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I really hate this season of Veep.
And the winner of best post so far this year goes to:
We continue to learn nothing from history. We are already heading down a very dark path.
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We continue to learn nothing from history. We are already heading down a very dark path.
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So those checks gonna bounce?
April 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So those checks gonna bounce?
Cry more, Elon. You tried to buy an election and got defeated. More to come, sweetie.
Says the guy who spent millions to elect a judge that will soon be the deciding vote on a case involving Tesla’s ability to sell cars in the state.
April 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Cry more, Elon. You tried to buy an election and got defeated. More to come, sweetie.
This is what I keep saying too. This may be the opportunity for us to reinvigorate our liberal democracy. At least, that’s what I’m hoping for.
America has never been subject to this level of authoritarianism, and quite frankly, sheer incompetence.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.
March 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is what I keep saying too. This may be the opportunity for us to reinvigorate our liberal democracy. At least, that’s what I’m hoping for.
What in the actual eff? How can anyone think this is ok? Are we a failed state? Great job, MAGAs.
This is a real tweet posted by the official White House government account. Yes, really.
March 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What in the actual eff? How can anyone think this is ok? Are we a failed state? Great job, MAGAs.
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Courts willing to follow the Constitution and the law are the only things standing between us and Stephen Miller’s dystopia right now. And he isn’t happy about it.
March 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Courts willing to follow the Constitution and the law are the only things standing between us and Stephen Miller’s dystopia right now. And he isn’t happy about it.
This is truly where we are. The Constitutional order is being disassembled before our very eyes.
They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.
March 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is truly where we are. The Constitutional order is being disassembled before our very eyes.
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The fact that the Department of Justice has not, and will never, launch an investigation into this massive national security breach tells you all you need to know about this lawless and profoundly corrupt Administration.
March 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The fact that the Department of Justice has not, and will never, launch an investigation into this massive national security breach tells you all you need to know about this lawless and profoundly corrupt Administration.
Of course they’re attacking responsible journalism. Stay strong, @pbs.org and @npr.org You have a lot of support across the country and we need free, non-corporate media now more than ever.
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk’s government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters. Katherine Maher of NPR and Paula Kerger of PBS are scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill.
www.wbez.org/politics/202...
www.wbez.org/politics/202...
Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters.
www.wbez.org
March 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
March 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
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It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
March 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
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Ossoff: This is what happens when you have Fox News personalities cosplaying as government officials.
March 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ossoff: This is what happens when you have Fox News personalities cosplaying as government officials.
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.
hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd .
ALT: hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd .
media.tenor.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.
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We aren’t talking about numbers on some spreadsheet when it comes to Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.
These are real people in real communities whose lives are on the line.
Speak up, stand up, get engaged – it’s going to take every single one of our voices.
These are real people in real communities whose lives are on the line.
Speak up, stand up, get engaged – it’s going to take every single one of our voices.
March 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We aren’t talking about numbers on some spreadsheet when it comes to Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.
These are real people in real communities whose lives are on the line.
Speak up, stand up, get engaged – it’s going to take every single one of our voices.
These are real people in real communities whose lives are on the line.
Speak up, stand up, get engaged – it’s going to take every single one of our voices.
We need him now more than ever.
Fred Rogers was born on this day in 1928.
In 2017, writer Anthony Breznican shared how the late television icon and host of "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" comforted him during a difficult period in his own life. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
In 2017, writer Anthony Breznican shared how the late television icon and host of "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" comforted him during a difficult period in his own life. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
That time Mister Rogers comforted me in real life
In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, in the aftermath of the terror attack in Manchester, writer Anthony Breznican took to Twitter to recount how the late television icon Fred Rogers of “Mister R...
www.pbs.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We need him now more than ever.
Saw the sunset along LSD on my way to work this morning too. I will never fall out of love with this city.
Tuesday at the Tower. This morning's start in Chicago's River North.
March 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Saw the sunset along LSD on my way to work this morning too. I will never fall out of love with this city.
Nothing to see here. Just corruption and security risks.
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Nothing to see here. Just corruption and security risks.
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1. EXCLUSIVE
An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.
The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.
Follow this thread for details.
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An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.
The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.
Follow this thread for details.
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EXCLUSIVE: Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration
An internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo, sent on March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, details proposed changes to the claims process that would debilitate the agency, cause sign...
popular.info
March 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.
The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.
Follow this thread for details.
🧵
An internal Social Security Administration memo, dated March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, lays out a plan to sabotage the agency.
The memo itself predicts "service disruption," "operational strain," and "budget shortfalls" will result.
Follow this thread for details.
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Jesus Christ.
The US Director of National Intelligence is retweeting a far-right conspiracy theorist based in Malaysia.
March 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Jesus Christ.
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Attacks on universities are attacks on democracy and human progress. “University leaders would help themselves, and the country, by emerging from their defensive crouches and making a forthright case for inquiry, research, science and knowledge.”
Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Attacks on universities are attacks on democracy and human progress. “University leaders would help themselves, and the country, by emerging from their defensive crouches and making a forthright case for inquiry, research, science and knowledge.”
Let’s hope so. And they can take @durbin.senate.gov too. We need real leadership and not this gerontocracy.
Schumer is done as Senate minority leader. It’s only a matter of time.
March 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Let’s hope so. And they can take @durbin.senate.gov too. We need real leadership and not this gerontocracy.
Shame on @durbin.senate.gov and all other Senators who handed Trump this budget. You are now complicit in his power grab. As a public servant and healthcare professional, I’m pissed. Time to retire, sir. And thank you, @duckworth.senate.gov for having the strength that others didn’t.
March 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Shame on @durbin.senate.gov and all other Senators who handed Trump this budget. You are now complicit in his power grab. As a public servant and healthcare professional, I’m pissed. Time to retire, sir. And thank you, @duckworth.senate.gov for having the strength that others didn’t.