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The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the United States.
It is also laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
And the oligarchy is cheering them on. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/paying-off-putin
It is also laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
And the oligarchy is cheering them on. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/paying-off-putin
February 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the United States.
It is also laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
And the oligarchy is cheering them on. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/paying-off-putin
It is also laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
And the oligarchy is cheering them on. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/paying-off-putin
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ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.
Sepsis Rates Soared in Texas After Abortion Ban: Report
Women in Texas are forced to wait with dangerous infections due to extremist anti-choice laws
meidasnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.
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Former George W Bush US Attorney Carol Lam blasts DOJ leadership for politicizing prosecution of NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence
I was ousted as a U.S. attorney for political reasons. The lessons we learned have been discarded.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Former George W Bush US Attorney Carol Lam blasts DOJ leadership for politicizing prosecution of NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
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Dear @cnn.com,
The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?
The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?
February 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Dear @cnn.com,
The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?
The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?
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Read this measured but heartbreaking account of the disastrous Musk/Trump destruction of USAID and what its devastation portends for the world and our nation’s indispensable role in relieving global suffering
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...
The Human Faces of the USAID Shutdown
The agency’s sudden closure is a betrayal both of the hardworking civil servants who carried out its mission and the people around the world whose good it served.
www.thebulwark.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Read this measured but heartbreaking account of the disastrous Musk/Trump destruction of USAID and what its devastation portends for the world and our nation’s indispensable role in relieving global suffering
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...
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We should all applaud Judge Ho’s appointment of former Bush SG Paul Clement to present a perspective distinct from those of the indicted NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the Trumpservient DOJ prosecutor Emil Bove. Well played!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...
Judge in Eric Adams Case Names Lawyer to Argue Against Dropping of Charges
Judge Dale E. Ho said that with Eric Adams’s lawyer and federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear independent arguments.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We should all applaud Judge Ho’s appointment of former Bush SG Paul Clement to present a perspective distinct from those of the indicted NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the Trumpservient DOJ prosecutor Emil Bove. Well played!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...
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Got to say I LOVE the Trump Administration negotiating to get Rare Minerals from Ukraine, for 2 reasons:
1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply)
2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.
1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply)
2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.
February 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Got to say I LOVE the Trump Administration negotiating to get Rare Minerals from Ukraine, for 2 reasons:
1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply)
2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.
1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply)
2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.
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BREAKING: USCP is arresting Enrique Tarrio for swiping his hand at a counterprotester who got in his face.
February 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
BREAKING: USCP is arresting Enrique Tarrio for swiping his hand at a counterprotester who got in his face.
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Selling out might work . . . if you never have to look at yourself in the mirror
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Elite lawyers sell out the rule of law
Sullivan & Cromwell enlist in Trump's assault on the justice system.
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Selling out might work . . . if you never have to look at yourself in the mirror
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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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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“They’re scared shitless about death threats and Gestapo-like stuff,” a former member of Trump’s first administration tells me.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
www.vanityfair.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“They’re scared shitless about death threats and Gestapo-like stuff,” a former member of Trump’s first administration tells me.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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Last night in my newsletter, Civil Discourse, I used presidential polling numbers to show that Trump isn't inevitable. We can find our way out of this. joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...
February 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Last night in my newsletter, Civil Discourse, I used presidential polling numbers to show that Trump isn't inevitable. We can find our way out of this. joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...
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The Senate voted 51-49 Thursday to confirm election denier Kash Patel to be the director of the FBI. During a confirmation hearing, Patel repeatedly refused to say that President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Senate Confirms Election Denier Kash Patel to be FBI Director
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The Senate voted 51-49 Thursday to confirm election denier Kash Patel to be the director of the FBI. During a confirmation hearing, Patel repeatedly refused to say that President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Kash Patel’s confirmation to head the FBI is quite a contrast to what happened with Richard Nixon’s first pick, L. Patrick Gray, who Congress rejected for being to partisan & too close to the president—the same characteristics Patel possesses. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Kash Patel, Confirmed
The Senate bent the knee again, confirming Kash Patel for a 10-year term as director of the FBI.
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Kash Patel’s confirmation to head the FBI is quite a contrast to what happened with Richard Nixon’s first pick, L. Patrick Gray, who Congress rejected for being to partisan & too close to the president—the same characteristics Patel possesses. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism
February 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism
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There will be retribution. The incoming FBI director published a book that includes an enemies list. In a weird, backhanded compliment, he told Steve Bannon that I am an “enemy of the Republican Party. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...
There Will Be Retribution
From Marc | Donald Trump will insist on using the powers of the state to attack his political opponents.
www.democracydocket.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There will be retribution. The incoming FBI director published a book that includes an enemies list. In a weird, backhanded compliment, he told Steve Bannon that I am an “enemy of the Republican Party. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...