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Of course. Itās why she is there.
Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"
There is some hope.
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Turns out the vast majority of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants that the administration deported to high security Salvadoran prisonāwhom Trump characterized as āthe worst of the worstāāhad not been convicted of any crimes here, and they knew it. The whole Administration is one huge bitcoin swindle.
šØMAJOR BREAKING: Elon Musk just called Trumpās Big Bullshit Bill a ādisgusting abominationā - but Illinois Governor JB Pritzker isnāt buying the act. āYou made your bed. Now you will lie in it,ā Pritzker fired back. ššš Thank you, Governor, for saying what weāre all thinking.
The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
During yesterday's Senate hearing, Kristi Noem struggled to define habeas corpusā¦or cite which article of the Constitution the clause is in. @normeisen.bsky.social and @asharangappa.bsky.social discuss the executive misnomer.
But the Big Guyā¦
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: āno Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.ā
Why wouldnāt he expect it? He did it his whole first term too! Did he think things had changed!? Trump has a fragile ego needing constant fluffing otherwise he deflates and has to confront his weakness. So, he surrounds himself with sycophants. The price of admission to Trumpās orbit is ass kissing.
Why paying homage to trump in his cabinent meeting is such a shock? This happened in his last administration! He wanted a military parade in his last administration also. sicko.
Mark Warner: "That cabinet meeting earlier this week where everyone went around and basically paid kudos to the great leader -- it was something that frankly I would've expected out of North Korea, not out of a cabinet meeting in America."
Some expected. Some surprises. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
He was arrested for praying. Actually I think he was arrested because he shamed all those so-called Christians in the GOP.
You have been watching the greatest economic disaster strategy from an American President in history.
In todayās atmosphere, itās obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Associationās list of most commonly challenged books
I don't understand how some folks are unable to see that the illegal disappearing of people is a class issue. The wealthy and well-connected get due process. The rest of us don't. This is part of the oligarchy, not a distraction from it.
The head of our countryās government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the āillegalsā are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News
Zoe is my new teacher hero!š¤£
America is better off with Bondi gone! She should be disbarred!
Bondi grotesquely claims that Abrego Garcia's wife and child are better off with him gone
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prisonāaccused of no crime, with no trialāthey can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
I put a hold on Ed Martinās nomination. Heās denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech. Turns out heās also carrying water for the Kremlin. So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.
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Karoline Leavitt hates when asked about gender affirming surgeries. DO NOT RETWEET THIS, The @PressSec is very sensitive about it.
No lies detected from Congressman Dan Goldman š #ResistTrump
Not for nothing, but how, exactly, is it legal to send people for *punishment* in a foreign prison (esp with no due process)? Were the funds being used for it appropriated for this purpose? I feel this has just become a thing no one questions
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
WTH
War hero schools a chickenhawk.
Moskowitz: When President Zelenskyy came to the White House, we heard a lot about what he was wearing. Oh my God, the precious Oval Officeāhe didnāt wear a suit! I mean, hereās a picture of Kid Rock in the Oval Officeāhe looks like heās about to jump over 10 buses on the White House lawn.
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The government is slashing public health jobs, gutting vaccine programs, and fueling a measles comeback. This is not reformāitās sabotage. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/make-ameri...
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The good old daysā¦
Huh????
At least 5 of 12 regional Head Start offices have been closed as part of HHS layoffsāleaving families and providers in limbo. A lifeline for low-income kids is being quietly dismantled. Read on to see whatās happening and why it matters. #ProtectOurKids #HandsOff š§µ
FiftyFifty.one Saturday April 5 @ 12 Noon find your local group protest
Four American soldiers are dead, the economy is crashing and that motherfucker is GOLFING.
THIS IS TERRIFYINGā¼ļø Dr. Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the FDA, just had his last dayāforced to resign or be fired because he wouldnāt lie about vaccines. He gives a chilling warning: the U.S. is unprepared for biowarfareābecause the response team has been gutted.
You forgot felon, rapist, & fraudster.
Tell me again why weāre letting a 78 year old, legit smelly, odorous, frail, loser old man who bankrupted a CASINO bankrupt the country? Congress? Any answers?
WATCH. WATCH. WATCH. WATCH. WATCH. WATCH. WATCH. WATCH. NOW Heās going until he can no longer. āØš¤©āØ Someone had to say THIS NOT NORMAL. āIt is time for good trouble. Necessary trouble.ā www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
Good work.. letās continue 2 pressure Target, Walmart, Starbucks..the broader reason must be Stockholders over stockholders and higher wages !!! @angryvoter.bsky.social @opus24.bsky.social @imcivicaction.bsky.social @sassydenise.bsky.social @ethicaloperator.bsky.social @saving-democracy.bsky.social
It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful. Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.
Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people. Blazing your own path for the W ššššš
šØBREAKING: @katieporteroc.bsky.social is running for governor! The whiteboard is BACK. No more BULLSH!T from corporate lobbyists, billionaires, TRUMP, or āplay-niceā politicians. CA may be one of the last bastions for democracy in America. We need Katie calling the shots. #bluecrew #fbr #demcast
No lies told here.
Raskin: I call on my colleagues to take down the wanted posters with judgesā faces on them outside of offices in House office buildings
šØBREAKING: Federal court rules that the Pennsylvania date requirement for mail-in ballot violates the First and 14th Amendments. Counties cannot reject ballots from counting undated and wrongly dated mail-in ballots. A HUGE victory for my law firm, our clients DSCC and DCCC and the voters of PA!
Welcome Hillary!
Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary. I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
I was elected in 2010 with Kristie Noem. She used to be kind, compassionate, and put her faith above any personal gain. She like so many others, is now broken
RIP to the U.S. Institute of Peace ā nearly all staff members have been fired.
Forced to work beyond plantations, enslaved womenās labor was leased to factories, universities, & government buildings, while some institutions outright owned them. This reflects how institutions were complicit in slavery. 144 days until Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD
Breathtaking. A federal prosecutor in LA was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in DC to drop all charges against him White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say
This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that wouldāve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated. The move was ānot normal at all,ā one agency staff member said. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
Are we āGreatā yet?
Welcome to the White House Mafia folks!
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NEW: The move ā along with the CDCās explanation ā is a sign that the nationās top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
I believe that is called waste, fraud& abuse! Fire them!
Yes we all knew about Hegseth also. We all knew about trump too! I wonder if those that voted for them figured it out yet! The question is what do we do about it?
Weāve been warning you about Pete Hegseth from the start, and now heās proving us right. Catch the latest episode of The Breakdown here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ji4M...
Someone tell DOGE! Brutal photo by huff post i love it
merit is back baby
#TeslaTakedown #DefundMusk #MuskorUs protesting the criminal takeover of our government. Views from the sky bridges.
āThe breach is serious, but security breaches can be plugged. Men and women who have shown themselves to have no character, though, can never be trusted. Not with national security, not with anything.ā www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
America taking over Greenland is a foolish idea. America destroying its relationship with Canada is utter idiocy. America applying tariffs and engaging in trade wars with neighbors is economic nonsense. A lunatic is holding America hostage and his enablers are making fools of themselves.
Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc. Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight? scienceimpacts.org H/T to Prathima !
She's such a loser!! She has become a hat model! Wash your hair girl.
The kind of person that kills dogs.
bring woke back www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/u...
āThe Bureau employs some 2,000 people in the city of 29,000.ā The Red Rural Recession. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...
#BREAKING: law firm Jenner and Block has sued to invalidate Trump's executive order targeting the firm.
Can we please remember that John Adams literally represented the Redcoats who did the Boston Massacre. Like, if youāre going to wave the goddamn flag and say that lawyers ought not to represent clients you disagree with or who are allegedly guilty, then youāre just confused about American lawyers.
to paraphrase a Turkish proverb: When a clown moves into the White House, he doesn't become President. The White House becomes a circus.
No suit??? And how about an apology for attempting a hostile takeover of Greenland???
News Analysis: President Trump and his administrationās lawyers are trying to deter law firms from suing his administration. His actions could undermine the basic right of Americans to sue their government.
Wut?? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
We will not be distracted. We will not be discouraged. Weāve got our eyes on the prize. And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve. The time to organize is now. OcasioCortez.com
1/ We wanted to take a moment to quickly introduce you to our HHS reporters. THREAD š§µ
āShow me the incentives, Iāll show you the outcome.ā This is the intersection of influencer culture and politics. Politicians - even cabinet secretaries - believe that their job is to perform for social media. Getting attention is now their main skill, and why they are selected for their roles.