Scott R
@rilessd.bsky.social
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After 3 surgeries, a blood clot, infection & being hospitalized for over a week, the moment I was discharged I rushed to the airport so I could get on a plane to DC & vote NO on Republicans’ disastrous budget plan.
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵
February 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
After 3 surgeries, a blood clot, infection & being hospitalized for over a week, the moment I was discharged I rushed to the airport so I could get on a plane to DC & vote NO on Republicans’ disastrous budget plan.
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵
Rep. Pettersen traveled from Colorado with her newborn son so she could vote NO. 🧵
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french far-right leader jordan bardella canceled his remarks at cpac today
reason given: “one of the speakers allowed himself, out of provocation, a gesture referring to nazi ideology.”
reason given: “one of the speakers allowed himself, out of provocation, a gesture referring to nazi ideology.”
February 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
french far-right leader jordan bardella canceled his remarks at cpac today
reason given: “one of the speakers allowed himself, out of provocation, a gesture referring to nazi ideology.”
reason given: “one of the speakers allowed himself, out of provocation, a gesture referring to nazi ideology.”
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who’s gonna do it, who will be the hero we needed
February 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
who’s gonna do it, who will be the hero we needed
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There is zero question that the Trump Administration is going after mail voting.
Trump has discussed privatizing the Post Office. Removing its independence is a step toward doing that.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
There is zero question that the Trump Administration is going after mail voting.
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youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
USAspending.gov
usaspending.gov
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?
Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.
Very Trump like too.
Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?
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SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
wrd.cm
February 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
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Anyone else super exhausted
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Anyone else super exhausted
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Merkley on Russ Vought: "He was the one who impounded the funds, illegally, for Ukraine, and it led to the president's first impeachment ... he's repeating the same things now."
February 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Merkley on Russ Vought: "He was the one who impounded the funds, illegally, for Ukraine, and it led to the president's first impeachment ... he's repeating the same things now."
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Great time to put a kooky conspiracy theorist in charge of HHS. www.cbsnews.com/news/cows-bi...
Cows infected by lethal bird flu strain never before seen in the animal showing respiratory symptoms, Nevada says
The strain, called D1.1, was behind a human death from bird flu last year.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Great time to put a kooky conspiracy theorist in charge of HHS. www.cbsnews.com/news/cows-bi...
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Donald Trump has already committed at least 23 potential illegalities, in only 16 days 🧵
1. Freezing funding for Medicaid and all other federal assistance programs
2. Revoking birthright citizenship
3. Using “expedited removal” to deport immigrants with zero due process
1. Freezing funding for Medicaid and all other federal assistance programs
2. Revoking birthright citizenship
3. Using “expedited removal” to deport immigrants with zero due process
February 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Donald Trump has already committed at least 23 potential illegalities, in only 16 days 🧵
1. Freezing funding for Medicaid and all other federal assistance programs
2. Revoking birthright citizenship
3. Using “expedited removal” to deport immigrants with zero due process
1. Freezing funding for Medicaid and all other federal assistance programs
2. Revoking birthright citizenship
3. Using “expedited removal” to deport immigrants with zero due process
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Your sanity really shouldn’t rely on hoping half of what a president says he doesn’t mean.
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Your sanity really shouldn’t rely on hoping half of what a president says he doesn’t mean.
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House Oversight Republicans spent two years subpoenaing and deposing every person who ever had a cup of coffee with Hunter Biden over the last 20 years, but now oppose a subpoena to hear from the person really running the government who hasn’t even had a confirmation hearing.
February 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
House Oversight Republicans spent two years subpoenaing and deposing every person who ever had a cup of coffee with Hunter Biden over the last 20 years, but now oppose a subpoena to hear from the person really running the government who hasn’t even had a confirmation hearing.
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New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
February 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"
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Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
February 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
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These people are fucking monsters. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
These people are fucking monsters. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk
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Exactly. No is a complete sentence
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Exactly. No is a complete sentence