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Join the Center for American Progress for a virtual event moderated by former Alabama Senator Doug Jones (D) to discuss the significance of what is happening to American democracy and how we can prevent authoritarianism from taking root.
www.americanprogress.org/events/dropp...
www.americanprogress.org/events/dropp...
Democracy on the Line: How We Got Here and How To Stop an Authoritarian Takeover
Please join the Center for American Progress for a virtual event on the significance of what is happening to American democracy and how we can prevent authoritarianism from taking root.
www.americanprogress.org
June 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Join the Center for American Progress for a virtual event moderated by former Alabama Senator Doug Jones (D) to discuss the significance of what is happening to American democracy and how we can prevent authoritarianism from taking root.
www.americanprogress.org/events/dropp...
www.americanprogress.org/events/dropp...
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There's a lot happening with the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" and it's hard to keep track. But knowledge is power. So I'm hosting a series of virtual budget reconciliation teach-ins. Join us this Wednesday night to learn about proposed cuts and how we can fight back. markey.senate.gov/TeachIn
June 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
There's a lot happening with the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" and it's hard to keep track. But knowledge is power. So I'm hosting a series of virtual budget reconciliation teach-ins. Join us this Wednesday night to learn about proposed cuts and how we can fight back. markey.senate.gov/TeachIn
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#BillCassidy could have stopped this nomination.
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#BillCassidy could have stopped this nomination.
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📌In the wake of this Musk-Trump nuclear-powered slap fight, I want to remind everybody that women are too emotional to lead.
June 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
📌In the wake of this Musk-Trump nuclear-powered slap fight, I want to remind everybody that women are too emotional to lead.
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Funniest outcome possible
Y'all there's a non-zero chance Trump would deport Musk.
June 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Funniest outcome possible
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Every year, from June 1 to November 30, Rhode Island faces the Atlantic hurricane season with more frequent storms and disruption.
If the President was really concerned about “merit” he would have hired a FEMA director who knows what hurricane season is and how it can hurt Americans.
If the President was really concerned about “merit” he would have hired a FEMA director who knows what hurricane season is and how it can hurt Americans.
reuters.com
www.reuters.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Every year, from June 1 to November 30, Rhode Island faces the Atlantic hurricane season with more frequent storms and disruption.
If the President was really concerned about “merit” he would have hired a FEMA director who knows what hurricane season is and how it can hurt Americans.
If the President was really concerned about “merit” he would have hired a FEMA director who knows what hurricane season is and how it can hurt Americans.
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"Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy,"
~ Walter Cronkite
~ Walter Cronkite
March 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy,"
~ Walter Cronkite
~ Walter Cronkite
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1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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The state department’s procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles.
Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The state department’s procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles.
Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?
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Trump speaks at National Prayer Breakfast
February 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Trump speaks at National Prayer Breakfast
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This is the *least* surprising part of the Musk coup. Conflicts of interest are *central* to the Trump model of rule. The first term firmly established the "I checked with Don Jr and Eric and we all agree there's no conflict" approach: "self-policing" as the smirking version of abolishing the idea.
February 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is the *least* surprising part of the Musk coup. Conflicts of interest are *central* to the Trump model of rule. The first term firmly established the "I checked with Don Jr and Eric and we all agree there's no conflict" approach: "self-policing" as the smirking version of abolishing the idea.
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LOUISIANA PEOPLE!
I need you to call Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy, telling him to NOT confirm RFK Jr for Health Secretary.
He’s a swing vote!
It took 40 seconds of my time to call. I left a voicemail. His staff tallies the calls.
He’s a vote that can be flipped:
- he’s a doctor
- pro-vaccine🧵
I need you to call Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy, telling him to NOT confirm RFK Jr for Health Secretary.
He’s a swing vote!
It took 40 seconds of my time to call. I left a voicemail. His staff tallies the calls.
He’s a vote that can be flipped:
- he’s a doctor
- pro-vaccine🧵
February 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
LOUISIANA PEOPLE!
I need you to call Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy, telling him to NOT confirm RFK Jr for Health Secretary.
He’s a swing vote!
It took 40 seconds of my time to call. I left a voicemail. His staff tallies the calls.
He’s a vote that can be flipped:
- he’s a doctor
- pro-vaccine🧵
I need you to call Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy, telling him to NOT confirm RFK Jr for Health Secretary.
He’s a swing vote!
It took 40 seconds of my time to call. I left a voicemail. His staff tallies the calls.
He’s a vote that can be flipped:
- he’s a doctor
- pro-vaccine🧵
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8/ The Republicans have sacrificed the legitimacy of Congress on the altar of obeisance to Trump. They've abrogated the power and role of a co-equal branch of government.
Y'all might want to do any and everything you can to save it before its too late.
Y'all might want to do any and everything you can to save it before its too late.
February 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
8/ The Republicans have sacrificed the legitimacy of Congress on the altar of obeisance to Trump. They've abrogated the power and role of a co-equal branch of government.
Y'all might want to do any and everything you can to save it before its too late.
Y'all might want to do any and everything you can to save it before its too late.
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7/ For both House and Senate, as well as massive Dem superPACs (looking at you, Future Forward) START SUING. I'm not a lawyer, obvi, but any moron can see that Trump's unconstitutional and illegal actions not only deserve but DEMAND court challenges.
February 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
7/ For both House and Senate, as well as massive Dem superPACs (looking at you, Future Forward) START SUING. I'm not a lawyer, obvi, but any moron can see that Trump's unconstitutional and illegal actions not only deserve but DEMAND court challenges.
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6/ In the Senate (God save us), be like Mitch McConnell if HE was in the minority. Maneuver. Obstruct. Delay. Use the rules to stop everything you can. Guilt the hell out of Collins, Murkowski, Langford, Tillis, and anyone else you can.
(This is a tall order for which I have little hope.)
(This is a tall order for which I have little hope.)
February 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
6/ In the Senate (God save us), be like Mitch McConnell if HE was in the minority. Maneuver. Obstruct. Delay. Use the rules to stop everything you can. Guilt the hell out of Collins, Murkowski, Langford, Tillis, and anyone else you can.
(This is a tall order for which I have little hope.)
(This is a tall order for which I have little hope.)
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5/ Stop being naive. They call you communist satanist pedophiles every day. FIDO: Fuck It. Drive On.
Stoke MAGA rivalries in the House. Elevate Greene and the loons as the definition of the GOP.
Have the DCCC invest in some real oppo, not your usual weak-dick content. (Hint: Cawthorn is right.)
Stoke MAGA rivalries in the House. Elevate Greene and the loons as the definition of the GOP.
Have the DCCC invest in some real oppo, not your usual weak-dick content. (Hint: Cawthorn is right.)
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
5/ Stop being naive. They call you communist satanist pedophiles every day. FIDO: Fuck It. Drive On.
Stoke MAGA rivalries in the House. Elevate Greene and the loons as the definition of the GOP.
Have the DCCC invest in some real oppo, not your usual weak-dick content. (Hint: Cawthorn is right.)
Stoke MAGA rivalries in the House. Elevate Greene and the loons as the definition of the GOP.
Have the DCCC invest in some real oppo, not your usual weak-dick content. (Hint: Cawthorn is right.)
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4/ Maximum resistance. Johnson's House number is so narrow that one DUI costs him the majority. Never give him a vote even if it causes short-term pain in your district. Block everything. Slow every process.
"Oh, no," you cry, "The media will say mean things about us obstructing progress."
"Oh, no," you cry, "The media will say mean things about us obstructing progress."
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
4/ Maximum resistance. Johnson's House number is so narrow that one DUI costs him the majority. Never give him a vote even if it causes short-term pain in your district. Block everything. Slow every process.
"Oh, no," you cry, "The media will say mean things about us obstructing progress."
"Oh, no," you cry, "The media will say mean things about us obstructing progress."
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3/ They will always put Trump over America. They will always lie. They will always play on your naive good faith. They will always fuck you.
America needs a party of fighting Democrats now. Stop talking policy and start saying, "Fuck you."
What's that look like?
America needs a party of fighting Democrats now. Stop talking policy and start saying, "Fuck you."
What's that look like?
February 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
3/ They will always put Trump over America. They will always lie. They will always play on your naive good faith. They will always fuck you.
America needs a party of fighting Democrats now. Stop talking policy and start saying, "Fuck you."
What's that look like?
America needs a party of fighting Democrats now. Stop talking policy and start saying, "Fuck you."
What's that look like?
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2/ They're wrong. You're in a war with people who are determined not to destroy the government, but to replace it with a weird alliance of oligarchs, kleptocrats, and religious fanatics.
You have no good-faith partners on the other side of the table.
You have no good-faith partners on the other side of the table.
February 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
2/ They're wrong. You're in a war with people who are determined not to destroy the government, but to replace it with a weird alliance of oligarchs, kleptocrats, and religious fanatics.
You have no good-faith partners on the other side of the table.
You have no good-faith partners on the other side of the table.
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1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”
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This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.
February 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.
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Every time I remember Stephen Miller designed this rush of orders to burn me out specifically I get a new burst of energy from the spite alone. The very thought of my exhaustion giving him an ounce of joy makes me want to burst through walls
February 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Every time I remember Stephen Miller designed this rush of orders to burn me out specifically I get a new burst of energy from the spite alone. The very thought of my exhaustion giving him an ounce of joy makes me want to burst through walls
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I asked Elon’s Grok 2 the question of whether and how you could destroy the country through insane trade wars and hijacking Treasury’s payment system.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I asked Elon’s Grok 2 the question of whether and how you could destroy the country through insane trade wars and hijacking Treasury’s payment system.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.