One state where Trump is really wreaking havoc: Nevada. Las Vegas tourism, a major chunk of the state economy, has been stung by a policy of harassing foreign visitors. And the sectors Nevada is trying to diversify into are feeling the Trump economic pain too. From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social:
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service resigned after the Treasury Department and Homeland Security reached an agreement to share tax data from some immigrants living in the country without legal status.
(via @wbur.org)
Raskin: The basis for this most destructive trade war in the history of the world is the profound economic research and policy writings of one Ron Vera, a completely fictional economist conjured up by Peter Navarro, a real person who Elon Musk just called a moron
Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me
Walz: "My beef on this is that this guy is out there crying about his portfolio, and my mom's Social Security check this month is late. That he's attacking the portfolios of working Minnesotans and working Americans who have paid into these programs that he calls a Ponzi scheme."
Booker, just minutes away from the speaking record: "This is when the most precious ideas of our country are being tested, where the Constitution and the question is being called -- Where does the constitution live? On paper? Or in our hearts? This is the moment."
Abolish ICE is not an absurdity statement. ICE was created in 2003 as a response to 9/11 - we do not need it. We already established that following orders isn't an excuse.
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
Y'all, when Elon starts launching the paid protestors line at @indivisible.org, you know that what you're doing is working. Keep it up. And in case you needed a reminder, the next congressional recess is March 15th-23rd. And it's going to be loud. Let me be clear: we will not back down.
Trump and Musk claim they’re saving billions through DOGE’s mass purge of federal bureaucracy. Instead, the administration has spent $710 billion in its first month, nearly a billion more than Joe Biden.
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
quite remarkable that they went from demagoging "nameless faceless bureaucrats," to demagoging the press for seeking the identity of a nameless faceless bureaucrat
“Everybody knew, and we said who she was to all of you,” Leavitt snapped today at reporters asking for more details about new DOGE administrator Amy Gleason. “Because you are hounds in the media who are so obsessed with this for some reason!”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 ECONOMIC BLACKOUT begins Friday, February 28. Don’t buy gas. Eat food from your own kitchen. Don't spend money at Walmart, McDonald's, Target, Amazon, etc. If you must buy something, support your small local businesses. Stop giving your money to billionaires! 💙💚💛🧡❤️💜
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