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ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations. The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel). "The party of small government,” folks.

Worried about bare shelves and widespread retail shortages? This slow-cooker cabbage with vodka will make you feel like you’re in the 1970s Soviet Union.

A US veteran was forcibly removed from Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall—for asking a question. This is Georgia’s 14th. This is what fascism looks like. Silencing patriots isn’t freedom. It’s fear. #Resist #MTG #VeteransSpeakTruth #FascismInAmerica #TrumpAmerikkka #MAGATerrorism

Great thread of the most vulnerable House Republicans in 2026 who voted to gut Medicaid and other essential programs today.

Kansas police chief, Joel Womochil, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse videos & sexually exploiting multiple children via social media. One of the videos involved a child under the age of 5 who had a pacifier. www.kansas.com/news/local/c...

This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated. The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?

Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Circling back on this…

The Trump administration helped bring back the Tate brothers (charged with rape and sexual trafficking), hosted Conor MacGregor (multiple allegations of sexual assault), and now invited Dom Lucre (horrific CSAM stuff) to the White House. These are the people they're celebrating and defending.

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵

⚡️ MINNESOTA UPDATE: The Republican who introduced a resolution to classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness, who was arrested on charges of soliciting a minor less than 1 day after doing it, has now already resigned. t.co/kYHez8qua6

And then join a class-action suit

When conservatism is in power, we often get analyses of the tensions between its component parts -- libertarians and religious right under Reagan, neocons and paleocons under W, etc. For MAGA, we need a piece on the tensions between the various CSAM producers, pedophiles, rapists and sex pests.

NEW—Trump’s Agriculture Department has halted HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of & worth of deliveries to food banks. USDA had previously allocated $500 million in deliveries for fiscal year 2025. This is on top of $1 BILLION cancelled last week for school lunch purchases. Not great for America.

The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.

Two headlines, both from today

Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

Which MA @indivisible.org group covers Waltham? This heinous group is based there. Can we organize some action against them?

Here is a list of town halls taking place next week that you should show up at. I am sorry, I mean Chuck Schumer’s book parties. If there are any missing, please add in the replies. The only thing he should be doing today is cleaning out his office.

Schumer: 202-224-6542 Hassan: 202-224-3324 Peters: 202-224-6221 Durbin: 202-224-2152 Schatz: 202-224-3934 King: 202-224-5344 Shaheen: 202-224-2841 Fetterman: 202-224-4254 Cortez-Masto: 202-224-3642 Gillibrand: 202-224-4451

Robert Morris, the former Texas megachurch pastor and Trump spiritual adviser, has been indicted on child sex crimes. "After almost 43 years, the law has finally caught up with Robert Morris for the horrific crimes he committed against me as a child," his alleged victim told me.

You know what the real scam of Social Security is? If you make above $168,800/year, the government STOPS taxing you on every dollar above that. Billionaires like Musk and Trump NEVER pay their fair share — and now they want to take OUR money away!!?!

I’m interested in talking to anyone who may have been at Elon Musk’s birthday party in June 2017. Hit me up on Signal at davetroy.69. Thanks.

A former Education Department staffer said the entire Office for Civil Rights teams in Philly, Chicago, SF, Cleveland, Boston and NY were let go. That represents half of regional civil rights offices. Via @kalynbelsha.bsky.social and @ericameltzer.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/2025/03/11/e...

There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security. Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."

The irony is that Khalil’s “activity” most likely resulted in less voting participation and Trumps win.

This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

David Ricks of @EliLillyandCo murders diabetics by pricing basic insulin at thousands of dollars per month. Friends have lost their sons, daughters, fiances, and many have suffered irreversible kidney failure and limb amputation. Where are David’s murder/terrorism charges?

Here it is: Americans won’t do the hard labor with the low pay of farm work. So if Trump is deporting the workers who are willing to do the work—and Americans won’t replace them—what do you think happens to the supply chain? Your grocery prices? Trump has no plan for this problem he’s creating.

Stop listening to dinosaurs. Stop paying the consultants that got us here. Stop asking for money instead of telling us what you’re going to do to fight back. The DC bubble has never been more glaring to me than ever. People out here are absolutely pissed and scared. Figure that out fast!

One of my favorite details in here: “After the reporter pointed out that such an action was against state law, board members said they voted after ending the closed session but before allowing the public, including the reporter, back into the meeting room”

DOGE "is headed by Elon Musk," Donald Trump says. Cc: @annabower.bsky.social Federal judges in DC, Maryland, and Virginia Yaakov Roth

Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."

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Trump’s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard.

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

Why are American taxpayers going to bail out scam artists losing money in the crypto markets? We are going to borrow more money to pump it into the crypto market to enrich scammers and leeches who produce nothing of value for humanity?

DOGE has quietly deleted the biggest “savings” it once celebrated — but its list of savings is still full of errors. Why DOGE’s data is so wrong, and why it matters. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

Get off your fucking ass and do something about this fascist authoritarian hostile take over! Why did you run to billionaires with your hand out! Billionaires are the fucking enemy or aren't you paying attention. You working for them makes you unqualified as leader of any party. Step aside for AOC

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)