Kirk Erickson

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

YouTube video by NBC Chicago Gov. Pritzker SLAMS Trump and Musk in closing remarks of State of the State address

Worth every second to listen

youtu.be/hS66O1C7Gp4

February 16, 2025 The sixty-first Munich Security Conference, the world’s leading forum for talking about international security policy, took place from February 14 to February 16 this year.

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

CFPB - closed
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack

But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?

SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk

January 27, 1838, Abraham Lincoln rose in Springfield, Illinois, to make a speech..

He called for Americans to exercise “general intelligence, sound morality, and in particular, a reverence for the constitution and laws.”

From Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American

no big deal for ICE, tho:

"An ICE spokesperson later issued a statement confirming that the raid had occurred and acknowledging that U.S. citizens may have been detained."

you know, these things just happen (not to white people, tho)

Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims | CNN Politics President Donald Trump littered a Wednesday interview on Fox News with many of the same false claims he made earlier in his first three days back in the White House.

Harris beat Trump 54% to 43% among voters ages 18-24.
Harris beat Trump 53% to 45% among voters ages 25-29.
Harris beat Trump 51% to 45% among voters ages 30-39.

Trump to Fox: “I won youth by 36 points.”

www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...

A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo

@hcrichardson.bsky.social:

“Laura Mannweiler…estimated the worth of Trump’s current roster of appointees to be at least $344.4 billion, more than the gross domestic product of 169 countries.

…the total net worth of the officials in Biden’s Cabinet was about $118 million”

OLIGARCHS RULE TRUMP

And as for everyone saying that Joe Biden lied about pardoning his son, Donald Trump was convicted by a jury of 34 felonies involving lying. He owes hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments because he lied. So, really, eat a huge bowl of shut the fuck up.

I served in Iraq. Maybe its men, not women, who dont belong in war I used to serve with guys like Pete Hegseth, President- elect Donald

People need to read this
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Morning, friends. It's becoming clearer by the day: Trump plans to destroy governmental institutions by appointing unqualified, incompetent, dangerous agency heads. Hey Senate, YOU have a DUTY to protect the American people. Don't check your spines at the chamber doors. Don't feed the dictator!