Squeaky Wheel

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

#PayAttention
#resist

What Hegseth did today was inform an organization he’s unqualified to lead that (a) any area in which he believes he personally excels (e.g. physical fitness) is all that matters, and (b) any area in which he’s deficient (leadership, morality, ethics, record, experience, intelligence) is immaterial.

Project 2025 referenced shrinking farmers access to foreign markets, restricting growth opportunities for
producers. (p. 307)

🚨 United States v. Benson Learn more here.

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans and two voters, my law firm has filed a motion to intervene in the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Michigan’s complete, unredacted voter registration list. www.democracydocket.com/cases/michig...

Phang: So, as we can see you have a DHS official—you clearly hear him say on that body cam footage, “I am arresting the mayor. Even though he stepped out, I’m going to put him in cuffs.”

Who told him to do it? He says: the Deputy Attorney General… And who’s that? Todd Blanche.

This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government.
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Shutdown hostage taking Russ Vought's threatens more mass firings; SCOTUS blesses his de facto impoundment

New from me: Russ Vought is using federal employees as hostages in federal shutdown negotiations, threatening mass firings if Dems do not accept Trump's terms.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.

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YouTube video by Seth Abramson Hounds, “America Is Closed for Repairs”

An important message from Hounds to EUROPE and the WORLD.

(Song out on streaming platforms tomorrow.)

Jus'sayin...

Trump's vicious war on the Midwest begins.

THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES:

Why can’t we have nice things, too, instead of more spread of preventable diseases?

Just a reminder how weak and worthless Kegsbreath really is...🤣🤣🤣

Truly proud of our top military leaders for holding steady and keeping an apolitical face, even when the pressure couldn’t be greater.

Forcing all those generals to witness how amateurish and foolish both Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are firsthand might increase the chances of illegal orders being ignored in the future.

JEFFRIES TO TRUMP: “The next time you have something to say to me, don’t cop out through a racist and fake AI video — When I’m back in the Oval Office, say it to my face.”

Trump threatens to permanently cut jobs and people’s health care if a shutdown happens, making it clear only Democrats would actually care — then lies about “fraud/waste/abuse”

Tough to negotiate with people who don’t actually care about the people they’re governing

Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social (an attorney): “Deploying military units to take part in policing Tennessee citizens violates the Tennessee Constitution… We either have the rule of law or we don’t.” @govbilllee

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NEW YORK… ICE puts a photographer in the hospital…

Completely out of control

“I was hesitant to accept that— and the Prime Minister of Israel just says it.”

@timmiller.bsky.social & @cameronkasky.bsky.social react to Netanyahu openly admitting 🇮🇱 plans to influence the TikTok algorithm now that Trump-aligned billionaires control the app.

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😬 whoopsy. Freudian!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

As I was saying…

Hi Donald!

Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.

"We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator."

General Mark Milley

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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund and a recently naturalized citizen and voter, my law firm has moved to intervene against a DOJ lawsuit seeking access to the state's voter registration data. www.democracydocket.com/cases/minnes...

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‘Full-throated assault on the First Amendment’: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics | CNN Politics A federal judge on Tuesday delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Donald Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university profe...

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A 161 page benchslap from a Republican judge! Em-barrassing, Donald.