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Five reporters, and it takes multiple paragraphs to even acknowledge that his deputies are still (only maybe legally) emplaced at multiple agencies, zero mention of the massive data theft, and a DOGE lawsuit just got the go ahead. But yeah, he’s “frustrated” at the slow pace of change, sure.

submitted 8 days ago • 27 comments

Judy Conti of @nelp.org laid out how DOGE's cuts at the Labor Department hurt workers in so many ways. This includes cuts to millions in grants meant for states to improve unemployment insurance programs... and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse. Watch the full video at www.instagram.com/stopdolcuts.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

You can’t make this up. Republicans snuck a “tanning bed tax break” in their bill—the same bill that’s going to make hospitals go under and take away hospital beds. They’re too ashamed to even say it, too.

submitted 15 days ago • 48 comments

Reminder that Politico is a right wing rag that constantly pushes claptrap designed to divide Democrats.

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

"Can't study topic that best explains what we are up to" says Trump administration

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

A short course in how to understand our current budget and tax debates.

submitted 23 days ago • 20 comments

This, right here. This is what is driving all of us mad.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

"Overall support for work requirements drops from 62% to 32% when those who initially support the proposal hear that most people on Medicaid are already working and many would risk losing coverage because of the burden of proving eligibility through paperwork." www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

learn when to stop watering a dead flower. especially one which you didn’t plant yourself. the world is blooming vibrantly out there, and life’s too short to waste on withered leaves.

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

submitted 33 days ago • 248 comments

Hmm this employer had been ordered into arbitration to negotiate a union contract with these workers, who are now detained ufw.org/ny102824/

submitted 34 days ago • 14 comments

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

submitted 37 days ago • 1331 comments

There is so much bad news out there right now that it is sometimes difficult to even see the wins. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

I prob post this every year around this time, but it remains the case the best Easter poem ever written is this James Tate fire:

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.

submitted 46 days ago • 251 comments

This. 🎯 Deportation is a legal process the Trump administration is pointedly evading. It is rendition. It is disappearing people. There is no due process. The US also can’t deport US citizens. Don’t say “deport.” Don’t say “wrongly deported.” Say “rendered.” Say “kidnapped.” Say disappeared.”

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments

Aunt Lydia in the Handmaid's Tale says: “There is more than one kind of freedom, freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from.” Where freedom from ends up is Gilead. I want freedom to. Always and forever freedom to.

submitted 47 days ago • 10 comments

Dystopia is the AARP advising older Americans about how to live in a police state www.aarp.org/travel/trave...

submitted 48 days ago • 125 comments

So Google's latest consent violation is them generating "AI" audio of your voice in YouTube as an opt-out "service." Here's how to turn it off (original images reposted with alt text):

submitted 47 days ago • 79 comments

So I'm on the energy.gov site trying to nerd out over residential wind turbines , as one does, only to find out the site now caps results at 200 (which means rn stuff only goes back to Dec '24) yet you can SEE there's hella more available via the filter sidebar 🧵

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

Banning terms like “clean water” and “methane emissions” doesn’t just censor scientists, it puts frontline workers at risk. You can’t protect farmworkers or rural communities if you’re not allowed to name the hazards.

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

The response was entirely positive, so let the Nazi Punch of the Day begin. It seems appropriate to start with a classic. This is from Captain America Comics #1. The cover date was March 1941, but from what I've read, it was on the shelves several months earlier. #NPD #NaziPunching

submitted 123 days ago • 30 comments

This.

submitted 61 days ago • 31 comments

Because there is not 1,000 ways to profit from having, analyzing and building off IRS data

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.

submitted 64 days ago • 1108 comments

This was….five months ago

submitted 64 days ago • 1655 comments

Elon’s Downfall

submitted 65 days ago • 235 comments

Reminder: If you’re sharing information, protect yourself. Documents and communications often contain hidden watermarks, intentional typos, odd punctuation, inconsistent spacing, or stylized phrasing—all designed to uniquely identify the source.

submitted 77 days ago • 233 comments

I'm still putting the story together. I'm sharing limited info and request for more info anyone seeing this message might have. I understand that DOGE showed up today at the Institute of Museum and Library Services and rapidly began sending employees home. This was presaged in an executive order...

submitted 77 days ago • 51 comments

You wouldn't know from reading this New York Times story about Trump punishing the University of Pennsylvania for trans athletes that there are no trans athletes on women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania because the New York Times didn't find that detail worth including

submitted 78 days ago • 134 comments

If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...

submitted 78 days ago • 70 comments

a thing the nazis did was destroy every institution so that parallel institutions that do the same kind of thing but only to benefit nazis were the only way to get stuff done. just a thing im thinking about

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submitted 89 days ago • 7 comments

Guys is it macho alpha male to have your mom come to your social media to yell at the people being mean to you?

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 91 days ago • 178 comments

four votes for “the president is a king and the framers created a monarchy”

submitted 92 days ago • 337 comments

18F was dissolved because it saved money. We pushed back against contractors who tried to screw American taxpayers. We showed how cheap and good government software can be. Musk hates that. writing by Dan Tangherlini via @donmoyn.bsky.social

submitted 96 days ago • 27 comments

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

submitted 96 days ago • 3447 comments

Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.

submitted 95 days ago • 394 comments