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This is completely false and not From Liz or me.

Well, well, well. The Acting FEMA Administrator said eliminating FEMA wasn’t in the best interest of the American people — and guess what?!?! They FIRED him. I guess that’s what happens when you stand up to your power-hungry “boss”.

Powerful

Let’s be honest: the policies they’re pushing? LITERALLY straight out of Project 2025. The same plan they claimed they had nothing to do with.  Now they’re writing them into law—gutting public lands, rejecting science, and handing out kickbacks to their corporate buddies.   We’re fighting back!

Q: "Are you considering tariff relief for small businesses?" Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"

Elon Musk’s PAC Edits Video After $1M Giveaway Recipient Says She Was Paid to ‘Vote’ https://twp.ai/4imQfZ

When Wisconsin voters head to the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill a vacant seat on the state’s Supreme Court, they’ll be casting a vote in what’s become the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.

A Los Angeles-based federal prosecutor was reportedly fired Friday on instruction of the White House, with sources saying that it was likely due to his part in a case involving one of Trump’s top donors.

Trump Goes From Losing 3 Court Cases In 90 Minutes To Losing 2 On A Friday Night: March Legal Recap. youtu.be/hlq-8DDHMic?...

Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

Auchincloss to Rep. Tony Gonzalez after Gonzalez touts the popularity of DOGE: "Is it popular to cut healthcare for the 40% of kids in this country who rely on Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for people who don't need tax cuts?

Indeed she did.

These layoffs may include people who tried to roll out safety guidelines for AI oh and also people who worked w/Musk's AI competitors. Remind me who is keeping and visualizing the master list of Elon's conflicts?

Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freeze: by Bahira AMIN For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being forced to turn people away, with U.S. President Donald Trump's aid freeze gutting the life-saving schemes. "People will die…

The state department’s procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles. Excuse me, but isn’t this a huge conflict of interest, not to mention an unnecessary expenditure?! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...?

"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..." apnews.com/article/trum...

Compare the two outrageously false claims Trump made about Gaza and condoms with Elon, yesterday, laughing off that he first spread that hoax. It should be a BFD that Trump is picking up lies from Elon and Elon just laughs it off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKks...

I noted here that Elon's laughing that off got almost no attention from legacy press (WSJ is one exception). www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/12/t...

Here's a report Trump's DOGE guy at Treasury is using to justify snooping at Treasury. It cites as much as $281.4B in improper payments (for FY 2021, which started in October 2020). But much of this is COVID related. And what is not was also a problem under Trump. www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...

TODAY: Washington, D.C. court will hear a lawsuit from students in the University of California system seeking to block the Department of Education from granting DOGE access to student data. Read the lawsuit: https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/12025-02-07-Complaint-1.pdf

The Daily Bean Pod is the main reason why I have any idea WTF is going on right now. (Plus other @mswmediapods.bsky.social pods!) I used to be a “not into politics” person but listening to the Daily Beans the last few years has changed that for the better.

We’re done here. Right?

The trump regime has ordered thousands of federal workers back to offices that either don’t exist or are run down because of Republican cuts. The goal is to demoralize civil servants. They have no idea who they’re messing with.

Yesterday, Democrats finally showed a stronger, and more united response to the tyranny unfolding in front of our eyes.

Elon Musk is NOT a legitimate government official -- he was not approved by Congress, and he has ZERO legal authority. He cannot shut down agencies. He cannot access Social Security numbers and payment info for millions of Americans. Take him to court and SHUT HIM DOWN.

It’s insane to me that we’re just… letting non-government personnel rifle through government code. The SysAdmins have to be losing their fucking minds right now.

This is the kind of action I’ve been looking for!

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Does anyone have a contact for Ann ? Would love to discuss with her the possibility of partnering with her to publish her cartoons exclusively on @bluesky

Twas the night before Christmas. 🌟 Can’t get enough of this… ‘2024 Holidays at the White House: A Season of Peace and Light.’ Merry Christmas, everyone!

Breaking: The Senate just passed the government funding package, 85-11. It now does to President Biden's desk for his signature.

She made a nest in the garland I was ready to hang. Posed long enough for her picture. Slept there for 2 hours!

He’s right. We want to do away with the popular vote. Republicans should immediately get rid of the electoral college to teach us a lesson.

We found uniforms like this in every village we visited in Iraq in early 2003.

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Breaking NBC: Rebel fighters claim that they've captured the Syrian capital of Damascus — as government forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad were routed in a mater of days. The location of al-Assad is not immediately known.

This is how the WORLD should be ♥️

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I'm glad Pete Hegseth has pledged not to drink if he is confirmed as Defense Secretary. So, I guess he can still sexually harass women, mismanage funds, discriminate against women service members, push for a Christian Nationalist agenda, and be a virulent Islamaphobe? Super duper.