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"With deep disillusionment, I dissent." -Justice Brown Jackson
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Just a reminder.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just a reminder.
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.
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After decades of progress on closing the pay gap between men and women, it’s now widening. For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row, according to recent data from the Census Bureau.
Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office
Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.
wapo.st
October 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
After decades of progress on closing the pay gap between men and women, it’s now widening. For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row, according to recent data from the Census Bureau.
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According to the Worst "President" Ever,
Portland is “burning to the ground.”
The reality feels a lot different.
But how can you be sure?
A new website, isportlandburning.com
answers the question.
How?
Live cameras of the city,
fact-checked claims &
a live map of fire incidents in the city.
Portland is “burning to the ground.”
The reality feels a lot different.
But how can you be sure?
A new website, isportlandburning.com
answers the question.
How?
Live cameras of the city,
fact-checked claims &
a live map of fire incidents in the city.
Is Portland Burning?
No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.
isportlandburning.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
According to the Worst "President" Ever,
Portland is “burning to the ground.”
The reality feels a lot different.
But how can you be sure?
A new website, isportlandburning.com
answers the question.
How?
Live cameras of the city,
fact-checked claims &
a live map of fire incidents in the city.
Portland is “burning to the ground.”
The reality feels a lot different.
But how can you be sure?
A new website, isportlandburning.com
answers the question.
How?
Live cameras of the city,
fact-checked claims &
a live map of fire incidents in the city.
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Here are my top 10 senior zoomies!
July 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Here are my top 10 senior zoomies!
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A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
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BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government.
This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
May 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government.
This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.
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"As Musk slinks away, spending went up, not down, during his tenure, and DOGE made the government less efficient, not more..."
"A legacy of shattered institutions, weakened public services, and fired civil servants who did nothing but serve their country well..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"A legacy of shattered institutions, weakened public services, and fired civil servants who did nothing but serve their country well..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
May 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"As Musk slinks away, spending went up, not down, during his tenure, and DOGE made the government less efficient, not more..."
"A legacy of shattered institutions, weakened public services, and fired civil servants who did nothing but serve their country well..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
"A legacy of shattered institutions, weakened public services, and fired civil servants who did nothing but serve their country well..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS in the mass-firings (RIFs) case out of California that I wrote about at Law Dork here — www.lawdork.com/p/-federal-j... — b/c the Ninth Circuit isn't ruling quickly enough on DOJ's TRO stay request there. DOJ's SCOTUS application: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
24A1106
www.documentcloud.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS in the mass-firings (RIFs) case out of California that I wrote about at Law Dork here — www.lawdork.com/p/-federal-j... — b/c the Ninth Circuit isn't ruling quickly enough on DOJ's TRO stay request there. DOJ's SCOTUS application: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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This is excellent - a very good reminder that RIFs are not supposed to be a backdoor impoundment, and should not be used to undermine the functioning of statutory responsibilities. But the scale of Trump's RIFs is very clearly doing both.
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
Trump Administration’s Mass Layoffs of Federal Workers Are Illegal | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The massive reductions in force the Administration is seeking to carry out would so degrade agency capacities that they would effectively end congressionally mandated activities and violate statutory ...
www.cbpp.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is excellent - a very good reminder that RIFs are not supposed to be a backdoor impoundment, and should not be used to undermine the functioning of statutory responsibilities. But the scale of Trump's RIFs is very clearly doing both.
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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These fired federal workers were stewards of tax payer dollars. That’s why firing 121,000 of them has caused government spending to go UP. Federal employees save more money than they cost. For example, the VA paid me $120K a year and I saved them $60M a year.
Trump’s federal layoffs in just 100 days — and that doesn’t even count the folks pushed out quietly with admin leave, early retirement, or “voluntary” buyouts.
April 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
These fired federal workers were stewards of tax payer dollars. That’s why firing 121,000 of them has caused government spending to go UP. Federal employees save more money than they cost. For example, the VA paid me $120K a year and I saved them $60M a year.
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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there's so many layers of fraud and abuse in this story that "someone might have been trying to log into the NLRB's systems with a valid Doge username and password from russia" doesn't even make it into the first 5,000 words
April 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
there's so many layers of fraud and abuse in this story that "someone might have been trying to log into the NLRB's systems with a valid Doge username and password from russia" doesn't even make it into the first 5,000 words
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I am not sure that I have ever seen a post that so fundamentally misunderstands the motivations and skill set of federal employees. Set aside the meaning of "productivity." The federal employees that the Trump administration has sought to remove are not going into manufacturing.
April 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I am not sure that I have ever seen a post that so fundamentally misunderstands the motivations and skill set of federal employees. Set aside the meaning of "productivity." The federal employees that the Trump administration has sought to remove are not going into manufacturing.
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Employees said they had no idea how the agency intended to manage the portfolio of federal buildings in the region, which includes some four dozen properties across the four states, including 10 in Oregon.
‘They just gutted it’: Latest Trump job cuts in Oregon hit agency managing real estate
Oregon had about three dozen workers before cuts and voluntary departures.
www.oregonlive.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Employees said they had no idea how the agency intended to manage the portfolio of federal buildings in the region, which includes some four dozen properties across the four states, including 10 in Oregon.
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It’s very interesting to me that no MSM has covered the GSA MASACRE that happened on Monday. Yet all they seem to be talking about is VA and SS.
They put THOUSANDS on administrative leave and not ONE SINGLE STORY ABOUT IT.
But they released the list of properties they are putting up for sale. 🤷🏽♀️
They put THOUSANDS on administrative leave and not ONE SINGLE STORY ABOUT IT.
But they released the list of properties they are putting up for sale. 🤷🏽♀️
March 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s very interesting to me that no MSM has covered the GSA MASACRE that happened on Monday. Yet all they seem to be talking about is VA and SS.
They put THOUSANDS on administrative leave and not ONE SINGLE STORY ABOUT IT.
But they released the list of properties they are putting up for sale. 🤷🏽♀️
They put THOUSANDS on administrative leave and not ONE SINGLE STORY ABOUT IT.
But they released the list of properties they are putting up for sale. 🤷🏽♀️
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Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale
Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
wrd.cm
March 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
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TTS, a tech unit at GSA, just had a meeting where its new leader, a former Tesla engineer, told folks there would be a 50% reduction at the unit.
In preparation for the call, leaders disabled the chat function on the video call and prevented folks from dialing in by phone.
In preparation for the call, leaders disabled the chat function on the video call and prevented folks from dialing in by phone.
March 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
TTS, a tech unit at GSA, just had a meeting where its new leader, a former Tesla engineer, told folks there would be a 50% reduction at the unit.
In preparation for the call, leaders disabled the chat function on the video call and prevented folks from dialing in by phone.
In preparation for the call, leaders disabled the chat function on the video call and prevented folks from dialing in by phone.
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lotta people trying very very hard to win the 2024 election instead of adapting to the rapidly shifting environment
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
lotta people trying very very hard to win the 2024 election instead of adapting to the rapidly shifting environment
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The idea that federal workers shouldn’t really count as unemployed is so offensive. Such disdain for public servants.
Bryon Donalds pre-spins tomorrow's grim jobs report: "The reason why the job growth numbers are down is because government workers are the ones who are starting to lose their jobs at the federal level."
March 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The idea that federal workers shouldn’t really count as unemployed is so offensive. Such disdain for public servants.
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SSA is in complete chaos. Buried in this article is a service worker noting that "the phone never stops ringing" and **retirement claims aren't being processed**. Hard to overstate the significance of that. End goal is to privatize the agency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
SSA is in complete chaos. Buried in this article is a service worker noting that "the phone never stops ringing" and **retirement claims aren't being processed**. Hard to overstate the significance of that. End goal is to privatize the agency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...