How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...

We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.

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"Authoritarians are most dangerous when they feel cornered. That’s when they lash out, try to change the subject, threaten their enemies, and break even more norms. The more good news we get, the more MAGA crumbles, the more chaotic Trump becomes, the harder we have to push."

Pentagon investigating Sen. Mark Kelly after ‘you can refuse illegal orders’ video

3/ Pentagon’s investigation “absurd” and proposed charges “ridiculous.”

Senator Kelly was “reminding troops of their duty to follow the law and to not engage in illegal activities.”

- Kristine Huskey, Professor at University of Arizona law school and director of its Veterans’ Advocacy Law Clinic

Pentagon Opens Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly Over What Hegseth Calls ‘Seditious’ Video

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“I have no idea what they’d court-martial him for.”
“It’s preposterous.”

-- Eliot A. Cohen, a military historian who worked for President George W. Bush

reporting by @gregjaffe.bsky.social
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Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.

Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."

“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”

- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal

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It’s a Good Thing The DOJ Is Incompetent I’m spending today with family in Oakland, California, but I wanted to share a thought that came to me this morning.

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Re: Carville's NYT essay, I initially responded to the quote post & thought maybe corporate centrists finally got it.

But then I read the framing & the article &...nope. They still don't get it.

You can't escape "woke," Dems. Learn from Mamdani. You need BOTH: "diversity" & class. Can't avoid it.

Bat shit nutters

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

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Usedta buy it (lamb) from the FFA or 4-H club. Now they are mostly raising goats.

We do lamb for Easter & New Years. Turkey for Thanksgiving and Xmas, though we have done lamb for Xmas. Lamb a big fave in our house. We dont do ham/pork.

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The "peace president."

I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.

Department Of Education No Longer Considers Nursing A 'Professional Degree' Thanks To 'Big Beautiful Bill'

Their anti-intellectualism and misogyny are on full display.

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DOJ Tries To Undo Damage of Its ‘Ham-Fisted’ Letter in Texas Gerrymander Case Read more here.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief Monday supporting Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map, boldly claiming that the much-maligned letter it sent urging state leaders to redistrict was not, in fact, the reason why Texas redrew its map immediately after receiving the letter.

The administration’s approach to ‘forever chemicals’ clashes with its purported MAHA plans The administration’s approach to ‘forever chemicals’ clashes with its purported MAHA plans The ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda is riddled with a series of overlapping contradictions, which are becoming even more common.

RFK Jr in 2024: The administration will “ban the worst agricultural chemicals.”

Team Trump in 2025: We’re advancing a plan to approve agricultural pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, despite scientists' concerns. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

"Quite frankly I was pissed off!" Growing online page chronicles Trump Justice Dept. resignation letters Amid a wave of departures from the Justice Department, some of its former officials are curating a public online display of the farewell messages of ousted employees.

The Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements. Justice Connection, a group of former DOJ employees, has organized and posted the online page of goodbye messages worth reading.

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Trump desperate to become a petro-dictator like his buds MBS and Putin.

Liddle Marco and his ace team of shitwits got played by Russia — again how was this even allowed to happen?

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Robert Reich (@robertreich) Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business. The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay. It also spent...

substack.com/@robertreich.... Nuff said.

There's a right wing propagandist on Xitter saying she expects Andrew Bailey to be promoted into DOJ shortly.

I would not be surprised if Trump fired Bondi over this, it was totally incompetent.

This may well be what ends up saving democracy in America.

Trump expects to be nominated for "his Noble Prize" while the bombs are still falling on Ukrainian cities and killing Ukrainians. He wants all the praise and glory without ever having to do any work or cross his long time benefactor in Russia.

A tweet from “Rep. Jason Crow” reads: “The President is lying—again. Our servicemembers take an oath to follow only lawful orders. Trump thinks that standing by the law should be punishable by death. That should be chilling to every American.” Below is a Trump post accusing Democratic lawmakers of committing treason by telling the military not to obey illegal orders.

Can someone please at least turn the CAPS LOCK off his phone? Thx.