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Hi, I’m new here 👋🏻
What’s good?
What’s good?
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I’m dying! None of them actually want to go back in! They wanted to get out! The vaccine was the perfect excuse! — Marines and soldiers discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine show limited interest in rejoining apnews.com/article/pent...
Marines and soldiers discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine show limited interest in rejoining
Officials say roughly 650 Marines and Army soldiers who were forced out of the military for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine have so far expressed interest in returning to the force under an execu...
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I’m dying! None of them actually want to go back in! They wanted to get out! The vaccine was the perfect excuse! — Marines and soldiers discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine show limited interest in rejoining apnews.com/article/pent...
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You can’t make this stuff up. Trump supporters spent the past few years obsessing over an apparent sex trafficking cabal in charge of our country. And yet one of the first things Trump seems to have done, apparently, is push to get the Tates, charged with sex trafficking, released from Romania.
Andrew Tate and His Brother Are Said to Leave Romania for the U.S.
Andrew and Tristan Tate, the online influencers, are facing investigations in Romania and Britain, including accusations of human trafficking and sex crimes.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
You can’t make this stuff up. Trump supporters spent the past few years obsessing over an apparent sex trafficking cabal in charge of our country. And yet one of the first things Trump seems to have done, apparently, is push to get the Tates, charged with sex trafficking, released from Romania.
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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
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$19,000,000,000,000.00
February 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
$19,000,000,000,000.00
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The guy who essentially just won the next chancellorship, Friedrich Merz, has been doing a press tour for the past week or so talking about how America under Trump can’t be trusted and promising to investigate Musk for meddling in the German election.
obviously theres zero point fact checking trump but it is darkly funny how german politics is like,, conceptually beyond him on even the most basic level
February 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The guy who essentially just won the next chancellorship, Friedrich Merz, has been doing a press tour for the past week or so talking about how America under Trump can’t be trusted and promising to investigate Musk for meddling in the German election.
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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
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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...
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
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...
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...
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NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.”
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Trump administration has removed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.”
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The good news is i saved you 60 billion dollars. The bad news is that is a typo i saved you 600 dollars and also your plane is falling out of the sky
February 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The good news is i saved you 60 billion dollars. The bad news is that is a typo i saved you 600 dollars and also your plane is falling out of the sky
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Someone better tell DOGE there’s this guy working from home
As of noon on Thursday, Trump was president for 31 full days. He spent all or part of 16 of those days at four Trump Organization properties.
from @pbump.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
from @pbump.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Half of Trump’s first month in office saw him visiting Trump properties
On one-third of the first 31 days of his second term, Trump played golf.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Someone better tell DOGE there’s this guy working from home
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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Actual headlines in the past week.
February 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Actual headlines in the past week.
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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
February 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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So if Musk doesn’t run DOGE, and DOGE isn’t a real government agency, then no one has to listen to Musk or do what the DOGE bros tell them to do, right?
NEWSY: The White House confirms tonight that Elon Musk is NOT the administrator of DOGE and is not even technically part of it.
He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So if Musk doesn’t run DOGE, and DOGE isn’t a real government agency, then no one has to listen to Musk or do what the DOGE bros tell them to do, right?
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The White House says Elon Musk is not administrator of DOGE and that he’s merely a Senior Advisor to President Trump.
Incredible but not surprising.
Reminds me of the movie Casino when DeNiro played a Casino boss but said he was food and beverage manager to avoid scrutiny.
Incredible but not surprising.
Reminds me of the movie Casino when DeNiro played a Casino boss but said he was food and beverage manager to avoid scrutiny.
February 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The White House says Elon Musk is not administrator of DOGE and that he’s merely a Senior Advisor to President Trump.
Incredible but not surprising.
Reminds me of the movie Casino when DeNiro played a Casino boss but said he was food and beverage manager to avoid scrutiny.
Incredible but not surprising.
Reminds me of the movie Casino when DeNiro played a Casino boss but said he was food and beverage manager to avoid scrutiny.
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He's nicely explaining how their misinformation system works 👍
February 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
He's nicely explaining how their misinformation system works 👍
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The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.
February 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.
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The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans.
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
February 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans.
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
February 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
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He's preparing to do something really bad.
February 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
He's preparing to do something really bad.
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am i losing my mind or is the president openly bribing a mayor with dropped charges right in front of us? and now we're just gonna watch the mayor pay it off and no ones going to do anything? is that whats happening?
February 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
am i losing my mind or is the president openly bribing a mayor with dropped charges right in front of us? and now we're just gonna watch the mayor pay it off and no ones going to do anything? is that whats happening?