State budget of Maine: $300m
Qatari 747: $400m

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Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.

Did you know that $100M in food aid is rotting in warehouses that could feed the entire population of Gaza for a month and half, but a 28-year-old at DOGE is holding it hostage? www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...

House Republicans are so ashamed of the GOP Tax Scam that they are planning a 1 AM committee meeting tonight to jam it through Congress.

In today's Democratic Daily Download, @repmcgovern.bsky.social breaks down what's in this ugly bill and what Democrats are doing to stop it.

US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views
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Now the branches come too close to grinding irrevocably against one another in a conflict that promises to diminish both. This is a losing proposition all around. The Judiciary will lose much from the constant intimations of its illegitimacy, to which by dent of custom and detachment we can only sparingly reply. The Executive will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions. The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph.

"The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph."

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

Here’s a *scientific* test for knowing how to assign blame in the rise of fascism: punch yourself in the face. Ask yourself “who did this?” Then, try blaming your fist rather than yourself and see if it hurts less.

Roadmap to American Reconstruction A roadmap for retaking power and laying the foundations for American Reconstruction.

"We are the weaker party. But history demonstrates that weaker parties can still win—if they pursue the right kinds of long-term strategy." www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...

Hey, this is actually a case where if you live in a red state you can call your senator too. This CR is bad, and there might be red votes to peel off. Highlight how devastating it will be to the city of DC.

This you?

Senate Dems it is NOT true a shutdown will close the courts. You need to use your leverage NOW to rein in Musk. Don’t give your vote away especially on BS argument that you need to keep govt open to fund the courts

This is nuts

Call to activation all hands on deck

NATIONAL PROTEST PRESIDENTS DAY MONDAY• FEBRUARY 17• 2025 STATE CAPITOL / WHITE HOUSE - 11AM #3E #USPROTESTS #EYESONTHEOVAL

"The tyranny of an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."
- Montesquieu

🚨Call To Action!!! Who is meeting me in DC?!!

Who is going to be in their State Capitol or at their local Town Hall!!? Spread far & wide!!

#3E #EndOligarchy #USprotests

a great way to resist. Help get these 3 elected and take back the House

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Remember this?

Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink's Contracts in Ukraine The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's equipment at the time of Musk's assault.

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Everyone!!! Protest at Treasury Building 5pm on Tuesday. Speak for you and speak for the ones that can't show up. We got to fight back. You have your orders

From "The Coming of the Third Reich", Richard J. Evans (2003), the author describes the death of the Weimar Republic under Franz von Papen, who staged a coup against the Social Democrats in Prussia and then, as Chancellor, brought Hitler to power.

Judge halts $3 trillion in Trump US government cuts AND the toilet we can’t stop talking about!

Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people did so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com
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