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That was quick: White House declares ‘case closed’ on Signal chat scandal after 7 days There are plenty of lingering questions about the "Signalgate" fiasco. Donald Trump and his team are apparently no longer interested in getting answers.

Remember last week, when the White House said an internal review was underway on the Signal chat scandal?

Forget it: Seven days later, the White House announced that "the case has been closed." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Kill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.

No Time To Be Nice: Now Is Not The Moment To Remain Silent Naomi Shulman makes the post-election case for speaking out.

Nice people made the best Nazis. My mother spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves, chose not to focus on politics... They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away.

Naomi Shulman
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Some Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards The Times has obtained a list of 53 Venezuelan men the Trump administration has put in a wartime prison built to hold Al Qaeda suspects.

The Trump admin says ICE has custody of migrants sent to Guantanamo, but it's DOD guards in Camp 6, a war-on-terror prison. It won't say who is being held incommunicado there, but we are publishing a list of 53 men in Camp 6.
w/ @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social
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LOOKING BACK: This all began with Reagan's repeal of the Fairness Doctrine. News stopped bring a regulated public service....

Who made this 🤣

UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000% The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.

UnitedHealth found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%

Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?

I wonder what books the ‘Trump Presidential Library’ is going to buy with the $15 million settlement with ABC?

Meanwhile, he's serving cookies of him pretending to get shot. 🤦🏻‍♂️

exactly.

Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone who is determined to turn up the volume and EXPOSE all of the brutal, deadly consequences of abortion bans in America.

They're not "pro-life."
They're pro controlling women's bodies.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

Seems like maybe there should be laws preventing this.

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People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!

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According to Raw Story, Mike Johnson said with Musks' help, they plan to eliminate 75% of the federal agencies/workforce

There are 2 million Federal Jobs

That means 1.5 million people out of work & on unemployment

Voting For Republican Consequences

The billionaire parasites are making their move to seize power in a dozen countries at the same time, including the US. trump is their dupe, the expendable front man, an experiment to see how far they can push it and they are gonna FAFO. Fine tuning how much abuse the people will take before revolt

are people fucking serious?
did we learn nothing from history or are we simply going to allow history to repeat itself?
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1/ Hitler aligned himself with the German "worker's" party making himself out to be someone who cared about average people

Biden should either do the following himself or step down & let Kamala do it: Refuse to hand over the presidency due to 14th amendment violation. Time to use the GOP playbook. Just do it & make *them* file the lawsuit. SCOTUS gave Biden immunity & protecting the Constitution is an official act.

The key ethics stricture for the incoming administration will be: Don’t use Venmo, and if you do, go to settings and keep your transactions private

Shot of Mar-a-lago bathroom with classified docs stacked in boxes

Only biological males with cakey orange foundation and 34 felony convictions may use this bathroom.

The guy spend a chunk of his childhood in an internment camp because our government thought he might be dangerous because he was of Japanese descent. He was also gay when you were forced to hide it. It’s been much worse for a lot of people in our history. George knows what he’s talking about.

Yo, Miss! (No. 58) Teaching United States History on the Brink of Trump 2.0

New Yo Miss! Substack just dropped: teaching U.S. History while watching the architects of Project 2025 gear up to dismantle our democracy is… a lot. The stakes have never felt higher. Why Snyder’s On Tyranny is a must-read now. #HistoryTeacher #OnTyranny

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I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

Here are the 5 Project 2025 authors Trump has already nominated for his Cabinet As a candidate, Donald Trump insisted he knew nothing about the far-right Heritage Foundation's authoritarian Project 2025 playbook. But as president-elect, Trump is appointing some of its authors to ...

Here are the 5 Project 2025 authors Trump has already nominated for his Cabinet

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So true. 💯