Fred Wellman
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๐จ I am getting a flood of messages from panicked
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employees that there is a bloodbath unfolding as
@SecVetAffairs
has quietly issued personnel guidance cutting THOUSANDS of jobs. Heavily hit is mental health and suicide prevention providers! They are gutting the VA and veterans healthcare while we aren't looking! Word is they are even gutting the brand new clinic in Fredericksburg, VA that Collins has been claiming credit for building. This is the privatization they've always dreamed of and veterans are going to pay for it!
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JFC. The weakening of America continues.
09.12.2025 21:52 โ ๐ 4116 ๐ 1893 ๐ฌ 171 ๐ 104
how did we ever manage to keep civilization going all these years?? ๐ค
09.12.2025 20:53 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
spoken like a true kleptocrat
09.12.2025 20:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
let's hope so - not sure why so many Republicans really seem to want to live in an outsized version of Hungary?? ๐
09.12.2025 17:51 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Dems won't be able to block a Netflix Warner Brothers merger. Our regulators and courts have been hollowed out like Pumpkins. But you might be able to stop Larry Ellison, Jared Kushner, and Donald Trump from buying up all media and turning us into Hungary.
09.12.2025 14:25 โ ๐ 50 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
classic authoritarian move to have "friendly" oligarchs buy up media
09.12.2025 17:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Maybe it's not a good idea to allow the billionaire Trump-supporting Ellison family at Paramount that just took over CBS News to also take over Warner Brothers, the company that owns CNN. There will be no free press in America if the president and his allies control all the major media outlets.l
08.12.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 73 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 3
12 FBI agents whoย were fired this yearย for taking a knee during racial justice protests in 2020 are suing the Bureau and Kash Patel, alleging unlawful retaliation.
08.12.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 2422 ๐ 467 ๐ฌ 19 ๐ 16
let them go run some fitness centers... better than damaging the government ๐
08.12.2025 23:07 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
just another coverup of damning information.
release the video... along with the Kryptonite, i mean Epstein, files ๐
08.12.2025 21:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Reporter: โAre you committed to releasing the full video?โ
Trump: โDidn't I just tell you that?โ
Reporter: โYou said that it was up to Sec. Hegseth.โ
Trump: โYou are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole placeโฆYou are an obnoxious, actually a terrible reporter.โ
08.12.2025 20:28 โ ๐ 1041 ๐ 348 ๐ฌ 282 ๐ 100
Reporter: You said he would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd
Trump: I didnโt say that. This is ABC fake news. Whatever Hegseth decides is ok with meโฆ Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious reporter. Actually, a terrible reporter.
08.12.2025 20:54 โ ๐ 2179 ๐ 673 ๐ฌ 608 ๐ 188
We the people need a constitutional amendment to abolish the pardon power.
01.12.2025 17:15 โ ๐ 304 ๐ 101 ๐ฌ 27 ๐ 7
go for it. what are we waiting for? ๐ค
08.12.2025 20:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
1000% agree - why do we need it?
08.12.2025 20:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
yes believes in competition as long as he's on the winning side ๐ค
08.12.2025 19:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
03.10.2025 22:26 โ ๐ 9813 ๐ 2945 ๐ฌ 40 ๐ 70
& why tf would we ever want autocracy? ๐ฎ
08.12.2025 19:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
howzabout Congressional power? ๐ค
08.12.2025 19:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
yes 1000% agree - the framers never foresaw such continual blatant abuses
its drawbacks FAR exceed the rewards ๐บ๐ธ
08.12.2025 19:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
yeah, like we really need more presidential power these daze
need a functioning Congress instead ๐
08.12.2025 19:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
better late than never... she may finally bring some attention to this Mafia-style cancer on our politics that has intimidated Republican Congress folk for the last decade ๐
08.12.2025 19:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
got that right - and as for Congressional investigations... yes they're all good... hard to play offense when you're on defense ๐ค
08.12.2025 19:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
08.12.2025 17:33 โ ๐ 3207 ๐ 936 ๐ฌ 164 ๐ 42
delusional
07.12.2025 23:28 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
not the right temperament for the job
07.12.2025 17:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
why would the U.S. want to normalize murder? ๐บ๐ธ
07.12.2025 16:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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