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This is not making America Great

I am never using an Intuit product.

Important thread. People should be prosecuted for this.

POOF! Tim Parlatore is now a Navy Commander! No need to take any tests or earn it or anything. What a slap in the face to actual Commanders.

Holy crap. The DOJ is arguing that the President can unilaterally deport anyone he wants without ANY statutory authority, just on his inherent authority as President over national security. That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.

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

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.

Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY. David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated. The USAID programs were cut anyway. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

"The new US administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. This largely coincides with our vision." - Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson Add this to the growing list of things you never thought you'd see in your lifetime.

Social Security & Medicare are not safe. Our savings are not safe. Flying is not safe. When you can die of a miscarriage, and 1 out of 5 pregnancies miscarry... pregnancy is not safe. America is not safe without NATO. Russia & China are thrilled. We may never regain the trust of the free world.

This afternoon, the top FDA food official responsible for overseeing America's food safety and inspections resigned from the federal government.

“I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights,” he said. “I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”

Just despicable and disgraceful. The US government is now indistinguishable from the mafia.

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

I guess we know why Trump refused to reveal his secret plan before the election of how he planned to end the war in Ukraine. Wouldn’t have mattered a jot to his base, but he knew it would matter to a few people - especially Polish & Ukrainian-Americans in swing states.

Sorry, 63 million Medicaid recipients, Elon Musk needs another rocket and Peter Thiel needs a seventh yacht. Priorities, amirite? Ps: Don't get sick. Be best, Republicans

This was always Trump’s plan. Art of the Steal.

The Trump Economy: Going up ⬆️ Inflation Gas & Grocery prices Housing costs Taxation via tariffs Going down ⬇️ The stock markets Your savings www.cnbc.com/2025/02/11/s...

Donald Trump’s press conference today was one of the most disgraceful moments in U.S. history, signaling a complete surrender to Vladimir Putin.

I’m sure all these Very Principled & Courageous Republican Ukraine supporters in Congress who complained that Biden was not doing enough to help them defeat Putin will condemn Trump & Hegseth’s remarks today.

We are sorry, Ukraine. The Russians have broken us. Keep fighting the good fight. Slava Ukraini. Sincerely, America

Promise: "I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One." Reality:

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

Let's recap: An unelected oligarch is currently taking a blowtorch to the federal government and making unilateral decisions about how/where to allocate your tax dollars. Democrats aren't allowed to ask him any questions. Republicans don't want to know what he's doing. Zero oversight. ...🧵

Pretty damn good framing for Dems

Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.

You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.

1. It’s WSJ reporter. 2. Even when the Trump Admin fires one of their own, it is The Media’s fault. We made them do it. 3. Americans have a right to know the names of people running the country. 4. This is a time for journos to be fearless because this is part of the deal now.

Magas: Gun registration violates our privacy! Also magas: Elon Musk can have our social security numbers, banking info, medical records and anything else he wants!

So JD Vance doesn't mind government employees with racist views, but employees with views appreciating diversity, equity and inclusion are not to be tolerated? Got it.

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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Musk staff have access to student aid data now.

“A conservative author who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and written on social media that ‘competent white men must be in charge’ has been named to a top post at the State Department” by Marco Rubio. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

BREAKING: KRISTI NOEM REFUSES TO RULE OUT DETAINING WOMEN, CHILDREN AT GUANTANAMO BAY AS PART OF DEPORTATION SWEEP — MEET THE PRESS

WIRED has been doing vital work. If you’re looking to support good journalism right now, subscriptions are cheap.

Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.

Darren Beattie, the new head of public diplomacy at State, spent January 6 telling various black people — including Tim Scott — to “learn their place” and “take a knee to MAGA” www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...

NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...