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Just want to clarify this is something I said in reaction to Mark Carney’s speech; it wasn’t in the speech. bsky.app/profile/indy...

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

4/4/25💪🇺🇦”France and the U.K., which lead the coalition, have pledged to send troops on the ground to enforce a potential ceasefire” kyivindependent.com/coalition-of...

Smoke and mirrors in Cuba They are all lying but they got the pictures and that's what matters

Did you hear that the much trumpeted mission to house 30,000 immigrants at Guantanamo Bay has completely failed and ended? Nah...they don't want you to know they burned over $16M for 290 people. But they got the pictures! Really. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

AOC calls it a “slap in the face”, says Senate Dems who vote for the CR are “codifying the chaos” and “empowering” Musk and the GOP and the “robbing of our federal government to finance tax cuts for billionaires”

Call each of these Senators to NOT vote with the GOP & instead grow a spine. Each number starts with 202-224

Schumer - 6542
Hassan - 3324
Peters - 6221
Durbin - 2152
Schatz - 3934
King - 5344
Shaheen - 2841
Fetterman - 4254
Cortez Masto - 3542
Gillibrand - 4451

If Ed Martin thinks he is Trump's lawyer, he needs to resign because he clearly did not understand the words of the Oath of Office. If he can not understand the words of that oath, he is obviously unqualified to make any legal judgements whatsoever.

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The "cognitively irresponsible" presidency "It's a giveaway that a leader is an authoritarian," Jen Mercieca tells us.

New in PN: The "cognitively irresponsibility" presidency

"Cognitive irresponsibility is a giveaway that a leader is an authoritarian ... they don’t want to have to persuade the nation. They want to make a policy, and when we ask why, they say, 'Because I said so.'"

Blind man gets license to carry permit to make a point about Indiana gun laws A blind man in Indiana raises concerns about gun laws after easily obtaining a license to carry permit. He advocates for a competency test for gun owners.

A blind man is raising concerns about Indiana gun laws after he was allowed to get a license to carry a handgun

They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.

02/03 ESPOND TO THIS EMAIL UNTIL WE HAVE RECEIVED FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM MAIN JUSTICE SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY ITS AUTHENTICITY. FOLLOWING TH 01/03 Good Evening All, You may have received or heard about an email from "hr@opm.gov" regarding "Deferred Resignation." PLEASE NOT R 03/03 E EMAIL'S INSTRUCTIONS MAY HAVE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR PENSION. We will update you when we have more information.

Hearing from federal employees tonight who are getting messages via their agency’s emergency notification system, which is usually reserved for snow-related office closures, that’s like DO NOT RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE NO IDEA IF ANY OF THOSE PROMISES ARE REAL

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Opinion | The Mayhem Trump's First Week Did and Did Not Cause in Public Health The theory versus reality of what's really happened to date

The Mayhem Trump's First Week Did and Did Not Cause in Public Health www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...

We need to pay attention to this now before it’s too late.

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.

Oh FFS www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/g...

What a fucking joke. Every guardrail is gone as the oligarchy bends to the will of the authoritarian.

I am completely unsurprised

We all came from migrants, mostly European.

Yeah, me too …

Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.

When there weren't enough bank examiners on the beat, SVB and Signature Bank failed, requiring big bailouts.

The FDIC should explain why it’s now axing even more examiners whose job it is to make sure big banks don't crash our economy.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

On October 24th 2024, when Kamala Harris said that tRump was a fascist she was correct. She was not exaggerating or engaging in name calling. She made an accurate judgement of tRump's character based on his own past behavior and statements.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a longtime friend of RFK, Jr. and reportedly has not yet committed to voting against him.

Personal friendship are not relevant to whether a nut job like RFK, Jr. is qualified.

Call Whitehouse: 202-224-2921

Or message: whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/email-sheldon

Elon Musk contributed more than $250 million to 2024 campaign groups backing Donald Trump The world's richest person, Elon Musk contributed more than a quarter-billion dollars to 2024 campaign committees that helped Trump win a second term.

Elon Musk contributed more than $250 million to 2024 campaign groups backing Donald Trump www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

Here’s what the law says about the 30-day notice requirement to Congress about firing IGs:

This is why wealthy Americans, like Elon Musk, want middle class Americans to be obsessed with worrying about immigrants stealing from their piece of the zero-sum economic pie.