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05.03.2026 18:15
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"Raising questions" is the absolute worst journalistic cliche because it usually means the exact opposite.
Like here, no questions were "raised." In fact, any question was *answered*! If the question is "did they coordinate," the answer is an emphatic "no shit of course they did."
“I think President Trump really felt like he needed to pursue diplomacy, that he wanted to pursue diplomacy, that the military option was the last option,” Mr. Graham said...
“He was very comfortable with the idea that he tried,” Mr. Graham said.
At least it’s nice out
Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission.
Full statement from the band:
🚨NOT GOOD: Nonpartisan CBO confirms Trump’s policies, including Republicans' Big, Ugly Bill championed during last night’s State of the Union, will DRIVE UP the debt significantly—raising America's debt-to-GDP ratio to 175% of GDP by 2056.
@merkley.senate.gov is calling for CBO to probe the cost of Trump’s violent escalation of federal immigration enforcement.
Last year, Republicans approved a dramatic increase in DHS funding, yet there is no comprehensive accounting of how these funds are being spent.
I, for one, am v excited about this show.
Incredibly credulous framing here. Republicans have changed Senate rules multiple times this Congress—remember the "current policy baseline"? Or repealing California's EV rules?—to avoid "overruling" the parliamentarian. But go off I guess
As a Budgeteer, I will give my professional opinion: lol. lmao even
lol
More like MA-HAHAHA am I right
Shoutout to my wife and her team for the launch of Red Line for Civil Rights, doing the essential work of monitoring the Justice Department’s ongoing dismantling of its Civil Rights Division.
La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative
“IRS Form 4547.” Ugh these people are so embarrassing.
Build Back Better raises $2.1T and Trump's tariffs raise $2.6T.
Fun discovery: on an apples-to-apples basis, Trump's tariff taxes are larger than the tax increases in the House-passed version of Build Back Better in 2021.
Of course, the distribution of Biden's tax hikes on corporations and millionaires are different from Trump's tariffs.
wtaf
"The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026."
🚨 NEW: CBO's 10-Year Economic Outlook confirms Trump and Republicans spent the past year making it hard for working families to get ahead while adding trillions of dollars to our national debt.
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
Connections got me today
Really great analysis of just how much money Republicans pumped into the deportation-industrial complex with last year's reconciliation bill. www.kevinmcnellis.com/posts/ice-cb...
Transparency is not optional.
Ranking Member @merkley.senate.gov is leading Senate Budget Dems in demanding answers from Pete Hegseth on why he classified his spending plans for the Big, Ugly Betrayal Bill.
G-d bless The One, The Only, The Truly Incredible Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band www.sfchronicle.com/super-bowl-l...
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
When was your street last plowed? I mean, you could just look out the window to answer "it hasn't, duh," but this is fun too:
This is @senateapprops.bsky.social erasure
The Carrot weather app never misses
NEW: Ranking Member @merkley.senate.gov is calling for transparency from Trump's Budget Chief, Russ Vought, on the $100 million slush fund Republicans gifted Vought's office when they passed the Big, Ugly Betrayal law last July.
