We talked about exactly this on the Strict Scrutiny @strictscrutiny.bsky.social episode from last week: crooked.com/podcast/the-...

@groundedpodcast.bsky.social can you talk about the possibility of a shadow government?

Sec. of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has barred Pentagon officials from top think tank forums, claiming they spread "globalist hate." Trump's latest loyalty test is now shutting out the ideas that keep America strong. Marvin Kalb explains.

Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.

BREAKING: CASA plaintiffs file an amended complaint challenging Trump's EO to end birthright citizenship, seeking class certification and a TRO, following today's Supreme Court decision.

FINALLY Democrats are putting out HARD-HITTING ads. WATCH AND SHARE: #MAGAKidnappers

BEYER: Isn't this embarrassing? BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir BESSENT: Job growth is solid BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir

Thousand Oaks, CA est. 2500!! #handsoff #resist

This was posted in Threads: #45 called Pete Buttigieg “Alfred E. Newman.” Mr. Buttigieg’s response: “I guess the fact that I inspired him to make a literary reference, possibly for the first time…..” is genius. Buttigieg is quickly becoming one of my heroes.

Yes they are.

Good question. Why DOES Pete Hegseth have a Russian phone number? 🤨

Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.

The evidence presented was so thin, the judge said at one point, that “the Defense Department might have well cited the latest Beyoncé album.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

@amychanson.bsky.social I miss seeing you on socials

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at [email protected].

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

Passing on a note from a colleague: People with federal student loans should download their files IMMEDIATELY. These files are currently on the studentaid.gov website, which may get deleted if Trump follows through with his EO to shut down DOE

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

“For the typical U.S. household, the tariffs will mean a loss of about $1,200 in annual purchasing power, according to the Budget Lab at Yale, a nonpartisan research center.” Trump is gambling with your money that the 3 countries will cave to his demands. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Less than 1% of all fentanyl seizures occurred at the U.S.-Canada border last year.

Every Democratic Senator swore an oath to protect the Constitution…so why can’t they, as individuals, start having cease and desist orders approved on those EOs which seem to controvert the Constitution-not Ts right to do illegal acts, the acts themselves ie, impoundment or birthright?

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy dancing naked in front of a window and getting his hairy nipple licked on reality TV. This is who Trump put in charge of the country’s flight safety.

White nationalist event at ASU backfires as student protest overwhelms them: On the same day that a white supremacy aligned university club encouraged students to report their classmates to ICE, hundreds of Arizona State University Sun Devils responded by marching in support of their undocumented…

My local news, KBZK in Bozeman, MT, just aired an interview with a pardoned J6 felon who started a statement with “the nice thing about slaves…” The tv station intentionally included and aired that statement Scripps News affiliates should be more responsible.

Gutting the FBI is like waving a red flag at terrorists and other criminals.

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

Attention journalists…memorize this phrase: Let’s be clear about this, this is pure speculation on your part, we have no proof at this time. Truth matters, especially in the fantasy world of Trump et al. Label the lies and speculations immediately.

A whole bunch of you need to read this. billmoyers.com/story/increa...

Most of us continued Most of us want to be able to raise healthy kids in healthy families no matter the form of that family Most of us think that we should be able to pay our bills with the salaries we earn, especially when we work full time Most of us want our media to be fair and unbiased

Most of us continued… Most of us believe in education and support public schools designed to educate our kids Most of us think that private things should remain private…religion, gender, class, health status and that things like race or age shouldn’t count against

We need to emphasize what “most of us” in the US want: Most of us want to be treated fairly within a set of rules that are enforced by our legal system. Most of us want our votes counted fairly. Most of us want to live in neighborhoods that are safe, without allowing unstable folks to carry guns

As of yesterday, President Trump fired only women on the ACUS Council. The men remain.

I'm going to say it ...There was a little blurp st the rally when he talked about Elon rigging the computers in Pennsylvania ...Pennsylvania was looking like it was going to go for Harris, that's when he started whining and crying about fraud . Then bingo all of a sudden Penn went in a "landslide"

After the R showing in the Senate today, how can a decent person still self-identify as Republican?

What a brilliant president.

@mcuban.bsky.social lovely to read about how you lured Nico to the Mavs…a Montana State grad connecting with “his” Bobcats here in Frisco! He was special then, more so now!

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

Well would you look at that.

Holy hell that is a stat

Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.

Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...