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#persist - accountability ensures unity; climate change is an existential threat; anti-racist; she/her

[Tom Suozzi @RepTomSuozzi]

Let’s talk about government efficiency.

Despite a massive population spike in the U.S. since 1970, the federal government has remained about the same headcount of 3 million employees. And while phone call wait times at the Social Security Administration had reached record lows in recent years, under the DOGE changes, those waits are ballooning.

You want to talk about efficiency…Let’s do it.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

A federal judge has ruled that Elon Musk's DOGE is wielding so much power that its records will likely have to be opened to the public under federal law.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said the "unprecedented" authority and "unusual secrecy" of DOGE warrant the urgent release of its internal documents under the Freedom of Information Act. https://t.co/C5Umun2bgX

[Irishrygirl @irishrygirl]

All I know is when Biden was in office,the monthly jobs report exceeded expectations, unemployment was at historic lows, my 401k was promising, inflation was decreasing, we supported our allies. Not to mention, respected by the world.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Liz Cheney: “Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine. History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.”

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

What just happened in the oval office was a planned ambush, designed to help a brutal Russian dictator and hurt America's security.

Trump has become Putin's lapdog, and America's global power is hemorrhaging as America sides with dictators over democracy. What an embarrassment.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

No, Trump has destroyed America in the eyes of the world.

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

Absolute admiration for President Zelenskyy. The guy has balls. He went into the Oval Office and stood up to Russia’s best negotiators.

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

Why wasn’t Zelenskyy wearing a suit in the White House!

[David Frum @davidfrum]

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Russian State Media (TASS) was in the meeting.

AP and Reuters were not.

Get it yet?

[PoliticsVideoChannel @politvidchannel]

BREAKING: Canadians are sharing this Video on X with the hashtag #ourLeaderIsSmarterThanYours

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy breaks his silence on Donald Trump's disastrous Oval Office outburst with stunning grace and class — but refuses to apologize to Trump as demanded by MAGA.

And the best part? He did it on Fox News.

This is what a real world leader sounds like...

"President Trump said after your meeting that you disrespected him and the vice president and all of America in the Oval Office," said Fox News' Bret Baier when Zelenskyy appeared on his show. "Do you think you did? And do you think you owe an apology to President Trump?"

"Thank you so much. First of all, thank you for the invitation, for this dialogue and good evening to all of your country, to all Americans," said Zelenskyy. "I'm very thankful to Americans for all your support. You did a lot. I'm thankful to President Trump and to Congress's bipartisan support and I was always very thankful from all of our people."

"You helped us a lot from the very beginning, here in three years of full scale invasion. You helped us to survive and anyway we are strategic partners," he continued.

"And even in such tough dialogue — and I think we have to be very honest and we have to be very direct to understand each other because it's for us very necessary," said Zelenskyy.

"To President Trump — and with all respect that he wants to finish this war — but nobody wants to finish more than we because we in Ukraine we are in this war, we are in this battle for freedom, for our lives," he went on.

"So I'm just telling that I think we have to be on the same side and I hope that the president on our side together with us and that is very important to stop Putin," continued Zelenskyy. "And I heard from President Trump a lot of times that he will stop the war and I hope he will. And we need to pressure him with Europe, with all the partners."

"And I think this dialogue had to be a little bit earlier to understand where we are," he continued. "Like you know, I don't remember exactly, but like President Reagan said that peace is not just the absence of war."

"Yes, we are speaking about just, lasting peace, about freedom, about justice, about human rights and that's why I said that 'I think so' to ceasefire," he went on. "And you know Putin, he's broken twenty-five times ceasefire during all these years, ten years."

"So I'm not hearing from you Mr. President a thought that you owe the president an apology," said Baier, clearly trying to pander to Trump who was almost certainly watching at home.

"No I respect the president and I respect the American people and if — I don't know, I think that we have to be very open and very honest and I'm not sure that we did something bad," replied Zelenskyy.

"I think maybe somethings we have to discuss out of media, with all respect to democracy and free media but there are things where we have to understand the position of Ukraine and Ukrainians," he added. "And I think that is the most important thing."

"We are partners. We are very close partners. We have to be fair. We have to be very free," said Zelenskyy, sounding far more like an American president than Donald Trump did today.

This is an astonishing display of statesmanship. Rather than give into ego or pettiness, Zelenskyy is rising above Donald Trump's childish bullying to serve his people.

Zelenskyy isn't interested in following Trump down into the gutter. He's interested in securing a lasting peace for his innocent embattled country, a task made all the more difficult by Trump's kowtowing to Vladimir Putin.

Zelenskyy is also correct that these conversations should take place behind closed doors instead of being exploited to create a media circus. Trump and Vance ambushed him in the Oval Office in front of reporters because they knew that it would make headlines and entertain their base.

They are not serious leaders. Zelenskyy is.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you are deeply impressed by President Zelenskyy — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

President Zelensky is a warrior.

Trump and Vance are 2 cowards beholden to Putin.

Such an utter geopolitical disgrace for America.

[💕 Brittany Belle 💕 @BrittanyinTexas]

It’s flabbergasting how 77 million Americans voted for this unhinged embarrassment! I stand with Zelensky!

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

24% of Americans get their health insurance from Medicaid.

Seniors. Working families. Millions of kids.

Republicans voted tonight to burn Medicaid to the ground.

And for what? To fund a giant tax cut for their billionaire friends.

A moral abomination.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

Just an FYI: Medicaid fraud is rarely perpetrated by beneficiaries. The fraudsters are almost always the doctors and CEO's that administer Medicaid. For example: when a doctor charges the government $600 for an $8 breast pump and pockets the cash and the third party administrator takes a cut.

[House DPCC @HouseDPCC]

House Republicans support freeing violent felons who brutally attacked police officers on January 6. The Republican decision to release these dangerous criminals into our communities makes America less safe.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

Why did Trump pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol and beat up American cops?

Not because they were innocent or reformed, but because they were guilty and unrepentant. The creation of a reserve battalion of violent political shock troops is a disaster for public safety and democracy.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT "WOKE"

Trump just repealed an executive order that established basic non-discrimination requirements for federal contractors that was signed by Lyndon Johnson and has been in place for 60 years

It survived Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. And even Trump’s first term.

And now it is gone