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Yes! Attention fellow Wingnuts; The West Wing is streaming on Netflix. I haven't watched every single episode since January 2017. I am overjoyed. When I finish every single episode again, I will start over with S1 E1 and watch in perpetuity.
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Yes! Attention fellow Wingnuts; The West Wing is streaming on Netflix. I haven't watched every single episode since January 2017. I am overjoyed. When I finish every single episode again, I will start over with S1 E1 and watch in perpetuity.
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"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."
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Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?
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June 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."
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"The underlying point isn’t to chastise the firms for making the wrong decision; it’s to remind those firms that it’s not too late to reverse course and join the ranks of the firms resisting Trump’s gambit..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Law firms that appeased Trump confront the consequences of their misjudgment
Law firms that gave into the White House’s demands thought they were making a wise business decision. They’re now learning otherwise.
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June 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"The underlying point isn’t to chastise the firms for making the wrong decision; it’s to remind those firms that it’s not too late to reverse course and join the ranks of the firms resisting Trump’s gambit..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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I don't know if there is a more appropriate goodbye to Loretta Swit, than her last scene in MASH in the series finale.
Loretta won two Emmy's for her role as Major Houlihan.
Loretta won two Emmy's for her role as Major Houlihan.
May 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I don't know if there is a more appropriate goodbye to Loretta Swit, than her last scene in MASH in the series finale.
Loretta won two Emmy's for her role as Major Houlihan.
Loretta won two Emmy's for her role as Major Houlihan.
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BREAKING: Over 130 former federal & state judges have filed an amicus brief urging the court to drop charges against Judge Dugan in Wisconsin
The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach
We MUST defend judicial independence👇
The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach
We MUST defend judicial independence👇
May 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
BREAKING: Over 130 former federal & state judges have filed an amicus brief urging the court to drop charges against Judge Dugan in Wisconsin
The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach
We MUST defend judicial independence👇
The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach
We MUST defend judicial independence👇
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Civics 101: presidents are not kings…
May 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Civics 101: presidents are not kings…
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Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
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"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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Will be donating to ActBlue to ensure I am on whatever lists they're gathering.
President Trump today requested Attorney General Pam Bondi open an investigation into ActBlue, the main online donations platform for Democrats.
Trump tells DOJ to investigate Democrats donation platform ActBlue
ActBlue called Trump's action "blatantly unlawful."
www.axios.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Will be donating to ActBlue to ensure I am on whatever lists they're gathering.
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I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
April 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
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JUST IN: The ACLU has added Andry Hernandez Romero, the openly gay barber/makeup artist, as lead plaintiff in its D.C.-based class action against the Alien Enemies Act.
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
JUST IN: The ACLU has added Andry Hernandez Romero, the openly gay barber/makeup artist, as lead plaintiff in its D.C.-based class action against the Alien Enemies Act.
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
April 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Breaking: Cory Booker has officially delivered the longest Senate floor speech in US history, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Breaking: Cory Booker has officially delivered the longest Senate floor speech in US history, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.
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“‘It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court-martialed for this,’ a defense official told CNN. ‘My most junior analysts know not to do this.’”
Concerns about Hegseth’s judgment come roaring back after group chat scandal | CNN Politics
Ever since news broke on Monday that top Trump officials discussed US military attack plans in a group chat that inadvertently included a journalist, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has projected unfli...
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March 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“‘It is safe to say that anybody in uniform would be court-martialed for this,’ a defense official told CNN. ‘My most junior analysts know not to do this.’”
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school.. When you arbitrarily rip up trade agreements, threaten a country, and say you’re going to break it, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind.
March 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school.. When you arbitrarily rip up trade agreements, threaten a country, and say you’re going to break it, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.