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It may have only been 130 days, but Musk will likely go down in history as one of the most destructive unelected bureaucrats in American history. Story: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

“The Trump administration has launched a comprehensive attack on knowledge itself,” writes Adam Serwer 🍝. “If that assault is successful, it will undermine Americans’ ability to comprehend the world around us”: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

So, this is Trumpism. Americans with automatic weapons attacking Americans at a restaurant with flash bang grenades. Is this really what you Trump folks voted for? Let's talk about it at the Waffle House after the next game when armed agents in body armour show up.

Full-on lying, complete opposite of the truth CBO estimates coverage losses approaching 10 million Source: kff.org/policy-watch/h…

How a Radical Ideology Infected the Supreme Court and Poisoned the Country Originalism, a framework with roots in the segregationist past and funded by right-wing oligarchs, helped lead to Donald Trump’s unconstitutional regime. Commentary: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

The selling of the presidency is the most successful business venture of Donald Trump’s career, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

Hey Jake Tapper 🦅, is this normal cognitive and psychological behavior?

Mike Johnson and Russ Vought Continue to Lie About Medicaid Cuts House Speaker Mike Johnson and OMB Director Russ Vought denied that people will lose Medicaid coverage under the Republican budget. Experts disagree: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

You could drop this into the 1930s and add “Jews” to it and you have Hitler’s The Volke platform.

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.” propublica.org/article/red-st…

That's why it worked.

Today, a brilliant operation was carried out. The preparation took over a year and a half. What’s most interesting, is that the “office” of our operation on Russian territory was located directly next to FSB headquarters in one of their regions. In total, 117 drones were used in

John Oliver: "Trump's now pardoned or granted clemency to 'most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.'" The pardons also extended to financial supporters like Paul Walczak.

“This bill will preserve and protect the programs, the social safety net." In reality, the bill cuts spending on Medicaid by at least $600 billion over the next 10 years. Story: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Almost by definition, stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment. Either that characterization is wrong - or we are no longer a stable democracy. Today's Triad from JVL: thebulwark.com/p/the-secret-p… thebulwark.com/p/the-secret-p…

Reality crept into Fox News’ coverage of the Republican tax bill on Monday when a Fox & Friends co-host acknowledged that the legislation will increase the budget deficit mediamatters.org/fox-news/even-…

"There are two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government conceal their identities: (1) Failed states, where criminals contest the government’s hold on power. (2) Authoritarian states, where the government has total, unchecked power." thebulwark.com/p/the-secret-p…

Republican leaders in Florida, Utah, Montana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, North Dakota and South Dakota have approved or are considering efforts to restrict citizen-led ballot initiatives, which would make it harder for voters to change laws. propublica.org/article/red-st…