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Great News That’s Terrible For Musk and Trump Onward!

“My hope is that the dam will break in terms of Democrats going on the offense ... We need to take the argument directly to the people.” AOC

So abortion is murder but not vaccinating your kids is patriotic. Got it.

this week's cover is on point

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Congratulations to David Hogg for being elected the new Vice Chair of the DNC!

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Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...

Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.

Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans) Dear World,

Dear Leaders of the Free World,

Fight him at every turn.
Make his life miserable.
Expose his ignorance and sociopathy.
Oppose and condemn and marginalize him.
The decent people of this nation are not with him.

We stand with you.

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Remember:

The tariffs aren’t about economics, and DOGE isn’t about fiscal responsibility.

They are both about ••psychopathology**.

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.

This Is It: Facing Trump 2.0 In one of the most important and climatic scenes in the 2006 film Titanic, Rose and her beau Jack are holding on as they stand on tiptoe outside the rails of the upside down ship.

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January 31, 2025 On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States tro...

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I will not give in to the lies. I will not give in to the fear.

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My War with Facebook Now it’s personal.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: As long as you aren't LGBQT, Black, Hispanic, Jewish, Muslim, Arab, Asian, Atheist, Disabled, Female or Poor you have nothing to worry about.

I solved the 1/23/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0:45!

"I was put in a headlock, dragged out into the mob. I was restrained. I was beaten."

Former police officer & Jan. 6 hero Michael Fanone slams Donald Trump calling the violence against himself and other officers during the Capitol insurrection “very minor incidents" when defending his 1,500 pardons.

Every star may be a sun to someone.

~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos

F.B.I. Pick Pushed False and Misleading Claims About Trump Investigations Kash Patel, Donald J. Trump’s choice to run the bureau, has made a series of spurious assertions about the Russia, Jan. 6 and classified documents inquiries.

Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the F.B.I., has made a series of demonstrably false or misleading claims about the investigations into Trump

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Republican Senator Finally Finds a Spine on Trump’s Trash Defense Pick Without Lisa Murkowski, Pete Hegseth can only afford to lose three more votes.

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski announced Thursday that she will vote against Pete Hegseth’s confirmation for secretary of defense because he’s inexperienced and undisciplined.

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