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I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.

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I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption. I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents. 1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.

Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption. Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. We cannot let this stand.

“I’m not vouching for the man, but for his constitutional rights.” —Senator Van Hollen

Not serious people.

"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.

Talking about an aspirational vision of masculinity on The View last week.👇🏻

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

The CDC has literally been gutted today. There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet. Thousand of scientists fired. Entire departments erased. 1/

Rep. Krishnamoorthi: “This text message is clearly classified information. Secretary Hegseth has disclosed military plans as well as classified information. He needs to resign immediately.”

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.

The City of Sun Prairie has become the first municipality in Wisconsin to achieve 100% renewable energy. Their next goal: carbon neutrality by 2050. Recently I introduced a bill with State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde to commit the entire state to carbon neutrality by 2050.

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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.

The screens at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were playing this video this morning

In addition to being illegal, unconstitutional and wrong, Trump's lawlessness is also an extraordinary abuse of power as we the people have to pay his legal bills and ultimately for the damages his harms will bring. He is legally and financially liable for nothing. Break laws, get sued, we pay.

There is a wave of anger building across the entire country. People are already becoming fed up with Trump and Musk. These algorithms can try to hide it all they want, but they won’t be able to avoid reality for long.

Cowards. Sheer cowardice. I don't think there's anyone in the government who isn't facing angry members of the public or threats from the Trump administration right now. Do your jobs with a damn conscience or resign. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Democratic leaders: I think it's abundantly clear at this point that simply going along to get along ain't gonna work. Trying to negotiate ain't gonna work. Being collegial ain't gonna work. What you're doing right now isn't working. Take your gloves off and punch back. Hard.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

Preach. I want useful tech, not overhyped tech.

What a dumpster fire of a person. People who rely on those van spaces **can't go places** when they're blocked.

a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.

What is the best way to stick it to the oligarchs (especially Elon)?...Sell your stocks. Sell the mutual funds. Sell the index ETFs. Sell them all. Sell and watch the oligarchs panic sell everything so they can pay off their margin loans.....Then buy them all back 6 months later at an 80% discount.

your ✨ moment of zen ✨ for this morning

Farmers: “He was supposed to hurt other people, not us.”

Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is *on its face* a violation the equal protection of the laws.

Need something from a U.S. government website before everything went FUBAR? Here's a simple fix to take you to the Wayback Machine's archived version from before Jan. 20, 2025: govwayback.com

Consider this: what kind of young law school graduate would want to become an Assistant U.S. Attorney in this Justice Dep’t? Will smart, hard working, ethical young lawyers want to join? Probably not. What impact will that have, over time, on the quality of justice? Significant.

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You know what to do.