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"Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else." —Maya Angelou
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March 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"When faced with two awful choices, pick the one that requires less courage."
- The Art of Losing, by Chuck Schumer
- The Art of Losing, by Chuck Schumer
March 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"When faced with two awful choices, pick the one that requires less courage."
- The Art of Losing, by Chuck Schumer
- The Art of Losing, by Chuck Schumer
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When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.
March 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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It blows my mind that there are Trump supporters who also claim that they support Ukraine. You can’t be both.
March 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It blows my mind that there are Trump supporters who also claim that they support Ukraine. You can’t be both.
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“I won’t forget” ?
March 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“I won’t forget” ?
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So much for “We the People”
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
So much for “We the People”
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I refuse to normalize him.
I did not vote for him, he does not represent me, and I do not believe he is at all deserving of being here—and so I grieve his ascension and resist his ugliness.
I will not comply, bow, or obey.
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-do-not-o...
I did not vote for him, he does not represent me, and I do not believe he is at all deserving of being here—and so I grieve his ascension and resist his ugliness.
I will not comply, bow, or obey.
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-do-not-o...
I Do Not Obey in Advance
I do not obey in advance.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I refuse to normalize him.
I did not vote for him, he does not represent me, and I do not believe he is at all deserving of being here—and so I grieve his ascension and resist his ugliness.
I will not comply, bow, or obey.
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-do-not-o...
I did not vote for him, he does not represent me, and I do not believe he is at all deserving of being here—and so I grieve his ascension and resist his ugliness.
I will not comply, bow, or obey.
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-do-not-o...
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“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries — WIRED
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
apple.news
March 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
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They surrendered so now they are left begging for daddy to save them. What a pathetic joke. (Gift article) wapo.st/4k2j5yO
After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds
Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they themselves appropriated.
wapo.st
February 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
They surrendered so now they are left begging for daddy to save them. What a pathetic joke. (Gift article) wapo.st/4k2j5yO
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And fully half of it is a humiliating error where they mistake the value of a contract by 1000x confusing 8 million with 8 BILLION
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And fully half of it is a humiliating error where they mistake the value of a contract by 1000x confusing 8 million with 8 BILLION
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I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
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He's so dramatic I expected him to storm off, sweeping his cloak behind him.
February 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
He's so dramatic I expected him to storm off, sweeping his cloak behind him.
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"if Musk’s team has been granted security clearances, as the White House insists, it would most likely be with minimal to no vetting, a process that usually takes months..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt
A judge ruled Saturday that the activities of Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting effort risk “the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information” and render them “more vulnerable than before to...
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"if Musk’s team has been granted security clearances, as the White House insists, it would most likely be with minimal to no vetting, a process that usually takes months..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
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The orange convicted felon has fired the Chair of the Kennedy Center and will dismiss the board as he installs himself as the new chair. He says he will dictate the institution’s art and culture and says it must reflect his choices.
Hitler took control of the Arts too.
Hitler took control of the Arts too.
February 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The orange convicted felon has fired the Chair of the Kennedy Center and will dismiss the board as he installs himself as the new chair. He says he will dictate the institution’s art and culture and says it must reflect his choices.
Hitler took control of the Arts too.
Hitler took control of the Arts too.
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Justifying Elon Musk's techbro rampage by saying "the Founders were young men too!" is as moronic as "Hitler was a vegetarian..."
Why Elon Will Be Trump’s Undoing
And a request to the DOGE Bros: Please read a f***ing book.
www.thebulwark.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Justifying Elon Musk's techbro rampage by saying "the Founders were young men too!" is as moronic as "Hitler was a vegetarian..."
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Local residents confronted and drove off neo-Nazi demonstrators waving large swastika-emblazoned flags along a highway overpass on Friday in Evendale, Ohio, home to a historically Black community that has endured a long history of racism.
Residents in Cincinnati confronted White supremacist demonstrators, three months after neo-Nazi march in another Ohio city | CNN
A group of demonstrators wearing black clothing, some holding Nazi flags with swastikas, quickly left a Cincinnati-area overpass when they were confronted by residents Friday, video shows.
www.cnn.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Local residents confronted and drove off neo-Nazi demonstrators waving large swastika-emblazoned flags along a highway overpass on Friday in Evendale, Ohio, home to a historically Black community that has endured a long history of racism.
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Fascists see education and the educated as a threat. Democracies flourish when education and fact-finding thrive.
Stay alert, aware, & informed.
Never stop learning!
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Never stop learning!
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Join the Truth Brigade!
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February 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Fascists see education and the educated as a threat. Democracies flourish when education and fact-finding thrive.
Stay alert, aware, & informed.
Never stop learning!
#TruthBrigade
#DisinfoBuster
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Stay alert, aware, & informed.
Never stop learning!
#TruthBrigade
#DisinfoBuster
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Vought is giving big banks and giant corporations the green light to scam families.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Vought is giving big banks and giant corporations the green light to scam families.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
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El Salvador offered to house in its jails 'dangerous criminals' from anywhere in the world deported by the United States, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after lengthy talks with the Central American country's leader reut.rs/3EoJtm8
El Salvador offers to house criminals deported from the U.S. in its jails
Marco Rubio, who is on his first oversees tour as the top US diplomat, is seeking support from countries in the region for the Trump administration's attempts to deport large numbers of migrants.
reut.rs
February 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
El Salvador offered to house in its jails 'dangerous criminals' from anywhere in the world deported by the United States, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after lengthy talks with the Central American country's leader reut.rs/3EoJtm8
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Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has already pushed out eight top FBI officials. It appears he’s just getting started.
Trump Lackey Throws FBI Into Chaos With New Loyalty Test
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has already pushed out eight top FBI officials. It appears he’s just getting started.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has already pushed out eight top FBI officials. It appears he’s just getting started.