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Federal workers began receiving emails Saturday asking them to describe what they did last week — as Elon Musk warned on social media that, if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation.

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A streamlined British taskforce is providing low-cost weapons to Kyiv at speed — and experts say we need to learn lessons from its innovative approach ⬇️

submitted 23 hours ago • 4 comments

NYT, folks. Embarrassing shit.

submitted 3 days ago • 119 comments

DAMN!

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Columbus Dispatch: Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) says Trump executive orders 'getting out of control' "Congress has to decide whether or not the Department of Education goes away," Balderson asserted. "Not the president, not Elon Musk. Congress decides." www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...

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trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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After Raskin issued a harsh takedown of Musk, triggering a Twitter fight between the two, Raskin pressed further, asking Musk a simple question: As someone who supposedly works for the government now, will he submit to basic financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest rules?

submitted 5 days ago • 57 comments

The Wayback Machine, which the nonprofit Internet Archive operates, is a tool designed to help preserve online data, and it has been used in the past when new presidents’ administrations took down information from past administrations.

submitted 5 days ago • 32 comments

“For the first time in American history, Social Security payments are not guaranteed.” @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on explains how Elon Musk has gained control over Social Security and put those payments in jeopardy for the first time. WATCH: youtu.be/E4MH2Dkf14k?...

submitted 5 days ago • 39 comments

"The newly created vacancies in the DOJ and at the FBI will be quickly filed by people who...will be eager to help Musk accomplish his goals. The threat to those trying to resist these efforts or hold them accountable will grow over time."

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“No party before the Court is representing the public interest. We respectfully ask the Court to appoint a special counsel to advise the Court in resolving this unfortunate matter.” Private attorney asks NY judge not to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams case storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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President Donald Trump and top allies who have questioned the constitutionality of recent court orders blocking the administration’s agenda touted similar rulings by federal courts as “great news” and “brilliant” when they paused President Joe Biden’s policies.

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A federal district judge on Monday refused to issue a temporary restraining order blocking employees of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing student data at the Department of Education, saying there was no immediate threat in allowing it.

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"Griffin isn’t alleging that a single fraudulent vote was cast, and he’s not claiming any irregularities with the final vote count. He’s simply trying to change the rules after an election, so that he gets more votes."

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.

submitted 7 days ago • 478 comments

They also said they were excited about Trump’s executive order reversing a Biden-era ban on private-prison contracting.

submitted 7 days ago • 21 comments

The teenage girls and the world’s richest man who’s seized control of the payment systems of the largest economy in the world are exactly the same idiots duh

submitted 9 days ago • 216 comments

TODAY: A New York court will hear a challenge from Democratic attorneys general from 19 states to block DOGE's access to Treasury Department data and payment systems.

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New: Tesla and SpaceX relied on work by undocumented immigrants while Elon Musk advocated for a border crackdown

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COMING UP: A Bloomberg Businessweek investigation finds that Tesla and SpaceX relied on work by undocumented immigrants while Elon Musk advocated for a border crackdown. What questions do you have? Join our Live Q&A on Feb 14 at 11:45am EST bloomberg.com/sessions/202...

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Danielle Sassoon resigned rather than carry out the Trump administration's order to drop corruption charges against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, setting off other resignations within the Justice Department and standing up for the independence that has defined her Manhattan office for decades.

submitted 9 days ago • 108 comments

This letter of resignation is worth a read in full. It’s absolutely blistering. And to be clear, the attorney writing this letter was appointed by the incoming Trump administration, not a Biden holdover. Former Scalia clerk, impeccable bona fide conservative credentials.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

This has been bubbling under the surface. Lots of career prosecutors who worked incredibly hard to put people away, watching their work undone bc Trump wants to help his friends.

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

This guy is as dumb as a box of hammers

submitted 10 days ago • 1206 comments

I got to @bsky.app and Threads around the same time. The experience on Threads is pleasant (love videos) if dullish, but audience growth on that Meta platform is def weak sauce. Meanwhile, the growth and engagement on Bluesky is fab and experience is engaging and civil (tho a little too scolding).

submitted 10 days ago • 230 comments

Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts. We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s.

submitted 10 days ago • 65 comments

Since his inauguration three weeks ago, courts have blocked many of President Trump's executive actions. But what happens if Trump decides to ignore the courts' orders?

submitted 10 days ago • 75 comments

No one elected Elon Musk, yet he is aggressively attacking our federal agencies and trying to purge the federal workforce. We're dedicated to exposing the Trump administration's threats to democracy and how the courts are handling it. Support our work:

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A federal judge in Rhode Island said Trump admin are violating a court order by not releasing federal funds and threatened contempt. @marcelias.bsky.social explains why this is good news for democracy. Watch the full video now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVzF...

submitted 11 days ago • 22 comments

Fiery statement from Rep Gerry Connolly (D-VA): “Trump, Musk, and their Project 2025 cronies want you to feel defeated, powerless, and confused so they can use the chaos they’ve created to distort our democracy to do their bidding. But together, we will hold the line.”

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“I don’t think the richest guy in the world should be cutting funding for cancer research,” Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast posted to X on Sunday. “I’m not,” Musk responded. “Wtf are you talking about?”

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🚨BREAKING: While targeting federal education contracts, Elon Musk just scored a new deal for more government cash, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. The new "supplemental agreement" adds millions to SpaceX's already huge $3.9 billion deal.

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i think it's cool that the president is functionally a drug-addled billionaire nazi

submitted 11 days ago • 184 comments

What authority does DOGE – the Elon Musk-led faux agency – actually have? Are attempts to gain access to sensitive data from federal agencies legal? And what can be done about it? We break it down.

submitted 11 days ago • 24 comments

@cnn.com You’ve debased yourselves with this fool. And Sununu isn’t far behind.

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Someone drove a vehicle into a protected area of California’s Death Valley National Park last December, leaving behind two miles of tire marks on the Eureka Dunes and damaging several plants in an area with endemic plant species. National Park Service officials have yet to identify the culprit.

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When the cuts hit home... GOP Sen. Katie Britt raises a warning flag on NIH cuts, calling for a "smart, targeted approach is needed in order to not hinder life-saving, groundbreaking research." U of Alabama gets substantial NIH money and it creates jobs. www.al.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 13 days ago • 72 comments

Now that Trump is president and controls the executive branch—including the Defense Department—it’s time to raise what appears to be a forgotten question: What exactly is going on with these government reviews into Musk?

submitted 13 days ago • 14 comments

Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

submitted 13 days ago • 18406 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 13 days ago • 3912 comments

J.D. Vance signaled the Trump administration may try to ignore judicial orders, which could trigger a constitutional crisis.

submitted 14 days ago • 75 comments

republicans could never persuade the public to vote for social security cuts so instead they’re gonna have their billionaire dictator unilaterally destroy the program

submitted 13 days ago • 155 comments

a good bit of evidence that trump represents bona fide confederate government is that he keeps tripping every wire placed by the 14th amendment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

submitted 13 days ago • 147 comments

Ellen Weintraub, the chair of the Federal Elections Commission, said Thursday in a social media post that President Donald Trump tried to illegally remove her from her job.

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U.S. military Ospreys rehearse Super Bowl flyover. So glad DOGE is cutting government waste!

submitted 13 days ago • 165 comments