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map showing the Quebec-Vermont border and Venise-en-Quebec on the northern tip of Lake Champlain, where the Quebec man was fishing and detained by USCG

This is where 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand, a lifelong angler who'd been fishing these waters for decades and knows that he was miles north of the border, was fishing when he was intercepted by a much larger US vessel, rammed, taken to the US side, and jailed.

OH HEY ITS THE EUGENICS OF DISABLED PEOPLE WE ALL TOLD YOU WAS COMING

Donald Trump, despite being the head of a party that has railed about deficits for decades, is about to pass a budget that increases the debt by $2.4 trillion. This happens whenever Republicans get into office, they reveal that a core tenet of their ideology is a lie.

"These people are all petulant, vindictive idiots who actively harm everyone around them and should be nowhere near power" is a hypothesis that explains both the micro and macro dynamics here.

Don't get distracted.

Elon jumping around

I’ve been waiting for this Trump vs. Musk implosion since this exact moment right here…when Elon jumped around on stage like a ketamine-powered marionette after Daddy Donny introduced him. The prophecy is FULFILLED. 🍿🔥

Elon vs Trump? No matter who “wins”, we’ve all lost through the actions of these egotistical maniacs. I despise them both.

PSA: Do not let the Musk & Trump feud distract you from the fact that both want to rob us of basic healthcare, civil rights, & economic security—all while lining the pockets of billionaires.

This childish feud is a distraction. Stay focused on ensuring we stop this horrific bill from becoming law.

If it was really about celebrating military families, we could put $30 million toward helping them offset the cost of their child care, food assistance and tuition…

But it isn't. Trump is throwing himself a $30 million birthday parade just to stroke his own ego.

The feud, 3 takeaways:
- is doing a lot of damage to an already weakened Trump
- it’s good Elon is helping stop Trump’s terrible bill
- Elon is a serial criminal and should be prosecuted for his illegal and destructive dismantling of the US government.

The really critical thing to know about the Trump/Musk throw down is that the “Big Beautiful Bill” would explode the debt, exacerbate economic inequality, and cause cruel and grievous harm to the most vulnerable Americans and we really should be talking about that a whole lot more.

Hold the line!

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Stand up for workers' rights – join us tomorrow! At 9 a.m. ET on Friday, May 23, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be holding a press conference outside Department of Labor headquarters in D.C. to make a public announcement. We believe it's critical that workers’ voices are heard loud and clear. Join us to show your solidarity. Bring signs. Bring noise. Bonus points if you show up in costume or bring your inflatable rat. Together, let’s make a statement that can’t be ignored.

Trump’s Secretary of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is holding a press conference at the Department of Labor tomorrow morning to make an “announcement.” It’s probably not gonna be good news.

DOL workers are asking folks to come show support as they continue fighting Trump’s anti-worker agenda:

The NIH is also now in talks with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to broaden agreements governing access to their data, Bhattacharya said. In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism, which will be integrated into the data. Between 10 and 20 outside groups of researchers will be given grant funding and access to the records to produce Kennedy's autism studies. Bhattacharya did not give details on how they would be chosen, but said their selection would be "run through normal NIH processes."

Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?

Fuck ALL the way off.

Dolly Parton wrote ‘Jolene’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’ on the same day so don’t tell me democrats can’t figure out how to talk about more than one thing at a time

DOGE is betting they can gut the federal workforce without fight. They’re wrong. RISE UP: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network. | WorkersLegalDefense.org

The billionaires behind DOGE are betting they can gut the federal workforce without a fight. They’re wrong. Rise Up: The Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is bringing together lawyers and federal workers who need to know their rights and get support. workerslegaldefense.org

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

White House pitches layoffs, local office closures and program eliminations at USDA “These are the people that are directly where the farmers are,” one official says of the planned cuts.

Not looking good for future food costs. Have egg prices dropped yet?
@altusda.altgov.info

My favorite signs from today. Hands off!

"The Agriculture Department has a message for farmers owed federal grant money: Consider eliminating “harmful DEIA” from your projects, and get your funds sooner."
@altusda.altgov.info #altgov #agsky #altfam

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

Just a cozy, lazy morning

fun fact:

wanting to make enough to live on does not make you a radical leftist

D-DAY ANNIVERSARY PROTEST WHEN: JUNE 6, 2025 WHERE: WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL, CITY HALL, AND TOWN HALL WHY: VETERANS' PROTEST TO END FASCISM IN THE UNITED STATES

Don’t know if we’ll make it to June 6, 2025 to be honest but I fukn love this idea.

19-20 months from now, Trump will have pushed the economy off a cliff and left the civil service a smouldering husk. If you're a Democratic elected and you think a government shutdown from a CR fight is gonna be the thing voters remember, you need your fucking head examined.

Is America great again yet?

Might save a life.

We are working on launching an ALT DOGE website. It will soon feature a team page listing all of Elon’s staffers, our own wall of receipts (tracking the money he’s taking from America), and a section to help Americans keep tabs on the false claims on Doge’s website—which now exceed 52%.

Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’

How to Summarize Government Work in Five Easy Bullets - Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. It was reported this weekend that all federal employees received an e-mail from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) telling employees to report “five

I will be sending this every Monday.