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Tilly🧸
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· Feb 9
This could end much faster than we anticipated.
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Trump is breaking the law and the republicans are sitting on their hands, preventing Congress as a body from acting on Trump's lawbreaking in an attempt to passively delegate their authority and ignore their duty to impeach and remove if the admin goes rogue on the Constitution.
February 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Trump is breaking the law and the republicans are sitting on their hands, preventing Congress as a body from acting on Trump's lawbreaking in an attempt to passively delegate their authority and ignore their duty to impeach and remove if the admin goes rogue on the Constitution.
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It's a coup.
The armed individual who blocked senators from entering federal property bears the insignia of "Triple Canopy", which merged with Blackwater in 2014.
This is a mercenary paramilitary guard for Musk and his minions. *Anyone wearing this insignia should be considered extremely dangerous.*
#resist
This is a mercenary paramilitary guard for Musk and his minions. *Anyone wearing this insignia should be considered extremely dangerous.*
#resist
February 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's a coup.
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DEMOCRATS! We don’t want to hear one goddamn word about reaching across the aisle. Republicans are dismantling the U.S. government. They own it, so make them work for this!
Read the room.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
Read the room.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
February 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
DEMOCRATS! We don’t want to hear one goddamn word about reaching across the aisle. Republicans are dismantling the U.S. government. They own it, so make them work for this!
Read the room.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
Read the room.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
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Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
February 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Two lawyers, one Yale educated, one Harvard educated; one the VP, one a senator, suggesting that decisions made by courts aren’t legitimate if they don’t like the outcome. This is dangerous territory.
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HINT: The administration is not complying with the court order.
Murphy: "I continue to get reports from Connecticut that agencies there, like Head Start programs and community health centers, are actually not receiving the funding they are due. So I think there's a big question as to whether the administration actually is implementing the court order."
February 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
HINT: The administration is not complying with the court order.
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Trump has essentially replaced Congress with Elon Musk.
Trump has no authority to do this, but the Republicans who control Congress seems cool with it
The last bulwark is the courts, who top administration officials (including Vice President Vance) are suggesting Trump could and should ignore
Trump has no authority to do this, but the Republicans who control Congress seems cool with it
The last bulwark is the courts, who top administration officials (including Vice President Vance) are suggesting Trump could and should ignore
February 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trump has essentially replaced Congress with Elon Musk.
Trump has no authority to do this, but the Republicans who control Congress seems cool with it
The last bulwark is the courts, who top administration officials (including Vice President Vance) are suggesting Trump could and should ignore
Trump has no authority to do this, but the Republicans who control Congress seems cool with it
The last bulwark is the courts, who top administration officials (including Vice President Vance) are suggesting Trump could and should ignore
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Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.
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I understand that it’s vitally important that the morning “news” provide at least 700 different ways to make nachos. But do you think we might slip in just a couple of minutes about the ongoing coup between the debates over quac?
February 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I understand that it’s vitally important that the morning “news” provide at least 700 different ways to make nachos. But do you think we might slip in just a couple of minutes about the ongoing coup between the debates over quac?
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Freida is the poster kitty for all of our existential dread.
February 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Freida is the poster kitty for all of our existential dread.
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If the Democrats really want to reach the NFL audience, just cut an ad about how St Jude lost funding. that's literally all you need. It will do all the messaging for you to that crowd
February 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If the Democrats really want to reach the NFL audience, just cut an ad about how St Jude lost funding. that's literally all you need. It will do all the messaging for you to that crowd
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They are going to ignore court orders.
If they ignore court orders, the social contract is dead and buried, the constitution is no longer in effect.
It's a rubicon that cannot be uncrossed.
If they ignore court orders, the social contract is dead and buried, the constitution is no longer in effect.
It's a rubicon that cannot be uncrossed.
February 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
They are going to ignore court orders.
If they ignore court orders, the social contract is dead and buried, the constitution is no longer in effect.
It's a rubicon that cannot be uncrossed.
If they ignore court orders, the social contract is dead and buried, the constitution is no longer in effect.
It's a rubicon that cannot be uncrossed.
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I promise, there are similar stories for every major sports event (see also: Atlanta shipping away unhoused people ahead of the Olympics)
This is the incredible cruelty that ensures that the twin problems of income+wealth inequity & poverty are less visible to tourists.
This is the incredible cruelty that ensures that the twin problems of income+wealth inequity & poverty are less visible to tourists.
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I promise, there are similar stories for every major sports event (see also: Atlanta shipping away unhoused people ahead of the Olympics)
This is the incredible cruelty that ensures that the twin problems of income+wealth inequity & poverty are less visible to tourists.
This is the incredible cruelty that ensures that the twin problems of income+wealth inequity & poverty are less visible to tourists.
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Another tech site weighs in with the kind of question we should be getting from news media.
“Trump said he had directed Musk and DOGE to tackle spending at the Pentagon; getting access to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) might not be out of the question either.”
“Trump said he had directed Musk and DOGE to tackle spending at the Pentagon; getting access to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) might not be out of the question either.”
How close is Elon Musk to controlling a nuclear weapon?
And is nuclear cleanup woke?
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Another tech site weighs in with the kind of question we should be getting from news media.
“Trump said he had directed Musk and DOGE to tackle spending at the Pentagon; getting access to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) might not be out of the question either.”
“Trump said he had directed Musk and DOGE to tackle spending at the Pentagon; getting access to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) might not be out of the question either.”
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NY 21 Special Election
Information:
Blake Gendebien is the Dem candidate running for the NY21 Congressional seat to replace Elise Stefanik.
This is a solidly red area, but with education, unity and hard work anything is possible.
Pls share and consider donating.
blakegendebienforcongress.com
NY 21 Special Election
Information:
Blake Gendebien is the Dem candidate running for the NY21 Congressional seat to replace Elise Stefanik.
This is a solidly red area, but with education, unity and hard work anything is possible.
Pls share and consider donating.
blakegendebienforcongress.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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NY 21 Special Election
Information:
Blake Gendebien is the Dem candidate running for the NY21 Congressional seat to replace Elise Stefanik.
This is a solidly red area, but with education, unity and hard work anything is possible.
Pls share and consider donating.
blakegendebienforcongress.com
NY 21 Special Election
Information:
Blake Gendebien is the Dem candidate running for the NY21 Congressional seat to replace Elise Stefanik.
This is a solidly red area, but with education, unity and hard work anything is possible.
Pls share and consider donating.
blakegendebienforcongress.com
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what fuels me is knowing he’s eventually going to chew on the wrong wire
February 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
what fuels me is knowing he’s eventually going to chew on the wrong wire
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Elon Musk spent last weekend gloating that taking over government offices when workers were locked out was a “superpower.” Don’t be surprised if the Doge Boys start a murder spree during the Superbowl.
February 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Elon Musk spent last weekend gloating that taking over government offices when workers were locked out was a “superpower.” Don’t be surprised if the Doge Boys start a murder spree during the Superbowl.
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Actually, that is precisely what the legislative branch is supposed to do.
February 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Actually, that is precisely what the legislative branch is supposed to do.
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The NFL removed the ‘end racism’ text from their endzones once Trump got elected, in a clear nod to the notion that racism won.
February 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The NFL removed the ‘end racism’ text from their endzones once Trump got elected, in a clear nod to the notion that racism won.
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Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died. He was 95.
Sam Nujoma, Namibia's fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died. He was 95.
www.npr.org
February 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died. He was 95.
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Everyone needs to know this…
The Trump administration is gearing up to restart immigrant family detention—ICE is already inviting private prison companies to bid on contracts.
Say it plain: This means profit from family detention, and US citizens in mixed status families will be caught in it too.
The Trump administration is gearing up to restart immigrant family detention—ICE is already inviting private prison companies to bid on contracts.
Say it plain: This means profit from family detention, and US citizens in mixed status families will be caught in it too.
February 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Everyone needs to know this…
The Trump administration is gearing up to restart immigrant family detention—ICE is already inviting private prison companies to bid on contracts.
Say it plain: This means profit from family detention, and US citizens in mixed status families will be caught in it too.
The Trump administration is gearing up to restart immigrant family detention—ICE is already inviting private prison companies to bid on contracts.
Say it plain: This means profit from family detention, and US citizens in mixed status families will be caught in it too.
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How embarrassing.
February 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
How embarrassing.
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oh nothing, just the sitting VP trial-ballooning ignoring judicial edicts
February 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
oh nothing, just the sitting VP trial-ballooning ignoring judicial edicts
This could end much faster than we anticipated.
February 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This could end much faster than we anticipated.
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Once again, this is because all of this is a job for Congress, under Article I of the Constitution. The Framers could not imagine legislators so cravenly lacking ambition & fealty to oaths that they would let the president run amok like Mad King George. Nor did they intend the courts to fix this.
February 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Once again, this is because all of this is a job for Congress, under Article I of the Constitution. The Framers could not imagine legislators so cravenly lacking ambition & fealty to oaths that they would let the president run amok like Mad King George. Nor did they intend the courts to fix this.