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Atlantic Drops CLASSIFIED TEXTS-- Gabbard CAUGHT IN A LIE?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHo3AJURTZo

57 civilian casualties for 1 target celebrated with emojis.

#warCrime #CivilianCasualties #Yemen #SignalGate #USPolitics #CoverUP #CongressionalOversight #Congress #socioopaths


The Signal conversation on war plans by stupid idiots who included a journalist without even noticing reminded me of this scene from "Airplane!" (go to 1:00 to see what I mean).

We need to held them accountable but remember, one of the things that fascists hate most is being publicly ridiculed.

So it's our civic duty to laugh at them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JFDCd7JjTw

#signal #USpol #hegseth #waltz #media #Trump #maga #republicans #democrats #senate #congress


Congress lines up to grill Trump officials on secret Signal chat

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/congress-yemen-signal-hegseth

The Trump administration's Signal fiasco has given Democrats an unexpected shot to go on offense, with a pair of hearings in the next two days.

"Well, somebody f**ked up," Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), a former Navy SEAL, told reporters Monday.

#Hegseth #Vance #Gabbard #Signal #hearings #Congress #Trump #press


Netanyahu has not allowed any water, food, or fuel into Gaza for two weeks.

And now Netanyahu is bombing.
He has killed hundreds of people, including children, in these latest attacks.
There is no justification for this. None.

Contact your Senators and House Rep to be front and center in opposition to this.
Stop our military and financial support for this slaughter.

#Congress #Gaza #Palestine #Senate #House #Israel #Netanyahu


@cairnewyork, Institute for Middle East Understanding, and the law firm of Dratel & Lewis held a press conference to announce the filing of a federal lawsuit on behalf of Columbia University students against Columbia University and the Committee on Education and Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives regarding the Congressional request to disclose thousands of student records.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHJhP9mAN28/

#ColumbiaUniversity #Sued #ViolatingRights #USA #Congress #Palestine #MahmoudKhalil


calling for Khalil's release:
The Democratic lawmakers who signed on to the memo are:
Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.),
Mark Pocan (Wisc.),
Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.),
Delia Ramirez (Ill.),
Ilhan Ohmar (Minn.),
Jasmine Crockett (Texas),
Summer Lee (Pa.),
Ayanna Pressley (Mass.),
Lateefah Simon (Calif.),
Gwen Moore (Wisc.),
Nikema Williams (Ga.),
Al Green (Texas),
Andre Carson (Ind.) and
James McGovern (Mass.).

where's AOC?...#MahmoudKhalil..#Congress..


DOGE Is the Deep State

A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal govt to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-the-deep-state/

"If a bunch of shadowy, unelected figures, many with shared #business interests and connections, took over #government functions at the highest levels and directly contravened the will of #Congress, what might you call that? How about … #Doge?"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA
Headline:
DOGE Is the Deep State

A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!

By Brian Barrett
Politics
Mar 6, 2025 2:11 PM


No less than 76 #Democrats just voted with Republicans to overturn the #IRS's "defi broker rule" which would have required crypto firms like #MarcAndreessen's #Uniswap to collect information on their users and in so doing discourage the use of these platforms for #moneylaundering by criminals and rogue nuclear states (#NorthKorea *loves* Uniswap) and by the very wealthy to avoid paying #taxes.

The new wave of #memecoin scams like #TrumpCoin are also all facilitated/perpetrated by these decentralized trading platforms.

If any of these people are your representative you should do what you can to make sure they are primaried because they are not representing your interests. At a minimum call them and yell at them (this works better than most people think!)

The corruption of the US government by #crypto bros is extremely bipartisan.

* Full roll call of vote: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202571

#uspol #defi #DOGE #broligarchs #SEC #CFPB #DNC #Dems #congress #house #law #tax #corruption #taxation
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#Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of #Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate. In email obtained by TPM, #WhiteHouse claims that Trump can appoint whoever he wants – absent #congress #ruleoflaw #legislative branch #judiciary #executive Say it out loud - #constitutionalcrisis #FreeAmerica #democracy is dying in full view of the American people. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusive-trump-makes-aggressive-new-claim-of-executive-power-to-circumvent-the-senate


How to talk with #people on social #media and to smile without crying. remarkable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOVanffjOC
#congress


As #Trump walked into #Congress, a lawmaker — it appeared to be #MelanieStansbury, a #Democrat from New Mexico — held up a sign saying “This is not normal.”
Reporters in the chamber are saying that it was ripped out of her hands.


Watch (if you dare) #Trump’s address to the #JointSession to #Congress:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6zaAzNXc5

[this soooooo gonna suck]


#CONGRESS: Israel just blocked all humanitarian aid to #Gaza as the #ceasefire begins to fall apart. And #Trump just announced yet ANOTHER weapons sale to the Netanyahu regime. Sign: Join Sen. Bernie Sanders and oppose Trump’s weapons sales to Israel! https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/trump-weapons-sales-netanyahu/?t=3&akid=33208%2E3072249%2ECtakEp


Update. US space scientists have written an open letter to #NASA and #Congress.
https://sites.google.com/view/space-science-for-everyone

"Almost all of our work as space scientists is funded by U.S. taxpayers, and we have a responsibility to oppose actions that limit the reach of our work to the public… Following NASA’s request, all AG [Analysis/Assessment Group] websites and the important, labor-intensive study reports, science goals documents, and other resources hosted on those websites are indefinitely unavailable to the communities who did this work and to the general public…We ask that all those in decision-making positions unequivocally condemn and act to reverse recent attacks on scientific integrity, federal grant funding for scientific research, and initiatives that broaden public participation in science."

PS: Also see the list of similar letters growing the left sidebar.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics


"The best we've had in our lifetime"

GOP lawmakers defend #Musk snatching #Congress' power
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/23/the-best-weve-had-in-our-lifetime-lawmakers-defend-musk-snatching-congress-power/?in_brief=true

"Congress' constitutional power to set the budget... Still, it's shocking to see the #GOP grunts actively argue for their irrelevance on national #television...

they were happy to fanboy out while the Dept of Government Efficiency stripped the #legislature of its purpose."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Corruption #Politics #USPol #News #Press #Media #US #USA
Headline from Salon:
"The best we've had in our lifetime": GOP lawmakers defend Musk snatching Congress' power

By Alex Galbraith
Published February 23, 2025 12:24PM (EST)


West Bend voters raise concerns about Pres #Trump & #ElonMusk at Republican Congressman's #TownHall
https://www.tmj4.com/news/washington-county/west-bend-voters-raise-concerns-about-pres-trump-and-elon-musk-at-republican-congressmans-town-hall

"Residents came with questions...

"How can we be represented by you if you don't have a voice in #Congress?"...

"...three branches of government, not one..."

"Are you willing to use your subpoena power to tell #Musk to stand in front of Congress and answer some hard questions?"...

...none spoke up in support of Trump's first month efforts"

#Resist #Politics #News #US
Headline and photo.

Headline: Washington County

West Bend voters raise concerns about Pres. Trump and Elon Musk at Republican Congressman's town hall
TMJ4's Chief Political Reporter Charles Benson was the only news station at the listening session for the fiery back-and-forth discussion.

Photo: People at the town hall sit holding signs which read, "No USA king", "Fire Musk", and "Keep the light on democracy"


DOGE’s Millions: As Musk & Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-costs-40-million-elon-musk

"more than $39 million... earmarked to #DOGE in the... first *month.*

For perspective, in recent years #Congress had allocated around $50 million a *year* for the... initiative DOGE supplanted...

The #Trump administration has not yet released enough details to trace the exact source of the funding flowing into DOGE or said who is being paid."

#Musk #Coup #Corruption #News #USA
Headline from TPM:
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion


Rand Paul Sheepishly Nods To Fact That Musk Is Not Supposed To Be In Charge Of Govt Funding
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/rand-paul-sheepishly-nods-to-fact-that-musk-is-not-supposed-to-be-in-charge-of-govt-funding

"weak acknowledgements from #Republicans that...

#DOGE federal #funding freezes are not just lawless, but are also a violation of Congress’ authority to stand up agencies and fund the federal #government.

#Musk... has seized for himself one of the few powers #Congress has continued to regularly exercise — at least, up until 2025"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #USA
Headline from TPM:
Rand Paul Sheepishly Nods To Fact That Musk Is Not Supposed To Be In Charge Of Gov’t Funding


Republicans in Revolt as Elon Musk’s DOGE Continues Takeover

Republicans in #Congress are getting pissed as #DOGE keeps wreaking havoc.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191690/republicans-congress-revolt-elon-musk-doge

"Infighting is brewing among the GOP’s congressional ranks, as Elon Musk’s takeover of the #government and sweeping federal employee #purge begins to hit #red states.

...agencies like #USAID, the #FAA, and #NOAA —agencies that many #Republicans actually like & support—have been crippled."

#Musk #Trump #Coup #GOP #Politics #News #USA
Headline: 
Republicans in Revolt as Elon Musk’s DOGE Continues Takeover

Republicans in Congress are getting pissed as DOGE keeps wreaking havoc.

by Malcolm Ferguson
February 19, 2025 / 11:28 a.m. ET


GOP Senators Are Having to Literally Beg Trump for Their Own Money

Elon Musk & Donald Trump’s spending freeze has sent #Republicans scrambling.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191699/republican-senators-beg-donald-trump-elon-musk-money

"Republican Senators are being forced to grovel at the thrones of #DonaldTrump and #ElonMusk to collect the very #funding they appropriated in the first place...

Others took more desperate means to beseech Trump’s cadre: tweeting at them."

#GOP #Musk #Trump #Coup #Congress #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
Headline: 
GOP Senators Are Having to Literally Beg Trump for Their Own Money

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s spending freeze has sent Republicans scrambling.

by Edith Olmsted
February 19, 2025 / 12:05 p.m. ET


Trump faces growing DOGE revolt from GOP lawmakers
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/donald-trump-doge-republicans-congress

"The #job and #funding cuts are now hitting #GOP lawmakers' districts and states. There's also a larger conflict brewing over whether the administration can simply bypass #Congress on these decisions...

some are quietly fuming that their #Constitutional role in controlling federal funds could be steamrolled"

#Musk #Trump #Coup #GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #US #USA
Headline from Axios:
17 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Trump faces growing DOGE revolt from GOP lawmakers

by Andrew Solender, Stef W. Kight


"Canceling contracts without notice violates the #law. Mass firing federal employees without cause violates the law... most egregiously, Musk’s deletion of entire #government depts & Trump’s refusal to spend money as directed by budget bills violates the #Constitution...

#Congress has the power of the purse, & “feeding #USAID to the woodchipper” violates the separation of powers because Congress established the agency & allocated funds"
https://www.publicnotice.co/i/157356503/laws-are-laws

#Musk #Trump #Coup #News #US
Sub-heading and text from article:
Laws are laws

In reality, most of what Musk is doing is flatly illegal.

Canceling contracts without notice violates the law. Mass firing federal employees without cause violates the law. Cutting federal funds for all scientific and medical research violates the law. But most egregiously, Musk’s deletion of entire government departments and Trump’s refusal to spend money as directed by the budget bills violates the Constitution. That’s why multiple courts have enjoined the Trump administration from blanket spending cuts.

It is axiomatic that Congress has the power of the purse, and “feeding USAID to the woodchipper” violates the separation of powers because Congress established the agency and allocated funds to it as part of the federal budget.

As Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, wrote last week in the New York Times:

[block quote]
Congress, not the executive branch, has the power of the purse, meaning the power to control federal spending. It is right there, as clear as day in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.”

This is a bedrock principle of our government, which President Trump and his unchecked billionaire buddy are attempting to subvert.
[end block quote]


‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts

In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US #democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/trump-musk-government-cost-cutting-coup

“The president is openly violating the #US constitution by taking power from #Congress and handing it to an unelected billionaire – while #ElonMusk goes after judges who uphold the #law and rule against them”

#Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #USA
Headline:
Trump administration
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts

In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy

by Peter Stone in Washington
Mon 17 Feb 2025 06.00 EST


How Musk is cancelling the US government
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-musk-is-cancelling-the-us-government

"This is blatantly illegal, yet #Congress remains silent.

...Musk has also become Trump’s hatchet man — threatening #Republican members of Congress if they deviate from #Trump...

#Musk warned Republican lawmakers... that his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries” next year."

#ElonMusk #Corruption #Coup #Politics #USPol #USNews #News #US #USA
Text from article:
They are gaining access to the most sensitive personal information about Americans available anywhere, along with computer code capable of altering that information and those systems. The Muskrats have been able to turn off government funding without Congress’s consent, even in the face of federal court orders to turn the funding back on.

This is blatantly illegal, yet Congress remains silent.

Congress is supine because Republicans are in charge, and Musk has also become Trump’s hatchet man — threatening Republican members of Congress if they deviate from Trump.

Iowa’s Republican Senator Joni Ernst was firmly set against Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense until Musk hinted that he’d finance a primary challenger to Ernst, who’s up for reelection next year. Presto: Ernst supported Hegseth.

Indiana’s Republican Senator Todd Young expressed concern about the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence until Musk tweeted against him. A besieged Young spoke with JD Vance, who arranged a call with Musk. Presto: Young announced he would back Gabbard.

Musk warned Republican lawmakers in December that he was compiling a “naughty list” of members who buck Trump’s agenda. He also pledged shortly after Election Day that his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries” next year.

A Republican senator told The Hill that Musk’s wealth makes primary threats “a bigger deal.”


Meta removes Facebook ad criticizing Musk
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/meta-removes-facebook-ad-criticizing

"Meta removed an advertisement earlier this month criticizing Elon Musk’s use of ... #DOGE to seize #Americans' private information. "A single individual now controls sensitive US #data, risking our #NationalSecurity. Urge #Congress to enforce strict oversight," read the rejected Facebook ad"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #SocialMedia #Facebook #Meta #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #US #USA
Headline and text from article:

Headline: Meta removes Facebook ad criticizing Musk

by Caleb Ecarma
Feb 18, 2025

Text: Meta removed an advertisement earlier this month criticizing Elon Musk’s use of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to seize Americans' private information. "A single individual now controls sensitive U.S. data, risking our national security. Urge Congress to enforce strict oversight," read the rejected Facebook ad purchased by Ekō, a watchdog group that says it is committed to curbing corporate power. The ad linked to an online petition, which has received roughly 95,000 signatures, calling for "a massive public outcry demanding US lawmakers take action [against Musk and DOGE] before more damage is done."


Hey You! YES, YOU!

RIGHT NOW is the time to SUPPORT Our DEMOCRATIC Nominee in the Special Election for the House of Representatives! #uspol #uspolitics #congress #election #democracy #Democrats #ny21 #vote #VoteBlue #democraticparty

Blake Gendebien is running for New York's 21st district in the special election. He is a husband, father, farmer, and community leader who is Fighting for US!

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gendebien_website


I would love to attend the #PresidentsDayProtest in #AugustaMaine (assuming there is one going on), or stage a #ProtestOfOne in #PortlandMaine, but the weather in #Maine is not looking good. I will be bugging our #Congress members and will amplify what's going on everywhere else!

Meanwhile, here are some things you can do to support the #50501Movement...

https://www.buildtheresistance.org/feb-17


How John Roberts Teed Up Elon Musk’s War on the Court
https://newrepublic.com/article/191528/elon-musk-judicial-crisis-roberts

"Musk’s strategy w/ #DOGE appears to be to create enough on-the-ground damage... that #Congress, the #courts... can’t readily reverse things. A certain amount of lawlessness is baked into this approach...

#Musk appears hostile to the idea that he can be constrained by a judge at all. He does not seem to know or care how the #Constitution works... After all, he grew up in apartheid-era #SouthAfrica"

#ElonMusk #News
Text from article:
Musk’s strategy with DOGE appears to be to create enough on-the-ground damage—with dismantled agencies, fired employees, harvested data, frozen payments, and so on—that Congress, the courts, and a future Democratic administration can’t readily reverse things. A certain amount of lawlessness is baked into this approach. You can’t “move fast and break things,” as Silicon Valley’s ruling class likes to put it, if you have to comply with pesky bureaucratic and statutory requirements.

But it also seems to run deeper than that. Musk appears hostile to the idea that he can be constrained by a judge at all. He does not seem to know or care how the Constitution works. Some unfamiliarity is understandable: After all, he grew up in apartheid-era South Africa and did not receive an American civics education. His reflexive accusation that the judges are engaged in corruption merely for ruling against him and the administration is straight out of an authoritarian playbook.


Sign the petition: Urge #Congress to oppose sending billions in #weapons to Netanyahu. https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/block-weapons-sales-netanyahu-west-bank/?t=7&akid=33070%2E3072249%2EjdR8yC #Gaza


Elon’s smash-and-grab:
It’s Not Just Politics Anymore—Musk’s Coup Is About Your Daily Life
https://www.altrightdelete.news/p/elons-smash-and-grab

"Elon Musk’s #coup continues to wreak havoc. It remains unclear who is actually in charge of our #government or if #DonaldTrump even cares...

Federal workers are fed up and fighting back, and elected #Democrats in #Congress seem to have found some fire in their bellies to fight back. Citizens are protesting #Musk & #MAGA in DC & across the nation."

#GOP #Politics #Resist #USA
Headline from Ctrl Alt Right Delete:

Elon’s smash-and-grab
It’s Not Just Politics Anymore—Musk’s Coup Is About Your Daily Life

by Melissa Ryan
Feb 09, 2025


Trump Argues That Courts Cannot Block Musk’s Team From Treasury Systems

...A hearing is set for Friday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/trump-doge-treasury-elon-musk.html

Members of Musk’s so-called Dept of Government Efficiency, which is not actually a department, have been combing through the databases to find expenditures to cut. The #lawsuit says the initiative challenges the Constitution’s separation of powers, under which #Congress determines #government spending."

#Musk #Coup #Doge #Treasury #Law #Politics #Trump #News #USA
News headline:
Trump Argues That Courts Cannot Block Musk’s Team From Treasury Systems

The president’s lawyers argued that the distinction between civil servants and political appointees was unworkable and unconstitutional. A hearing is set for Friday.