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We get the politicians we deserve. The imbeciles in VA absolutely deserve Glenn Youngkin, just as Texans deserve Greg Abbott, Floridians deserve Ron DeSantis, Arkansans deserve Sarah Huckabee Sanders, etc. Elections have consequences— but most Americans don’t realize that.

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It really is reasonable to ask how we could possibly ever forgive our fellow Americans for voting for what is happening to us right now and what is going to continue to happen for years and years. I mean the simple answer would be... we just don't, right? Ever? Because some things are unforgivable?

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Jessica: Hakeem Jeffries gave a press conference today. He had two signs. One says Elon Musk is making $8 million a day in government contracts. The average medicaid recipient gets $65 a day..

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Tesla's deep ties to #China raise questions about Musk's role in the Trump administration. A scholar explains how the company's Shanghai factory accounts for over half of global deliveries and most profits. https://buff.ly/3Qy5npO By Linggong Kong, Auburn University #tariffs #trade

theconversation.comHow Elon Musk’s deep ties to – and admiration for – China could complicate Trump’s Beijing policyTesla billionaire’s financial entanglement in China raises the prospect that he could be the odd man out when it comes to Trump’s Asia policy.

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“This is someone who made his money by ripping off American taxpayers and who shouldn’t come anywhere near a position of authority over tax dollars,” said Sen. Ron Wyden about Schuler’s appointment. “He’ll fit right in with the Trump administration.” By @peterelkind.bsky.social

propub.liTrump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the…

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“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

americanbar.orgThe ABA supports the rule of lawIt has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...

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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right? it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC. i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

washingtonpost.comBanking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needsA government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.

Just since the Criminal in Chief was inaugurated, gasoline in my state has gone up 25cents per gallon. tRump promised to lower the cost of eggs. Now we can't even find any eggs to buy. Smart move, MAGA morons. You've been duped, yet again, by the great Conmeister.

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Elon Musk's cursing out people in rants about his support for H1B visa applicants tries to make it sound like he came in one - he didn't. He illegally used a student visa to work.

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Voters: He was awful last time, but let’s give him another chance. He’s male, he’s white, and he’s a legit racist— he hates who we hate. He doesn’t know what a tariff is, but he and his kids know how to steal every fu*king dollar out of the U.S. Treasury. He’s our kind of guy!!

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Trump impounds funds and someone challenges it as a violation of a law passed in 1974 prohibiting the President from doing such a thing and SCOTUS finds some tortured legal explanation for why the law is unconstitutional, Trump will then have the power to pick and choose who gets what

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

New in PN: Trump plots to steal Congress's budget authority "Will his legislative allies willingly surrender power to him and his the DOGE bros? Will SCOTUS let him shout 'EMERGENCY' & declare endemic problems to be crises that justify trampling the separation of powers? Will Americans even care?"