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I'm about to drop a piece at The Atlantic on this Pentagon purge. As I warned, Trump is capturing Justice, Intelligence, the military. This is praetorianism, pure and simple.

submitted 23 hours ago • 204 comments

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

submitted 1 day ago • 1843 comments

None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 23 hours ago • 336 comments

President Trump's purge at the Pentagon is a major step toward creating an officer corps personally and absolutely loyal to him, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/V6pB4qcF

submitted 22 hours ago • 94 comments

Whitehouse: "Remember Trump-Russia? The Mueller report said there was Trump-Russia. The bipartisan Senate intelligence report said there was Trump-Russia. Repeated trials brought in evidence showing Trump-Russia. There was, is, and forever shall be Trump-Russia."

submitted 2 days ago • 301 comments

Elon is wrong a lot and sometimes it’s because he’s ignorant and sometimes it’s because he’s lying and sometimes it’s because he would rather turn his ignorance into an attack than admit he’s wrong. Sort of like Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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Chris Murphy: "My prediction is that if you vote for Kash Patel, more than any other confirmation vote you make, you will come to regret this one to your grave."

submitted 3 days ago • 738 comments

I was electrocuted, beaten, stabbed in the leg and starved after being captured while defending my home and family in Mariupol. We held back Putin’s invasion for several weeks while Russia slaughtered over 25,000 predominantly Russian speaking Ukrainians including women and children.

submitted 3 days ago • 741 comments

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.

submitted 3 days ago • 1216 comments

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

submitted 3 days ago • 995 comments

man this is legit no different than a 4chan /pol/ post. like truly no difference, down to the ASMR gag. from the white house account.

submitted 3 days ago • 180 comments

What the hell? Eight percent defense cut per year, for five years? Say goodbye to military readiness. Say goodbye to modernization. This cannot stand: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 3 days ago • 39 comments

Duuuuuuhhhhhh..........What a fucking moron. 🤪🤡 abcnews.go.com/Politics/mus...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

That was always the plan. From a UK paper:

submitted 6 days ago • 58 comments

“DOGE apparently didn’t understand the workers’ role”—in other words, that the “National Nuclear Security Agency” was an agency having something to do with national nuclear security

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Area free speech absolutist says journalists he doesnt like should face a “long prison sentence”

submitted 5 days ago • 262 comments

New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 6 days ago • 77 comments

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

submitted 7 days ago • 382 comments

A Secretary of Defense who knew what he was doing would have read that speech before he gave it and then made sure to coordinate with the White House and NSC before reversing some 80 years of U.S. policy and leaving Europe in the lurch while the biggest war since the 1945 was underway.

submitted 8 days ago • 178 comments

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 8 days ago • 552 comments

These f**king idiots

submitted 8 days ago • 237 comments

He’s pathetic.

submitted 8 days ago • 366 comments

Your oligarchy, ladies and gentlemen

submitted 8 days ago • 163 comments

Bawahahaha!!! I'm so dead!

submitted 9 days ago • 64 comments

This is a dangerous (and deeply embarrassing) moment for our country. Republicans just put a conspiracy theorist in charge of one of the most important federal agencies for safeguarding public health and guiding the nation through health crises.

submitted 9 days ago • 95 comments

BREAKING: White House confirms it has lost at least 12 cases, at least temporarily, since becoming president. Acting illegally and losing cases is a hallmark of Trump.

submitted 10 days ago • 1058 comments

I mean, Jesus Christ, can you people even hear yourself? I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.

submitted 9 days ago • 556 comments

BREAKING: We are suing Musk & DOGE for violating the constitution They have no right to your personal data & no authority to dismantle entire agencies We’re calling their bluff & taking them to court statedemocracydefenders.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 9 days ago • 546 comments

"Why was Trump so horny for the National Archives? Because of the stolen-documents case against him. He believes that the National Archives snitched on him to the FBI. And snitches get stitches."

submitted 12 days ago • 34 comments

If Elon Musk is looking for wasteful government spending, he should start with Pete Hegseth. Hegseth approved a $49,000 ‘emergency’ paint job on his government home—while critical services are being cut. But sure, tell us more about fiscal responsibility. MORE: www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

submitted 12 days ago • 135 comments

Endless conflicts of interest with potential for massive grift and corruption www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

submitted 12 days ago • 36 comments

Super Bowl halftime show generating big “Trump won, why am I still seeing black people” energy from the indignant grifter class

submitted 12 days ago • 99 comments

My interview today on @newsnation.bsky.social to discuss the apparent retaliatory revocation of my security clearance simply bc I performed my job as a non partisan attorney, which Trump didn't like. youtu.be/0jBXQilPX-E?...

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 12 days ago • 3913 comments

Loyalty tests to be hired into the security apparatus. Right out of the textbooks.

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Just a reminder: the draft-dodger saluting during the anthem thinks our Veterans and Troops are suckers and losers. Never forget.

submitted 13 days ago • 116 comments

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 13 days ago • 1044 comments

Exactly exactly exactly

submitted 14 days ago • 74 comments

I’m guessing the thing about treasuries is them not understanding how the social security and Medicare trust funds work. It is internal debt for the government. Anyone who understands anything about the us debt knows how this works. But I’m guessing they don’t.

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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 13 days ago • 1165 comments