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The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I say...boycott watching Trumps military parade. It's sad that we can't celebrate our country's 250th without stroking his ego
June 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
April 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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How much you wanna bet that soon we’ll find out it’ll cost $100 billion or some such amount to fix everything he broke?
Elon Musk said he’d cut the federal budget by $2 trillion

Quickly lowered this to $1 trillion

Now he’s down to $150 billion

And even THAT appears to be an overestimate of $92 billion

So-after firing thousands of workers and destroying government services

This clown will cut $58 billion

Maybe
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.

A better world is possible.
Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.

But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.

The people still have the power.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.

Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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8/ What could Trump demand as part of a quiet loyalty pledge?

Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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7/ But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power.

The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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6/ Healthy democracies rely on an independent legal profession to maintain the rule of law, independent universities to guard objective truth and provide forums for dissent to authority, and independent state/local government to counterbalance a powerful federal government.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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5/ Trump knows that he can weaken (and maybe destroy) democracy by using spending and taxation in the same way.

He is using access to government funds to bully universities, law firms and state and local governments into loyalty pledges.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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4/ British kings used taxation to reward loyalty and punish dissent.

Our own revolution was spurred by the King’s use of heavy taxation of the colonies to punish our push for self governance.

The King’s message was simple: stop protesting and I’ll stop taxing.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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March 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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This would be Trump 741st impeachment, if Congress were fulfilling its oath to the Constitution and cared about the dozen or so impeachable acts he has committed each day since January 20.
#ImpeachTrumpNow
Trump says he will withhold federal tax dollars to Maine colleges unless the Gov of Maine personally apologizes to him.
March 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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March 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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*LEND AN EAR*: Shadow President Elon Musk's proud #Nazi family legacy explained to @katiecouric.bsky.social by @edwardluce.bsky.social , the U.S. National Editor & columnist at the @financialtimes.com .

#ElonIsAProudNazi #NoToFascismInAmerica
#ImpeachTrumpNow

youtube.com/shorts/j47fk...
The Racist Family Legacy of Elon Musk
YouTube video by Katie Couric
youtube.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com will you please share with the country what happens when the government shuts down and how a shut down would give Trump the opportunity to truly become the dictator he wants to be. You explain things so well.
March 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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"None of the employees with security clearances for nuclear secrets were properly debriefed, the current DOE source said...

"Those employees could be targeted by foreign adversaries for nuclear espionage...

"They have lost their source of income..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/fir...
Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say
The lack of so-called "read outs" for workers with clearances dismissed by Musk's DOGE could raise security risks, experts say.
www.reuters.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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“Our adversaries even now must be celebrating; there are surely open vodka bottles in the Kremlin.”

@mpolymer1.bsky.social writes about why Trump’s Ukraine betrayal will have awful consequences.

“Does ‘America First’ really mean ‘America the Betrayer’?”

READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | I’m a former U.S. intelligence officer. Trump's Ukraine betrayal will have terrible consequences.
Trust is so hard to gain, and yet so easily lost.
www.msnbc.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Notice the intentionally misleading phrasing: "teaching them to EVADE ICE" rather than "educating them on the law and their rights". This is the kind of wordplay the conservatives fall for every time. They're so gullible.
February 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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By all means investigate someone who is advising people of their rights under the constitution and laws. Which by the way is not against the law. Go ahead please show America just how ignorant you are.
February 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM