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Embarrassing. No tax on tips will never be in this budget. Not happening. Promises made. Not kept.

DEI has been replaced with DAF (Dumb As Fuck).

Elon Musk made his $38 billion fortune off of government contracts and then used his billions to help elect Trump. Now, he's looking for a return on investment on the backs of American families. He's a walking case study of why we need to overturn Citizens United.

Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)? A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)

Landscape, 1899 https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/13234

This would funny and fascinating if the stakes were not high. Trump/musk are reckless morons and so are their own attorneys. We are living in the dumbest of times.

The GOP's strategy:  1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on. 4) Repeat.  They're trying it again this week. Don't let them get away with it.

NYT/WaPo/AP write-ups of Bongino are shameful lobotomized stenography. CNN's is somewhat better. The Guardian's is good: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Dear MSNBC, 'I'm glad you kept this show on, said no one ever."

The Trump administration blamed Biden for a $400 million federal government contract with Elon Musk's Tesla to build armored electric vehicles. But NPR obtained documents showing the Biden administration only approved $483,000, not the $400 million that the Trump-Musk administration wanted.

If you think an assault on Black Excellence in the middle of Black History month is a coincidence you’re not paying attention.

When the richest man ever, Elon Musk, can spend over $277 million to elect Donald Trump, you know there’s an issue with our system. If we want to protect our democracy from power-hungry billionaires, we need to #EndCitizensUnited.

Farmhouse with Barn and Trees, 1883

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

America held hostage

Study on the Island https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-seurat/study-on-the-island-1884

Vegetables, 1952

Radiant Baby (from Icons series) https://www.wikiart.org/en/keith-haring/radiant-baby-from-icons-series-1990

Watch your step #safedemocracy #unite #resist

“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

Legit don’t know if this is vandalism or a detail put on by the owner

The Entrance Hall of Saint-Paul Hospital, 1889

Ffs🤦‍♀️

"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

He’s really good at this!

You know things are bad when you agree with Three Shirts McGee.

This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve food on | Jay Rayner

People are fleeing Florida and Texas. As of Jan. 2025, those states collectively accounted for over 30% of ALL homes for sale in the US. Florida had 157,221 active listings—the highest in the country—followed by Texas with 102,552. Repressive state governments and rising insurance are to blame.

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of power is power.” - 1984

RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

Telling the Ukrainians they shouldn’t have started the war is some real high-level assholery.

Jeanne Hebuterne https://www.wikiart.org/en/amedeo-modigliani/jeanne-hebuterne-1919

I’m the dairy farmer running to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District. Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?

Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.

Monsieur Louis Pascal from the Rear

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

i need a 52 year old man with $800 billion to impregnate my wife . i am worried our offspring wont be sufficiently feeble and/or annoying

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

Robert "Brainworms" Kennedy Jr.—the anti-vax, raw-milk-chugging, whale-head-chainsawing conspiracy theorist—is now in charge of America’s health policy. That's like putting a flat-earther in charge of NASA.