"Even more importantly than representing POGO here today, one thing I want to be sure to do is bring the perspective of the American taxpayer to this table." -@Veritas_DHG
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#ScheduleF is a huge threat to the federal civil service.
Learn more in these pieces from @jdspielberger:
Schedule F Betrays Veterans’ Service to Our Country: https://t.co/vxOqMoEg5n
“Schedule F” Plan to Gut Civil Service Puts Seniors at Risk: https://t.co/LO0fttmEDO
Preach @TarajiPHenson!
Project 2025 is a REAL threat to all of us. Every part of it is a wrecking ball for our lives, our families, and our rights. #BETAwards
@lizhempowicz@POGOwatchdog Truly… 😭😭😭…i’m having a hard time with this…gonna be in denial awhile…just pretending you’re on a very long vacation…. Table 20!
There's an important sub-part of the Trump immunity ruling in which #SCOTUS holds that "protected conduct" (that can't be prosecuted) also can't be used as *evidence* to establish other charges.
Justice Barrett, otherwise concurring, agrees with the dissenters that that's wrong.
READ: The final words in Justice Sotomayor's dissent:
"Never in the history of our Republic has a President had reason to believe that he would be immune from criminal prosecution if he used the trappings of his office to violate the criminal law. Moving forward, however, all former Presidents will be cloaked in such immunity. If the occupant of that office misuses official power for personal gain, the criminal law that the rest of us must abide will not provide a backstop.
"With fear for our democracy, I dissent."
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As the Pentagon's budget nears $1 trillion, vital programs here at home remain critically underfunded. This week, the House votes on the #NDAA. No more blank checks for failed audits. It’s time to demand accountability from the Pentagon. #AuditThePentagon
I found a guy who goes around the US asking 70 to 100-year-olds their:
• Biggest Regrets
• Biggest Lessons
• Advice to their younger self
Oddly enough, most of their answers are the same…
Here are my top 8:
I am 62 years old, single, and recently, after watching “Love Actually” for the 17th time — toxic though it may be — I downloaded a dating app and started the arduous process of vetting men so that I, too, might actually find love. Again. (a thread)
The concern about retirements of A-10s is not really about the plane, but about the mission of close-air support for ground troops, writes @dan_grazier at @POGOwatchdog, who has closely tracked the Warthog saga for years
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