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Accepting a private jumbo-jet from a foreign nation is a clear violation of our Constitution, which plainly prohibits U.S. officials from accepting gifts from foreign governments.

It’s incredible that the President of the United States is openly flirting with suspending Habeas Corpus, disappearing people left and right, arresting judges and politicians, accepting ludicrous bribes from foreign countries, and people are still trying to normalize this shit.

So many layers of corruption.

Pope Leo: “We do not need loud, forceful communication, but rather communication that is capable of listening and of gathering the voices of the weak who have no voice. Let us disarm words and we will help to disarm the world.”

Think Elon Musk is out of Washington? Think again. DOGE is quietly building a massive data collection system designed to centralize unprecedented access to your personal information Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses, and more.

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

Walter Cronkite, who was described as the most trusted man in America, once said: “Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” Paramount: Stand up for a free press and our democracy. Do not capitulate to Trump's dangerous move to authoritarianism.

Every hour that Pete Hegseth remains in his role, America is less safe. Call your Representative now and tell them it’s time to #FireHegseth (202) 224-3121

Still wrapping my head around a President with 34 felony convictions snatching people off the street if they have a speeding ticket on their record.

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A new low, even for MTG 👀

Poorly photoshopped tattoo pictures. Fake margaritas added to a photo op. A demand letter accidentally sent to Harvard. Nonsensical tariff stats and formulas. We’re losing our democracy to the dumbest mother fuckers ever.

Rightwing Leonard Leo judge comes out vs trump grab and ship to El Salvador policy. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/04/trum...

Trump, the so-called dealmaker, now wants to delay Medicare from negotiating drug prices. Eli Lilly charges Americans $1,080 for the diabetes drug Mounjaro when the same drug can be purchased for $200 in Japan and $520 in the U.K. Is this what Trump means by America First?

The waves crash with timeless rhythm along the rugged coast of Inis Meáin, #Ireland. Part of the Aran #Islands, Inis Meáin is known for its wild Atlantic beauty, traditional stone walls, and deep connection to #Irish heritage. [Damien Marshall]

Tank the market with tariffs so rich people can buy low then “pause” the tariffs and all those people make vast sums of money?

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

The Democrats didn't get "timid", they're silence was bought by the same wealthy donors that own the Republicans. Shame on both parties. We need a strong, progressive people's party that answers to the majority, not the 1%.

FOTUS wants a 4 mile military parade through DC for his 79th b-day. This is the same guy who dodged the draft and now wants tanks and flyovers to mark his “accomplishments.” Remember when the last one was canceled because it would cost $92 mil? DOGE - I think this qualifies as wasteful spending 🙄

Attn: Trump stated, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!” Many have interpreted this as an indication that he or his allies are using knowledge of tariffs for personal financial gain. This raises serious concerns about insider trading and market manipulation.

Why did the business community support the candidate who campaigned on intentionally destroying the economy?

The letters, sent by Musk staffers, come amid his push to cut up to 80 percent of the agency’s roughly 180-person staff. Let’s be clear: these grants were already awarded and are funded through bipartisan congressional appropriations. Terminating them is illegal.

The man who thought transgenic mice were transgender and that injecting bleach was a good idea ‘does’ economics. What could possibly go wrong?

Murphy: "Newsflash: These guys are incompetent. They don't know what they're doing. We hired a weekend Fox News host with no diplomatic or management experience with a checkered personal history of abuse and alcoholism to be our chief national security official. And it's going very badly."

President Trump's attempt to strip collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal workers is “nothing but retaliation against our union for standing up for its members,” says Everett Kelley, head of the American Federation of Government Employees.

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Trump is driving the US into a recession for the simple reason that his wealthy backers will get even richer. The rich get richer in a recession while the rest of us suffer. This is part of Trump paying back Musk and his oligarchs for bankrolling his campaign.

A tragedy is unfolding in the United States with shocking rapidity. Academic freedom, judicial independence, investigative journalism and civil society are dying. The lifeblood of a culture is draining away and the spirit of a nation is evaporating. The American Dream is gone.

A troubling pattern is emerging. As if Elon Musk didn’t already have enough power, he pressured Reddit’s CEO to censor content he didn’t like—pressure we hope Reddit will resist in the future.

Now, after setbacks in the Pennsylvania elections, he’s targeting ActBlue, claiming—without evidence—that it’s connected to protests and vandalism against Tesla.

ActBlue empowers small donors to support candidates and causes they believe in, and many of those donors are now stepping up to push back against Musk’s growing influence over our elections.

Everyone should take a moment to remind themselves of what the Presidential Records Act is. This is a key component: Establishes preservation requirements for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts... They used Signal, because they didn't want a record.

Read: Animal Farm. 🤨

Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?

There’s been some crazy illegal sh*t going on at the White House—so I went to the top for answers.

A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income. A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income. Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?

Musk is rapidly pushing forward the privatization of space and satellite operations that have long been managed by the NOAA. DOGE has acquired confidential data from NOAA’s competitors—an alarming development that has further cemented SpaceX’s dominance in the space and satellite industry.

this is disgusting.

What in the actual Fuck! Let me guess nothing is going to change and they will just get away with being sleazebags?

Trump's Social Security nominee just lied to the Finance Committee, claiming he hasn't been involved in any DOGE plans to gut Social Security. My office has a whistleblower that says otherwise. We brought the receipts.