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The media is continuing in its Trump helper role of sane washing the regime’s chaos.

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“An official website of the United States government” 😂 Musk’ pathetic letterhead.

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Sorry, but that whole post (not the comments) is all a bunch of BS‼️

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Jessica Moats' comment about knowing so much more about how our gov't agencies work for us, thanks to fpotus, MuskX, and the new administrators, as being a great civics lesson, is so true. I know much more about what each federal agency's functions are now.

The contradicting press releases and denials is telling us that indeed, this administration is totally FUBAR. Thank you, Jonathan, for continuing to point out the still dangerous absurdities. The more we know what's really going on, the better we can be united to fight against the dangers.

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I know Maine is a bit of a renegade state. We have a great holiday in April called Patriots Day. Been thinking about nation wide "hit the bricks " protest on the 21st of April. We have Gov. Mills...see you in court and Angus speaking sense on the senate floor and close ties to oh Canada 🇨🇦. Can you help?

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The TFN and the Jonathan Larson Substacks are rapidly becoming my favorites. Keep up the good work!

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Aw, wow, Lauren, thank you! I'm gonna have to get off my lazy, uh, substack, and get more original reporting up over at the JL Substack!

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I love the fucking news! Makes me laugh everyday, much needed humor to survive the total shit show going on right now.

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Thank you, Karen!

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Yes! TFN is the only source that channels my outrage to the degree appropriate to a government coup, while also providing news necessary to fight back.

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Yay!

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I think someone should tell karoline that if you're explaining you're losing.

Off topic - it was great to see Macron not fall for the stupidly juvenile handshake the orange turd imposes on other leaders. And then to lay a gentle, correcting hand on said turd and tell him "Quit lying man, it's not a loan. We paid 60% of the total effort, jerk. It ain't a loan, dumbass" all said in a sexy French accent.

Ok, maybe not that exact wording, but still in a sexy French accent.

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Schroedinger's litter box: turds there or not really?

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If they tank the value of the dollar, do billionaires have any dollars to value?!?

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"trmesspk"

😂🤣 You sick bastid

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🤣

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so...electing a degenerate sociopath president who then elevates another degenerate sociopath to an all-powerful, non-accountable position whose goal is to destroy the federal govt wasnt such a good idea after all?...who knew? 🙄

we're not going to survive this bullshit & nonsense, treachery & fuckery, are we? 🤨

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We are!

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for certain definitions of 'survive'...i suppose 🤷🏼‍♂️ 😕

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Not all of us..

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I hate that everyone in the media grabbed on and stuck with Trump’s “big beautiful bill”

Quote. He has a way with words, yes, but always in a way that obfuscates reality or logic of any kind.

I also hate that everyone uses the term DOGE. Because, as the judge points out, what exactly is it? Correct me if I’m wrong but it’s not even an actual dept right? Pretty sure agencies, departments, require an act of congress, which can’t pass the theoretically simplest of bills right now. DOGE is just more trolls they let in the door to troll everyone that for some fucking reason votes for these trolls to troll. Except that these ones don’t need to be confirms by the senate. If your position and dept is not confirmed by the senate, then what constitutional power do they have? Like everything else, it feels like a exponential level 10 case of the emperor has no clothes, wizard of oz, don’t look behind the curtain because there’s just a weird billions-owning man in a cap there.

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"special government employee" is a thing, but not that they used that fig-leaf in the first place, of course — just later on in the course of traumatizing federal workers (actual stated goal from Vought's nasty mouth).

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Yes, but as the saying goes: an employee does not a department make. Even if they’re a very special one.

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Help me out here, please. I’ve always thought the absurdity surrounding the email listing of what I did last week was something pulled straight from an Ionesco one act. I keep looking over my shoulder wondering what nefarious activity they are accomplishing that the press is failing to report because Lord knows I’m wholly dependent on others to keep me in the know. Am I wrong? Thanking you in advance.

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I seriously can no longer tell when your Trump quotes are really him or are your satire of him. You sound alike. I ask myself, is it you speaking or is it Trump? Are you and Trump the same person? Am I the same person? Is this the same country? Would ketamine help?

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The student of Poe's law has become the master!

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They're stealing the gold. They're eating the poor. What a bunch of certifiably unhinged rich fvckn morons.

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