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"If you need to update Social Security about a move or bank account change, it could take longer than usual... "Changes like these may take longer, and thousands of Americans could see delays or even stopped checks in the meantime, employees warned USA TODAY..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
"Support for the law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing... "At least 11 big companies are moving work away from firms that settled with the administration or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals..." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
#25thAmendment
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.
this is insane. kfor.com/news/local/h...
In a normal government (responsive to a normal democratic feedback loop), the Trump FAA rolling disaster would have already resulted in multiple high-level resignations. www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...
There's always a tweet.
🚨 Hall of SHAME America Has NEVER Seen a President This CORRUPT Trump’s BRAZEN use of the White House to ADVANCE his family businesses should be one of the BIGGEST SCANDALS in the country’s history. newrepublic.com/article/1952...
Facts Matter
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
Let him be the “Pope” if he resigns as president!!
He hasn't become a traitor- he has brain damage and his wife needs to intervene It's time
White House cancels program which reduced sudden infant deaths
This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS? …And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people? Oh wait…🥴
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"Though confidence in Trump's ability to manage the economy was a key selling point to many voters in the November election, 76% of participants said they disapprove of how he's handling it, the survey said..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.
Breaking News: A federal judge expressed deep concern that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Trump placidly presiding over the largest measles outbreak in 25 years, with no end in sight. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/h...
Fixed
RFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation. He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths. In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
Senator Van Hollen is a hero.
Sounds like MTG bought a bunch of stock before it jumped. We’ll find out more as all the disclosures start coming out.
Yep - She was too smart and too successful. 🤦🏼♀️
From your post to god’s ears
Is it true that the Simpsons have NEVER been wrong ? 🤔
“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.” Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
"For now, that means the tariffs are not being collected by the U.S. government..." 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ a "glitch" you say? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate": "While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
It's been a rough week for the NOAA family, including feds, contractors, and scientists across this country / world. I need to say something very important. It is my motivation to get you the weather, water and climate data you need, regardless of what has, or will happen to us.
Good morning to @booker.senate.gov Truly this is giving me life. I hope other Dems gain some courage watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
Thank you, Senator Cory Booker! #Resist
Mad respect for Cory Booker. RECORD: Longest Senate speech in history.
Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing. Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Signal for classified attack plans against Houthi rebels. Now, Gmail for “sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict.” Might as well shout it from the rooftops. The carelessness is staggering – and makes all of us less safe.
Cory Booker
Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering
On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred. As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
Over the weekend J.D. Vance decided to try to unleash his idiot followers on me because I called him the 'worst VP in modern history.' I stand by the statement and find it all so very dumb. Check out my take on it all and subscribe!
VICTORY: A federal judge ruled Monday that Pennsylvania must count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, finding that a previous law rejecting such ballots violated the First and 14th Amendments. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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.”
Marine le Pen was convicted of embezzling EU funds and naturally, the normal Russia fluffers and their bot networks are calling it a political witch hunt. 🙄
There were 13 church leaders & christian school employees who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes this week.
She's not broken; her true character has been revealed over time. She's power-hungry and greedy. She's not a victim; this is her choice. I understand the grief you are feeling; seeing this happen to people you once respected is one of the many hard things about life.
Noem was broken long before she killed her pets. You and others didn't see it because outwardly she's like a cuttlefish, right down to the costumes used to match the moments. She's not unique that way. Many appear to be one thing while actually being something very, very different........
“You’ve got to just band together and say an attack on one university is an attack on all universities. And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"A rapper, Michael Williams, who joined Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder... "More than 30 purported members of the 8 Trey Crips have so far been indicted; among them Tegan Chambers, who also appeared on stage with Trump..." apnews.com/article/trum...
"Two Minnesota towns rally to protect Ukraine war refugee..." www.startribune.com/two-minnesot...
“Executives' attempts to pacify Trump have backfired spectacularly. Their dreams of deregulation and a business boom have quickly faded… While we are taught as children to stand up to bullies, their actions have only emboldened Trump's quest for greater power…” www.status.news/p/trump-medi...
“The Bureau employs some 2,000 people in the city of 29,000.” The Red Rural Recession. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-junkie-...
Make this go viral! Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.
A couple of years ago, I noticed that Dems were losing ground with Latino voters. I launched a Spanish-language YouTube channel to reach those people. That channel is now on its way to 300,000 subscribers and has nearly 50 million views. We have be aggressive and go into spaces we're not already in.
DOGE'd
Not only did the Trump regime mess up their own opsec, they also committed a war crime. They targeted residential buildings in Yemen, missed their target, and killed civilians instead.
Loose lips sink ships! Call your reps now and demand they hold Secretary Hegseth accountable for putting our national security at risk with his negligence. 🔗 Find your elected officials: usa.gov/elected-officials #TakeAction #ProtectOurFuture #CallYourSenators
Whatever happened to the "5 things " DoGe emails ? Talked to someone really smart who just left gov, who said all the emails bounced back as inbox full. Already forgotten Typical Ready Fire Aim
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate.
Fernando Oliver shared this.
I spoke with Chimamanda about America, which is starting to seem no different to her than Nigeria.
They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics. Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
BOOM! Two big wins for Democrats in Pennsylvania special elections per @votehub.com: HD 35: 🔵 Dan Goughnour (D): 63.4% 🔴 Charles Davis (R): 35.0% 13 point overperformance for Dems from 2024 SD 36: 🔵 James Malone (D): 50.0% 🔴 Josh Parsons (R): 49.1% 16 point overperformance for Dems from 2024
Trump wants to set rules for the way states run their elections and wants DOGE to audit voter databases. DOGE. Not an independent entity - his cronies. Mike Johnson is talking about eliminating district courts. These are not actions you see in a Democratic Republic.
Hegseth. Must. Resign. #ResignHegseth
Pete Buttigieg has entered the chat.
MAGA is currently at war with MAHA because a bunch of right wing influencers posted undisclosed ads in support of Big Soda, and this isn’t even in the top 5 dumbest things that happened this week.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 h/t: @realalexcole.bsky.social
Accurate.
So, Trump is being found to have broken the law on average once every four days, and MAGA Twitter wants you to believe this is all lawfare from activist judges. There’s really no amount of pretzel logic that is too much for these people.
Absolute fucking clown show. Hegseth accidentally included a reporter in a text message group announcing strikes in Yemen, including weapons, targets, and timing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Most of the Cabinet and Trump’s senior national security team were coordinating strikes on Yemen in a *signal chat* and nobody noticed they accidentally added a reporter. Really unbelievable shit here. But her emails, right?
Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important. He should be fired immediately.
Buttigieg: What if this had, in fact, gone to somebody else? I mean, somebody who could plausibly be in some of these people's cell phones. I don't know, the Chinese ambassador or Russian negotiator. And the other question on my mind is how many other times has something like this happened?
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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Goldberg indicates Hegseth lied when he denied texting war plans
I'll be on CNN at 9pm ET with Kaitlan Collins to discuss today's news of the astonishing security failure at the White House.
📸 @DrBiden just dropped a new pic with @JoeBiden in NYC, captioned: “Date Night.” Man, I miss them.
Don’t let them scare you. Don’t let them get you to give up hope. This is what they want more than anything. Their evil is never more alive than when we sleep.
Chants of TAX THE RICH! From today’s Indivisible empty chair town hall for Darrell Issa - who just so happens to be the richest person in Congress. @velshi.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
At the Obama Foundation, we have leaders around the world who are fighting to expand access to health care for folks in their communities. Learn more about their work:
When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll be highlighting the advocates and everyday Americans from across the country whose stories helped make the Affordable Care Act a reality. Take a listen to some of those stories:
Thanks for sharing your sister’s story – it means a lot to know how much the ACA made a difference in both of your lives.
Proud of you, Chris – not an easy feat. Stories like yours are exactly why it meant a lot to pass the ACA.
Thanks for sharing your story, Rebecca. Protecting folks with pre-existing conditions – like your son – was important to us. And it’s why we have to continue working hard to protect and build on the foundation of the ACA, too.
Dennis, stay strong - I’ll be thinking of you and your family.
Agree!