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"Art isn't for the meek. It's for the renegade within" - A.H. Scott
In other words, they will do EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW, except with the imprimatur of a bipartisan bill, thanks to Chuck Schumer and the six Democrats he convinces to go along with him.
I suspect that no display of political weakness has ever been so utterly pathetic.
I suspect that no display of political weakness has ever been so utterly pathetic.
The Daily Reid: What's the point of power
...if you're not willing to use it?
www.joyannreid.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In other words, they will do EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW, except with the imprimatur of a bipartisan bill, thanks to Chuck Schumer and the six Democrats he convinces to go along with him.
I suspect that no display of political weakness has ever been so utterly pathetic.
I suspect that no display of political weakness has ever been so utterly pathetic.
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Oz will fit right in to the Trump regime
Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly” underpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes in recent years, according to a memo by Democratic staff on the Senate Finance Committee seen by Bloomberg News
Trump’s CMS Pick Oz Paid No Medicare Taxes in 2023, Memo Says
Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly” underpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes in recent years, according to ...
www.bloomberg.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Oz will fit right in to the Trump regime
Trump and Vance conducted themselves almost precisely as Hitler did when he accosted Schuschnigg and demanded that Austria be surrendered and annexed to the Nazi Reich. Think about that.
"Shit people"
“Shit people.”
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump and Vance conducted themselves almost precisely as Hitler did when he accosted Schuschnigg and demanded that Austria be surrendered and annexed to the Nazi Reich. Think about that.
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This did not go well for the investment firm CEO. Not one little bit.
'It's a fraud': CNN host bluntly calls out conservative proposing a 'DOGE dividend'
Normally mild-mannered CNN host Michael Smeroconish shut down an investment firm CEO who has been pitching what he calls a "DOGE dividend" where government savings would be refunded to taxpayers.Simpl...
www.rawstory.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This did not go well for the investment firm CEO. Not one little bit.
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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
February 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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"... finally got that government job, I think, about six months ago –– well, he's laid off now. So his kid, his wife, all of that promise, it's totally gone."
'Black Americans for Trump' member turns on president after friend loses federal job
A prominent member of "Black Americans for Trump" organization parted ways with the president on CNN Saturday morning over the slash-and-burn methods of Elon Musk's DOGE that is devastating the famil...
www.rawstory.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"... finally got that government job, I think, about six months ago –– well, he's laid off now. So his kid, his wife, all of that promise, it's totally gone."
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The DoD has never passed an audit and no doubt its spending should be reviewed. But Sec Hegseth knows little about how DoD works, and less about national security. It would be a good idea to bring in some expertise rather than just throwing the axes.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
Pentagon announces it plans to fire 5-8% of civilian workforce | CNN Politics
The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees, with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers who do...
www.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The DoD has never passed an audit and no doubt its spending should be reviewed. But Sec Hegseth knows little about how DoD works, and less about national security. It would be a good idea to bring in some expertise rather than just throwing the axes.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
It's a reflection, I think, of a calloused heart. So let's keep our eyes on that, keep our eyes on the fact that this oligarch, Elon Musk, is gaslighting the country. We know he's moving in a self-interested way, reporting all over, showing that he's trying to end investigations of his companies.
02/21/2025 - Weekly Wrap Up
Watch now | In this Weekly Wrap Up, Eddie discusses the overwhelming nature of current news, focusing on significant political events, global conflicts, and the humanitarian crises arising from them. ...
www.anativeson.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's a reflection, I think, of a calloused heart. So let's keep our eyes on that, keep our eyes on the fact that this oligarch, Elon Musk, is gaslighting the country. We know he's moving in a self-interested way, reporting all over, showing that he's trying to end investigations of his companies.
He will end by proudly announcing that America was joining Russia and China in forming a global economic alliance of dictators in order to “get America’s share” of Third World technology money.
It’s Official: Trump is a MF'in’ Russia Agent
Trump Was Always Putin’s Witting Asset. Now I Believe He Literally Works for Moscow.
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
He will end by proudly announcing that America was joining Russia and China in forming a global economic alliance of dictators in order to “get America’s share” of Third World technology money.
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OPINION:
I experienced Russian corruption firsthand — and Trump is importing KGB thuggery
Before I became a trial lawyer, I was corporate. Studying legal systems abroad morphed into drafting foreign license agreements, and in the late 90s, I negotiated across the table from Russian oligarc...
www.rawstory.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
OPINION:
If you’re looking to find your way around the southerly parts of North America this week, you’ve probably noticed that Google Maps has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to suit President Trump’s tastes.
What's in a name?
Newspeak comes for Google Maps; Mitch McConnell breaks it, we buy it; American diplomacy enters its supervillain era
the.ink
February 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you’re looking to find your way around the southerly parts of North America this week, you’ve probably noticed that Google Maps has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to suit President Trump’s tastes.
David Super, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and an expert on administrative law, told Popular Information that the Trump administration was "in contempt of court" and the continued funding freeze at NIH was "completely unlawful."
BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.
popular.info
February 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
David Super, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and an expert on administrative law, told Popular Information that the Trump administration was "in contempt of court" and the continued funding freeze at NIH was "completely unlawful."
Meanwhile, a slumped Donald Trump sat nearby, wearing the bored, empty stare of a man who wants nothing more than his afternoon pudding. You don’t need a body-language guru to see he’s thoroughly checked out: drooping shoulders, slack jaw, glazed eyes.
Scenes from A Humiliation
A picture really does speak louder than words, and yesterday’s Oval Office briefing by President Elon Musk proved it in spades.
open.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Meanwhile, a slumped Donald Trump sat nearby, wearing the bored, empty stare of a man who wants nothing more than his afternoon pudding. You don’t need a body-language guru to see he’s thoroughly checked out: drooping shoulders, slack jaw, glazed eyes.
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We deserve the meteor.
February 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We deserve the meteor.
"A ragged book with a dusty cover may just need a bit of spit polish of kindness and a new set of eyes upon it to see it's true brilliance within. Appearances are just what the eye catches at first sight. But, if one is lucky, he or she will look again and see the person within." - A.H. Scott2/11/12
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"A ragged book with a dusty cover may just need a bit of spit polish of kindness and a new set of eyes upon it to see it's true brilliance within. Appearances are just what the eye catches at first sight. But, if one is lucky, he or she will look again and see the person within." - A.H. Scott2/11/12
Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team have had access to the US Treasury Department’s payment systems for over a week. On Thursday, the threat intelligence team at one of the department's agencies recommended that DOGE members be monitored as an “insider threat.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
www.wired.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team have had access to the US Treasury Department’s payment systems for over a week. On Thursday, the threat intelligence team at one of the department's agencies recommended that DOGE members be monitored as an “insider threat.”
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Make no mistake.
We are in the midst of a complete and total Constitutional crisis.
We are in the midst of a complete and total Constitutional crisis.
Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
February 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Make no mistake.
We are in the midst of a complete and total Constitutional crisis.
We are in the midst of a complete and total Constitutional crisis.
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"This is a fundamental difference we have with the left."
'He gets to make the decisions!' Jim Jordan argues Trump can ignore judges
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) argued on CNN Sunday that the Constitution gives President Trump the power to make the decisions he feels are best for the country, checks and balances from Congress and the cou...
www.rawstory.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"This is a fundamental difference we have with the left."
Will Rogers was famously quoted as once saying, "I never met a man I didn't like."
Now, Mr. Rogers died well before Donald Trump was even born, so I believe he fully meant his credo at the time. Had he lived a little longer, though, I wonder if he'd make the same blanket declaration.
Now, Mr. Rogers died well before Donald Trump was even born, so I believe he fully meant his credo at the time. Had he lived a little longer, though, I wonder if he'd make the same blanket declaration.
It's Okay to Hate Him
Will Rogers was famously quoted as once saying, "I never met a man I didn't like."
open.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Will Rogers was famously quoted as once saying, "I never met a man I didn't like."
Now, Mr. Rogers died well before Donald Trump was even born, so I believe he fully meant his credo at the time. Had he lived a little longer, though, I wonder if he'd make the same blanket declaration.
Now, Mr. Rogers died well before Donald Trump was even born, so I believe he fully meant his credo at the time. Had he lived a little longer, though, I wonder if he'd make the same blanket declaration.
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THIS IS PERFECT.
February 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
THIS IS PERFECT.