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Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.

The White House is blatantly violating the Constitution, ignoring Congressionally-allocated spending. Approving any budget would put a stamp of approval on the end of checks and balances.

It'll hurt, yes, but it's time for opposition. The political costs will mostly fall on the people in charge.

New Yorker cartoons nail it again.

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Clash between professional bureaucracy and personalist regime, where Trump has already deemed his opponents to be "guilty as hell."
Who wins? Because the Supreme Court has allowed Trump to engage in illegal purges of the government, the employees defending the rule of law risk being fired.

The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill How states will get the blame for massive cuts to food stamps

New from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?

Some states are threatening to end SNAP. Why? Trump is setting state governments up for failure, cutting resources, adding administrative burdens while imposing massive financial penalties for errors.
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Work requirements are going to cost a ton to implement, at a time when states will have less administrative resources, and despite evidence that they don't work

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Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals SpaceX Starlink’s mobile power play: 50 MHz of spectrum and 15,000 new satellites.

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"Labeling beliefs--as opposed to actions--as suspicious or criminal is antithetical to the First Amendment and betrays American pluralism."

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

“…we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

Kevin Roberts president, Heritage Foundation, July 2024

Actually, the Democrats did *not* vote to shut the government down. They voted *against* a CR that makes medical insurance financially unattainable for millions of Americans.

"We're gonna crash some planes if you don't fund ICE."

Sounds like some woke, commie, libtard, jesus bullshit to me!

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers ‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
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The Future of The Free Press The Free Press is joining Paramount.

So Weiss will remain editor in chief and CEO of The Free Press and editor in chief of CBS News, so they’re not hiding the conflict here? The head of CBS News, supposedly impartial and nonpartisan, will also simultaneously be running a highly partisan site.

No one is above the law. The public deserves transparency & accountability from government leaders. We'll be in court to get answers.

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BREAKING: Illinois has filed suit to block Trump's deployment of the military to Chicago.

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