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Those who once railed against the dangers of a “military state” have nothing to say as they watch one take shape. For the first time in modern history, National Guard troops are patrolling the streets of our capital armed with pistols and rifles… not overseas, but here at home! 🇺🇸 💔

YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger IS TRUMP'S TRADE WAR COSTING YOU MONEY?

Thanks fat Donald

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Tonight, we forced Republicans to take a simple vote:

Can we all agree that billionaire corporations like Amazon and Tesla - who take home over $1 billion in sheer profit a year - shouldn't get another tax handout?

Republicans said no.

"We in America have learned bitter lessons from two World Wars...The strength of America's allies is vital to the United States, and the American security guarantee is essential to the continued freedom of Europe's democracies." - Ronald Reagan

Zelensky, the ELECTED leader of a free country, should not be expected to kiss the ass of the toddler. His people expect
Him to be strong.

Trump would have fled where Zelensky stayed and fought.

Trump is the worst negotiator

We need to learn and adapt. Every single Senate Dem vote for Rubio. It got us nothing. "Rollover and play dead" got us nothing. Fight back or lose the democracy. Full stop.

Yosemite National Park workers hang distress flag to protest Trump and Musk coming for their jobs.

Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be…

The understaffed Social Security Administration faces further cuts and office closures at the same time as retiring Baby Boomers have caused a surge in the number of people receiving benefits.
https://propub.li/4ia5PX5

Is Donald Trump going to respond to Musk’s email and report on what he did last week?

To help, I’ve gone ahead and done it for him. A thread:

DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…

Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.

ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.

If Russia ceases combat operations, the war is over. If Ukraine ceases combat operations, Ukraine is over

Musk’s move fast and break things mentality is putting our government in chaos. This is no way to run a country.

Amid worst U.S. flu season in decades, RFK Jr.–led CDC pulls vaccine campaign Last season’s flu vaccine prevented 9.8 million illnesses and 7,900 deaths nationwide, the CDC says.

These are the types of decisions that get made when “health leaders” who are utterly clueless about actually patient care get to make health decisions for the nation.

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

Health Workers Think DOGE Is About To Backfire, Big-Time Mass layoffs have hit departments whose literal purpose is to save money or improve health outcomes.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are messing with your Medicare benefits.

Democrats passed a law to finally let Medicare negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prices.

Now Trump and Musk laid off the negotiators.

That means higher drug costs for you. Nothing efficient about that.

Trump Is Unfairly Detaining Immigrants at Guantanamo as Terrorists, Families Say ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have identified nearly a dozen immigrants who have been flown to Guantanamo Bay. Government officials have refused to release the names of detainees or provide details about the crimes that landed them in detention.

NEW: We spoke to the relatives of three immigrants transferred to Guantanamo, who said they’ve been left in the dark about their loved ones.

“To me it’s the desperation, the frustration that I know nothing of him. It’s a terrible anguish. I don’t sleep.”

Sassoon is no leftie. She clerked for *Scalia*.

What to do about Republican complicity Republican senators have taken some bad votes over the past week. Really, really bad.

Every Republican senator shares responsibility for what’s happening. They are complicit in, and share responsibility for, whatever mess Trump’s dangerous nominees cause.

But a few GOP senators from purple(ish) states face reelection next year — and we’re going to shine a light on their complicity.

Three top federal prosecutors resign after refusing to drop Adams charges The acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, as well as two top prosecutors in Washington, resigned over the DOJ order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

SDNY heroes!

The SAVE Act Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting. Here’s What You Need to Know The bill would make it harder for women, people of color, young voters, and other marginalized groups to register to vote.

“If a married woman hasn’t paid $130 to update her passport —assuming she has one, which only about half of Americans do— she may not be able to vote in the next election if the SAVE Act becomes law,” @wendyweiser.bsky.social tells Glamour

This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.

🚨Hegseth just handed Putin a win—ruling out Ukraine joining NATO and denying its right to reclaim illegally seized land.

This isn’t just betrayal—it puts American Troops at risk. Hegseth backed the Iraq War, now he’s pushing us closer to war in Europe.

Fred Wellman with more:

Trump, July 2024: We will drive prices down very fast.

Trump, August 2024: I will immediately bring prices down starting on day one.

Trump, December 2024: I won an election based on that, we’re going to bring those prices way down.

Have prices gone down? Nope.

One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands. The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and…

Last September, when the FAA proposed fining SpaceX $633,000 for alleged violations, Elon Musk threatened to sue the agency for “regulatory overreach.”

Now, as DOGE chief, he may control his regulators’ fate.

By @heathervogell.bsky.social

You may have never heard of the CFPB, but they’ve been working hard for you:

“They are the same agency that got banks to cap overdraft fees, they take on scammers that are after our elders’ money, they stopped medical debt from dinging your credit report.” - Rep. @ayannapressley.bsky.social

Two thoughts:

1) all these people are spineless jellyfish enablers, and

2) this is the kind of crack in the dam you see as pressure starts to build

Let's keep it up

What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.

As he targets the CFPB, Elon Musk looks to dismantle his own potential regulator Elon Musk and DOGE have begun making moves toward dismantling the CFPB. The watchdog agency would be in charge of regulating X, which Musk wants to transform into a payments platform.

“He’s not just looking at government efficiency. He’s clearing the way for his company to avoid regulation.”

Yahoo Finance headline: “As he targets the CFPB, Elon Musk looks to dismantle his own potential regulator”

Elon Musk is trying to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because he wants to steal from the American people.

Guys…