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Hard to get even the littlest excited when on Jan. 6, 2021 police officers, first responders and security personnel were mobbed, beaten, injured and killed by republicans led by an ex-potus. Damage caused by attackers exceeded $2.7 million, signific…
@Anna - I can't be sure but my experience left me with the impression that even though I had the ID.me account with the VA I'd still have to go through the verification process again at each government site I wanted to use it for. So much for govern…
@Anna - FWIW I had similar problems logging into SSA over the weekend. I was asked to change my login to either a login.gov or an ID.me account. Since I had an ID.me account already for VA I thought ok, I'll use that. Nope, I had to go through all t…
@hank - That Silverado w/a 4-banger, I'm severely puzzled as to what they expect to do with that other than proclaim some kind of status badge. IMHO what a massive waste. I wasn't aware that Chevy would even equip one that way and ISTM that little 4…
"It is no coincidence that the Trump administration is intent upon choking off any type of support for low-income Americans, which will eventually force them into the farm fields to replace the workers who are now being deported."
On this I've seen…
Well now.
We're willing to overlook national security protocols but don't go messing around with our money!
They should all be deeply ashamed but I'm fairly certain that none of them are.
What's in the air these morons breathe anyway?
I wonder why these people are so comfortable substituting ideological purity for evidence-driven decision-making?
Edited for civility.
Wonder if the Greenland custom officers could just grab the national security adviser and whoever else and ship them off somewhere. The US showed them how to do it.
"Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, went beyond simply expressing outrage and zeroed in on the group’s use of Signal, a self-deleting messaging app, as particularly worrying:
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From the White House: Trump has put Musk and his staffers in charge of investigating how Jeffrey Goldberg ended up in the Signal chat. I’m sure we can all expect a thorough, unbiased report any day now
Excellent! If there wasn't anything secret on the chat then there's nothing to worry about. Or is there? Total freaking screw up by all administration participants!
The Signal is Flashing Red - Jennifer Rubin in The Contrarian.
About us communists:
"In a similar moment, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, of Skowhegan, Maine, stood up to Wisconsin senator Joe McCarthy. McCarthy and his supporters were hoping to gain votes in the 1950 midterm elections by stoking fear that the c…
I will be happy to start a different thread with this but Columbia University sold out as well. Robert Reich substack report.
The shame of Columbia University
You might have to do a little digging:
Tracking U.S. Federal Disaster Spending: The Disaster Dollar Database
Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states.
What are some key facts and trends about disasters and emergency relief?
"Spending on disa…
Thought you all would enjoy this update.
"Public information release from the City of Bloomington regarding the arrest of MN GOP Rep. Justin Eichorn for the solicitation of a minor. He was one of 5 authors of the bill in Minnesota that would classi…
