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The President's Budget request as released yesterday will gut scientific research. Why should you care?
1) Science is fundamentally a jobs program. Many 100,000s are employed to do science and work for you, the US taxpayer.
1) Science is fundamentally a jobs program. Many 100,000s are employed to do science and work for you, the US taxpayer.
May 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The President's Budget request as released yesterday will gut scientific research. Why should you care?
1) Science is fundamentally a jobs program. Many 100,000s are employed to do science and work for you, the US taxpayer.
1) Science is fundamentally a jobs program. Many 100,000s are employed to do science and work for you, the US taxpayer.
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let’s look back at what has happened so far
Cory Booker giving a 25 hour speech: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Van Hollen flies to El Salvador and meets Abrego Garcia: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Schumer publicly caved: everyone hated that
just a general note to Dems
Cory Booker giving a 25 hour speech: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Van Hollen flies to El Salvador and meets Abrego Garcia: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Schumer publicly caved: everyone hated that
just a general note to Dems
i have no doubt that senator van hollen was genuinely concerned for the safety and welfare of abrego garcia BUT ALSO this is what i'm talking about when i say POLITICAL AMBITION. van hollen may well make himself a household name and nationally recognized political figure with this move
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
let’s look back at what has happened so far
Cory Booker giving a 25 hour speech: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Van Hollen flies to El Salvador and meets Abrego Garcia: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Schumer publicly caved: everyone hated that
just a general note to Dems
Cory Booker giving a 25 hour speech: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Van Hollen flies to El Salvador and meets Abrego Garcia: everyone loved it, raised his profile
Schumer publicly caved: everyone hated that
just a general note to Dems
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A true heater 48 hours for The Onion, in my unbiased opinion.
April 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A true heater 48 hours for The Onion, in my unbiased opinion.
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the cory booker thing works well not because it is impactful in any way to legislating but because it is cultural disruption
we’re all talking about it — and that’s why it’s important
trumpworld learned that lesson much earlier and it’s a big reason trump runs the united states today
we’re all talking about it — and that’s why it’s important
trumpworld learned that lesson much earlier and it’s a big reason trump runs the united states today
April 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
the cory booker thing works well not because it is impactful in any way to legislating but because it is cultural disruption
we’re all talking about it — and that’s why it’s important
trumpworld learned that lesson much earlier and it’s a big reason trump runs the united states today
we’re all talking about it — and that’s why it’s important
trumpworld learned that lesson much earlier and it’s a big reason trump runs the united states today
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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It was never about free speech, just like it was never about “efficiency.”
March 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It was never about free speech, just like it was never about “efficiency.”
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Sorry for the normie take, but the EO's are actually enormously consequential and are in fact newsworthy for several reasons, including that many entities not bound by them legally either embrace them or recognize that obedience to them is necessary to avoid retribution.
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sorry for the normie take, but the EO's are actually enormously consequential and are in fact newsworthy for several reasons, including that many entities not bound by them legally either embrace them or recognize that obedience to them is necessary to avoid retribution.
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I’ve been sort of idly keeping track of all the points in the Declaration of Independence’s bill of particulars that arguably apply to the Trump Admin. This is the first four-in-a-row I’ve hit. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
March 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I’ve been sort of idly keeping track of all the points in the Declaration of Independence’s bill of particulars that arguably apply to the Trump Admin. This is the first four-in-a-row I’ve hit. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
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Must-read. First, for the insights into administration dynamics.
Second, because we all know that legal records aren’t being properly kept, and this makes it very clear. Ordinary people get threatened and penalized over this. “Leaders” will not be.
Second, because we all know that legal records aren’t being properly kept, and this makes it very clear. Ordinary people get threatened and penalized over this. “Leaders” will not be.
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Must-read. First, for the insights into administration dynamics.
Second, because we all know that legal records aren’t being properly kept, and this makes it very clear. Ordinary people get threatened and penalized over this. “Leaders” will not be.
Second, because we all know that legal records aren’t being properly kept, and this makes it very clear. Ordinary people get threatened and penalized over this. “Leaders” will not be.
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No matter what this administration has in store, my message is clear: a woman gets to make her own health care choices with her doctor. Abortion, IVF, and birth control must remain legal, safe, and accessible.
March 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
No matter what this administration has in store, my message is clear: a woman gets to make her own health care choices with her doctor. Abortion, IVF, and birth control must remain legal, safe, and accessible.
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‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum
With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
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Trump and congressional Republicans want to slash Medicaid to pay for billionaire tax breaks. In Virginia, that hurts:
• 62% of nursing home residents
• 31% of kids
• 1 in 3 births
• 319,000 people with disabilities
I will fight tooth and nail to prevent these cuts and stand up for Virginians.
• 62% of nursing home residents
• 31% of kids
• 1 in 3 births
• 319,000 people with disabilities
I will fight tooth and nail to prevent these cuts and stand up for Virginians.
March 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump and congressional Republicans want to slash Medicaid to pay for billionaire tax breaks. In Virginia, that hurts:
• 62% of nursing home residents
• 31% of kids
• 1 in 3 births
• 319,000 people with disabilities
I will fight tooth and nail to prevent these cuts and stand up for Virginians.
• 62% of nursing home residents
• 31% of kids
• 1 in 3 births
• 319,000 people with disabilities
I will fight tooth and nail to prevent these cuts and stand up for Virginians.
FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Love making phone calls when driving.
Drive to work: call my congresspeople. Call them again if you get voicemail because the time isn't long enough to say everything.
Drive home: call my mother. If she doesn't pick up, call my congresspeople. If she does pick up, call them later.
Repeat.
Drive to work: call my congresspeople. Call them again if you get voicemail because the time isn't long enough to say everything.
Drive home: call my mother. If she doesn't pick up, call my congresspeople. If she does pick up, call them later.
Repeat.
March 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Love making phone calls when driving.
Drive to work: call my congresspeople. Call them again if you get voicemail because the time isn't long enough to say everything.
Drive home: call my mother. If she doesn't pick up, call my congresspeople. If she does pick up, call them later.
Repeat.
Drive to work: call my congresspeople. Call them again if you get voicemail because the time isn't long enough to say everything.
Drive home: call my mother. If she doesn't pick up, call my congresspeople. If she does pick up, call them later.
Repeat.
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Media, get this right.
If there's a government shutdown, it will be because the Republicans were unable to craft a bill that could pass, and they refused to pass a bill with any input from Democrats.
If there's a government shutdown, it will be because the Republicans were unable to craft a bill that could pass, and they refused to pass a bill with any input from Democrats.
March 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Media, get this right.
If there's a government shutdown, it will be because the Republicans were unable to craft a bill that could pass, and they refused to pass a bill with any input from Democrats.
If there's a government shutdown, it will be because the Republicans were unable to craft a bill that could pass, and they refused to pass a bill with any input from Democrats.
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This is rare. We legitimately don't know if Senate Dems will stop the GOP bill or not. Normally we know ahead of time if they'll cave or fight. This is in flux. Pressure matters now. If you have a Dem senator, get all your friends in state to call today/tomorrow: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell Senate Democrats to Hold the Line Against the Extreme MAGA Continuing Resolution
indivisible.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is rare. We legitimately don't know if Senate Dems will stop the GOP bill or not. Normally we know ahead of time if they'll cave or fight. This is in flux. Pressure matters now. If you have a Dem senator, get all your friends in state to call today/tomorrow: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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There is a real, genuine 1st Amendment crisis in the United States right now.
The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.
The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.
March 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There is a real, genuine 1st Amendment crisis in the United States right now.
The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.
The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.
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Bernie Sanders is holding MASSIVE rallies in packed venues, bigger crowds than Trump was getting, and legacy media is practically silent. Bernie is talking to workers rather than hanging out with socialites with mediocre plastic surgery at Mar-a-Lago, and it's just not interesting to corporate media
March 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Bernie Sanders is holding MASSIVE rallies in packed venues, bigger crowds than Trump was getting, and legacy media is practically silent. Bernie is talking to workers rather than hanging out with socialites with mediocre plastic surgery at Mar-a-Lago, and it's just not interesting to corporate media
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Farmers are going to run to Congress for another handout to deal with the retaliatory tariffs and the answer from Dems has to be "no."
This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.
This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.
March 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Farmers are going to run to Congress for another handout to deal with the retaliatory tariffs and the answer from Dems has to be "no."
This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.
This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.
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February 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Not to be like maybe read a great little book and pretend it'll make you feel better for half a second but maybe read a great little book and pretend it'll make you feel better for half a second?
Obsessed with Piranesi and its evocative imagery and gorgeous premise lately
Obsessed with Piranesi and its evocative imagery and gorgeous premise lately
February 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Not to be like maybe read a great little book and pretend it'll make you feel better for half a second but maybe read a great little book and pretend it'll make you feel better for half a second?
Obsessed with Piranesi and its evocative imagery and gorgeous premise lately
Obsessed with Piranesi and its evocative imagery and gorgeous premise lately
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Try using @resist.bot to sign petitions or write a letter of your own.
While you're there, consider following me by texting "follow citizen" to 50409
February 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Want to exercise your first amendment right to petition the government?
Try using @resist.bot to sign petitions or write a letter of your own.
While you're there, consider following me by texting "follow citizen" to 50409
Try using @resist.bot to sign petitions or write a letter of your own.
While you're there, consider following me by texting "follow citizen" to 50409
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February 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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