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Well, this has certainly escalated quickly. National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital under Trump’s orders are now carrying firearms. The moment our military turns its weapons on American citizens will mark a point of no return.
Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment
Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Well, this has certainly escalated quickly. National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital under Trump’s orders are now carrying firearms. The moment our military turns its weapons on American citizens will mark a point of no return.
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The Supreme Court just greenlit Donald Trump gutting nearly $800 MILLION for medical treatments and cures.
Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives.
This is disgraceful, and families will suffer.
Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives.
This is disgraceful, and families will suffer.
August 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Supreme Court just greenlit Donald Trump gutting nearly $800 MILLION for medical treatments and cures.
Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives.
This is disgraceful, and families will suffer.
Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives.
This is disgraceful, and families will suffer.
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OPINION:
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader
@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader
@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'
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August 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
OPINION:
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader
@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader
@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired Joseph Tirrell, the Justice Department’s senior ethics attorney, a military veteran who spent nearly two decades serving his country in and out of uniform.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired Joseph Tirrell, the Justice Department’s senior ethics attorney, a military veteran who spent nearly two decades serving his country in and out of uniform.
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🚨🚨 Under Trump, 30,000 VA staff will be gone by September—and it’s just the start.
This anti-Veteran administration is gutting the care millions rely on, dismantling VA from the inside out.
Veterans will pay the price — and VoteVets is fighting back.
This anti-Veteran administration is gutting the care millions rely on, dismantling VA from the inside out.
Veterans will pay the price — and VoteVets is fighting back.
July 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🚨🚨 Under Trump, 30,000 VA staff will be gone by September—and it’s just the start.
This anti-Veteran administration is gutting the care millions rely on, dismantling VA from the inside out.
Veterans will pay the price — and VoteVets is fighting back.
This anti-Veteran administration is gutting the care millions rely on, dismantling VA from the inside out.
Veterans will pay the price — and VoteVets is fighting back.
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It's simple logic: slashing VA staff will devastate the department's ability to serve veterans.
They're abandoning our heroes to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
They're abandoning our heroes to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
This administration is shortchanging America's heroes. Reducing VA staff by 30,000 is a large-scale reduction in force, and it will have consequences.
📰 Statement from @delauro.house.gov & @wassermanschultz.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
📰 Statement from @delauro.house.gov & @wassermanschultz.house.gov:
democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
July 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's simple logic: slashing VA staff will devastate the department's ability to serve veterans.
They're abandoning our heroes to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
They're abandoning our heroes to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Our national parks are in trouble.
Since Trump returned to office, the National Park Service has lost nearly a quarter of its full-time staff. That’s thousands of people who used to care for trails, run visitor centers, respond to emergencies, and protect the land, gone.
Since Trump returned to office, the National Park Service has lost nearly a quarter of its full-time staff. That’s thousands of people who used to care for trails, run visitor centers, respond to emergencies, and protect the land, gone.
July 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Our national parks are in trouble.
Since Trump returned to office, the National Park Service has lost nearly a quarter of its full-time staff. That’s thousands of people who used to care for trails, run visitor centers, respond to emergencies, and protect the land, gone.
Since Trump returned to office, the National Park Service has lost nearly a quarter of its full-time staff. That’s thousands of people who used to care for trails, run visitor centers, respond to emergencies, and protect the land, gone.
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27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
July 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
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ALERT:
🚨Today, the EPA workers that issued & signed a Declaration of Dissent on Monday were all put on administrative leave with an investigation opened into them.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO SIGN THIS LETTER TO SHOW WE STILL STAND WITH EPA WORKERS!
#RESIST
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
🚨Today, the EPA workers that issued & signed a Declaration of Dissent on Monday were all put on administrative leave with an investigation opened into them.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO SIGN THIS LETTER TO SHOW WE STILL STAND WITH EPA WORKERS!
#RESIST
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
July 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ALERT:
🚨Today, the EPA workers that issued & signed a Declaration of Dissent on Monday were all put on administrative leave with an investigation opened into them.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO SIGN THIS LETTER TO SHOW WE STILL STAND WITH EPA WORKERS!
#RESIST
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
🚨Today, the EPA workers that issued & signed a Declaration of Dissent on Monday were all put on administrative leave with an investigation opened into them.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO SIGN THIS LETTER TO SHOW WE STILL STAND WITH EPA WORKERS!
#RESIST
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
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My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
July 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My immediate thoughts on the most monstrous, immoral piece of legislation I’ve ever voted on in the Senate.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
But I’m not done fighting. I know you aren’t either.
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Senate Republicans just passed Trump’s bullshit of a bill—and it’s even uglier than before.
— At least 16 million could lose healthcare — Trillions will be added to the deficit — Hospitals will close — Children will go hungry
Now it comes back to the House.
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— At least 16 million could lose healthcare — Trillions will be added to the deficit — Hospitals will close — Children will go hungry
Now it comes back to the House.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Senate Republicans just passed Trump’s bullshit of a bill—and it’s even uglier than before.
— At least 16 million could lose healthcare — Trillions will be added to the deficit — Hospitals will close — Children will go hungry
Now it comes back to the House.
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— At least 16 million could lose healthcare — Trillions will be added to the deficit — Hospitals will close — Children will go hungry
Now it comes back to the House.
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The MAGA tax bill will throw at least 17 million Americans off their health care, add $3.3 trillion to the debt and, as former Trump pal Elon Musk says, “destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!”
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The MAGA tax bill will throw at least 17 million Americans off their health care, add $3.3 trillion to the debt and, as former Trump pal Elon Musk says, “destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!”
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🚨 STATEMENT: GOP Screwing Veterans
VoteVets responds to Senate Republicans advancing their “Big Beautiful Bill”:
“The GOP is getting ready to prove — once again — they have no problem screwing Veterans in order to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends.”
VoteVets responds to Senate Republicans advancing their “Big Beautiful Bill”:
“The GOP is getting ready to prove — once again — they have no problem screwing Veterans in order to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends.”
June 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
🚨 STATEMENT: GOP Screwing Veterans
VoteVets responds to Senate Republicans advancing their “Big Beautiful Bill”:
“The GOP is getting ready to prove — once again — they have no problem screwing Veterans in order to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends.”
VoteVets responds to Senate Republicans advancing their “Big Beautiful Bill”:
“The GOP is getting ready to prove — once again — they have no problem screwing Veterans in order to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends.”
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PROJECT 2025 IN ACTION: House GOP’s MilCon VA bill would scam veterans out of quality medical care and line the coffers of corporate hospitals.
I’m proudly voting NO and standing with our men and women in uniform.
I’m proudly voting NO and standing with our men and women in uniform.
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
PROJECT 2025 IN ACTION: House GOP’s MilCon VA bill would scam veterans out of quality medical care and line the coffers of corporate hospitals.
I’m proudly voting NO and standing with our men and women in uniform.
I’m proudly voting NO and standing with our men and women in uniform.
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Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House.
Prices keep rising. Chaos reigns. And working people suffer — all while billionaires cash in and fill their pockets.
This is what Republican control looks like.
Prices keep rising. Chaos reigns. And working people suffer — all while billionaires cash in and fill their pockets.
This is what Republican control looks like.
June 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House.
Prices keep rising. Chaos reigns. And working people suffer — all while billionaires cash in and fill their pockets.
This is what Republican control looks like.
Prices keep rising. Chaos reigns. And working people suffer — all while billionaires cash in and fill their pockets.
This is what Republican control looks like.