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Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump’s Judicial Nominees Off the Hook Trump's nominees gave some eye-popping answers in their written questionnaires. Why didn't Senate Democrats ask these questions in person?

I think it should be a bigger story that the Senate is preparing to confirm five Trump judicial nominees whose answers to questions about the 2020 election are exactly what you would say if you were a “Trump only lost because of voter fraud” conspiracy theorist

“Americans are being forced to accept masked paramilitary forces stopping you anytime, anywhere—demanding to know where people are from,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social. “It is an assault on the idea of America itself.”

Oh snap.

What? The trump regime lied? Say it’s not so. /s

Something to make people smile

The American Rescue Plan actually tried to address this, and in 2024 the Republicans shot it in the foot.

Everyone who was unhappy with the Biden economy was ignoring the facts and drinking Conservative koolaid

Racism, misogyny, ableism… basically any beliefs rooted in insecurity and entitlement. Lots of fear and hatred floating around the MAGA camp

Did Anyone Not See This Coming? DOGE is costing the country — and now Trump and Musk too

Did Anyone Not See This Coming?
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Is he on drugs?

Something to make people smile.

Project 2025 effectively says just that

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” and Congress: Hypocrites Cutting Others But Not Themselves In 2011, when I was a freshman in Congress, we did something that should have become a habit—we cut our own budgets by 5%.

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Something to make people smile. Freckles!

Fair but infuriating.

Too late

Naturally

One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment.

I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.

And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.

Sadly anyone in a position to do something has been fired, put on administrative leave or otherwise rendered impotent. The coup was over when T was declared Prez.

If you oppose DEI you should have to use the full phrase, “I oppose diversity, equity and inclusion.”

Bonus points if you add your points, “I oppose disabled veterans equal access to employment.” “I oppose mothers having jobs.”

Making it an acronym turns it into a thought-terminating cliche.

The Purge Wrecking the civil service

The Purge
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There really is no going back from this.

But they like the crisis.

Sadly I don’t expect passive resistance to work either. Rs will claim they can’t work with us, pass laws that allow them to proceed. It’s just too late. We let the lies pile up and the wheels of our legal system grind too slowly for far too long. We expected the system to protect itself and us.

January 27, 2025 Yesterday, President Donald Trump began a trade war with Colombia after that country’s president refused to permit two U.S.

What can possibly go wrong?

January 27, 2025
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This little dog is a better person than a lot of humans whose salaries my tax dollars are now paying.

The Broligarchy! My new favorite meme.

I think it’s really interesting how many of the DEI comments made by the administration are about disability and the headline says DEI and folks here assume it’s a comment about race.

They’re coming for everyone but let’s be precise where we can. The ableism is LOUD and aggressive from these folks

Despite media reports, Trump has not offered federal employees a "buyout" Anyone who has read reports in the Associated Press, the New York Times, CBS News, CNN, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, or Axios would be under the impression that the Trump administration...

An unsurprisingly deceptive “buyout” for Federal employees turns out to be a trademark DJT move. “Despite media reports, Trump has not offered federal employees a "buyout"
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Is there going to be a version of Bluesky for people who have bad eyesight?