Drug addeled isolated loner Musk pulled in as "Trump's brain"

They say less is more — celebrating my hubby Bradder's 71st birthday last night at Providence restaurant in L.A. with one candle.

The analogy is precise. And the White House response was nasty and disingenuous. This will be a major test of the courts – I think that they will pass it; but it is fundamental. I’ll have an article up on this at @thenewrepublic.bsky.social shortly plus a longer Substack on @talkingfeds.bsky.social

BEWARE: Secret/private thugs dragged & assaulted an Idaho woman (American citizen) who asked a question about protecting women's lives during a local Town Hall meeting. This could easily come to a venue near you. Be ready. Thank you @thenewrepublic.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1919...

<morse code> ···· · ·−·· ·−−· hello world? American here. I am a citizen of the United States an can wholly attest to the threat of a real constitutional crisis. It is dire. And feels imminent. Our freedom is at risk. Some "waking up" but too slow in rustling others. Please advise.

This didn't need to happen. 😢 Per the article, pre-vaccine, 400-600 children died of measles PER YEAR. No parent should have to bury a child. Vaccinate your kids!!

The GOP passed a budget resolution last night that will gut Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs — as 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Why? To finance tax cuts for the top 1%. We have socialism in this country for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.

🤡🤡🤡 21 U.S. DOGE Service staffers resign l saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Leadership versus shit.

Medicaid provides 40% of the funding for community health centers. Medicaid supports 2 out of 3 people in nursing homes. Medicaid provides health care to 41 million children. Trump and his Republican friends just slashed the largest cut in history to the program democrats.org/news/house-g...

NEW: So today in DOGE order just went out that all civilian DOD credit cards are immediately frozen/can't be used. This applies to people who are in the midst of DOD official travel. So maybe you're in Albania and your credit card just stopped working. Or maybe you're on travel from ...

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BREAKING: 8.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks 120 mi SW of George Town, Caymen Islands

Reuters: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUED BY GOVERNMENT WORKERS OVER SLASHING OF INTERNATIONAL AID AGENCY USAID

Whatever man he looks like the maitre d of the steakhouse in Circus Circus

ONE BIG THING. When I mentioned that I had heard of at least one person who had already missed a Social Security payment, the staffers snapped to attention. That's a huge deal. If you or someone you know has missed a Social Security payment, call your reps IMMEDIATELY.

the AI-powered chaos presidency: "...executive orders and other guidance issued during the Biden administration generally instructed government staff to be cautious about adopting emerging technologies. President Donald Trump has taken a different approach"

What kind of money are we saving again? Just dropping this in here

@sanders.senate.gov Please pls GO to the U.S. Treasury Dept. to attempt to remove Elon. You are an elected official and have the right to stop a Coup. We know that is what this is and nothing else. He' s in there with a group of teenaged adults sleeping in cots whilst accessing classified intel

EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.

🚨BREAKING: The Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association files federal court lawsuit against Department of Justice over the improper targeting of agents previously involved in politically sensitive investigation. For more details follow @democracydocket.com. www.democracydocket.com

I'm again take my rightful place as the slowest drawer. And then I add 200 books into the background #wip

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

JUST IN: The details on FBI employees comes in response to a Justice Department memo last week, asking for names of all current and former FBI personnel who worked on Jan. 6 cases or the prosecution of Hamas leaders.

Tom Cotton’s plan to get Tulsi Gabbard through the Senate Intelligence Committee was unconventional — Kyrsten Sinema even got involved.

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that they’d struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned citizens to the tiny Central American nation, which has suspended some basic rights as it battles powerful street gangs.

🚨🚨🚨A 25-year-old DOGE engineer working with Elon has access to a “top-secret” federal system and reportedly has the ability to alter how government payments are made to citizens. #Coup www.thedailybeast.com/revealed-the...

We just published a 3,000 word feature on Elon Musk's incursion into the federal government. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Blue Hour on Sparks Street, Ottawa. #winter #city #travel #winterlude #festival #photography

#febuARTy #purple #handembroidery

BREAKING: President Trump. "The US will take over the Gaza strip. We own it"

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Worst part about the Tariffs is that it's taking our eyes of the Treasury

Elon Musk has declared war on the federal bureaucracy — sparking an outcry over the vast flexing of power by a private individual.

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

NOW: Live protest at the U.S. Treasury -- Image credit: Pastor Keith Mills on the scene 🇺🇸 #America #ConstitutionalCrisis

Activist investor Starboard is backing down in its fight at Pfizer after seeing little chance of winning board seats or rousing enough shareholder pressure to force out its CEO.

🚨 BREAKING: Acting Attorney General James McHenry on Monday fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on the two criminal investigations into Donald J. Trump for the special counsel Jack Smith www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...

who was doing quite well exactly @thenewrepublic.bsky.social there are 7 million eviction cases every two months social cleansing in corona queens and detention camps prisoners self-immolating or beaten to death pesky genocide too

Good morning from snowy Charleston, South Carolina! #snow

One Trump voter told NPR he supported pardons related to the Capitol attack, but has a tougher time reconciling pardons for rioters who were violent with police.

A major storm is causing ice, snow and freezing rain from the Plains to the East Coast through Tuesday. By @chandelis.bsky.social

🇺🇸 Before 3:15 p.m. — Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran and avid Trump supporter, is shot by Capitol Police while trying to get into the Speaker’s Lobby →

🇺🇸 2:24 p.m. Trump tweets — “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution…”

🇺🇸 By 2:20 p.m. Both houses of Congress adjourn and start to evacuate as rioters force their way farther into the Capitol.

🇺🇸 Around 2:15 p.m. — The pro-Trump mob breaches the Capitol, breaking windows and climbing inside the building, then opening doors for others to follow →

🇺🇸 1:30 p.m. The massive crowd of Trump supporters outside the building grows even larger, eventually overtaking Capitol Police and making their way up the steps.