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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Trump: Well, we're going to have troops everywhere. Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines Trump: The bar is what I think it is.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

BREAKING: The Department of Defense Inspector General has launched an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for sharing secret attack plans against the Houthis using Signal.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction

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AFRICOM commander Gen. Langley tells senators that China is "trying to replicate" USAID programs in Africa as the US scales back USAID.

"They're trying to use that as an extension of the Belt and Road Initiative to gain favor by the African countries," Langley said.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 02/04/2025

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

CNN becomes the first US media outlet to report on Putin's Murmansk speech in which he essentially said "I get Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics, Trump gets Greenland, Panama and Canada." Other US media ignores it.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Ignore the third term talk - it’s meant to distract you, and it’s working. “No person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”

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Bill DeMayo @bdemayo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

So aside from losing the house if Elise left and not being able to pass anything else ever, losing the majority in the house creates a very real possibility half his cabinet gets impeached over signalgate.

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Bums Logic @bumslogic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I'm old enough to remember that Bill Clinton wasn't impeached for improper relations but for lying under oath.

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AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Marco Rubio really sent innocent people to foreign gulags for what is likely.. decades?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/03/2025

The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Happy One Month Anniversary to this story.

NBC News story with the headline:

Tulsi Gabbard fires more than 100 intelligence officers over messages in a chat tool.

A picture of Gabbard sits beneath the headline

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2025

Wyden: "I'm of the view that there ought to be resignations, starting with the national security adviser and the secretary of defense."

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

All you need to know about Twitter

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Shot. Chaser.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Something to think about

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So: Russia flatly rejected one Trump envoy (Kellogg), made the next one (Witkoff) wait for eight hours, rejected the ceasefire, and instructed Trump that his job is to give Russia what it wants. That’s what Trump means by "respect" I guess.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New Quinniac poll: If there's a shutdown... 32% blame Dems 31% blame Republicans 22% blame Trump That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I know it has been said before, but it is worth repeating: The same people who are putting their hands over their ears and eyes saying that Republicans won’t come after Social Security, are the same people who said Roe would never be overturned.

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Anthony Soto @anthonysoto.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Schumer (202) 224-6542 no vm Hassan (202) 224-3324 Peters (202) 224-6221 Durbin (202)224-2152 no vm Schatz (202) 224-3934 King (202) 224-5344 Shaheen (202) 224-2841 vm full Fetterman (202) 224-4254 Cortez Masto (202) 224-3542 Gillibrand (202) 224-4451

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is the most accurate headline I’ve seen so far, with lots of media & all the usual Russian shills on here swallowing Putin’s BS. Did he sign the agreement? No. Have they ceased firing? No. We have empty words & caveats - this is no different than what he’s said for 2 years

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2025

Merkley: "I think that the House Republican plan is horrific. And we should be, Hell No."

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Tell Schumer and every Dem NO on CR

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I will just put this out there. If all the senators who are saying they want to block this bill really wanted to badly enough they could force Schumer's hand. This isn't 'if Mike Pence has courage'. A leader doesn't buck the overwhelming majority of his caucus. Doesn't happen.

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lu-mama.bsky.social @lu-mama.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Dem Senators- vote no on cloture! Please!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.

Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.

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motley-sheep.bsky.social @motley-sheep.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

"The retaliatory nature [of the order] is clear on its face"

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Gish Gallop @gishgallop.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Steve Liesman perfectly sums up every one of us that are losing our 401k, retirement etc

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lu-mama.bsky.social @lu-mama.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

He knows he will lose the lawsuit.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Court says the Office of Personnel Management’s new director must testify in the case alleging the mass firing of probationary fed’l employees was illegal, violating the requirement that there be specific, individualized justifications for each firing.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This is a BFD on its own right, but there's been a great deal of evidence that DOGE has been assuming it could evade FOIA and so sloppy about following obligations that FOIA may now give cause to enforce.

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Furious Floridian @lmh82.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

90.1% of Social Security funds come from payroll taxes. The rest comes from interest earned and taxes on funds currently being distributed. The government contributes NOTHING. It's our money.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/03/2025

If you were really looking for fraud at SSA, you wouldn’t need write access. You WOULD need write access if you wanted to CREATE fraud where none existed as a pretext to shut down Social Security.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

restoredcdc.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/03/2025

Ironic how the applause lines don’t match the budget cuts.

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Alx Uttermann @alxindia.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

So…..fraud and waste? Eh?!?!

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example

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lu-mama.bsky.social @lu-mama.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Democrats in Congress- stand firm on budget guardrails. Do not give Musk and Trump the ability to impound funds!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I had to bring this here because it’s so good

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Flood the zone with facts

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 05/03/2025

We've been saving this little pup for when we thought you all might really need a gold star. And, given the current circumstances, here she is. 13/10

a tiny white dog stands on a tile floor and looks up at you. they’re wearing a big plush yellow star around their teensy noggin, like the world’s most congratulatory lion mane. we really needed to see her today.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine. (...) We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor" #3E #EndOligarchy

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

GOLDMAN: Consumer perception of the Tesla brand has had “a meaningful decline in recent months both overall and compared to peers. “.. we also believe that underlying demand is somewhat weaker than we had previously expected.” Cuts target price to $320.

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