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Trump: “Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks.”

Just when I defend our US farmers and ranchers against the damaging Trump policies, guys like this make it hard. His last line about "flushing out the closet democrats" make Dems like me want to buy beef from anyone but him and those who think like him. Let him suffer the consequences of his choice.

We shouldn't be upset at Trump's excrement video. He essentially acknowledges he is full of sh*t and is dumping on America. Looks accurate to me. The icing on the cake is Mr. America First's video has Russian words on the buildings. Couldn't get a better visual metaphor for this presidency.

If we have two weeks for Trump to decide whether or not to join Israel in its war on Iran, then we have two weeks to get Congress to exercise its war powers authority and determine whether it approves it or not - and make this administration understand it's not Trump's decision alone.

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US Vice President JD Vance announced that he plans to travel to Greenland on Friday. "I'm going to visit some of our guardians in the Space Force on the northwest coast of Greenland and also just check out what's going on with the security there of Greenland”-he said

My husband and I are voting early today.

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social

Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites. Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote

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HOW IT HAPPENED: James Andrew Malone, the mayor of a town of 5,000, ran on education, abortion rights, and opposing Elon Musk—in a district that had *never* voted Democratic. Until tonight. Our complete write-through of his astonishing special election win in Lancaster County →

the-downballot.comDemocrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shockerNo Democrat had ever won this ancestrally Republican seat, but it's now the second Democratic pickup of the year.

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Democrats have taken the majority in the Pennsylvania State House with the election of Dan Goughnour in HD 35, breaking the 101-101 deadlock.

When they see their own existential threat, they speak up.

The Lincoln Project@lincolnproject.us

"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose,"

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I can’t get over how much the MAGA people who pretend to love America actually hate everything about it. They hate the people, they hate the freedom of speech and assembly, they hate free elections, they hate the idea of the people governing ourselves. They aren’t patriots.

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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

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I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.

forkingpaths.coIs American democracy doomed?How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.

Amy Coney Barrett is being singled out as a DEI hire because she dared to side with the liberals on the court in the recent USAID case. Notably, Chief Justice John Roberts is receiving no pushback even as he joined them in the majority decision.

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BREAKING - Trump team met with Ukraine’s top 2 opposition leaders to try to topple Zelenskyy The plan has FAILED - both opposition leaders have officially said they do NOT support calling an election to replace Zelenskyy while the war is going on