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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.

What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename "Krasnov", claims a former Soviet intelligence officer.

uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump...?
Donald Trump was recruited by KGB with codename 'Krasnov', claims ex-Soviet spy
Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB with the codename 'Krasnov', claims an ex-Soviet spy.
uk.news.yahoo.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Wow
DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov - a “former” KGB spy.

That’s right, one of Elon Musk’s young cyber criminals — related to a former KGB spy, and who seemingly did not have to undergo a background check — now has unprecedented access to…
February 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :)

Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.
February 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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I'm nominating the American Flag to become the symbol of the new opposition movement.
February 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Elon Musk is cratering in polls:

WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access

CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role

Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup.

On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Trump Suddenly Slips in 3 Brutal New Polls—and Musk Looks Even Worse
As several national polls offer bad news for Donald Trump and Elon Musk, a leading political scientist explains why conditions are ripe for Democrats to run harder against their authoritarian overreac...
newrepublic.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.
February 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Sen Dick Durbin warns that Trump pick for FBI chief, Kash Patel - who is not yet voted in, has already been “personally directing the ongoing purge of career civil servants st the FBI “

Please tell Senators & Congress members to vote no on Patel. Call (202) 224-3121
February 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Visit me in the camps
February 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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This is not just a musing from a dude with some various ideas. The next step is to hollow out the judiciary and also not follow their rulings, which have been against Musk’s efforts. This is a very obvious coup, for those not paying attention.
February 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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January 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Great advice from a great human!
Remember that January 20th 2025 is Martin Luther King Jr Day.. A day of service. Let's not be consumed by any other events of the day and let's focus on service to those less fortunate.
January 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Jon Stewart nails it: Republicans want Californians to suffer for partisan politics—but only when blue states are hurting. California pays more in federal taxes than 30 red states combined, but they won’t admit it.

SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
January 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Publishing essays like this moving one from @oliviajulianna.bsky.social is why we founded @contrariannews.bsky.social

Standing up for democracy isn’t just about calling out autocrats

It’s also about appreciating what is beautiful about our country

contrarian.substack.com/p/from-the-t...
From the Trailer House to the White House
An American Story
contrarian.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Jack Smith closes his 137-page report with this line:

“The Office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial”

Here’s the report:

www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
www.justice.gov
January 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It sure is!
This is a fascinating turn of events
January 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Awesome!
this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer
January 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Too many of the "hot topics" of the moment are distractions. The real threats out there are so serious it is time we tuned out the rest and then focused on where we can each make a difference. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
The Bear Necessities
Time to Refocus Our Survival Instincts
open.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump and MAGA did Jan 6 2021 and what Dems are NOT doing today!
January 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Must Read
It’s a Jan. 6 story AND a Trump 47 story

It explains why Kash Patel is utterly unfit to lead the FBI

And it’s packed with details that we pull together for the first time. By me w/ the great Tom Joscelyn @thebulwark.bsky.social

www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...
Kash Patel Believes the FBI Planned January 6th
His embrace of this wild conspiracy theory should disqualify him from leading the bureau.
www.thebulwark.com
January 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Love!!
This picture of VP Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton makes MAGA big mad.

They should really try to get more hugs.
January 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Wow!
“Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results. Now, many of those companies are lining up to fund Donald Trump’s inauguration.”

From the @wsj.com

www.wsj.com/business/tru...
January 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM