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Thank you Senator Markey!

🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...

Thank you to the women featured today. Please continue to do these stories Jacob!

Thank you for featuring these brave women!

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Short-circuiting Democracy Fresh off his successful purchase of the Oval Office, Elon Musk wants to buy himself a majority on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court

“Why does the world’s richest man, now serving as the de facto president of the United States, care about a single judicial election in a state that is home to less than 2% of the U.S. population?...the answer can be summed up in the form of his biggest fear: accountability.” New from Ben Wikler

💰PRO PUBLICA: “While Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for DOGE has soared to nearly $40 million…”
www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Sh*t show

Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas

American institutions—from the media to Congress—continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy. Overseas our media would not hesitate to call what we’re living through a full-blown autocratic coup. Here's my attempt at the story they should write: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...

When the pain hits home, Republicans balk at Trump's spending cuts and tariffs From reducing NIH funding to slashing USAID's food program to imposing new tariffs, GOP lawmakers are beginning to speak out — carefully — against some of Trump's actions.

When the pain hits home, Republicans balk at Trump's spending cuts and tariffs www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Republicans are incompetent.

The ABA supports the rule of law It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...

“These stories should concern all Americans because they are our family members, neighbors and friends. No American can be proud of a government that carries out change in this way.”

The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Nearly two dozen states sue the Trump administration to halt cuts in medical research funding Attorneys general from 22 states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for slashing funding for medical and public health research at universities nationwide.

apnews.com/article/trum...

If Elon Musk can afford to pay people to look at your taxes, he can afford to start paying his own.

Dear Fellow College Presidents: We Need to Do More Than Wait This One Out Why civil society needs university leaders to speak up.

From Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University: slate.com/life/2025/02...

Thank you Sarah!

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.

I've been hungry for a clear story that comprehensively lays out the risks to government systems from DOGE. Here, @ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social speak to people with the right knowledge and provide a great, sense-making piece. Unfortunately, the sense that is made is... scary sense:

Trump's hatchet signals the death of American soft power Trump and Elon Musk's rapid dismemberment of USAID — the world's largest provider of foreign aid — has stunned diplomats and NGOs around the globe.

President Trump is taking a sledgehammer to a bedrock of U.S. foreign policy, ripping up decades of "soft power" in favor of a highly personalized, transactional, coercive style of dealmaking.

Senate Slammed With ‘1,600 Calls a Minute’ Amid Trump Chaos Many of the calls are urging Congress Democrats to “fight harder.”

A Republican senator has revealed that the Senate is being slammed with “1,600 calls a minute” amid the chaos of Trump’s first three weeks in office.

DOGE broadens sweep of federal agencies, gains access to health payment systems Associates of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have fanned out across the federal government in recent days, alarming some career employees.

ALERT TO FEDERAL WORKERS: The Thursday “deadline” set by Musk isn’t a thing. Congress hasn’t appropriated the funds to pay you what he promised should you resign by today — nor has Congress authorized anyone to threaten you with losing anything for staying on.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

USAID supports Missouri Ag producers. I hope you’ll share…

#USAIDrural

Sen Chris Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Or giving votes to move forward on the debt ceiling in the House. Nothing until Rs get serious."

Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

Senator Murphy at the “Nobody Elected Elon” Rally

Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now The party is not helpless. In fact, Democrats have some effective tools at their disposal.

Five Things Democrats Must Do to Fight Trump Now

The party is not helpless. In fact, Democrats have some very effective tools at their disposal.

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