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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
If anyone out there was undecided on whether Trump is operationalizing a precise, coordinated plan to destroy our democracy so he can rule until he dies, the move to shut down Act Blue, the primary way Democrats’ campaigns are funded, should be the final proof point.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/04/2025
One hallmark of authoritarianism is a public convinced it has no access to justice. In "Autocracy in America," @anneapplebaum.bsky.social and @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social report on how Renée DiResta watched this unfold up close, and how it could get a lot worse.
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Autocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 01/03/2025
🪧💢 Pro-Ukraine protesters confronted J.D. Vance during his Vermont vacation, accusing him of betraying Ukraine. They called him a “traitor” and shouted, “Go ski in Russia,” criticising his stance on US support for Ukraine.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/03/2025
President Trump regularly took credit for a booming stock market during his first term, citing soaring share prices as a measure of his success. But since his inauguration in January, Trump has been relatively muted about stocks. Take a closer look at the state of the market: nyti.ms/4bt43OD
A line graph titled: The Stock Market Was One of Trump's Favorite Talking Points. Not Lately." It shows four lines that are dropping from January through February. Source: LSEG Data & Analytics
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Elon Musk spending more than $4 million to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court race NC Republicans going to unprecedented lengths to overturn Democratic victory in NC Supreme Court race There’s a constitutional crisis in the states as well www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Republicans and Elon Musk are also causing a constitutional crisis in the states
The GOP is going to unprecedented lengths to seize power over state courts in North Carolina and Wisconsin.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 28/02/2025
As Trump looks to fund tax cuts for the wealthy by gutting health care, we’re going to save Minnesotans money by making the insurance industry pay their fair share.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/02/2025
CALL TO ACTION: Call your representatives at (202) 224-3121 and ask what criteria they plan to use when “vetting” their constituents.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 18/02/2025
🚨Trump & Musk are coming for your VA benefits. They’re coming for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. We can make it politically untenable—but we need your stories. VoteVets delivers the hardest-hitting ads in politics. Help us fight back. Submit now: votevets.org/doge-tipline
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/02/2025
The co-presidents are dismantling the government at lightning speed but haven’t done a single thing to lower prices. In fact they’re making it worse. Why the rush?
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
As a Musk biographer I see no evidence of genius. He has—or really, had—one or two useful skills, as many do, but everything he says and does and how he says and does it screams “average intelligence.” People who think he’s a genius simply don’t know his life story. They know a mythos he co-wrote.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
IRS funding ensures the rich pay their fair share in taxes. Trump’s attack on the IRS isn’t aimed at protecting ordinary Americans — it’s protecting rich Americans.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 21/02/2025
Illegally purging thousands of IRS workers in the middle of tax filing season is another act of plain corruption designed to benefit Musk, Trump, and their wealthy friends. 1/
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This is why I really have no time for the "behind the scenes, Republicans say yadda yadda yadda." This is a public-facing business. If you tell a reporter you don't want to vote "aye" then you vote "aye," who cares?
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"We are in the midst of a global fight between Western liberal democracy and authoritarian government, and in this fight, the United States has just switched sides and signed up with the authoritarian camp." - Francis Fukuyama www.persuasion.community/p/the-ultima...
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The Ultimate Betrayal
America just switched sides in the Ukraine war.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
NEW Elon Musk’s DOGE is seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, sparking alarm within the tax agency.
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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
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Hockey Out of Context Loves Canada @nhloutofcontext.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I didn't realize SNL50 is 3 hours long. We really eating good tonight.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This is what 13 states are asking for tomorrow at 11 am. It would protect several departments and all agencies within them from Musk and Doge. Including the IRS, since it's part of Treasury. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
BREAKING: “Musk’s DOGE is seeking access to a heavily-guarded IRS system that includes detailed financial info about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in 🇺🇸 — sparking alarm within the tax agency.” Alarmed yet?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
(AP) - U.S. inflation accelerated last month as the cost of groceries, gas, and used cars rose, a trend that will likely underscore the Federal Reserve's resolve to delay any further interest rate cuts.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 12/02/2025
Canada is on a full-court diplomatic press against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. For the first time in history, all 13 provincial and territorial leaders are in the American capital at the same time to warn U.S. lawmakers that Trump’s levies will be bad for the economies of both nations.
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Canada’s premiers in Washington in diplomatic push to avert Trump tariffs
For the first time, all 13 Canadian premiers are in the U.S. capital at the same time to warn lawmakers that Trump’s levies will be bad for the economies of both nations.
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you can cause harm. The President wasted water that was being saved for farmers for a PR stunt. This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 06/02/2025
We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
Senator Markey and colleagues are denied angry into the EPA Headquarters
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This is why public information, and public education, are fundamental elements of democracy. Not bonuses, not nice to have, ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. A vote doesn't make a country a democracy; the people are not ruling if they do not know what they're voting on.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 05/02/2025
USAID, NOAA …
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Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The court order "restricting" DOGE's access to Treasury payment systems exempts two DOGE operatives: a multinational CEO, Tom Krause, and Marko Elez, a recent college grad who worked at SpaceX. The order limits their access to "read only."
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Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an "unlawful action" by giving private info to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 03/02/2025
Wall Street Journal editorial calls Trump tariffs ‘dumbest trade war in history’
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Wall Street Journal editorial calls Trump tariffs ‘dumbest trade war in history’
Some US business leaders reacted neutrally, while JP Morgan CEO says tariff threats can be used effectively US business leaders are offering a mixed reaction to the steep trade tariffs that Donald Trump’s administration has imposed on Canada, Mexico and…
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
WHO IS ATTACKING US? There should be a public effort to identify any Musk/DOGE staffers in OMB, Treasury & OPM. Take their photos, badges & get identifying info. This attack cannot be allowed to happen in secrecy. It’s NOT a game. We have a RIGHT to know who is in our computers & private files.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Remember: The tariffs aren’t about economics, and DOGE isn’t about fiscal responsibility. They are both about ••psychopathology**.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2025
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 02/02/2025
Kendrick Lamar's smash hit "Not Like Us" has already won multiple Grammys.
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Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' has already won multiple Grammys
Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' wins TK Grammys
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Warren is the ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee. Wyden is the same on the Senate Finance Committee. They need to go to the Treasury building with crews from CNN and NBC and demand to be let in. As soon as they're not, hold a press conference right there and explain what DOGE is doing.
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Bianca McLellan @remygambit.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Call your senators and congressman and fight back 5calls.org?fbclid=PAY2x...
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I would love to see the White House Medical Unit’s drug log from the last two weeks.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
So the Trump-Putin plan appears to be: 1) Negotiate Ukraine's partial surrender without including the Ukrainians 2) Cut US military support to Ukraine and push them to take a bad deal 3) Have Ukraine do an election Putin can try to manipulate to install a crony, since he failed to take Kyiv by force
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The EEOC, the independent government agency intended to protect against workplace discrimination, has communicated to employees that they should remove pronouns from their email signatures. <-- That's just 1 part of the accelerating war against gender. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump's war on gender is accelerating
Agencies ordered government workers to remove pronouns from email signatures, and the CDC scrubbed youth and LGBTQ+ resources from its site.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Let’s keep spreading the truth.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
JUST IN: "Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials." www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
ICYMI: Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, has instructed the FBI to provide, by Noon on Feb. 4th, a list of FBI employees who were involved in Jan. 6th cases. The Acting FBI Director and Acting Deputy Director sent out a memo Friday night that noted the following:
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2025
2/ @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy took stock of dire consequences unfolding around the world: • Emergency care for displaced Palestinians and Yemenis • Heat and electricity for Ukrainian refugees • HIV treatment and mpox surveillance in Africa All have had to stop.
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“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
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Lawrence O'Donnell @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Senators burden DCA with demands for nonstop flights home. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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‘The Airport Said Don’t Do It. And They Did It.’
A former House Transportation Committee chair says Congress could bear some blame for congestion that may have contributed to the midair collision over the Potomac.
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Jess Myers @puckmyers.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
In a century-plus of NHL history, one goalie has recorded a shutout as a teenager and over age 40. He currently plays for the #mnwild www.twincities.com/2025/01/30/f...
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‘Flower’ in full bloom as Wild blank Canadiens
The Minnesota Wild goalie known as “Flower” was greeted at the Bell Center with cheers and dozens of signs, in French and English, welcoming him back to Quebec for one more go.
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Hockey Daily 365 - NHL Highlights & News 🏒 @hockeydaily365.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Every player from the Canadiens stayed on the ice to shake hands with Marc-Andre Fleury in Fleury's last game at Bell Centre #mnwild | #GoHabsGo
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