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Okay, I wrote a longer thing about @durbin.senate.gov, @amyklobuchar.com, @klobuchar.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov apparently wanting to hand Donald Trump a huge weapon with which to censor online speech.
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Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine
At the exact moment when Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are actively dismantling democratic institutions and working to silence critics, a group of Democratic Senators have decided to collaborate…
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March 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Okay, I wrote a longer thing about @durbin.senate.gov, @amyklobuchar.com, @klobuchar.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov apparently wanting to hand Donald Trump a huge weapon with which to censor online speech.
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Kudos to former EPA administrator David Cash on NPR Here & Now for resisting @tizianadearing.bsky.social 's attempts to soft-pedal damage of "deregulation". Shame on Dearing for using the incredibly lazy framing of "Every org has dumb rules".
March 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Kudos to former EPA administrator David Cash on NPR Here & Now for resisting @tizianadearing.bsky.social 's attempts to soft-pedal damage of "deregulation". Shame on Dearing for using the incredibly lazy framing of "Every org has dumb rules".
@schumer.senate.gov why do you think we're idiots? If the GOP bill passing gives Trump less power, then why does he want the bill to be passed?
March 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
@schumer.senate.gov why do you think we're idiots? If the GOP bill passing gives Trump less power, then why does he want the bill to be passed?
@schumer.senate.gov Y'all Democrats have been asking and asking me for more money. I'll send you some if you lead opposition to the CR. Trump has already effectively shut down the government. Use your power to make Repubs negotiate the terms under which it will reopen. @fetterman.senate.gov
March 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@schumer.senate.gov Y'all Democrats have been asking and asking me for more money. I'll send you some if you lead opposition to the CR. Trump has already effectively shut down the government. Use your power to make Repubs negotiate the terms under which it will reopen. @fetterman.senate.gov
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We’re watching an opposition party with much more empathy and understanding for Republican voters than the people they ostensibly represent.
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We’re watching an opposition party with much more empathy and understanding for Republican voters than the people they ostensibly represent.
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Musk uses Mars the way a cult leader uses the apocalypse or aliens but he’s rich so the media takes him seriously.
he's really so stupid and I can't stand it. if you warmed up mars and melted the water, the water would evaporate into space. Mars can't have a habitable atmosphere in its current state bc it has no magnetic field. solar winds strip away everything that isn't stuck to the surface.
February 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Musk uses Mars the way a cult leader uses the apocalypse or aliens but he’s rich so the media takes him seriously.
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@npr.org 's @michelekelemen.bsky.social said this morning that Trump "does not agree to the reality" that Russia invaded Ukraine. What a weird choice of words! Better would be "denies reality," "lies about reality", or "parrots Russian disinformation"?
February 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@npr.org 's @michelekelemen.bsky.social said this morning that Trump "does not agree to the reality" that Russia invaded Ukraine. What a weird choice of words! Better would be "denies reality," "lies about reality", or "parrots Russian disinformation"?
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
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February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Constitutional Amendment idea: presidential nominees have to submit a slate of cabinet appointees before election day.
November 13, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Constitutional Amendment idea: presidential nominees have to submit a slate of cabinet appointees before election day.