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Senate Republicans advance $140bn plan to fund Trump immigration crackdown amid DHS shutdown Bill clears 50–48 vote to boost ICE and CBP funding as Democrats oppose and shutdown continues

So far, the second Trump Administration has boosted the federal deficit by $3 trillion, to $39 trillion, in just a little over a year.

Now the Republicans in Congress just voted to increase the already bloated DHS budget by $140 billion. That's on top the $500 billion DoD bump in Trump's budget.

just resign

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just resign

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why is #doj settling these?

wow, why is his name suddenly surfacing again?

ok msg, but Dems need a strategy to reach beyond the base & super engaged to educate people about these issues.

You need: networks & coalitions to amplify your voices. Educate with passion. BE A UNITED OPPO. ➡️ Individual posts = 0, compared to MAGA media networks. Reach a few %, and you win.

or maybe Iranians are smarter at psyops because they are just generally much better educated than Russians?

Grim but useful read.

Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster
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Home Forward Cannot Produce Details of CEO’s 2024 Trip to Hawaii for Insurance Conference Home Forward, the city of Portland’s housing authority, has declined to provide any details about its CEO’s attendance of a captive insurance conference in Hawaii in October of 2024.

"hundreds of photos posted to her Facebook account during the trip show she and family members spent time partaking in vacation activities like horseback riding, touring farms and visiting canyons.

@councilordunphy.bsky.social

#portland #orpol

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Home Forward Cannot Produce Details of CEO’s 2024 Trip to Hawaii for Insurance Conference Home Forward, the city of Portland’s housing authority, has declined to provide any details about its CEO’s attendance of a captive insurance conference in Hawaii in October of 2024.

"hundreds of photos posted to her Facebook account during the trip show she and family members spent time partaking in vacation activities like horseback riding, touring farms and visiting canyons.

#portland #orpol

yikes

yup, dangerous agitprop all the time.

On Trump, William Barr...recalls in his memoir

“I am going to go and tweet about this.”

“Do you know what the secret is of a really good tweet?” he asked, looking at each of us one by one. We all looked blank. “Just the right amount of crazy,” he said.

because he's Putin's puppet?

and now

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Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says The move alarmed some public health experts, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.

NOT SO FUN FACT—half of all U.S. war casualties during WWI were due to influenza. Today—Trump’s War Secretary remove the flu vaccine requirement for all U.S. military. Plus, bragging about this to all enemies is just absolute idiocy. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

sue him

pedestrians

a must watch for @democrats.org. speak up, be yourself, don't be a coward, believe in things, wear your heart on your sleeves and REACH beyond the base.

#democrats

Hello @democrats.org, speak the truth. c'mon.

#democrats

another day, another social media / engineering rigging operation. Pretty much everything we talk about, sentiments, trends & attention, it's all hacked by opaque interests.

shame.

btw, there should be guardrails:

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➡️ not going forward. hardliners in command.

#TrumpIsANumpty #iran

the dogwoods are so great this year

you can be stronger about these things. it might help if you all really tear him a new one. really try to educate people about what a bad director he is. this weak analysis is not going to work. stand up, man.

but it does show his character and his service.

Of all the embarrassing & harmful things happening now, this rising ignorance re #vaccines is up there.

Why aren't more effin leaders speaking out and educating people about basic science? This country's leaders are ignorant themselves or have no spine or courage.

#healthcare #measles

and then a term for when, due to the pause, you rarely but occasionally bump into each other or nearly...

yes. because right-wing #populism is all about dominating the narrative, all the time. It's a far-right media revolution of intertwined mediums, which buttress extremist politics.

and that most of the opposition still doesn't get this, is tragic.

Only a broad, unified oppo can counter it.

strong msg, but Dems need a strategy to reach beyond the base & super engaged to educate people about these issues.

You need: networks & coalitions to amplify your voices. Educate with passion. BE A UNITED OPPO. ➡️ Individual posts = 0, compared to MAGA media networks. Reach a few %, and you win.