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four votes for “the president is a king and the framers created a monarchy”

I'm looking forward to catching up LIVE with Stephen Colbert tonight. Feels like there will be plenty to discuss!

Tune in to the Late Show at 11:35 pm ET.

Yes, it does, especially if the MAGAs are planning to not allow midterm elections.

Yes, absolutely. Loss of upper air observations degrades every weather and climate analysis model. With the end of Kotzebue upper air obs, there's now just one weather balloon observation site in Alaska north of the Arctic Circle, even though more than a quarter of Alaska land is that far north.

Democrats Sue Trump Over Attempt to Control Independent Election Agency Read more here.

The lawsuit, filed by Elias Law Group on behalf of the three national Democratic committees, challenges an expansive executive order Trump issued earlier this month that would give him unprecedented power over key regulatory agencies that were designed to operate without direct White House control.

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.”

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...

Trump and Musk are literally looking to ram through a budget that would give billionaires like them a MASSIVE tax cut -- while eliminating healthcare for the poorest Americans, and jacking up YOUR taxes

They're going to take a TRILLION of your dollars and give it to themselves

“I’m in West Virginia — My insulin went from $6 to $80”

It’s a cult.

35% of the way there in 32 days, so that tracks www.project2025.observer

A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested during Huntington Beach City Council meeting Kluwe, a Huntington Beach resident, made comments against a MAGA plaque proposed for installation at the Central Library, then approached the dais and was arrested.

Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe was arrested during a Huntington Beach City Council meeting after protesting a proposed 'MAGA plaque' outside the city library.

Kluwe approached the dais to "engage in the … tradition of peaceful civil disobedience." He was then arrested. www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

The End of the Postwar World Trump and Vance are sending a dark message to America’s allies.

For eight decades, America’s alliances with other democracies were the bedrock of American foreign policy, trade policy, and cultural influence.
No longer
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

YouTube video by Sam Harris Sam Harris on Christian Nationalism and the New Right with Katherine Stewart

youtu.be/gdRJA7qmCJo?...

Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart The “antidemocratic” movement behind Donald Trump’s political ascendancy comprises “people and ideas that in ordinary circumstan...

"Illuminating...Stewart’s fine-grained and eye-opening investigation meticulously outlines the loose organizational structure...This offers urgently needed background on the 2024 election results." Grateful for this starred review in Publishers Weekly www.publishersweekly.com/9781635578546

If a woman had 13 kids by four different men, used ketamine and spent all her time running a shadow presidency, I’m not sure our society would celebrate her.

Hundreds of FAA probationary workers fired by Trump administration, union says | CNN Politics The Trump administration has started firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union.

what would you do differently if you were actively trying to cause more plane crashes? www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

This is probably the most accurate take.

I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

CDC source:

“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.

They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

Sen. Whitehouse: Mark my words. This Patel guy will come back to haunt you. Every piece of evidence shows that.

Looming behind this is the persistent question of Trump/Russia. There was always Trump/Russia; there is still Trump/Russia. The question is, what is it now.

The patriarchy and their water-carriers just killed Alaska if things continue as they are.
Pretty sure that's their plan.
Kill Alaska, get rid of the populace.......
GIVE/SELL IT BACK TO RUSSIA.

This is going to decimate NWS Alaska Region and adversely impact the safety of every Alaskan. #AlaskaSky #NWS

I'll go anywhere on behalf of a good cause - and that means engaging people across all the different platforms.

Good to be connected here, @maddow.msnbc.com and @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com.

YouTube video by The Bulwark DOGE Committee Democrats put Musk and Trump on BLAST

www.youtube.com/watch?v=suiq...

Except that didn’t McConnell promise to obstruct Obama 100% of the time?