JT, a grouchy old liberal…

Curious to see that write-up. Is it on NBC’s website, or elsewhere. Also worth noting that recent polls like Quinnipiac show a lower approval.

2/ My own sense is that Senate Ds are sowing the wind with this decision. It's not only a very, very bad idea on the merits. But trying to bamboozle their voters like this will having very damaging repercussions down the road. But people should keep calling. Nothing's over till it's over.

What does she consider a real job? These federal employees range from medical research to inspecting our nuclear weapons. She doesn't think these matter? How about we eliminate her position in Congress? After all, it isn't a real job since she just whines and lies about everything.

FWIW, 49% of Americans who voted went for Trump in 2024, with the largest reported factor being dissatisfaction with inflation. The base is probably about 34% of Americans, which isn’t great, but it ain’t 51% either.

slate.com/news-and-pol...

When is the next warriors in their own words dropping?

Stop Elon's Billionaire Grift: Hands off the CFPB · Indivisible Join Indivisible, Progressive Change Institute, MoveOn, Americans for Financial Reform, and CFPB Union NTEU 335 to Rally at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with Senator Elizabeth Warren and C...

I just got home from this rally. We had 22 Senators and Reps there.

I introed each MoC & asked them one question: Will you withhold your vote on a funding bill until the constitutional crisis is over? 16 of 17 who spoke agreed on the spot.

Why is this important? www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

leading the fight against woke ... St Jude's Children's Research Hospital

this is the person who would actually know if this tactic is effective or not. he can hear the phones ringing.

Wait. Have @doge and Elon just been pulling numbers from usaspending.gov ?

Then releasing it as if they discovered it ?

Brilliant if true. Absolutely brilliant. Fooled me.

Very Trump like too.

Any usaspending.gov experts out there that can tell us ?

Call your state attorney general. Every tax paying adult in your state may have been the victim of their personal data having been deliberately breached and misused. That would be a criminal act, and blue state AGs could pursue. Also, no threat of pardon for state charges.

if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.

Big national media outlet still failing.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.

According to the call organizer, the total peaked at just under 50K on the zoom and in the overflow YouTube stream.

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System

@mcuban.bsky.social Any thoughts on whether this seizure of the Treasury computer system is about a deliberate attempt to crash the economy; an attempt to hijack the power of the purse from Congress; both, or something else?

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 Retailer Costco Wholesale will increase pay for most of its hourly U.S. store workers to more than $30, according to a memo sent to employees this week.

Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target.

Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...

History is littered with democracies that lost their freedoms without seeming to notice while it was happening.

Let’s not become one of them.

No mystery what we're seeing here:
-Illegally withholding spending/nullifying contracts
-Purges of law enforcement and prosecutors
-Taking bribes for lenient treatment while threatening enemies with persecution
-Pardoning violent/paramilitary allies
-Granting vast powers to an unelected billionaire

First thing I click on in the morning is TPM - been reader then subscriber since the start. Kurtz’ stark realism then your longview perspective are helpful combo.

Well, that’s not good. I wonder if there is a leader they might like better. Rhymes with Scara.

Been on standby to evacuate twice in past 2 days, and number of friends who lost houses is up to double digits as of today. Not sure if any CH alums have lost homes, but trust me, you are better off far away right now…

Damn. Sorry to hear that. Even so, you don’t want to be back here in LA at the moment. Not fun at all.

Were you able to find a new place in N.M. ?

What’s up, Milt?

The billionaires want you all to be divided to keep the heat off of them.

This nightmare will all be over on the day that working people unite and realize that’s it’s YOU vs. THEM.

Why not both (add meme here…) and then 5 more? The wingnuts have Rogan, Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro, Barstool, Outkick, prager, etc…

The next time you hear someone in Donald Trump's circle talking about cutting SS, Medicare, VA Benefits, etc., remember the times that lousy son of a bitch filed bankruptcy, and taxpayers picked up the amount that was discharged—hundreds of millions of dollars. Taxpayers who were already struggling.

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