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... wow. I mean, I grew up in Texas (one of those "crazy people from Houston") and I know how fucked up the politics are, but this -- especially the transcript in 2021 -- is another level. Really damning stuff. People who don't care about other people don't belong in politics. Anywhere.
In areas hit by Texas floods, officials were sent over $5 million in federal ARPA funds in 2021.
They didn't want to spend it on flood warning systems due to their disdain for Biden - and didn't send it BACK because it might go to a blue state, and "values that we in Kerr county don't agree with."
They didn't want to spend it on flood warning systems due to their disdain for Biden - and didn't send it BACK because it might go to a blue state, and "values that we in Kerr county don't agree with."
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July 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
... wow. I mean, I grew up in Texas (one of those "crazy people from Houston") and I know how fucked up the politics are, but this -- especially the transcript in 2021 -- is another level. Really damning stuff. People who don't care about other people don't belong in politics. Anywhere.
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Guess he doesn't care now
Before he became Vice President of the United States, JD Vance called on the government to release the rumored list of associates of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
www.mediaite.com/politics/jd-...
Before he became Vice President of the United States, JD Vance called on the government to release the rumored list of associates of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
www.mediaite.com/politics/jd-...
JD Vance Called for the Release of the Epstein List Right Before the Election
Before he became Vice President of the United States, JD Vance called on the government to release the rumored list of associates of Jeffrey Epstein.
www.mediaite.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Guess he doesn't care now
Before he became Vice President of the United States, JD Vance called on the government to release the rumored list of associates of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
www.mediaite.com/politics/jd-...
Before he became Vice President of the United States, JD Vance called on the government to release the rumored list of associates of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
www.mediaite.com/politics/jd-...
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It's good to see retired senior military leaders come out and say this. It's not about "politics". It's about the Constitution and the public trust.
June 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's good to see retired senior military leaders come out and say this. It's not about "politics". It's about the Constitution and the public trust.
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They assaulted officers with a flagpole, a stun gun and more. One pepper-sprayed an officer who later died.
On his 1st day in office, Trump pardoned them all.
“Trump is OK with violence, as long as it’s done in his name," cap police officer tells us.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
On his 1st day in office, Trump pardoned them all.
“Trump is OK with violence, as long as it’s done in his name," cap police officer tells us.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
From a 'day of love' to 'if they spit, we will hit': Trump's about-face on violence against police
The way Trump has responded to protests in California is very different from how he treated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
www.nbcnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
They assaulted officers with a flagpole, a stun gun and more. One pepper-sprayed an officer who later died.
On his 1st day in office, Trump pardoned them all.
“Trump is OK with violence, as long as it’s done in his name," cap police officer tells us.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
On his 1st day in office, Trump pardoned them all.
“Trump is OK with violence, as long as it’s done in his name," cap police officer tells us.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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University of Iowa to close Division of Access, Opportunity and Diversity
www.kcci.com/article/univ...
#News #USNews #Iowa #IowaNews #IowaBoardofRegents #Education #HigherEducation #UniversityofIowa #DEI #CivilRights #Politics #USPolitics #IowaPolitics
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#News #USNews #Iowa #IowaNews #IowaBoardofRegents #Education #HigherEducation #UniversityofIowa #DEI #CivilRights #Politics #USPolitics #IowaPolitics
University of Iowa to close Division of Access, Opportunity and Diversity
The University of Iowa announced today it will close its Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity on March 27.
www.kcci.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
University of Iowa to close Division of Access, Opportunity and Diversity
www.kcci.com/article/univ...
#News #USNews #Iowa #IowaNews #IowaBoardofRegents #Education #HigherEducation #UniversityofIowa #DEI #CivilRights #Politics #USPolitics #IowaPolitics
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#News #USNews #Iowa #IowaNews #IowaBoardofRegents #Education #HigherEducation #UniversityofIowa #DEI #CivilRights #Politics #USPolitics #IowaPolitics
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Bernie has always been right about the big problem being extreme inequality and the need to push policies that reduce inequality and reduce the power that billionaires and big corporations have to influence our politics. This is truly popular stuff. It's what a strong majority of us actually want.
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bernie has always been right about the big problem being extreme inequality and the need to push policies that reduce inequality and reduce the power that billionaires and big corporations have to influence our politics. This is truly popular stuff. It's what a strong majority of us actually want.
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Naw, we don't need any stinking research into Alzheimer's disease. After all there are only 7 million Americans afflicted with this incurable disease. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration fires workers at NIH's Alzheimer's research center, including incoming director
The center's incoming director was among those terminated.
abcnews.go.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Naw, we don't need any stinking research into Alzheimer's disease. After all there are only 7 million Americans afflicted with this incurable disease. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Elon Musk said in a tweet Saturday that federal employees must detail their accomplishments at work or risk losing their jobs
Fuck off Elon.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Fuck off Elon.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Musk Says Federal Workers Must Detail ‘What They Got Done’—or Risk Losing Job
In a tweet, Elon Musk didn’t say how long employees would have to respond but said “Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”
www.wsj.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Elon Musk said in a tweet Saturday that federal employees must detail their accomplishments at work or risk losing their jobs
Fuck off Elon.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Fuck off Elon.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Kristi airing the laundry. Blowback much? Is it time to start counting down Scaramuccis?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Admin. Spends Big Taxpayer Money on Ads Thanking Trump
Trump officials are burning your money on anti-immigrant ads that repeatedly praise the president, amid mass firings and a supposed hunt for waste.
www.rollingstone.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Kristi airing the laundry. Blowback much? Is it time to start counting down Scaramuccis?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Senator Reed, RI: “firing uniformed leaders as a type of political loyalty test, or for reasons relating to diversity and gender that have nothing to do with performance, erodes the trust and professionalism that our servicemembers require to achieve their missions,”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump fires Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown
Trump said he plans to nominate Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine of the U.S. Air Force to replace Gen. CQ Brown as the nation’s top-ranking military officer.
www.nbcnews.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Senator Reed, RI: “firing uniformed leaders as a type of political loyalty test, or for reasons relating to diversity and gender that have nothing to do with performance, erodes the trust and professionalism that our servicemembers require to achieve their missions,”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
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The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The headline alone is a “WTF” moment.
Access to PII of all Federal workers. Medicare and Social Security payments and data. Payments to everyone, including contractors who compete with his company.
And last I checked, the IRS is part of Treasury, so that too?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Access to PII of all Federal workers. Medicare and Social Security payments and data. Payments to everyone, including contractors who compete with his company.
And last I checked, the IRS is part of Treasury, so that too?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Musk Moves With Lightning Speed to Exert Control Over the Government
The billionaire’s representatives gained access to a Treasury Department payment system and sensitive documents at USAID.
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The headline alone is a “WTF” moment.
Access to PII of all Federal workers. Medicare and Social Security payments and data. Payments to everyone, including contractors who compete with his company.
And last I checked, the IRS is part of Treasury, so that too?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Access to PII of all Federal workers. Medicare and Social Security payments and data. Payments to everyone, including contractors who compete with his company.
And last I checked, the IRS is part of Treasury, so that too?
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Because of course: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries
At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Because of course: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A new @reuters.com poll finds Americans have a dim view of many of the Trump administration's blizzard of executive actions, including the Jan. 6 pardons and his effort to limit birthright citizenship.
But they *really* don't like the Gulf of America thing.
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
But they *really* don't like the Gulf of America thing.
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
January 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A new @reuters.com poll finds Americans have a dim view of many of the Trump administration's blizzard of executive actions, including the Jan. 6 pardons and his effort to limit birthright citizenship.
But they *really* don't like the Gulf of America thing.
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
But they *really* don't like the Gulf of America thing.
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
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Memos posted publicly to government websites claiming to be from the acting directors of OPM and OMB have metadata showing that the original authors are affiliated with Project 2025.
January 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Memos posted publicly to government websites claiming to be from the acting directors of OPM and OMB have metadata showing that the original authors are affiliated with Project 2025.
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CBS: One of the many things Trump said during his campaign was that he would end the war in Ukraine on day one. That did not happen.
MARCO RUBIO: The promise the president made really, if you look at it, is it's going to be official policy of the US that the war in Ukraine needs to come to an end
MARCO RUBIO: The promise the president made really, if you look at it, is it's going to be official policy of the US that the war in Ukraine needs to come to an end
January 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
CBS: One of the many things Trump said during his campaign was that he would end the war in Ukraine on day one. That did not happen.
MARCO RUBIO: The promise the president made really, if you look at it, is it's going to be official policy of the US that the war in Ukraine needs to come to an end
MARCO RUBIO: The promise the president made really, if you look at it, is it's going to be official policy of the US that the war in Ukraine needs to come to an end
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Maybe Mother and Michelle are out kicking back some shots together right now and toasting to defiance in the face of all the quislings and cowards.
In a second snubbing to the incoming president, Karen Pence did not appear alongside her husband when he arrived at the inauguration.
Karen Pence Missing as Hubby Shows Up to Inauguration
The former second lady infamously snubbed Donald and Melania Trump out of a greeting at Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Maybe Mother and Michelle are out kicking back some shots together right now and toasting to defiance in the face of all the quislings and cowards.
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The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
January 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
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Thank you, President Biden.
Thank you for your lifetime of public service. Thank you for your kindness, your compassion, your empathy, your character, your love for America and for your leadership.
You have given everything to our nation.
And I shall remain forever grateful.
Thank you for your lifetime of public service. Thank you for your kindness, your compassion, your empathy, your character, your love for America and for your leadership.
You have given everything to our nation.
And I shall remain forever grateful.
January 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Thank you, President Biden.
Thank you for your lifetime of public service. Thank you for your kindness, your compassion, your empathy, your character, your love for America and for your leadership.
You have given everything to our nation.
And I shall remain forever grateful.
Thank you for your lifetime of public service. Thank you for your kindness, your compassion, your empathy, your character, your love for America and for your leadership.
You have given everything to our nation.
And I shall remain forever grateful.
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