Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!

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Cory Booker 💥

Inside Cory Booker’s Plan To Disrupt ‘Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m....

“I am disrupting business as usual,” Booker told TPM. “I am not allowing us to just carry on with the expected order of the Senate.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

More of this please

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

The incompetence of this administration is staggering.

Do you know why Americans are angry?

Over the last 50 years, real weekly wages have been stagnant. 

At the same time, there was a $79 trillion transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the to the top 1%.

We need an economy that works for all, not just billionaires.

You were mentioned because he knows you will stop authoritarianism! Thank you for being what the world needs right now.

Rep. Chuck Edwards is jeered at his North Carolina town hall as he struggles to read purported examples of weird funding items that DOGE has cut

Judge Orders Trump to Reinstate Thousands of Fired Federal Workers Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Trump Administration must immediately offer reinstatement to thousands of probationary federal workers who were recently unlawfully fired, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Our Elon and Trump puppets (upper left corner) were big hits yesterday! Thank you, Raleigh 🫶

Elon Musk following Trump back from Florida

Trump working hard to fight inflation this weekend

Elon Musk’s use of Air Force One with family sparks backlash over ‘government waste’ | The Express Tribune Photos of Elon Musk, his mother, and son on Air Force One with Trump fuel criticism over government spending concerns.

While Trump & Musk DOGE cut the federal workforce and federal contracts leaving THOUSANDS of Americans UNEMPLOYED, Elon Musk & his family are flying for FREE on Air Force.

MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.

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If Republicans are already afraid of confronting Vets at town halls, just wait until 2026 at the ballot box.

Elon Musk’s staffers have been granted access to a sensitive child support database by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The data access was approved by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite resistance from career employees within the department. Sorry, we tried…

Because DOGE has shut down USAID's payment system (Phoenix), our housing electricity and the electricity in our USAID building have not been paid for. Mission leadership has informed us that the only reason our electricity is on is because we've asked for an extension from the electric company. The Mission asked for a waiver but because our payment system is down, the Treasury has no way to issue money to USAID and State Department representatives here are hesitant to make payments on our behalf for fear of not being reimbursed. 7. Once the electricity goes out in our homes, we lose access to our security cameras and radios. Again, I live in a high-risk post, so access to security systems is very important to me. 8. I have been told by Mission leadership that the cell phone and internet bills are due this week with no way to pay them. This is despite the so-called "waiver" process that has been allegedly implemented to preserve such access. 9. Our cell phones and radios are also the only way to communicate with the Regional Security Office about security threats. We have access to no other USAID security systems.

The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer on the building’s 6th floor, according to a Feb. 25 invoice obtained by POLITICO. There is also a child’s play area decorated with a stuffed animal and toys, according to a photo of the room shared with POLITICO. “People are definitely … sleeping there,” said one GSA staffer.

DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.

Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.

My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example

YouTube video by VoteVets Veteran & VA Employee Fired Under DOGE – Despite Award-Winning Performance

Tony Ruiz, a VA employee & Veteran, was fired without cause—just months after being named Employee of the Quarter.

“I was a good employee. Then, on February 4th, I was suddenly no good to the VA.”

This is what Veteran betrayal looks like.

Dear Sir, As United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, I receive requests for information and clarification. I take these requests seriously and act on them with letters like this one you are receiving. It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEl. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this and would welcome your response to the following questions: First, have you eliminated all DEl from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEl is found in your courses or teaching in anyway, will you move swiftly to remove it? At this time, you should know that no applicant for our fellows program, our summer internship, or employment in our office who is a student or affiliated with a law school or university that continues to teach and utilize DEl will be considered. I look forward to your cooperation with my letter of inquiry after request. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Please respond by Monday, February 24, 2025. Should you have further questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to call my office or schedule a time to meet in person.

The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it"

Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.

YouTube video by VoteVets 30-Year Veteran Fired as Trump & Elon Musk Gut the VA—83,000 Jobs on the Line

🚨 INFURIATING: Trump & Elon Musk are gutting the VA, firing Veterans, and sabotaging their care.

Jammie Mosser served this country for 30 years. He took a job helping fellow Veterans—then got kicked to the curb after just one month.

Now they want to axe up to 83,000 more.

Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say The lack of so-called "read outs" for workers with clearances dismissed by Musk's DOGE could raise security risks, experts say.

"None of the employees with security clearances for nuclear secrets were properly debriefed, the current DOE source said...

"Those employees could be targeted by foreign adversaries for nuclear espionage...

"They have lost their source of income..."
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White House plans to expand mass layoffs to IRS and Veterans Affairs Trump administration looks to axe half up to half of the tax agency’s workforce and fire up to 83,000 workers at the VA

Trump and musk plan to fire 83,000 from the department of veterans affairs. Remember all those times the GOP said we couldn’t care for refugees because we needed to take care of our veterans first? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans in Congress want to cut nursing home care for seniors to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

"Perhaps" veterans who sacrificed from their time on Earth, their health, or even their bodies — and were promised steady jobs in civil service to make good on the debt the country owes them — "are not fit to have a job at this moment."

Insulting and dishonorable.

A guest videoed part of a puppy auction being held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.

Reg: N628TS On Ground: False Alt: -50 Last Contact: 0:00:01.000616 Trigger: no longer on ground

Took off from Dulles, Virginia, United States.

AG Bondi: "There are a lot of people in the FBI & DOJ who despise Donald Trump, despise us, don't want to be there. We will find them. Bc you have to believe in transparency, you have to believe in honesty, you have to do the right thing. We're gonna root them out & they will no longer be employed."

NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

Boston Globe reports antics of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Vermont/Quebec library that sits on Canada-U.S. border. She repeatedly stepped over taped boundary marker in middle of the library, referring to Canada as the "51st State" every time she stood in Canada.