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Sending prayers to President Biden.

Thousands of protestors marching around the Wisconsin Capitol right now. My favorite sign so far: "no science, no cheese"

Oh yeah they're gonna cut social security.

“I challenge JD Vance to go to Ukraine and get a briefing from the Ukrainian military and talk to the Ukrainian people. Then tell me what you think.” ~Lindsey Graham, April 2024 thehill.com/homenews/sen...

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Do you fly in airplanes? Drive on highways? File taxes? Have kids or elderly parents? Go to the doctor? Prefer not to be poisoned by toxic chemicals? Then you rely on the government services that Musk is hobbling. It is tragic that many Americans won’t realize this until those services are killed.

Republicans are getting rude awakenings in town halls across the United States. Here is our message:

This is a terrible move @msnbc.com. Terrible. The @joy.msnbc.com was a critical part of the evening line-up and @joyannreid.bsky.social brings trenchant political analysis that no one else in the evening line-up has brought. I urge you to reconsider this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...

I've heard Trump tell the "Raizin" Caine story numerous times. It's incredibly telling about how he sees the military.

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c... Democracy requires your courage.

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

Gold MiddleFinger

Highly recommend treating yourself to a subscription to The Atlantic. Many excellent and thoughtful writers on staff -- I especially like Tom Nichols!

Bingo. Say this. Every day. Every hour. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.

First he’s the President, now he’s the Supreme Court!

Another reminder of the power of rightwing propaganda and the failure of mainstream media coverage: more people probably have heard about USAID ‘funding’ Politico (it isn’t) than about USAID funding anti-malaria programs which were just cut off and frozen by Musk and Trump.

“Done by 2 or 3 companies…”

Anti-DOGE rally getting underway now outside the U.S. Department of Labor, where DOGE was reportedly scheduled to have a meeting today. Big turnout from AFGE, one of the federal unions in Trump’s crosshairs.

If you’re a government employee, thank you for your service & here’s a resource you may find helpful. Stay strong. www.civilservicestrong.org

🚨Trump just gave Musk control.🚨 Tens, if not hundreds of millions of people across the country rely on the systems which are responsible for distributing Social Security and Medicare benefits, salaries for federal personnel, payments to government contractors and grant recipients and tax refunds...

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Because they are evil, we must stand up to them. But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.

“In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. " Abraham Lincoln

So how’s it going so far?

You guys need to see this and take it in… Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.

Helpful advice for intervening to disrupt abusive and caustic behaviour. 1. Practice. 2. To the abuser, enroll 'we', "we don't do/tolerate that behaviour here". 3. To the person being abused "are you ok?" 4. It is always scary. See full thread for advice.

Trump‘s first week has been incredibly hopeful for the country of Iran.

Just gonna flag that he does not mean this *evenly.* Trump’s government will take care of Trump’s people. Trump treats government spending as rewards he personally doles out to the deserving. (He also doesn’t care about hypocrisy or equal treatment under the law.)