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We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?
September 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?
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Changing the type of fat used to deep fry foods is not going to impact chronic disease or affect obesity rates. RFK Jr.’s idiotic focus on beef tallow is absurd, but what it does is provide a veneer that he’s doing something when in reality his main accomplishment to date is to undermine vaccines.
March 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Changing the type of fat used to deep fry foods is not going to impact chronic disease or affect obesity rates. RFK Jr.’s idiotic focus on beef tallow is absurd, but what it does is provide a veneer that he’s doing something when in reality his main accomplishment to date is to undermine vaccines.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Glad to see the level of engagement, and that questions are being asked. Of course, this is Asheville, which is a blue dot among the mountains red in NC.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Glad to see the level of engagement, and that questions are being asked. Of course, this is Asheville, which is a blue dot among the mountains red in NC.
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holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
holy shit this question at the Rep. Chuck Edwards town hall 🔥🔥🔥
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Trump triggered an upward spiral of consumer taxes.
"Trade war" invests this with too much martial dignity & dominance energy.
It's not war. It's just piling up a lot of new taxes.
The taxes distort the economy away from efficiency, toward more costly production & higher prices.
"Trade war" invests this with too much martial dignity & dominance energy.
It's not war. It's just piling up a lot of new taxes.
The taxes distort the economy away from efficiency, toward more costly production & higher prices.
March 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Trump triggered an upward spiral of consumer taxes.
"Trade war" invests this with too much martial dignity & dominance energy.
It's not war. It's just piling up a lot of new taxes.
The taxes distort the economy away from efficiency, toward more costly production & higher prices.
"Trade war" invests this with too much martial dignity & dominance energy.
It's not war. It's just piling up a lot of new taxes.
The taxes distort the economy away from efficiency, toward more costly production & higher prices.
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In 2019, the National Park Service had a budget of $4 billion but generated over $30 billion in economic activity.
Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
Trump's first month showed $36 billion more in spending than last year
This February's monthly statement showed federal payments that were $36 billion higher than last February's.
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In 2019, the National Park Service had a budget of $4 billion but generated over $30 billion in economic activity.
Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
Expected. And expect to see more of this.
Portugal's defense minister has ruled out buying the F-35 fighter jet due to issues relating to 'the recent position of the US and concerns the US could 'bring limitations to use, maintenance, components, and everything that has to do with ensuring that aircraft will be operational'-Politco
March 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Expected. And expect to see more of this.
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Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
March 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
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The GOP is really driving the markets down as it works to destroy the U.S. economy.
March 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The GOP is really driving the markets down as it works to destroy the U.S. economy.
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To the extent that it matters that Gillibrand is in charge of Senate re-election and messaging this year, maybe someone else should have that position. Someone who, for instance, can read polls that clearly state that Republicans/Trump will be blamed for this.
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New Quinniac poll:
If there's a shutdown...
32% blame Dems
31% blame Republicans
22% blame Trump
That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.
If there's a shutdown...
32% blame Dems
31% blame Republicans
22% blame Trump
That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.
March 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
To the extent that it matters that Gillibrand is in charge of Senate re-election and messaging this year, maybe someone else should have that position. Someone who, for instance, can read polls that clearly state that Republicans/Trump will be blamed for this.
bsky.app/profile/greg...
bsky.app/profile/greg...
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Can't stress enough how dumb this is. The not-normal government shutdown is already occurring. Democrats must condition any votes by demanding the *re-opening* of the government, i.e. a shutdown of DOGE.
March 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Can't stress enough how dumb this is. The not-normal government shutdown is already occurring. Democrats must condition any votes by demanding the *re-opening* of the government, i.e. a shutdown of DOGE.
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19-20 months from now, Trump will have pushed the economy off a cliff and left the civil service a smouldering husk. If you're a Democratic elected and you think a government shutdown from a CR fight is gonna be the thing voters remember, you need your fucking head examined.
March 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
19-20 months from now, Trump will have pushed the economy off a cliff and left the civil service a smouldering husk. If you're a Democratic elected and you think a government shutdown from a CR fight is gonna be the thing voters remember, you need your fucking head examined.
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
Worth fully reading to understand where we are now. Missing: how to break the cycle.
🧵 I want to follow up this earlier thread by examining why the USA finds itself in the state it does at the moment; the process of disordered discourse capturing state institutions and how it inevitably results in a slide towards authoritarianism, a process we're seeing unfold before our very eyes.
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
March 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Worth fully reading to understand where we are now. Missing: how to break the cycle.
In these dark times, this is the humor I need.
The Mongol Empire once stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Black Sea.
How?
Well, his name wasn't Genghis Khan't.
How?
Well, his name wasn't Genghis Khan't.
March 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In these dark times, this is the humor I need.
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Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
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🤬 Russia struck the Odesa port with a ballistic missile.
As a result, 4 crew members (3 Syrians and 1 Ukrainian) were killed, and another sailor was injured. The ship was loading wheat for export.
This is yet another attack on global food security and a war crime against civilians!
As a result, 4 crew members (3 Syrians and 1 Ukrainian) were killed, and another sailor was injured. The ship was loading wheat for export.
This is yet another attack on global food security and a war crime against civilians!
March 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🤬 Russia struck the Odesa port with a ballistic missile.
As a result, 4 crew members (3 Syrians and 1 Ukrainian) were killed, and another sailor was injured. The ship was loading wheat for export.
This is yet another attack on global food security and a war crime against civilians!
As a result, 4 crew members (3 Syrians and 1 Ukrainian) were killed, and another sailor was injured. The ship was loading wheat for export.
This is yet another attack on global food security and a war crime against civilians!
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By resisting the hackers, Elon is just prolonging the attack.
March 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
By resisting the hackers, Elon is just prolonging the attack.
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Has it occured to Elon that he should give the hackers a piece of his company to get them to stop doing it?
Apparently that's how this works.
Apparently that's how this works.
March 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Has it occured to Elon that he should give the hackers a piece of his company to get them to stop doing it?
Apparently that's how this works.
Apparently that's how this works.
Worth listening to Sen. Murphy's speech.
Senator Chris Murphy: "Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Worth listening to Sen. Murphy's speech.
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German intelligence chief says Russia intends to test NATO Article 5 by attacking Europe.
The timing of the Russian military attack on a NATO member depends on the course of the war in Ukraine.
Hint: Defeat Russia in Ukraine and this won't happen at all.
nordot.app/127106496306...
The timing of the Russian military attack on a NATO member depends on the course of the war in Ukraine.
Hint: Defeat Russia in Ukraine and this won't happen at all.
nordot.app/127106496306...
German intelligence chief says Russia wants to test West ｜ DPA
Berlin (dpa) - Russia intends to test Western unity, especially with regard to NATO's collective defence clause, according to Bruno Kahl, the head of Germany's BND intelligence service. In an intervie...
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March 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
German intelligence chief says Russia intends to test NATO Article 5 by attacking Europe.
The timing of the Russian military attack on a NATO member depends on the course of the war in Ukraine.
Hint: Defeat Russia in Ukraine and this won't happen at all.
nordot.app/127106496306...
The timing of the Russian military attack on a NATO member depends on the course of the war in Ukraine.
Hint: Defeat Russia in Ukraine and this won't happen at all.
nordot.app/127106496306...
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1/ This is wildly illegal. That is not a question on which reasonable legally informed folks can disagree.
It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal.
And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.
It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal.
And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
1/ This is wildly illegal. That is not a question on which reasonable legally informed folks can disagree.
It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal.
And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.
It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal.
And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.
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An infected chicken in every pot!
Brooke Rollins: "When you're in a revolution and you're significantly reducing the size of government, nothing will be perfect. It will be imperfect. There will be mistakes made."
March 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
An infected chicken in every pot!