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NEW: Elon Musk's lobbyists spent more than $46,000 to wine and dine Texas politicians just this year.
Want to know who was on the receiving end? Too bad. Texas law shields the identities of most lawmakers who get freebies from lobbyists.
www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege
Want to know who was on the receiving end? Too bad. Texas law shields the identities of most lawmakers who get freebies from lobbyists.
www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege
Want to know who Elon Musk's lobbyists wined and dined? It's a Texas-sized secret.
Musk's lobbyists spent thousands to wine and dine elected officials. But exactly how they accomplished Musk's goals is more of a mystery.
www.kut.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's lobbyists spent more than $46,000 to wine and dine Texas politicians just this year.
Want to know who was on the receiving end? Too bad. Texas law shields the identities of most lawmakers who get freebies from lobbyists.
www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege
Want to know who was on the receiving end? Too bad. Texas law shields the identities of most lawmakers who get freebies from lobbyists.
www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege
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Murphy: "It's not designed as economic policy. It's designed as political policy. Because Trump gets really excited when people have to come to him, petition the king for relief. That's what he's doing with law firms, doing with universities. That may be what he's doing with businesses."
April 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Murphy: "It's not designed as economic policy. It's designed as political policy. Because Trump gets really excited when people have to come to him, petition the king for relief. That's what he's doing with law firms, doing with universities. That may be what he's doing with businesses."
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“I came to government to really build great experiences for people, to interact with government to get their benefits easier, to file their taxes easier, to get their tax refunds quicker. That’s why I joined government. What I see DOGE is doing is, they’re actually breaking a lot of that down."
‘It is a wrecking ball’: Former DOGE worker describes Musk-led government-slashing effort from the inside | CNN Politics
Elon Musk has claimed the Department of Government Efficiency is “the most transparent organization in government ever.” But Merici Vinton, a federal worker who recently left her job at the government...
www.cnn.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“I came to government to really build great experiences for people, to interact with government to get their benefits easier, to file their taxes easier, to get their tax refunds quicker. That’s why I joined government. What I see DOGE is doing is, they’re actually breaking a lot of that down."
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While Trump slashes jobs, his golf trips are costing taxpayers millions | Mohamad Bazzi
While Trump slashes jobs, his golf trips are costing taxpayers millions | Mohamad Bazzi
The US president is condemning ‘waste’ and firing workers – while cashing in by traveling to his own resorts
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
While Trump slashes jobs, his golf trips are costing taxpayers millions | Mohamad Bazzi
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There's really no reason for media outlets to not label these purges as white supremacist policy. It is explicit at this point.
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There's really no reason for media outlets to not label these purges as white supremacist policy. It is explicit at this point.
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Journalists should describe what Trump is doing as conceding. It's not that Ukraine is [being forced to] give up territory. It's that the US is offering concession after concession.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose
In an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Journalists should describe what Trump is doing as conceding. It's not that Ukraine is [being forced to] give up territory. It's that the US is offering concession after concession.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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NEW: This past weekend, the Trump administration proceeded with deportations, seemingly defying court orders.
Are we officially in a constitutional crisis? Read our latest to learn more.
Are we officially in a constitutional crisis? Read our latest to learn more.
Has the Trump Admin Officially Defied Court Orders?
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEW: This past weekend, the Trump administration proceeded with deportations, seemingly defying court orders.
Are we officially in a constitutional crisis? Read our latest to learn more.
Are we officially in a constitutional crisis? Read our latest to learn more.
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The Department of Justice was created in 1870 with an explicit mission to protect civil rights and enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.
The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.
How about restoring *that* focus?
The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.
How about restoring *that* focus?
Leavitt: "We want to restore the Department of Justice to an institution that focuses on fighting law and order."
March 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Department of Justice was created in 1870 with an explicit mission to protect civil rights and enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.
The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.
How about restoring *that* focus?
The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.
How about restoring *that* focus?
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Trump and his soulless careerists like Rubio are determined to make the United States a pariah state whose only allies are murderous nations like Russia and Saudi Arabia.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador 'is no longer welcome' in the US.
March 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Trump and his soulless careerists like Rubio are determined to make the United States a pariah state whose only allies are murderous nations like Russia and Saudi Arabia.
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Is today a good day to remind everyone, as a Trump biographer, that as detailed in PROOF OF CORRUPTION (2020) Donald Trump allowed his friend Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to shell our troops in Syria because he was more loyal to Erdoğan than America?
Now you understand the Solong-Stena Immaculate Incident.
Now you understand the Solong-Stena Immaculate Incident.
Pentagon says US forces came under Turkish artillery fire in Syria | CNN Politics
The Pentagon confirmed Friday that US troops in Syria “came under artillery fire from Turkish positions” and demanded that Turkey halt all operations that could require the US to take “immediate defen...
www.cnn.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Is today a good day to remind everyone, as a Trump biographer, that as detailed in PROOF OF CORRUPTION (2020) Donald Trump allowed his friend Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to shell our troops in Syria because he was more loyal to Erdoğan than America?
Now you understand the Solong-Stena Immaculate Incident.
Now you understand the Solong-Stena Immaculate Incident.
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JUST IN: Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump spiritual advisor Robert Morris has been indicted for molesting a 12-year-old girl.
March 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
JUST IN: Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump spiritual advisor Robert Morris has been indicted for molesting a 12-year-old girl.
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If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
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Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
March 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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More of this. The fuck are you doing promoting a book when the country is falling apart?
Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening.
People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book.
Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"
People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book.
Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"
February 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
More of this. The fuck are you doing promoting a book when the country is falling apart?
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Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk and Scraps Ad
The Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk
The newspaper was all set to run a print ad critical of the tech mogul, but then balked.
newrepublic.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk and Scraps Ad
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This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free.
(Published Oct. 2019)
(Published Oct. 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
propub.li
February 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free.
(Published Oct. 2019)
(Published Oct. 2019)
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When the GOP proposes $2T in spending cuts and a $4.5T tax cut for the rich, make no mistake: they’re coming for your health care.
February 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When the GOP proposes $2T in spending cuts and a $4.5T tax cut for the rich, make no mistake: they’re coming for your health care.
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These are not “settlements” they are “bribes” and should be described accurately. The reporting even explains that CBS executives believe this payment will help avert Trump blocking their merger. Thats a bribe. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
A settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
These are not “settlements” they are “bribes” and should be described accurately. The reporting even explains that CBS executives believe this payment will help avert Trump blocking their merger. Thats a bribe. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
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This, exactly.
"Oh, it's just a little thing, we can do that. ... Well, this is a bit worse, but I guess we can go along with that too. .... Huh, this seems a lot but what choice do we have now?"
"Oh, it's just a little thing, we can do that. ... Well, this is a bit worse, but I guess we can go along with that too. .... Huh, this seems a lot but what choice do we have now?"
"Gulf of America" is just a loyalty test. It's a way of checking who is going to abrogate reality for no reason other than a cowardly refusal to stand up to the bully or an opportunistic willingness to toady up to one. Anyone who will call it that will help you round people up or look the other way.
February 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This, exactly.
"Oh, it's just a little thing, we can do that. ... Well, this is a bit worse, but I guess we can go along with that too. .... Huh, this seems a lot but what choice do we have now?"
"Oh, it's just a little thing, we can do that. ... Well, this is a bit worse, but I guess we can go along with that too. .... Huh, this seems a lot but what choice do we have now?"
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There were protests at every US state capitol 2/5, now happening again on President's Day. Last time thousands of people showed up despite limited lead time and promotion.
Share widely so that media won't be able to ignore Americans this President's Day!! #50501 #buildtheresistance #wethepeople
Share widely so that media won't be able to ignore Americans this President's Day!! #50501 #buildtheresistance #wethepeople
February 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There were protests at every US state capitol 2/5, now happening again on President's Day. Last time thousands of people showed up despite limited lead time and promotion.
Share widely so that media won't be able to ignore Americans this President's Day!! #50501 #buildtheresistance #wethepeople
Share widely so that media won't be able to ignore Americans this President's Day!! #50501 #buildtheresistance #wethepeople
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Neither the mainstream press nor our political system seem to have digested the fact that the U.S. president is trying to illegally annex a NATO ally using economic coercion.
Trump on what Trudeau could offer him to change his mind on tariffs: "What I'd like to see -- Canada become our 51st state."
February 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Neither the mainstream press nor our political system seem to have digested the fact that the U.S. president is trying to illegally annex a NATO ally using economic coercion.
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Trump is openly violating the law on a vast and unprecedented scale and everyone is acting like it's normal. NPR had a long story about finding a rare shrew. NYT said he was disregarding "legal niceties." This is an attack on the Constitution as profound as the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
January 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Trump is openly violating the law on a vast and unprecedented scale and everyone is acting like it's normal. NPR had a long story about finding a rare shrew. NYT said he was disregarding "legal niceties." This is an attack on the Constitution as profound as the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.