Vickie

This is so wrong.

More women leaders would solve our autocracy problem Watching Bishop Budde stand up to Trump was inspirational

“If speaking truth to power is nasty, for God’s sake let us have more of it. Jesus was pretty nasty to the moneylenders in the temple,” writes Sheila Hancock.
www.prospectmagazine...

“They’re eating the cats, the dogs . . . “

3.5 hours..

"Did you have an Intelligence Officer or anyone else with you; that's an extrodinary amount of facetime with Putin??"

"I had eh, it was just me"

53K views · 4.2K reactions | The Resistance | Facebook

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If someone wanted to destroy the United States from within, would they do anything differently than what Trump is doing right now?

Town Hall hosted by Rep Paul Tonko (D) Capital District

Albany, NY

You’re gonna hear about this.

The share of Americans employed by the government steeply dropped in the decades leading up to 2000, and has remained essentially flat since. A bloating federal workforce is a myth.

First Elon, then a county official, now the lead base messenger and predidential advisor. The MAGA movement’s in-group signal of power and cohesion is now a Nazi salute

He will burn down whatever he can, however he can

Our systems of governance, rule of law, global alliances, even the Constitution.

Consumed by vengeance and greed, he is the greatest threat to our Republic since its founding.

We must meet this moment with the force of a thousand suns.

Or perish.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

Marco Rubio Is Walking into a Trap Ukraine still has an opportunity to win the war—if the Trump administration will let it.

Excellent piece by @markhertling.bsky.social.

www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubi...

While Musk is dismantling and investigating agencies with his DOGE team, he's hoping you forget all the investigations & controversies he's accrued through the last few decades!

Opinion | Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders The Trump administration is trying to bake quid pro quo deal making, coercive tactics, loyalty tests and other dishonorable practices into American government.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/o...

Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2 Billion of U.S. Income in 2024 Tesla reported $2.3 billion of U.S. income in 2024 but paid zero federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reports $10.8 billion of U.S. income on which its current fede...

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NO RETURN TO NORMAL A Message To My Fellow Parliamentarians

Here's my latest reflection on a lesson I learned from a woman who was in the second tower on 9/11.
When the world is turned upside down taking action is the only way to survive.
Our democracy is under threat but politicians are still living in 2024.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/no-return-...

reminder to everyone in NYC - change your registration to democrat TODAY to vote in the primary and get rid of Adams
e-register.vote.nyc/registration

Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...

After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.

www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...

The richest guy in the world thinks
Cancer research should be cut.
Thinks special education should be cut.
Thinks world famine aid and disease control should be cut.
Thinks federal workers are grifters while Donald Trump is costing the Taxpayer’s millions golfing at Mar a Lago.

a man says what are we doing here in a video Alt: a man says what are we doing here in a video

"He lied!"

"Yeah he does that. Best end things."

"He stole from me!"

"Yep. End it."

"Hey, I just found out he lied again & stole again!"

"Yeah terminate the connection."

"Oh my gosh."

"What?"

"He lied again!"

"So, like I said time to close things out w/him."

"Wait!... He's stealing again!"

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.

Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

*endorsed

Left: Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin dismisses Jan. 6 case of Jose Padilla on Jan. 21, 2025

Right: Interim US Attorney Ed Martin seeks withdraw as Padilla’s counsel of record on Feb. 5, 2025

He signed a dismissal for a client he was still recorded as representing.

The literature!

Two non-experts and a student note.

Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.

The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...