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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 6h

The executive spending money on paying the military without congressional approval is "fall of the Roman republic" behavior.

Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · 9h

The executive branch not spending the money that Congress has told them to spend is bad. The executive branch spending money on things for which Congress has not given them money is also bad (and, arguably, worse).

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 6h

⁨The blatantly political videos being forced on airports across the country are not only an abuse of taxpayer dollars, but they violate the law.

I'm joining @SenBlumenthal and @SenJackReed to demand DHS take down these videos immediately.⁩

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 13h

A 3,000-pound, 17-foot-long "DEMOCRACY" ice sculpture is melting away on the National Mall today, a statement from activists and artists on the weakened state of American democracy under the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

A 3,000-Pound Ice Sculpture Of 1 Word Is Melting In Front Of The U.S. Capitol

“It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.

www.huffpost.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 9h

MAGA thought they elected Trump to save America, but instead he’s saving Argentina. $40 billion now going to Trump’s buddy Javier Milei, while Americans can’t afford groceries, gas, or basic healthcare.

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.bsky.social · 10h

“The economic return on this investment in Ireland’s artists and creative arts workers is having an immediate positive impact on the sector and the economy overall"

Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent
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Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent

Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.

www.artnews.com

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NPR @npr.org · 10h

The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring that minority voters are not shut out of the process of drawing new congressional district lines. n.pr/42HFVEY

Supreme Court seems poised to further undercut the Voting Rights Act

The court's conservative majority could invalidate the section of the Voting Rights Act aimed at ensuring that minority voters are not shut out of the process of drawing new congressional district lines.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h

If you’ve recently awoken from a coma, the Speaker of the House is stalling the swearing in of a newly elected member from Arizona because she would be the deciding vote in the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, which would be trouble for his boss.

You’re caught up.

Ps: Welcome back.

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Anton Valenciaga 🇨🇦 @vmg-ylw.bsky.social · 12h

"Very few - many people are saying,... some people are even saying nobody will be attending." OK, Grandpa, it's time fro your prune juice.

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 13h

This is the bottom line.

Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 13h

Republicans claim we can't afford Social Security and Medicare.

They're giving a $40,000,000,000 bailout to Argentina.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 13h

Republicans claim we can't afford Social Security and Medicare.

They're giving a $40,000,000,000 bailout to Argentina.

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 13h

Because cities are democratic enclaves, and the GOP wants to destroy us.

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 13h

Middle-class taxpayers — not the wealthy — bear the brunt of this. Meanwhile, the wealthy are destroying the services we rely on. #NoKings

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14h

Trump is DOUBLING the amount of the Argentina bailout, to $40 billion. Nothing's been done to lower your cost of living right here, in America. America last.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14h

Republicans own all three branches, but they can’t open the government because even their own party knows raising healthcare premiums will be disastrous. LP Chief of Staff Ryan Wiggins explains:

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Slate @slate.com · 14h

They're going to shred what's left of the Voting Rights Act. slate.trib.al/gDWHR6g

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule That It’s Racist to Remedy Racism

It's going to be an electoral bonanza for Republicans.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14h

Just locker-room talk, right?

And these were not kids. They were adults, some working iwthin the Trump administration.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 14h

I'm here today as a private citizen and mother of two kids with critical and chronic illnesses who use Medicaid.

I need representatives like Mariannette Miller-Meeks to stop stealing the money that helps my kids have a good life. - Jonna Higgins-Freese

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14h

Trump is DOUBLING the amount of the Argentina bailout, to $40 billion. Nothing's been done to lower your cost of living right here, in America. America last.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 13h

When Democrats are in power, we expand access to quality, affordable healthcare.

When Republicans are in power, they cut healthcare so they can enrich their billionaire friends.

We refuse to be complicit in Republicans' heartless policy decisions. - @aguilar.house.gov

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 15h

Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
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Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza

“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, and he’s also killing people.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15h

Billionaire wealth has gone up by $33 trillion in the last ten years.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15h

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment rage at a system that’s rigged against most people.

Democrats should ignore the carping of corporate-backed Wall Street Democrats and embrace Zohran Mamdani and other young progressives as the future of the party.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Jo Eliza @joeliza.bsky.social · 16h

Of course they did.

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