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Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team when President Donald Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner.

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The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

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NEW: Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform. Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.

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So if he’s not head of DOGE, how is he giving orders? And having his employees carry out these orders?

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You’d think that the agency’s name—“National Nuclear Security Administration”—might have led someone to at least ask, “Hey, what do these guys do?”

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Just out of curiosity, does Ukraine get to be on yin those ceasefire talks?

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meanwhile in Canada.

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Police in Pennsylvania are hunting for thieves who stole 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer amid a US-wide spike in the price of eggs.

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Remember when you learned in history class about Nazi book burning and everyone thought it was horrible? Or when you learned your grandparents actually witnessed it? This is that, but for 2025. wapo.st/4hPMU3A

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So do I rewatch “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” now, knowing that the reboot is in the works but still won’t happen soon and I’ll just have to watch it all again later? Or do I wait? What to do, what to do….

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The Trump administration plans to reduce the USAID workforce from over 10,000 to around 290 positions. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s staffers are now at FEMA, accessing information on its grant programs.

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The Kids are not Alright open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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And so it continues.

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Al Gore pitched a sovereign wealth fund once, but he called it a “lockbox.” And it existed bc they’d taxed the wealthy a tiny bit, balanced the budget and had a surplus. And he only wanted the fund to protect Social Security for Americans who weren’t millionaires. So the GOP mocked it.

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Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.

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> @markruffalo.bsky.social

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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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As someone else pointed out this is the exact same trick Elon played at his companies. It’s not a “buyout.” The money has not been authorized by Congress. They are playing games. Don’t fall for this bullshit.

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5 ways Project 2025 appeared in Trump’s presidential directives wapo.st/3CB0Z5Y

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American parents of non white children, please make sure your children have their SSN numbers and your phone numbers memorized. And put photo id and other information somewhere on their phone and teach them how to retrieve it. #Ice is allowed to pull kids(brown) from schools and verify status now.

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Pausing communications between the CDC and hospitals can literally be life threatening. Among other things, the CDC sends out alerts on new infectious diseases and outbreaks. This is heinous.

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A class act. Can’t wait for her next chapter.

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Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood, dies at 67

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Bad Journalism: 1. Reporting TikTok may shut down Sunday w/o mentioning that the bipartisan law was a Donald Trump demand. 2. Failing to report that Trump's money man Elon Musk wants to buy the app. 3. Failing to report the Trump says he's now pro TikTok because these days "I'm a star" on the app.

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Ahead of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump has launched and promoted a new cryptocurrency venture, raising fresh ethical questions about his attempts to monetize the incoming administration’s deepening political ties to the industry.

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Posted this at the old place, but thought folks on @bsky.app might like to know I finally met my "mother".

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The hard reality of “made in the USA.”

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Our current administration and senators must dedicate every moment until January 3rd to confirming regulators and judges who will stand up to the Trump administration’s blatant disregard for our environment, wildlife, and parks. This is not a time for despair—it’s a time for decisive action.

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If civil war breaks out, meet me at the library. They don't know where it is.

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Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD

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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that transgender individuals would not be allowed into restroom facilities in the Capitol and House office buildings that do not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

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A multipronged dark money effort by advisers to Elon Musk targeted liberals, Jews, Muslims and Black voters with ads that were not quite what they seemed.

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