The Resident of the United States

The Resident of the United States

@theusresident.bsky.social

American life, from the hill to hollywood. Pain, pies, percentage points, and the pictures.

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The Resident of the United States
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I’m sure that’s one way. I just don’t know if a) Senate is capable enough to get it down, and b) the lack of money from government contracts is a deterrent if you as Musk are the government by now theintercept.com/2025/02/17/elon-musk-trump-government-tesla-spacex/

theintercept.comThis Is the Way to Stop Elon MuskSenate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
The Resident of the United States
@theusresident.bsky.social

The administration wants you to be stupid and uneducated, but the people in charge are just that it seems

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Trump administration backtracks on firing nuclear arsenal workers

theguardian.comTrump administration backtracks on firing nuclear arsenal workersCuts to nuclear security workforce were made on Thursday – but agency can’t find workers to offer them their jobs back The US agency charged with overseeing nuclear weapons is looking to contact workers who were fired on Thursday as part of the Trump…
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If you don‘t follow what has been happening in the US in recent years, that speech will really surprise you. Europe believed in decorum. The shock to hear it from a guest in such brazen fashion hits harder www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/vance-far-right-germany-munich-afd.html?smid=bs-share

nytimes.comVance Shocks Europe With Support for Far Right, in Message Familiar to U.S.The vice president’s speech in Munich, expressing support for far-right, anti-immigration parties and criticizing suppression of conservative voices, was a global extension of his core political theme...
The Resident of the United States
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Imagine comparing someone to Hîtlêr and then packing your little lunchbox every day to work for that exact guy

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu

US Vice President JD Vance will not meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Munich Security Conference, marking a serious diplomatic rebuke to the leader of the host country at a time of heightened transatlantic tensions over a potential Ukraine peace deal.

ow.lyJD Vance snubs Germany’s Scholz at Munich Security Conference“We don’t need to see him, he won’t be chancellor long,” a former U.S. official said of Vance’s thinking.

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Brennan Center
@brennancenter.org

"The warning lights are blinking red. It is not normal to openly float the idea of defying a court order," @stevespaulding.bsky.social told @law360.bsky.social. "Democracy depends on people following the law. And when you ignore a court order, it undermines that basic principle."

law360.comExperts Sound Alarm After Musk, Vance Float Ignoring Judges - Law360Attorneys and constitutional experts say the warning lights "are blinking red" after Vice President JD Vance and Trump confidante Elon Musk took to social media to attack the independence of the judic...

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ElieNYC
@elienyc.bsky.social

Trump is now poised to be the first president since FDR to pick *a majority* of the Supreme Court justices. Here are his 5 most likely replacements, should Sam Alito and/or Clarence Thomas retire. My latest print feature in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comHow Trump Could Remake the Supreme Court for a GenerationDonald Trump is poised to become the first president since FDR to have appointed the majority of high-court justices. His potential picks are terrifying.
The Resident of the United States
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Three-peat is the most embarrassing word 1 ever read

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The Philadelphia Eagles dominated from the start, scoring the first 34 points on their way to beating the Chiefs, 40-22, on Sunday night in Super Bowl LIX before a Superdome crowd that included President Donald Trump.

washingtonpost.comEagles overwhelm Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, shut down a three-peatThe Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs, ruining a potential three-peat and claiming their second Super Bowl title.
The Resident of the United States
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If you wanted to "drain the swamp", you just pumped toxic waste into it:

CNN@cnn.com

President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies in a Friday night purge, according to a Trump administration official.

cnn.comTrump fires inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies in a Friday night purge, according to a Trump administration official, paving the way for him to install his...
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Good that the fighting is halted, but when Biden pats himself on the back, don‘t forget what happened along the way:

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Department.

propub.liA Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in GazaIsrael has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State…

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Rebekah Jones
@georebekah.bsky.social

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

noaa.govWildfire climate connectionClimate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
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"The best, and the perks, is yet to come", right? 🫠

Ken Vogel@kenvogel.bsky.social

NEW: Trump’s inaugural committee has raised so much money — $170M & counting — that it has run out of VIP tickets & other perks for big donors. It's a reflection of the scramble by deep-pocketed individuals & corporations to curry favor with his new administration.

nytimes.comTrump Inauguration, Awash in Cash, Runs Out of Perks for Big DonorsThe president-elect has raised more than $170 million for his swearing-in, an inaugural record, as wealthy Americans flock to curry favor with him and some give money even without the prospect of V.I....

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

I oppose the death penalty except in cases where the person in front of me is taking a picture of their tray

Jonny IsGood@jonnyisgood.bsky.social

Just found out about the aesthetic airport security tray pic trend and I'm ready to end it all

The Resident of the United States
@theusresident.bsky.social

Wtf is wrong with men?

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

A man has been arrested in New York in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire aboard a subway train in Brooklyn early Sunday. According to authorities, the woman was sitting on the train when the man approached her and used a lighter to ignite her clothes.

washingtonpost.comA woman dies after man set her ablaze on New York subway train, police sayThe woman was pronounced dead at the scene in Brooklyn on Sunday, authorities said. Police said they don’t think the suspect knew her.

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Amanda Katz
@katzish.bsky.social

“The reason that Matt Gaetz is such an exciting pick to so many people is because he will go in and reform the DOJ”—Speaker Mike Johnson last month, calling for suppression of House report on Gaetz’s history of statutory rape, buying sex, drug use, corruption thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com

Let’s keep this in mind, devout Christian Speaker Johnson tried to keep the house from releasing this report because he wanted Gaetz to be attorney general. Typical

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Garrett M. Graff
@vermontgmg.bsky.social

Incredible that the GOP members of the House ethics committee didn’t think the American people needed to know this when Gaetz was set to be Attorney General, but are now releasing it just to be vindictive.

Leah Litman@leahlitman.bsky.social

The House Subcommittee on Ethics report is ... wild, galling, and gross. It also includes a fairly brutal relationship retrospective re: Gaetz's girlfriend.... ethics.house.gov/wp-content/u...

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Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

Biden, who campaigned in 2020 on ending capital punishment, commutes the sentences of 37 of 40 men on federal death row, thwarting Trump's plans to resume executions in nearly all cases. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...

nytimes.comBiden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal ExecutionsThose affected by the president’s action on Monday are still subject to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Three men will remain on federal death row.

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Seth Abramson
@sethabramson.bsky.social

Happy to explain to why Trump wants Greenland. Greenland is huge and mostly ice. Trump is aware that climate change is real and believes Greenland will shortly become like Iceland (which, ironically, is mostly green space). Stealing Greenland would leave a Louisiana Purchase-style land-grab legacy.