Amee Vanderpool
@girlsreallyrule
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Writer, lawyer, quipster, wonk. Related to Audrey Hepburn. Proud creator of SHERO political and legal newsletter.
Washington, DC
Joined May 2012
Make no mistake, these "camps" that have just been offered up in Texas are internment camps, and we have seen this all before. Don't dismiss what is happening as hyperbole and don't look away.
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Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s squad who is criss-crossing US government agencies with questionable clearance, was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor.
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Autism is not an excuse for being a malignant narcissist, sorry Kanye.
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Where Madam Secretaries stop being polite and start getting real...
US airlines had gone 16 years without fatal crashes. Then MAGA fired the FAA chief, gutted the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, and threatened air traffic controllers with layoffs. Now there have been two fatal crashes. Hope your unvetted 22-year-olds fix things fast.
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This is a real post on Twitter. They are really selling the idea of Elon Musk stealing from the agency as an "upgrade."
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The US Senate just voted along party lines to confirm Russell Vought, the lead architect of Project 2025, as the next head of the Office of Management and Budget. If you want to know where all of these crazy Trump ideas care coming from, it's this guy.
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What is Trump doing and where are things going? It's all about profit, so he needs chaos and distraction to divide and conquer. I wrote about this happening when we were weakest during the first Trump administration during Covid and it can help us now.
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Arizona Representative Andy Biggs has wasted no time jumping on the Trump train of destruction and has introduced a bill to completely abolish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). More background on why this should not surprise you:
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The Trump administration aggressively publicized the arrests of more than 8,000 immigrants by federal agents, but NBC News has learned that some have already been released back into the United States on a monitoring program. What an epic waste of money.
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RT @HillaryClinton: Elon Musk is mounting a blitzkrieg-style administrative coup of the US government, accessing & editing critical systems…
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BREAKING: Swedish police confirm that about 10 people, including the gunman, were killed during a shooting Tuesday at an adult education center. But a final death toll and a conclusive number of wounded hadn't yet been determined.
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The 50501 Movement—or 50 states, 50 protests, one day—is garnering support throughout social media over its plan to stage demonstrations across the nation to "fight Fascism" on February 5. You can find your state location for protesting tomorrow here:
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One way to keep up the fight against Trump and his Nazi backup dancers is to keep funding independent journalism that connects the dots the mainstream media refuses to highlight. Stay in the fight. Subscribe to my SHERO newsletter today.
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People who stand up to power may not fix everything in a day, but they provide the necessary fuel for others, who are in great need of some inspiration, to keep fighting.
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Trump is disproportionately affecting women with his mass firings and rollback of federal protections and funding, but the HER Act is one way we can all stop Trump from attaching a gag rule to foreign aid.
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NEW: The US Justice Department fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on the criminal cases against Donald Trump hours after the president directly ordered it from the Oval Office.
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Three federal employees' unions are suing the Trump administration in an attempt to stop the Treasury from sharing confidential data with the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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