come in 7.4% higher this year than last.

The federal government has spent $1.893 trillion in 2025 as of March 26, compared to $1.763 trillion at the same date last year.

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Despite Musk’s claims, Trump administration spending on pace to surpass Biden’s
The U.S. Treasury is on pace to spend 7.4% more in 2025 than last year.
www.marketwatch.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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The resemblance is uncanny.
March 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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March 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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March 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
International tourism is worth $200 billion every year to the US economy.

Sorry, *was.
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.
March 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says if Social Security skipped a check, his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain—and if you would, it indicates you are probably a fraudster. Insane.
March 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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BREAKING: 34,000 people have showed up in Denver, Colorado this evening to see Bernie Sanders and AOC fight oligarchy and authoritarianism.
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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March 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Rather than use life-saving vaccines, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is encouraging parents to throw “measles parties” for children to infect them amid deadly outbreaks.
meidasnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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"NO KINGS LIVE HERE"
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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March 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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I just hope this reboot of “Let them eat cake” has the same ending. I hate when reboots stray from the source material.
March 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.
March 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start

Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;

"There are plenty of contractors going under".

A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.

PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Outstanding ‼️
March 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM