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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Speaker Mike Johnson is perpetually trying to deceive people. He uses his milquetoast speech and persona to mask his determination to ruthlessly cause harm. He wears his “Christianity” on his sleeve as a decoy from his evil intentions. He is not a good person, he just tries to play one on TV.

The federal government keeps labeling everyone they go after as cartel members — and it keeps being proven false. These are the same people we’re supposed to trust when they execute people at sea under that very justification?

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

We have nihilistic 8chan edgelords in charge of our nuclear arsenal because 30% of America still isn’t over the fact the South lost the Civil War

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Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days.

Mike Johnson voted “no” on that.

They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

See the difference? 👀

Lawrence: One of the examples you've put out is in Speaker Mike Johnson's Louisiana district, a 60 year old couple earning 82,000 a year. Their health care premiums will rise by almost $20,000 by 300% because of what their congressman is doing.

But he’s all about putting America First 🙄

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

You’re not evil for asking why the president cut services and let your family drown.

“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Shocked at How Badly He’s Screwing Them As evidence mounts that voters in Trump country are getting hammered by his biggest initiatives, an economist paints a dark picture of just how bad the sum total of these policies will be for working ...

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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

Trump races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.

Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE’s staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process.

One striking thing from this (excellent) report on a DOGE employee's use of AI is that everything about it is antithetical to sound software engineering practices—an engineer hurriedly deploying an unfamiliar tool to meet an impossible deadline for a problem domain in which he has no expertise.

9 out of 10 agencies targeted by DOGE for layoffs are liberal-leaning. Every single proposed GOP budget increase goes to conservative agencies.

They're not cutting fat—they're performing ideological surgery with a chainsaw.

NEW at SCOTUS: two emergency docket wins for Trump. One gives DOGE access to Social Security files. The second halts a FOIA request for info into DOGE’s operations for now. The three Dem appointees dissent in each.

Trump preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California, sources say | CNN Politics The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding to California, an effort which could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.

not enough said about how, by turning the national government against states on the basis of ordinary political disagreement, trump is undermining the idea that the union is worthwhile. www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/p...

Sunrise, just minutes before a thunder storm started.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Photography
#EastCoastKin

Paywall. 🙄

MSM in the US is 100% complicit in destroying our democracy. They have made that crystal clear. It is no longer to be trusted.

How much of America's media showed that literally everything Trump said about South Africa were easily disprovable lies?
If any other politician tried that shit they'd be immediately called out.
But Trump?
Never.
They've helped usher in fascism to America.

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There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.

Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. 🇺🇸

#SomberMemorialDay