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A federal judge denied the Trump administration’s request to lift a temporary restraining order restricting individuals associated with DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department records and payment systems.

I feel like we're living Hunter S. Thompson's fever dreams.

That is absolutely wild. I didn't know that was still alive. Apparently IBM is still selling it as "IBM i" and providing support contracts. Yikes.

Ok man, I’ll tell them

I'm almost certain that the current coup will declare undocumented immigrants enemies of the state and revoke the birthright of their children. The same could be used against the children of folks who legally fled here from countries that the U.S. considers hostile.

Trump plans to invoke obscure 18th century wartime law in bid for mass deportations Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearings.

This could be what they use to take away natural born citizenship. United States v. Wong Kim Ark established the current precedent for birthright citizenship with some narrow exceptions. One of those exceptions is "...the children of alien enemies, born during and within their hostile occupation..."

They're pulling the intelligence community into this clusterfuck. This is going to get batshit. Anybody know how this is affecting CIA?

It's going to be interesting when lobbyist groups stop funding campaigns for members of congress because they have no real role in the government.

Was McDonald's riffing on "wine, women, and song" when they said "food, folks, and fun?"

Feels like a good time to remind everyone that if you are a public servant wishing to report retaliation, acts of corruption or abuse of government power, I have a page for that on my website: www.wyden.senate.gov/whistleblowe...

We are about to see some of the most elegant, impassioned, brilliant litigation to preserve democracy. Look to the helpers -- even when they're attorneys.

This might be selfish, but I need somebody to build a de-centralized FB right now. FB is going down fast and it's full of grandmas, artists, and weird guys that make remixes of Nancy comics. Save them!

Bullies are cowards, episode 334934

Two women and a cat view a giant screen depicting a wave of heavily armored soldiers. One of the women says "shiiiit."

Here we go.