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great thread if you want to tag your Reps or use these numbers when you call them
This is Nick Begich (R-Alaska). If he votes for the bill,
37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare.
27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance.
578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.
37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare.
27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance.
578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.
July 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
great thread if you want to tag your Reps or use these numbers when you call them
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NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind.
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators
"I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.
www.nbcnews.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind.
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
June 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
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The Trump administration has released a three-time felon and five-time deported immigrant because he's going to testify against zero-time felon Abrego - all to cover their tracks for mistakenly and illegally sending Abrego to El Salvador and then lying about it to the court to cover it up.
The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Trump administration has released a three-time felon and five-time deported immigrant because he's going to testify against zero-time felon Abrego - all to cover their tracks for mistakenly and illegally sending Abrego to El Salvador and then lying about it to the court to cover it up.
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👇🎯 Unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional things requiring immediate impeachment & removal happening daily
May 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
👇🎯 Unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional things requiring immediate impeachment & removal happening daily
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this week is National Library week, so i wanted to share some things that support your local library!!
🎴 GET A LIBRARY CARD !!!
📚 check out books/dvds
📱 download their app & sign up with Libby
🙋♀️ email them about volunteer opportunities
💻 go in to get work done (headcount statistics)
🎴 GET A LIBRARY CARD !!!
📚 check out books/dvds
📱 download their app & sign up with Libby
🙋♀️ email them about volunteer opportunities
💻 go in to get work done (headcount statistics)
April 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
this week is National Library week, so i wanted to share some things that support your local library!!
🎴 GET A LIBRARY CARD !!!
📚 check out books/dvds
📱 download their app & sign up with Libby
🙋♀️ email them about volunteer opportunities
💻 go in to get work done (headcount statistics)
🎴 GET A LIBRARY CARD !!!
📚 check out books/dvds
📱 download their app & sign up with Libby
🙋♀️ email them about volunteer opportunities
💻 go in to get work done (headcount statistics)
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In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.
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Does everyone understand that this would END 80 years of US world leadership, topple international stability, and make NUCLEAR WAR way more likely?
Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.
Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.
March 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Does everyone understand that this would END 80 years of US world leadership, topple international stability, and make NUCLEAR WAR way more likely?
Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.
Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.
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Last year, Democrats helped lead a rule to cap overdraft fees at $5.
When your overdraft fees skyrocket, thank Senate Republicans. They just got rid of that rule.
When your overdraft fees skyrocket, thank Senate Republicans. They just got rid of that rule.
March 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Last year, Democrats helped lead a rule to cap overdraft fees at $5.
When your overdraft fees skyrocket, thank Senate Republicans. They just got rid of that rule.
When your overdraft fees skyrocket, thank Senate Republicans. They just got rid of that rule.
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Consider this. 6 people in plainclothes approach you, and begin to cover their faces. At least one appears armed. As they grab your phone and backpack, they do not prove who they are. They say they're going to take you, but they're not saying why.
What would you call that?
What would you call that?
NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Consider this. 6 people in plainclothes approach you, and begin to cover their faces. At least one appears armed. As they grab your phone and backpack, they do not prove who they are. They say they're going to take you, but they're not saying why.
What would you call that?
What would you call that?
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Welp, there goes the US defense industry.
March 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Welp, there goes the US defense industry.
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SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Trump to declare fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
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arguments over who would get blamed for a shutdown are insane. the median voter has no idea this is happening. the median voter knows one fact about politics and it’s that Donald Trump is the President
March 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
arguments over who would get blamed for a shutdown are insane. the median voter has no idea this is happening. the median voter knows one fact about politics and it’s that Donald Trump is the President
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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
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I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
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Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip
Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip
British cartoonist R.E. Burke has been detained for more than a week as an illegal alien, and her father is asking for help.
www.comicsbeat.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cartoonist R.E. Burke detained by ICE on backpacking trip
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NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
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Districts, margins:
Case (HI-2, Honolulu, +14)
Costa (CA-21, Fresno, +9)
Bera (CA-6, Sacramento, +7)
Himes (CT-4, Fairfield, +13)
Gillen (NY-4, Nassau, +5)
Suozzi (NY-3, Nassau, +2)
Houlahan (PA-6, Chester, +5)
Moskowitz (FL-23, Boca Raton, +1)
Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo, -3)
Perez (WA-3, western, -5)
Case (HI-2, Honolulu, +14)
Costa (CA-21, Fresno, +9)
Bera (CA-6, Sacramento, +7)
Himes (CT-4, Fairfield, +13)
Gillen (NY-4, Nassau, +5)
Suozzi (NY-3, Nassau, +2)
Houlahan (PA-6, Chester, +5)
Moskowitz (FL-23, Boca Raton, +1)
Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo, -3)
Perez (WA-3, western, -5)
The 10 Democrats who voted with Republicans just now to censor Al Green:
Ami Bera (CA)
Ed Case (HI)
Jim Costa (CA)
Laura Gillen (NY)
Jim Himes (CT)
Chrissy Houlahan (PA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Jared Moskowitz (FL)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA)
Tom Suozzi (NY)
Ami Bera (CA)
Ed Case (HI)
Jim Costa (CA)
Laura Gillen (NY)
Jim Himes (CT)
Chrissy Houlahan (PA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Jared Moskowitz (FL)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA)
Tom Suozzi (NY)
March 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Districts, margins:
Case (HI-2, Honolulu, +14)
Costa (CA-21, Fresno, +9)
Bera (CA-6, Sacramento, +7)
Himes (CT-4, Fairfield, +13)
Gillen (NY-4, Nassau, +5)
Suozzi (NY-3, Nassau, +2)
Houlahan (PA-6, Chester, +5)
Moskowitz (FL-23, Boca Raton, +1)
Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo, -3)
Perez (WA-3, western, -5)
Case (HI-2, Honolulu, +14)
Costa (CA-21, Fresno, +9)
Bera (CA-6, Sacramento, +7)
Himes (CT-4, Fairfield, +13)
Gillen (NY-4, Nassau, +5)
Suozzi (NY-3, Nassau, +2)
Houlahan (PA-6, Chester, +5)
Moskowitz (FL-23, Boca Raton, +1)
Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo, -3)
Perez (WA-3, western, -5)
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Such a policy would be inconsistent with Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and the President’s constitutional duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”, as the “Laws” include treaties.
BREAKING: President Trump is considering a major change to the U.S.’ participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to three current and former senior U.S. officials and one congressional official to NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
March 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Such a policy would be inconsistent with Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and the President’s constitutional duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”, as the “Laws” include treaties.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Checked out people think Trump is reliable because he is reliably an asshole with the worst opinion on everything. Your coworkers can guess what he believes about anything. They can plan around that. He will come to the dumbest conclusion available, but you know where he’s going to land.
March 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Checked out people think Trump is reliable because he is reliably an asshole with the worst opinion on everything. Your coworkers can guess what he believes about anything. They can plan around that. He will come to the dumbest conclusion available, but you know where he’s going to land.