wender16.bsky.social

wender16.bsky.social

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This dumb hack has no power to do that. States don't have to listen to anything he says.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

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The leader of the Republican Party supports murderous anti-American war criminal Vladimir Putin. Will Republican candidates be repeatedly asked if they denounce Putin? The Republican Party's biggest donor also boosts a German Neo-Nazi party. Will Republican candidates be asked if they denounce AfD?

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Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

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I read some of the Amelia Earhart files. It was crazy that her last radio transmission was her asking for the release of the Epstein files.

And many of these institutions betray the American people by doing just so. Don’t be played. Together we can stand up to him

🗽LOLGOP🗽@lolgop.bsky.social

The most important thing you must share today. Trump is destroying your life savings and ability to make a living for 1 reason: he wants to make us all beggars who bow to him, his donors and his family. Not sure why @chrismurphyct.bsky.social hasn’t posted this here but can’t be posted enough.

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I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.

forkingpaths.coIs American democracy doomed?How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.

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How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...

nytimes.comHow Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.

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Kash Patel—yes, that Kash Patel, the bug-eyed Trump lackey who looks like a central casting version of that bug eyes guy in Men in Black—is now the FBI Director. And in his infinite MAGA wisdom, he wants to enhance the FBI’s ranks with help from… the UFC.

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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."

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The richest man on earth, Elon Musk is trying to kill a department, USAID, that helps the poorest people on earth Because USAID has been investigating Musk and his Starlink company — and their ties to Vladimir Putin and Russia THAT is why Musk is attacking USAID

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