Bare. Minimum. The Court said he could pay partially or use AVAILABLE FUNDS to pay all SNAP benefits. He chose cruelty.

Representative Garbarino needs to get to work along with the rest of his Republican colleagues. Not getting your way while holding so much power is NO REASON to hold government hostage. They refuse to negotiate. They refuse to show up at all. They are not entitled to—so they must earn—their seats.

I used the script from @zefrinettv.bsky.social about the EA buyout to create a @resist.bot petition. To sign text BUYOUT to 50409

Election strategies do not matter if Democrats are not presenting an alternative. As a New York resident, I could have had two Republican Senators on March 14th, and the votes and non-effort to amend the bill would have been indistinguishable from what Senators Schumer and Gillibrand did [clip: NYT]

Justifications for this relate to Constitutionality or permissibility within statutes, but what we need to address is the kind of country we want to be. Speech is not a right granted by any government to any person. When governments recognize rights it is to prevent themselves from violating them.

Junior Republican Senate Whip Chuck Schumer miscalculated gravely signing the execution order for Government Programs… to ensure that no one would UNLAWFULLY kill Government Programs. Now that the funding has legislative approval, discontent with cuts will be shared and Trump actions legitimized.

Do not give up

Representatives need to represent their districts. That’s the job. When they choose to depart from representing and stand on personal values, they ought to be able to justify those actions to their constituents as well. Representative Garbarino has not been representing me, so I want to hear why.

"Where is the King of America?' Thomas Paine had an answer in 1776 in "Common Sense." And it IS common sense. In America, the LAW is King. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...

If Judge Dale Ho supports the DOJ's argument that practically means "Doing Trump's bidding is more important than delivering justice," then other public officials will likely feel emboldened to commit or continue unlawful acts, as long as their actions align with the President's objectives [source🧵]

If the point of all this were truly to eliminate ineptitude, maybe someone should have fired the people executing unintentional, and often unlawful firings.

🖋️ “Oppose Executive Order Threatening Agency Independence” hit 100 signers!

Looking back on when my full-grown cats were little (glowering) kitties.

I love @resist.bot, okay? I LOVE IT. However, there are more and less effective ways to use it. Take an extra couple minutes to reframe the letters to suit your circumstances and the constituency of the recipient politician whenever you can. It will get more attention.

“During our collective 18 years at the helm of the Treasury, we never were asked to stop congressionally appropriated funds from being paid out in full. Not since the Nixon administration has this type of executive action been contemplated.“

Legislation will sometimes require broad, loosely defined mandates for executive agencies: make water drinkable or keep food and drugs healthful. However, we should not accept looseness in how or whether these departments are administered. We cannot afford an unconstrained executive.

At least one of the Inspectors General illegally removed by Trump was investigating a Musk-owned company, showing that the billionaire’s choice to bankroll Trump does, in fact, put him above the law. What an investment! www.reuters.com/technology/m...

I think the real issue is this deterministic view that many Democrats seem to have that getting the “right words” is messaging. It is a step, but there are no perfect words, so the brunt of the work is shifting public opinion, not relying on a phrase to do the heavy lifting.

One of the reasons why so many established media houses are not accurate in reporting how bad things are: because the facts sound deranged. Doesn’t make them less true. But try pitching a piece „one of Musk‘s guys is linked to a literal pedophile Nazi cyber crime ring“ and see how that goes.

Absurd to cut funding to something because of the importance of funding that thing. This will not deliver the US's stated goal to "have the best medical research in the world" and "to ensure that as many funds as possible go towards direct scientific research," because *less* research will be done.

Why is everyone capitulating to a declining octogenarian who was a lame duck the instant he was sworn in? He has no legacy capital, no next term promises to offer. He's done. He's already spending 30% of each week golfing. Step tf up and call his quacking ass out.

The firing is clearly illegal under a 2022 law. The administration is saying that they don't need to follow the law because they, and not the courts, get to decide what which laws are constitutional. It is no different than their saying that they, and not Congress, determine spending.

Of course RFK Jr should not be HHS Sec. How about Rep Weldon for CDC? Before “merit-based America,” you could be an MD with a Master’s in Public Health, serving as Chief of the Division of Infectious Disease at a hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and lead CDC, but now…

According to a press release from Truth Social, they’ll be diversifying into financial products now, which seems like great idea. By putting your money in the President’s investment vehicles, you’ve got the ultimate inside trader whose crimes are not crimes. Crypto bias is also reassuring. /sarcasm

Send the petition "Save Afghan Allies" using @resist.bot or texting PEXTJB to 50409. The best thing about Resistbot for me is that it saved my information from the first time I texted, so then I could sound off to elected officials whenever the mood struck me. (I moved a couple times: easy change.)

Text “SIGN PEXTJB” to 50409 to tell your representatives that we need to follow through on our promise to protect Afghans from the persecution they suffer for supporting U.S. military operations. They have been extensively vetted and there is no reason to endanger their lives further.

Is the Trump Administration wasting our tax dollars by throwing away valuable insights that might be gleaned through data interpretation? Of course. Is that the point? Of course.

The kind of nomination and confirmation that show a fundamental disrespect for what the military is by the people who purport to support it most.

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One of the hobbies I’m bringing back is leaving messages for the people meant to represent me. I think that being heard is worthwhile. It’s a transaction. I just called the office of my Representative to leave a message about the unlawful firing of Inspectors General. Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Breaking: Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

Today and in the coming days, remember