Nice story from This American Life about a family with a father who believes in assorted conspiracies. Ultimately sad. 1 hr
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Nice. Purple was crazy today

And if anyone should be paying us back it should be Russia not Ukraine

How about we spend as little as possible through the 2026 midterms?

This is insane. How long will it take to screen, clear & train replacements? Our schools and industries don't readily supply these kind of folks. How vulnerable will we be in the interim?
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You are playing by the rules. Trump and his goon squad are not.

If you wear an "Abolish the IRS" t-shirt and a MAGA hat you can get away with it.
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"Serious commitments" must be some quid pro quo. I was thinking some pet priority but perhaps cash and an endorsement

I agree. I hope someone in Congress sees this.

El Salvador agreed to allow the US to outsource some prisoners for enough money to sustain their prison system.
Now where's Marco gonna get the cash to pay El Salvador for this?

USAID.

Heh
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Yes! Thanks for posting.

Agree Dems need step up. Are there any Reps left in Congress that might care about stuff like hyenas in the OPM henhouse too? Perhaps Main Street Caucus? Any senators? Could they simply hold off on reconciliation bill or confirmations until the admin is following the law?

Can Dems work on saving our country too?
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We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits

Hey everyone. It’s Feb 3rd, and the Democrats have been at home since Jan 24th because the house is out of session.

They should have come back, the place is on fire.

Get suing, messaging, demonstrating, speaking, everything and ANYTHING

Great comment. Thanks Adam!
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Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.

Do something

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We've got hyenas in the henhouse and they've fired all the IGs. Can we mount some defense against this?
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And locals are worried there won't be enough is the reservoirs for the summer

DOGE has been sued by @crew.bsky.social & others for violating the FACA law. Can there be legal injunction to stop them from accessing sensitive databases before this new department has even been established per FACA? Also can you put some words out which orgs are fighting & what help they need?

I appreciate what you're doing. Can you stop DOGE from breaking into sensitive computer databases when they haven't even been authorized yet?

This feels like Russia-Ukraine except a trade war not a hot war. Sure the US can bully Canada & Mexico with smaller impact to most Americans but bigger impacts to Canadians & Mexicans. It will take years to repair trade relationships. I don't blame them for hating us. Why TF are we fighting this?

Hi Madlaw, I've been using other online retailers (like Target) already (Amazon prices can be higher and reviews fake), don't use FB much but do follow X a lot although never supported sponsors. Yeah these are tough to completely wean. Need something to push back on this insanity.

Canada helped fight the CA wildfires. Economic warfare with our allies is insane. This isn't about fentanyl. It's time to start boycotting MAGA products. Tesla, Starlink certainly. ULINE contributed. What else?

Deep staters should delay, hold on & collect evidence as long as they can. Don't immediately refuse or you'll be quickly replaced by a gestapo goon. Say: "ok sure, sounds good, working on it, few more things to do, almost done, etc." But ofc don't comply. Delay like Trump did. Save ur FU 4 the end.

Halfway post is a parody account

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I didn't like McCain. He was clueless about the economy. Obama was too liberal for me. Think I voted libertarian in 2008.
And I agree Dem POTUS's can be fiscally conservative IF they have an Rep congress. Republicans aren't fiscally conservative anymore

Yeah it's awful how they claim they'll be fighting back and now nothing.
I hate Trump and he's an idiot but he's certainly smart about politics and messaging

I even donated and campaigned for Kamala because I hate Trump and the MAGAs so much. But to no avail