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Been to a dozen protests and am still waiting for my first check. I think I just need to protest harder.

Worth repeating:
“Trump and his aides have still not engaged with Democrats at all.”

This is Trump’s shutdown.

That kind of thinking is frustrating. It’s the political leaders people need to be angry at. I talked with some of the NG deployed to DC. Each one was respectful, and while we didn’t talk politics, you could sense that many just wanted to go back to their normal lives. Be angry at ICE, not NG.

You have to have a lot of dexterity to take selfies when you’re climbing walls or assaulting police.

Just asking questions!

But really, why would he consider a pardon? It remains a mystery…

Ded

The horrors of war

Since when are you so optimistic?

“"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." - James Madison, 1822.

Completely outrageous move by FBI leadership, but reassuring to see there are honorable senior agents pushing back.

Only the “best people.”

Big enough for this would be good.

BREAKING DOJ Alumni Condemn Comey Indictment A bipartisan group of over 1,000 former DOJ officials decry unprecedented abuse of power

"The indictment represents an unprecedented assault on the rule of law directed by President Donald Trump..."

BREAKING: Today, over 1,000 former DOJ officials who served in both Republican & Democratic administrations—have released a letter condemning the unprecedented, politically motivated indictment of fmr. FBI Director James Comey. Read their letter: protdem.org/3ITOo0Y

The Chicoms will be proud that Trump is taking a page from their playbook.

In China, this sort of thing is referred to as “the Great Firewall.” So Trump is looking to the Chinese communist party as the role model for controlling access to information.

FYI @karaswisher.bsky.social

Except that he and other participating comedians had to agree to not criticize the Saudi government/royal family, among other restrictions. Maybe he means it’s easier to speak there since they just tell him what he can and can’t say.

I do admire his choice of a user name.

It’s political retribution against states that did not vote for Trump, pure and simple.

Fact check : true

Another shameless move to eliminate congressionally-approved spending. Eliminating funding for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency is unlawful and should only be understood as another attack by the Trump regime on oversight and accountability.

Funny how the guy who withholds congressionally-appropriated funds, in an attempt to usurp Congress’s constitutionally-given power of the purse, is suddenly concerned with some unspecified DEI policy he claims is unconstitutional.

Russ Vought doesn’t give two sh*ts about the Constitution.

Simpson and Womack actually care about respecting the institution and Congress’s power of the purse. I’m a little surprised they’re still holding on to their positions. But I’m glad they are.

New OPM guidance says OMB "has determined" agencies may do work on mass firings during shutdowns.

This seems like a blatant Antideficiency Act violation, which caries criminal penalties.

However, the Trump admin won't prosecute itself, so this is yet more broken budget laws from the Trump admin

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Maine GOP Sen. Collins says Trump should be sued by GAO for illegally canceling funds WASHINGTON — The chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee said Tuesday the Government Accountability Office should sue the Trump administration over its efforts to freeze or unilaterally...

Maine GOP Sen. Collins says Trump should be sued by GAO for illegally canceling funds

GAO definitely should sue.

Live long and prosper. 🖖

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I’m so tired of seeing posts that have no original sourcing.

The toddler analogy in this piece is perfect.

I understand the hopes and dreams, but there’s about a 0.5% chance.