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Obsolete Dogma @obsoletedogma.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
For some reason, I was just thinking about how Trump’s former chief of staff tried to warn us right before the election that Trump was a fascist who wanted to rule us like a dictator … and the New York Times put that story on page A12
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
What feud? Despite War of Words, Trump May Funnel Billions to Musk's Starlink With BEAD Changes www.cnet.com/home/interne...
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Despite War of Words, Trump May Funnel Billions to Musk's Starlink With BEAD Changes
Updates to the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program have been anticipated for months.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Trump and Musk are ostensibly feuding in public a la WWE. The real news is that the Supreme Court, in typical fashion, is handing Trump and Musk major victories just before SCOTUS breaks for summer. That’s misdirection. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
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Justices Grant DOGE Access to Social Security Data and Let the Team Shield Records
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
If Biden had said anytihng like this, Fox News would have had a banner headline: "The Democrats' War on Girls"
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A rare but candid look at childhood hunger by the WSJ and the overt callousness of Republican politicians who have refused federal dollars. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds suggested foregoing summer food programs would alleviate childhood obesity. Ceausescu would be proud. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Why Some States Refuse Federal Cash to Feed Poor Kids
Millions of federal dollars helped pay for food for hundreds of thousands of children in Tennessee last summer while school was out. Washington made the same offer this year—and Tennessee refused.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
What have we learned? Maybe the Wall Street Journal should endorse Democrats next time.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I recently read a post that reframed tolerance as a social contract among parties. This statement clarifies the paradox of tolerating the intolerant. Tolerance is a social contract, making it enforceable only if all parties adhere to it. Thus, one does not have to tolerate those who espouse hatred.
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AlaskaGurl2000 @deekay2025.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We certainly use ours!
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In case you’re wondering how House Republicans, such as Nick LaLota, feel about checks and balances. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Republican Bill to Curb Nationwide Injunctions Passes US House
Legislation to prevent US trial courts from issuing rulings that apply nationwide passed the House in the latest effort by Republicans to push back against judges who’ve ruled against President Donald...
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Opinion | A Different Kind of Anti-Trump Resistance Is Brewing
Federal workers can become the standard bearers of the Democratic opposition.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Do we really want to go back to the McKinley administration? www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/o...
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Opinion | When America Barred Italians (Published 2017)
My impoverished relatives came to America illegally in an era when Italians were widely viewed as natural born criminals. Sound familiar?
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A Resister @postapocwriter.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It's the sacking of Rome, but by the Romans.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
An effective synthesis of what Sen. Booker accomplished on Monday. open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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What Sen. Booker’s Speech Teaches Us About Effective Resistance Strategy
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers!
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
The more you know. Thankfully, no tariff yet on imported words.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Trump trader advisor Peter Navarro states that tariff revenue will offset tax cuts, effectively lowering taxes for the 1% and raising taxes on everyone else. Does that count as wealth redistribution? Thanks to WSJ for reporting. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Says He ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ if Car Prices Go Up
If the new 25% tariff on imported vehicles makes foreign cars more expensive, the president says, that would boost sales of U.S.-made vehicles.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The concerted effort attacking judges and law firms is intended to intimidate any real opposition to a one-party state. It’s the playbook of too many “modern” dictatorships. Check out this podcast: www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/aga...
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Baby Judge School | Against the Rules
Judges now want us to know they’re human. But maybe we’d be better off if we didn’t know.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This story is on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. How long before Hegseth resigns to spend more time with his family? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under criticism after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
They use merit and competence the way Orwell would have in 1984. Merit means nepotism and competence implies its opposite
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
One wonders why some firms, which ostensibly make their living in litigation, have been so quick to settle. Not exactly an endorsement for their services.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Sabotaging the country which is in the interests of America's enemies
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
That servility led to Italy’s ruin. Eventually no Italian would admit they supported Mussolini.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Two amazing speeches that summarize the Democratic Party platform. Skip to minute 12:45. The Democratic and Republican Parties are not the same. www.youtube.com/live/3t62_wF...
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LIVE from Tempe with @AOC (LIVE at 9PM ET)
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The smart man learns from his mistakes, the wise man learns from other people’s mistakes. DOGE’s preference for speed over preparedness is a disaster in the making. Dangers to the food supply are real. Why wouldn’t we want a backup plan? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...
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Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds?
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I don't know how many more times they have to say it for you to believe us. (May need to toggle on CC in video.)
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Shuttering the CFPB and the DOE in quick succession isn’t a coincidence. It may be haphazard and smack of incompetence, but it is a conspiracy. Michael Lewis’ Against the Rules podcast spells it out here. www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/aga...
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The Seven Minute Rule | Against the Rules
The government protects us from some dangerous products, but not from others that, over time, ruin countless lives.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/03/2025
Decades before President Trump canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia University, he tried to sell property to the school — for $400 million.
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Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.
A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The Trump administration has threatened to cancel federal contracts for business entities that retain specific law firms, prompting those firms to declare their loyalty to the administration. This is not what democracy looks like. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Judge Boasberg is a breath of fresh air.
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Nadine @nadinepal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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micchiato 🎋 @micchiato.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The US military is the deepest money pit if we’re arbitrarily applying market logic to government services.
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"The post office loses money" is such a hilarious concept that Dems have totally caved on attacking the premise of. The post office is a federal government service, does the Navy need to make a profit too? Does the USDA?
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The postal service lost 9.5 billion last year. That's $60 for every taxpayer.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
It’s important to note that McCarthy’s assistant, Roy Cohn, evaded the draft and grew up to be Trump’s mentor in many things. Clemency for Cohn, however, did little to deter his worst instincts. youtu.be/svUyYzzv6VI?...
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"Have You No Decency?" | McCarthy | American Experience | PBS
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Ned isn’t dead, but DOGE says he is. How much longer before Republicans in Congress put any stop to this madness? Like when Joseph Welch asked McCarthy if he had any decency… www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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I found a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/03/2025
This is the result of yesterday’s EO where one of the seven fed entities overseeing VOA was directed to close
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Mike has been a friend of mine since we were young reporters at the @washingtonpost.com in the 1980s. He brims with talent, integrity and commitment to the truth. This is exactly what I expected and he had hoped he could stave off, which is a trash move by trash people. Throw them out.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If you live in NY Congressional District 2 (mostly south shore Suffolk), Rep. Garbarino is hosting a virtual townhall on March 24. Sign up here: garbarino.house.gov/services/tel...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/03/2025
The Trump administration has declared a war on words, but one seems to have proved shifty enough to slip the net of the censors and hardy enough to retain its moral power. “Solidarity,” a word of the old left, is being tailored to fit the hopes of the moment, Parul Sehgal writes.
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Solidarity Among Progressives Could Give New Life to Their Cause
During the first Trump era, the resistance engaged in soaring rhetoric about unity — then fell apart. Will this time be different?
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Aren’t you glad we averted a shutdown? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
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Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Economists on How Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts Actually Played Out | WSJ
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Pledge to Defend our Public Services and Workers!
Elon Musk is trying to steal our federal government — slashing public services, firing civil servants, and handing power to billionaires like himself. It’s illegal, it’s dangerous, and we won’t stand ...
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Democrats have every reason to shut down the government. The alternative is tantamount to surrender. History is not kind to quislings.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🚨 Trump and Musk want to fire federal workers, gut public services, and hand our government to billionaires. We’re not letting that happen. 📢 Join us this Thursday at 8PM ET for a mass call to hear how we fight back—together.
Alt Text: A digital flyer with a dark red background promotes the "Save Our Services: LET US WORK Mass Call" event. The main text is in bold white and light blue, with "LET US WORK" in large, uppercase white letters and "MASS CALL" in bold outlined text. Below, the flyer highlights four featured speakers with circular headshots: Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Robert Reich (Former Secretary of Labor & Co-Founder of Inequality Media), Liz Shuler (President, AFL-CIO), and Maurice Mitchell (National Director, Working Families Party). The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 13th at 8PM ET / 5PM PT, with a call to action in bold: "Register: bit.ly/march13RSVP."

On the left side, logos of supporting organizations are stacked vertically, including the Federal Unionists Network (FUN), AFL-CIO, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), Working Families Party (WFP), and MoveOn.

At the bottom, white text reads "+ more!!" indicating additional speakers. The flyer visually emphasizes urgency and collective action against federal worker layoffs.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Shutting down the government is the Democratic Party’s only leverage at this point. Use it or lose it. Your voters will forgive you. Ask Mitch McConnell.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This will hurt kids. This will hurt farmers. How do you explain to a hungry child or a family farmer that their president would rather give tax breaks to the billionaires than to support all Americans? www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Roman emperors didn’t have to abolish the Senate to usurp its authority. In fact, senators seemed willing to acquiesce as they enriched themselves. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
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Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.
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Nadine @nadinepal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Would have been nice for Dems to have made use of this information in 2024 #COVID #amnesia
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
What Trump and his administration call “a transition period” will be experienced by the rest of us as stagflation, a perfect storm in which inflation grows while the economy stagnates. I wonder how WSJ and Fox will cover it. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Stock Market Today: Dow, Nasdaq Futures Fall as Selling Continues — Live Updates
Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.
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Tony Vittorino @vittorinot.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Get ready to pay for your weather app subscription.
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