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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.

Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.

JUSTIN TRUDEAU ANNOUNCES RETALIATORY MEASURES AGAINST THE UNITED STATES

Canada is imposing a 25% tariff on $155 billion worth of American goods in response to U.S. trade actions.

$30 billion worth of American goods will face immediate tariffs starting on Tuesday.

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Trump responds to Washington plane crash with racist, ableist diatribe The president used the tragedy, which killed 67, to deliver a bigoted and self-promoting tirade about DEI.

After tragedies like these, it’s typical for American presidents to address the grieving public. What’s not typical of presidents is to blame issues with, for example, the Federal Aviation Administration on disabled people and people of color.

The MYTH:
DEI involves elevating people into positions of employment that their skills and qualifications do not merit.

The TRUTH:
DEI involves ensuring that people with the appropriate skills and qualifications are not excluded from employment because of the prejudices of an employer.

Reminder. LGBTQIA people, if you need help, here is a place to start.

Allies: donate to these organizations. They are on the front lines of these battles.

Indiana man pardoned for Jan. 6 crimes is killed in traffic stop shooting by deputy Matthew Huttle, 42, pleaded guilty to entering the U.S. Capitol and was on supervised release before President Donald Trump pardoned him last week.

The J6 rioters are not the best people.

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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on the Gulf of Mexico: They say they are going to call it the Gulf of America on their continental shelf...For us and for the whole world, it is still called the Gulf of Mexico (digitally translated)

Mitch McConnell cast a surprise vote tonight against Pete Hegseth, Trump’s controversial nominee to head the Department of Defense. McConnell said he didn’t have confidence in Hegseth’s ability to lead the Pentagon at a time of escalating national security threats posed by Russia, China and Iran.

How much do you want to bet the Trump administration will order the department of labor to exclude these government terminations in their January jobs report?

The guy who just a few years ago, by his own admission, was identified "as an extremist" by his own unit over one of his tattoos and was barred from working at President Biden's inauguration is now…Defense Secretary of the United Stated and sixth in line to the presidency.

Oh, Hello, Richie the Sith Lord

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Calling TILLIS
Calling McConnell

Look in the MIRROR
SENATORS

HEGSETH IS UNFIT
TO. LEAD

OUR MILITARY DESERVES BETTER

Yes there is malevolence but there is also idiocy and bufoonery.

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Every Democrat Must Do What Sen. Tammy Duckworth Just Did This is how it’s done

Senator Duckworth said Pete Hegseth is “just not qualified.” Then went on to say Republicans are “trying to shove through his confirmation as quickly as possible, before more news can break of more allegations.” It “speaks to how unfit he is.”

More here:

Holy shit Florida!!! You are in serious danger girl!!! You need to call everyone in an elected position and tell them how you feel about this. You are about to lose your ability to change your own constitution.

Elon Musk is facing more fallout over his Nazi salute Subreddit communities are banning the use of links from X after Donald Trump’s billionaire bestie Elon Musk threw out two Nazi salutes during the indoor inaugural parade. Musk had the world ...

Elon Musk is out here testing how far you can heil before losing a platform.

How likely are Donald Trump's cabinet nominees to be confirmed? A visual health check A checkup on how 18 top picks are faring in the Senate.

Trump’s Cabinet picks are full of climate deniers, MAGA loyalists, and sexual predators, BTW. 🤢🤮
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Unbelievably petty! The Spanish language version of the White House website was deleted after the inauguration yesterday.

Look what happens when you hit the “go home” button!

The wealthy donors love it!

CITIZENS UNITED: THE ORIGINAL SIN SCOTUS unleashed a floodgate of corruption, allowing billionaires to buy our government.

Now, Trump's administration is a Billionaire's Ball, where wealthy donors reap rewards while Americans pay the price.

#StopTheOligarchy

In case anyone was wondering whether Trump would serve the working class or the billionaire class, here's a picture that spells it out pretty clearly.

15 years ago today, the Supreme Court gave billionaires and special interests unprecedented power to rig our democracy with its disastrous Citizens United decision. Yesterday, Donald Trump was sworn in, ushering in the wealthiest Admin in American history. Citizens United paved the way for Trump II.

Citizens United decision is the reason we have Robber Barons in control like during The Gilded Age.

An Executive Order repealing Lowering Drug Prices will LIMIT people accessing their desperately needed medications, it will cost American Lives.🤬

Trump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states:

“'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."

Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.

Donald Trump is trying to rename the Gulf of Mexico to distract you from the fact that he can’t lower egg prices, pardoned 1,500 insurrectionists, and rolled back policies that reduced prescription drug costs.

Don’t let him.