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Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland informed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday that he could face steep fines for having accepted a luxury jet from the Qatari government, arguing the gift violated the Constitution and a federal gifts law, and required congressional approval.
Top Democrat Warns Hegseth He Could Face Fines for Accepting Qatari Plane
Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland urged the defense secretary to come to Congress for approval of the jet President Trump wants to use as Air Force One.
trib.al
June 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland informed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday that he could face steep fines for having accepted a luxury jet from the Qatari government, arguing the gift violated the Constitution and a federal gifts law, and required congressional approval.
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"President Donald Trump moved late Thursday to fire the three Democratic commissioners on the five-person Consumer Product Safety Commission, his administration’s latest test of the limits of presidential power over independent agencies."
Trump fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission
The firings are his administration’s latest test to the limits of presidential power over independent agencies.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
"President Donald Trump moved late Thursday to fire the three Democratic commissioners on the five-person Consumer Product Safety Commission, his administration’s latest test of the limits of presidential power over independent agencies."
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Today seems like a good day to remind you that Trump's 2017 tax cuts — which he's now trying to make permanent — were trickle-down economics on steroids. youtu.be/XdzzvRJM4eY?...
Trump's Tax Cuts Were Worse than We Thought
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Today seems like a good day to remind you that Trump's 2017 tax cuts — which he's now trying to make permanent — were trickle-down economics on steroids. youtu.be/XdzzvRJM4eY?...
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Amazing. Even the Trump administration's own lawyer can't explain the legal basis for deporting the Salvadoran man who was removed in "error."
Is JD Vance going to do some snide little tweets about this DOJ lawyer now?
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Is JD Vance going to do some snide little tweets about this DOJ lawyer now?
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
April 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Amazing. Even the Trump administration's own lawyer can't explain the legal basis for deporting the Salvadoran man who was removed in "error."
Is JD Vance going to do some snide little tweets about this DOJ lawyer now?
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Is JD Vance going to do some snide little tweets about this DOJ lawyer now?
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive.
Trump Is Gaslighting Us
Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After the national-security breach on Signal, Trump’s administration “again wants you to believe that two and two make five,” writes Peter Wehner. “When there is no objective truth, when everyone gets to make up their own reality,” authoritarians thrive.
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He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.
April 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.
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1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com
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Everyone involved in the Alien Enemies Act "deportations" (kidnapping) is a depraved monster. This poor man and his family, my god.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Everyone involved in the Alien Enemies Act "deportations" (kidnapping) is a depraved monster. This poor man and his family, my god.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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IT GETS WORSE
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under fire after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
IT GETS WORSE
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
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"Lies have always been the engine of MAGA, but now we face the prospect that many government statistics, on which businesses, health professionals, and our whole society depends, will be manipulated." Sharpie work will be pervasive and professionalized.
What Happens When the Government Starts Reporting ‘Alternative Facts’?
The truth is the last weapon of the opposition.
www.thebulwark.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Lies have always been the engine of MAGA, but now we face the prospect that many government statistics, on which businesses, health professionals, and our whole society depends, will be manipulated." Sharpie work will be pervasive and professionalized.
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Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX
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nyti.ms/4kPE8VJ
Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies. Supporters say he has the best technology.
nyti.ms
March 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX
nyti.ms/4kPE8VJ
nyti.ms/4kPE8VJ
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“.. a lot of what has been broken in the last six to eight weeks is not repairable,” said Dr. Judd Walson, who chairs the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s department of international health ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“.. a lot of what has been broken in the last six to eight weeks is not repairable,” said Dr. Judd Walson, who chairs the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s department of international health ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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OH, HOLY HELL
This administration may cut funding for an updated Avian Flu vaccine.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
This administration may cut funding for an updated Avian Flu vaccine.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
Trump Team Weighs Pulling Funds for Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine
(Bloomberg) -- US health officials are reevaluating a $590 million contract for bird flu shots that the Biden administration awarded to Moderna Inc., people familiar with the matter said.Most Read fro...
finance.yahoo.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
OH, HOLY HELL
This administration may cut funding for an updated Avian Flu vaccine.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
This administration may cut funding for an updated Avian Flu vaccine.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
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Tragically, the Measles outbreak will almost certainly expand
Even worse, with anti-vax, anti-science, conspiracy theory superspreader RFK, Jr in charge of Health and Human Services
More outbreaks of other diseases will surely occur
Meaning more people are likely to die
Even worse, with anti-vax, anti-science, conspiracy theory superspreader RFK, Jr in charge of Health and Human Services
More outbreaks of other diseases will surely occur
Meaning more people are likely to die
February 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Tragically, the Measles outbreak will almost certainly expand
Even worse, with anti-vax, anti-science, conspiracy theory superspreader RFK, Jr in charge of Health and Human Services
More outbreaks of other diseases will surely occur
Meaning more people are likely to die
Even worse, with anti-vax, anti-science, conspiracy theory superspreader RFK, Jr in charge of Health and Human Services
More outbreaks of other diseases will surely occur
Meaning more people are likely to die
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This is fucking insane.
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details—Even Domestic Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-ga...
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details—Even Domestic Violence
This article first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is fucking insane.
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He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.
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I worked in the Biden Admin on supply chain issues.
When there was an infant formula shortage, we relaxed import restrictions, flew formula in, invoked the Defense Production Act, etc.
Most important: we told the public what we were doing.
Silence from Team Trump on eggs.
When there was an infant formula shortage, we relaxed import restrictions, flew formula in, invoked the Defense Production Act, etc.
Most important: we told the public what we were doing.
Silence from Team Trump on eggs.
February 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I worked in the Biden Admin on supply chain issues.
When there was an infant formula shortage, we relaxed import restrictions, flew formula in, invoked the Defense Production Act, etc.
Most important: we told the public what we were doing.
Silence from Team Trump on eggs.
When there was an infant formula shortage, we relaxed import restrictions, flew formula in, invoked the Defense Production Act, etc.
Most important: we told the public what we were doing.
Silence from Team Trump on eggs.
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The president having what amounts to a business meeting in the Oval Office with a foreign investment fund that backs a golf tour that's held numerous events at his properties is pretty outrageous. The conflicts are even more brazen than last time.
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Trump hosts PGA Tour, Saudi officials at White House, hoping for a deal
PGA Tour leaders, including Tiger Woods, met with the Saudi Public Investment Fund Thursday in a session hosted by President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The president having what amounts to a business meeting in the Oval Office with a foreign investment fund that backs a golf tour that's held numerous events at his properties is pretty outrageous. The conflicts are even more brazen than last time.
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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Hegseth orders military to draw up plans for 40% total budget cuts over the next fives years, 8% per year. Exponentially worse than sequestration that crippled the military in 2011. wapo.st/4hHV3Yt
Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts
The Trump administration directive exempts a handful of programs, including Trump’s expanded military mission along the U.S.-Mexico border.
wapo.st
February 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hegseth orders military to draw up plans for 40% total budget cuts over the next fives years, 8% per year. Exponentially worse than sequestration that crippled the military in 2011. wapo.st/4hHV3Yt
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Democrats, ARE YOU LISTENING???
February 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Democrats, ARE YOU LISTENING???
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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
propub.li
February 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Donald Trump has reportedly spent an estimated $10.7 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration.
This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment.
Hello?
This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment.
Hello?
February 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Donald Trump has reportedly spent an estimated $10.7 million worth of taxpayer money to play golf since his inauguration.
This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment.
Hello?
This is happening as Head Start programs have struggled to access previously approved federal funding due to the Trump admin's illegal impoundment.
Hello?
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.