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As usual, AOC is right. As usual, Dem leaders are curled up in a ball under their desks. There was a chance to gain leverage here and, more importantly, actually help protect Americans who the CR will hurt gravely. But no. Kittens need naptime.
AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
As usual, AOC is right. As usual, Dem leaders are curled up in a ball under their desks. There was a chance to gain leverage here and, more importantly, actually help protect Americans who the CR will hurt gravely. But no. Kittens need naptime.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES President Trump‘s emergency bid to cancel nearly $2 billion in USAID spending. The vote is 5-4.
March 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES President Trump‘s emergency bid to cancel nearly $2 billion in USAID spending. The vote is 5-4.
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Always and forever 🫶
Always and forever 🫶
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Straight, boring, white guy here, but an ally nonetheless! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Straight, boring, white guy here, but an ally nonetheless! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
March 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Repost if your profile is LGBTQIA+ safe.
Always and forever 🫶
Always and forever 🫶
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this is how it’s done, nyc
The City of Boston is leading 40+ mayors, cities, and counties in an amicus brief against the Trump Administration's drastic and illegal cuts to federal research funding—cuts that will lead to immediate job losses nationwide.
February 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
this is how it’s done, nyc
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PRAMS is the source of data for basically every effort to limit infant mortality and all the health dangers mothers face before and after birth. So a pretty big deal the Elon and Co decided to cancel the program.
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
PRAMS is the source of data for basically every effort to limit infant mortality and all the health dangers mothers face before and after birth. So a pretty big deal the Elon and Co decided to cancel the program.
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Holy shit! You’ve got to see this town hall. Republicans are starting to get torn apart by their own constituents.
Rep. Rich McCormick: “You don’t think I’m going to stand up for you?”
Woman in the crowd: “You need to stand up.”
Another woman: “Don’t bend over.” 🔥
Rep. Rich McCormick: “You don’t think I’m going to stand up for you?”
Woman in the crowd: “You need to stand up.”
Another woman: “Don’t bend over.” 🔥
February 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Holy shit! You’ve got to see this town hall. Republicans are starting to get torn apart by their own constituents.
Rep. Rich McCormick: “You don’t think I’m going to stand up for you?”
Woman in the crowd: “You need to stand up.”
Another woman: “Don’t bend over.” 🔥
Rep. Rich McCormick: “You don’t think I’m going to stand up for you?”
Woman in the crowd: “You need to stand up.”
Another woman: “Don’t bend over.” 🔥
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Tonight, Senate Republicans are charging ahead with their budget proposal.
They’re making clear who matters to them: billionaires and giant corporations.
And who does not: working families.
They’re making clear who matters to them: billionaires and giant corporations.
And who does not: working families.
February 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tonight, Senate Republicans are charging ahead with their budget proposal.
They’re making clear who matters to them: billionaires and giant corporations.
And who does not: working families.
They’re making clear who matters to them: billionaires and giant corporations.
And who does not: working families.
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“To properly dismantle our most necessary institutions, Musk has sicced an army of Nazi virgins on the Treasury Department to misread spreadsheets.”
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Summarizing Elon Musk's government takeover thus far in under 60 seconds:
February 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“To properly dismantle our most necessary institutions, Musk has sicced an army of Nazi virgins on the Treasury Department to misread spreadsheets.”
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
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D.C. Democrats keep talking themselves into the idea that they're powerless. That any pushback is futile. It's a total misreading of the landscape, and misunderstanding of the game that's being played.
The Polish foreign minister understands Trump better than 90% of D.C. Democrats.
February 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
D.C. Democrats keep talking themselves into the idea that they're powerless. That any pushback is futile. It's a total misreading of the landscape, and misunderstanding of the game that's being played.
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Doing great 👍
February 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Doing great 👍
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Unreal. DOGE posted National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) headcounts.
NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities.
Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit.
NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities.
Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit.
February 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Unreal. DOGE posted National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) headcounts.
NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities.
Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit.
NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities.
Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit.
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They left the dog. This civil servant, who deployed with wife & 3 kids to frigging KINSHASA (to support development of Congolese capacity to sell cobalt to not-China, which is a policy goal that sells itself) was told by US Marines to load into a raft with 1 backpack per person. They left their dog.
Via Robbie Gramer at Politico, in a legal filing a USAID employee details trying to leave Kinshasa, Congo with their family and leaving their possessions behidn amid panic created by Trump and Musk's sudden shutdown of the agency
February 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
They left the dog. This civil servant, who deployed with wife & 3 kids to frigging KINSHASA (to support development of Congolese capacity to sell cobalt to not-China, which is a policy goal that sells itself) was told by US Marines to load into a raft with 1 backpack per person. They left their dog.
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Inflation picks up speed after Trump promised to ‘rapidly’ bring down prices
Consumer price index rose by 3% in January as president has yet to fulfill pledge of tackling high prices.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Consumer price index rose by 3% in January as president has yet to fulfill pledge of tackling high prices.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Inflation picks up speed after Trump promised to ‘rapidly’ bring down prices
Consumer price index rose by 3% in January as president has yet to fulfill pledge of tackling high cost of living
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Inflation picks up speed after Trump promised to ‘rapidly’ bring down prices
Consumer price index rose by 3% in January as president has yet to fulfill pledge of tackling high prices.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Consumer price index rose by 3% in January as president has yet to fulfill pledge of tackling high prices.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.
February 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.
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leading the fight against woke ... St Jude's Children's Research Hospital
February 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
leading the fight against woke ... St Jude's Children's Research Hospital
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In an unusually direct appeal, William Webster, a Republican and former director of both the CIA and the FBI, sent a scathing letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), urging him to remember his legacy of strengthening the FBI and stop Kash Patel from being confirmed. www.huffpost.com/entry/willia...
Former GOP Director Of FBI, CIA Urges Chuck Grassley To Deny Kash Patel’s Nomination
“After all the hard work that you’ve done over your career, to allow it to be destroyed on your watch would not be a legacy I would want,” warned William Webster.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In an unusually direct appeal, William Webster, a Republican and former director of both the CIA and the FBI, sent a scathing letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), urging him to remember his legacy of strengthening the FBI and stop Kash Patel from being confirmed. www.huffpost.com/entry/willia...
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This is the most sober and hopeful analysis I've read all week, highly recommended.
For instance, she points out that it's not really a coup, it's just a crime spree. And the tools and institutions to stop it are already in action.
TL;DR: don't believe the hype
For instance, she points out that it's not really a coup, it's just a crime spree. And the tools and institutions to stop it are already in action.
TL;DR: don't believe the hype
Mump are trying to gaslight us into believing they have unlimited power. They do not. Fascism succeeds by making it hard for people to envision the alternative. Our job is to help people see the real reality: that Trump and Musk can, and already are, being stopped.
open.substack.com/pub/reframin...
open.substack.com/pub/reframin...
Restoring Sanity
We will prevail. We need to talk like it.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is the most sober and hopeful analysis I've read all week, highly recommended.
For instance, she points out that it's not really a coup, it's just a crime spree. And the tools and institutions to stop it are already in action.
TL;DR: don't believe the hype
For instance, she points out that it's not really a coup, it's just a crime spree. And the tools and institutions to stop it are already in action.
TL;DR: don't believe the hype
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Rep. Pressley: Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby
February 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Rep. Pressley: Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby
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Frost: You mean to tell me a man worth over $400 billion is going to decide what happens with my grandma’s social security check?
February 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Frost: You mean to tell me a man worth over $400 billion is going to decide what happens with my grandma’s social security check?
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Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now
February 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now
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The federal government *regularly* spends money to encourage behavior it couldn’t compel directly. Like paying states to build roads or fund healthcare for those who can’t afford it.
It’s called the Spending Clause—and it’s the very first enumerated power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
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It’s called the Spending Clause—and it’s the very first enumerated power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
🤦🏻♂️
February 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The federal government *regularly* spends money to encourage behavior it couldn’t compel directly. Like paying states to build roads or fund healthcare for those who can’t afford it.
It’s called the Spending Clause—and it’s the very first enumerated power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
🤦🏻♂️
It’s called the Spending Clause—and it’s the very first enumerated power that the Constitution gives to Congress.
🤦🏻♂️
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NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.
February 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.
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Good news since we're not going to Target anymore. Costco also raised wages for most workers to $30/hour, minimum $20/hour. A good company. And hot dogs.
Strike averted at Costco as Teamsters reach a tentative deal
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Strike averted at Costco as Teamsters reach a tentative deal
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Strike averted at Costco as Teamsters reach a tentative deal
Some 18,000 employees across the country were poised to walk out after union negotiations stalled
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Good news since we're not going to Target anymore. Costco also raised wages for most workers to $30/hour, minimum $20/hour. A good company. And hot dogs.
Strike averted at Costco as Teamsters reach a tentative deal
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Strike averted at Costco as Teamsters reach a tentative deal
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...