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Donald Trump should be in jail right now, but instead America put him back into office so he could do *gestures* all of this.

But supposedly, a slightly older man, a Black woman, and trans children playing Little League were bigger existential threats. So here we are.

This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid

Trump Speech to Congress: Watch Live With Updates and Analysis

President Trump said in his address to Congress that he inherited an “economic catastrophe” from Joe Biden. The U.S. had the strongest economy in the world when Trump took over, but it's shown signs of strain from Trump's federal funding cuts and tariffs. Follow live.

This guy should have no role in running our government. We didn’t elect him. He’s not a gov’t employee who is accountable. He hasn’t taken an oath to uphold the constitution or work on behalf of the American people. He’s in it for himself not for us.

USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...

The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

A former top Treasury Dept. Official says the payment records are so sensitive they are always off limits for political officials to protect Americans’ privacy. The breech is enormous.

The Dem caucus needs to drop a bill this week going after DOGE’s illegal actions. We are heading towards a constitutional crisis, amidst an ongoing legal coup.

We’ve been on the phone with multiple agencies/orgs. They’ve been completely cut off from federal money. We’re talking housing, homeless services, public safety, etc.

I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.

Justice Dept. Prosecutors Who Worked on Trump Investigations Fired The termination of more than a dozen lawyers who worked with the special counsel, Jack Smith, came hours after the department’s most senior career official was reassigned.

Breaking News: The acting attorney general fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal investigations into Donald Trump for the special counsel.

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Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Catastrophic blazes have spanned the planet from Australia to the Arctic, and wildfires have torched large swaths of the western U.S., all fulfilling forecasts much faster than scientists had predicted. It’s as if the wildfires of 2050 are already here."

Here, as in so many areas, our inability to plan ahead or rationally consider trade-offs is going to fck us in the end. And when a situation like this grows into a full-on, urgent disaster, guess who gets screwed? The poor. That's where all this is heading: even more grotesque inequality.

Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck Climate change is breaking the insurance market, and state governments can't afford to pick up the pieces

Today on Volts: the insurance industry is the canary in the climate change coal mine. Now prices are rising, insurers are pulling out of whole states, & state budgets are straining to make up the difference. I talk with @kategordon.bsky.social about the whole mess.
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How freaking weird is it that I vet followers on social media but the incoming administration can't be bothered vetting Cabinet picks? Smdh

Pam Bondi Disqualifications

1️⃣ Trump lawyer whose attorney-client privilege with him means she cannot be independent at DOJ.

2️⃣ Was an agent of a foreign government this decade—which government has repeatedly tried to bribe the Trumps.

3️⃣ Many ethics investigations, from Bribery to Animal Theft.

And in other news... water is wet.

Of course wealthy women were involved in the trade of human beings! They benefited from the labor like men did! It is limiting to think of this as just "white women". Latinas participated too. Women run households- who do you think picked the "employees"?

NJ- Pls call Sen. Booker + urge him to get the PRESS Act out of Committee. If the press can't keep their sources confidential- then how will we (the public) ever find out about whats going on with the new Trump administration? Dedicated civil servants need to be able to get the stories out.

woof. 🤢

Not just ridicule. Hate, harassment and harm. This is incitement. Musk did the same with Twitter employees.

I think you can end the sentence with just "...Trump's cabinet is about getting revenge."

Period.

It is not any deeper than that.

The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.

People have always had abortions and they always will. Despite setbacks (and yes, there are MANY, I won't lie), there remains a beautiful, aboveground system of funding and practical support for abortion. Experienced folks can and will help you get an abortion if you need them. It is not illegal!

I told a reporter writing about CDR and COP28 that the most valuable thing CDR provides at the moment is greenwashing.

His response: “Oh wow.”

I don’t know if it’ll make it into the story.

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...

This is how they cover up what abortion bans do — fire anyone who helps tell the stories of harm. Everyone who is or can be pregnant will pay the price.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...

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It is raining!! I’m so happy to hear the sound that I just woke my husband up and shouted, in his face, “IT IS RAINING!!!!”. More than 30 days without rain and I’ve lost it. I hope the fox in my backyard is drinking as much as he can. Yay rain!!

In addition- anyone who cares about the climate, renewable energy + decarbonization MUST work to keep a democrat as the NJ governor. Keeping offshore wind + solar approvals on the books will help us ramp back up again. Primary is June 2025, let’s all get involved #cleanenergy #nj #mikiesherrill

Why would he? Best case, he gets a loyal sycophant at the DOJ willing to turn it into his own personal Retribution Force. Worst case, he's shifted the Overton Window so much that Pete Hegseth looks like Winston Churchill by comparison. The extremism and dysfunction aren't a bug, they're a feature.

What the actual fuck does “illness industrial complex” mean? 🤦🏻‍♀️

I guess we are over here now? Oh, and onThreads too? Can I be honest? We should probably just decide on a platform sooner rather than later.