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The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration left her position after she refused a request by DOGE to access sensitive government records at the agency, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

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Okay, so here's some writing news. It's very possible that I have 5 projects come out this year. 1) I turned in RING OF FIRE to my publisher about two-three weeks ago. I'm hearing early summer for potential release. 1/

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ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF. Now. Print hard copies. And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...

submitted 9 days ago • 327 comments

Misery is not virtue and anxiety is not activism. And it's cruel to demand public displays of either from anyone. (Hot take: including demanding it from yourself)

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Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Breaking News: The Senate confirmed Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place a Project 2025 architect.

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It’s Day 16. Our country is being dismantled 24/7. If “…just 53 days.” applies to us, like it did in 1933 Germany, that means March 13, 2025, could be the last day of our country, as we know it to be. Tick tock, tick tock… #SheShed

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Andrew Jackson: I may be in Hell now, but I burn with the confidence that no other American president will ever top the Trail of Tears Donald Trump: Hold my Diet Coke

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That’s my senator.

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Donold backed down on tariffs, claimed victory and took credit for things that Biden had already negotiated. But Canadians will never forget this. He has made a critical error.

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I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.

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Schoolhouse Rock is going to have to remake its cartoon on how a bill becomes a law.

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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

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Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.

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2/3rds of Trump³⁴'s executive mandates are straight outta #Project2025 Of. Course. He lied about not knowing anything about the extremist agenda His OMB Dir was chief P2025 architect He got convicted of 34 felonies and liable for fraud & defamation because he LIES! www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/p...

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"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create

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The cost of Donold’s first deportation flights, carrying about 80 migrants each, cost up to $852,000 per trip.

submitted 28 days ago • 1325 comments

They fully intend to create Gilead. They want to control women any way they can.

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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

submitted 31 days ago • 1289 comments

90,155/90,000 words. This novel is complete. Next project is already at 43,521/90,000. Intermixed will be a copyediting project, a short story collection, and then thinking about what project is next. So. Women's history time travel or magical murder mystery in an RV park? decisions, decisions..

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A copy of the DOJ memo

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Dear members of the press, Can one of you, PLEASE just ONE: When Trump says we deleted all the evidence, please for the love of God, push back. The evidence is all here: www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...

submitted 31 days ago • 919 comments

Trump’s new leadership at DOJ is threatening state & local leaders with criminal prosecution if they don’t support mass deportations. This is a serious step away from democratic norms. apnews.com/article/just...

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just a reminder that Facebook was caught using a right wing lobbying and policy firm (the same one telecoms used to smear net neutrality) to sow xenophobic and natsec fear about tiktok in the press and the halls of washington

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"A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press..." Great piece! Gift link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/t...

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"He was the Republicans' star witness. Sean Hannity’s Fox News show ran with his claims in at least 85 separate segments last year. The Republicans’ entire Biden conspiracy theory was based on his claims..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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"From the standpoint of January 2021, when Trump was forced out of office in disgrace following a failed coup attempt, yesterday’s events are unthinkable. But as we learned the hard way, voters have short memories and are extremely susceptible to disinformation and manipulation."

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I'm ignoring news as much as I can. I'm choosing to concentrate on other things. I am closer to finishing a novel than I have been in nine years. Nine years ago, I finished my last novel while I was on maternity leave with the Girl. I'm 3.5K from the end. NO WAY am I getting there now. But close.

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New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.

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Microsoft Office turned on Copilot AI without asking anybody. If you don't want the modern equivalent of Clippy, you can disable it by: 1. Selecting the Home Tab 2. Selecting Options 3. Selecting Copilot 4. Unchecking the box "Enable Copilot"

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Brave yourselves for more of the like.

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The television ratings for Donald Trump's second inauguration dropped 27% from Joe Biden's in 2021 and were nearly 20% lower than Trump's first swearing-in in 2017.

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