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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/house-dems-congress-budget-deadline-republican-trifecta
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148771
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148760
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-amateur-us-citizens-beat-the
https://energyskeptic.com/2025/geothermal/
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-wired-doge-trump-1f3988a459d39f39e7be6c598aa3d710
https://github.com/stonehank/html-to-md/blob/HEAD/README-EN.md
https://werd.io/2025/what-felt-impossible-became-possible
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-02-23-dale/
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/start-the-2026-campaigns-right-now
https://digbysblog.net/2025/02/24/three-years-of-heroism/
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Democracy in Dark Times - Caligula On My Mind
PDX Eater - The Best Pizzas in Portland, Oregon and Beyond - Portland’s standout pizzerias for everything from Detroit squares to sourdough slices
EmptyWheel - What We Talk About When We Talk About AI (Part Two)
The Federalist - Trump’s Border Success Proves Republicans Never Had To Negotiate Our Sovereignty
Waging Non-Violence - This youth-led group wants to spark mass refusals to MAGA’s white supremacist agenda - Inspired by the abolitionist and civil rights movements, Get Free is mobilizing young people to turn campuses and communities into freedom beacons that defy Trump-Musk’s authoritarian power grabs.
Little Village Magazine - Democrats are still playing by ‘West Wing’ rules, and it’s costing us everything
The Bulwark - Organizing a Revolution in 2025 (With Tamika D. Mallory)
Frank McPherson/Routine Revelations - The Republic Has Failed; Why Does It Matter?
The Tennessee Holler - @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸
Apple Podcasts - Rahm Emanuel’s Tough Love Intervention for the Democratic Party - On with Kara Swisher
X - Heckuva cover @nypost addressed directly to Trump. “It’s right for President Trump to want to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, but there are certain truths we all must remember - namely that Vladimir Putin is solely responsible for this war.”
Wall Street Journal - Why Germany’s Confidence Is Shattered and Its Economy Is Kaput - Historians and economists say risk-averse leadership is holding back Europe’s largest economy
The American Prospect - Why Are Delaware Democrats Trying to Give Elon Musk $55 Billion? - There are more important things than the state’s corporate franchise fees.
The Guardian - Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts - Lawyer says ‘astounding’ purge will cost government, after workers with positive reviews cut due to ‘poor performance’
Talking Points Memo - Rand Paul Sheepishly Nods To Fact That Musk Is Not Supposed To Be In Charge Of Gov’t Funding
Digby’s Hullabaloo - The Wrecking Ball Is Not Popular
Digby’s Hullabaloo - Atrocities Of The Day
Digby’s Hullabaloo - Elon Goes To CPAC
Digby’s Hullabaloo - What Did You Do?
Threads - Video at legislator town hall
YouTube - Democracy Now!: “I Am Finally Free!”: Indigenous Leader Leonard Peltier Released After Nearly 50 Years Imprisoned
Tamika Mallory - Home page
CNN - Angry voters confront GOP representative over Trump’s push to expand his power
CNN - GOP congressman faces criticism and several boos at Georgia town hall
TikTok - Cliff Bentz video at town hall meeting
Ken Smith -Dislodging the idea of conversation from social media (Part 1)
Raw Story - Republicans appear to have ‘blown a circuit’ after Trump remarks: MSNBC analyst
Crooks and Liars - Jasmine Crockett: With Sleepy Joe, At Least We Could Sleep At Night - “People seem to be surprised that the first felon ever elected to the White House commits crimes or breaks the law,” Crockett said.
Blue America - 50 States. 50 Protests. 1 Day – @Noon, 2/5/25
Digby’s Hullabaloo - He’s Just Saying It Out Loud Now
New Jersey.com - Dan Aykroyd addresses his absence from ‘SNL’ 50th anniversary
Variety - Why Dana Carvey, Bill Hader and More ‘SNL’ Legends Skipped 50th Anniversary Show
New York Post - Chevy Chase attends ‘SNL 50’ special after slamming show — and nearly coming to blows with Bill Murray
The Federalist - In Oregon, Motor Voter And Mass Mail Ballots Invited Cheating. Even The Top House Democrat Admits It
Online Journalism Blog - 7 prompt design techniques for generative AI every journalist should know
Molly White/Citation Needed - Issue 77 – Whenever presidents get involved, if they become angry, you don’t want to be there - A major crypto scandal tarnishes the reputation of Solana bigwigs, crypto influencers, and Argentine President Javier Milei.
The Federalist - Trump’s Immediate Border-Crossing Plummet Shows Biden Could Have Secured The Homeland But Didn’t
Oregon Capital Chronicle - Former Oregon House GOP leader will run for Senate GOP leader’s seat - Rep. Jeff Helfrich, R-Hood River, hopes to replace Sen. Daniel Bonham, who is barred from running for reelection
James’ Coffee Blog - Working on my confidence
{Josh Bernoff](https://bernoff.com/blog/dont-write-a-book) -
Raw Story - ‘Stephen, let’s calm down’: Yelling Trump aide berates host as he loses cool live on CNN
The Nation - Why Democrats Won’t Throw a Real Punch - Faced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from the left, it goes on the attack.
Ben Werdmuller - Are We Self-Segregating on Social Media?
Ben Werdmuller - Own what’s yours
The Bulwark - Staying Patriotic in Trump’s America - Loving the country while hating its government.
EmptyWheel - Dale Ho Asks for Signed Consent from Eric Adams; Alex Spiro and Bill Burck Don’t Provide It
The Nation - How to Organize Our Way Out of the Trump-Musk Putsch - A plan to harness grassroots energy — and to hold Democratic leaders accountable
The Contrarian - Fighting the Putsch - Democrats need to throw every possible wrench into the plans of Trump, Musk, and their GOP cultists in Congress
Court Listener - Tanya Chutkan judgement against 13 state attorney generals on Trump lawsuit
The Hill - Chutkan refuses to block Musk, DOGE from 7 federal agencies
Raw Story - CNN conservative left momentarily speechless when host challenges him on Trump attack
EmptyWheel - Emil Bove Throwing Gold Bars Off the Titanic
Digby’s Hullabaloo - What’s Going On At DOJ?
Digby’s Hullabaloo - Grift, Graft and Golf
Digby’s Hullabaloo - Psychos
Last week on DSR's Words Matter, @NormOrnstein and David sat down to discuss what is going on in our government and why Washington needs a Democrat who is going to stand up and say “f*ck you.”
— The DSR Network (@deepstateradio) February 18, 2025
Listen: https://t.co/5UopseoATm pic.twitter.com/0S3PvOM3So
This is why you fight these cowards.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 18, 2025
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail & call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else. https://t.co/XzUfeP634P
Election Law Blog - How Germany Polices Offensive Speech on the Internet (video)
Digby’s Hullabaloo - Social Security On The Radar
Digby’s Hullabaloo - No, He’s Not Popular
EmptyWheel - Why Elon Musk Can’t Run DOGE [sic] Anymore
The Atlantic - January 6 Still Happened - The Trump administration can pardon the insurrectionists and delete pages of evidence. But it cannot hide what took place on that day.
Political Wire - New App Is Turbocharging Calls to Congress
The Message Box - How to Make Trump Unpopular Again - Democrats need to quickly recognize that the best way to slow down Trump is to drive his poll numbers down.