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Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars. apnews.com/article/musk...

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BREAKING: A cadre of largely unidentified actors in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are controlling major government functions with no real oversight or transparency. We're suing to force them to comply with the law and turn over records by March 10.

submitted 3 days ago • 122 comments

My crack team of coders has hacked into dozens of government websites and we can now reveal the following.

submitted 16 hours ago • 28 comments

Trump’s bluff called on.ft.com/41aIMoo Zelenskyy offers to step down in exchange for peace and Ukraine’s Nato membership

submitted 17 hours ago • 8 comments

Such spectacularly pathetic cowards, 90% of the Republicans in Congress. History— and for all I know, God — will not look kindly on them.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

I judge educated people who pronounce asterisk “asterick.”

submitted 3 days ago • 30 comments

GA congressman on firing 10% of CDC: "A lot of work they do is duplicitous with AI. I happen to be a doctor, I know a few things, OK? A lot of those [are] duplicitous jobs." Thing he doesn't know: meaning of "duplicitous." As he explains why AI should replace humans and brags he's smart. PERFECT.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

He has a character arc. This season, he's no longer even pretending to be anything but the supreme asshole he is.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

submitted 1 day ago • 658 comments

Tillis is up for reelection in NC next year.

submitted 20 hours ago • 2002 comments

The way predatory people like Musk operate is they get their foot in the door incrementally. Just comply with my email, what’s so hard about that? Then when people give in because they don’t want a hassle, he owns you. Then he comes back next time demanding something much worse.

submitted 18 hours ago • 152 comments

Janet Mills was elected the first woman DA in ME history. Elected 1st woman AG in ME. Won election to state House, reelected 3x. Then 1st woman Gov - won by 20 points. Then reelected in 2022 by 13 points. In other words, far more popular in ME than Trump will ever be.

submitted 18 hours ago • 401 comments

Not the white man for the moment. bsky.app/profile/atru...

submitted 18 hours ago • 854 comments

It is a test. A test that determines whether you work for the federal government, and your agency/department, or whether you work for Elon Musk. It is up to you whether you surrender your rights as civil servants, your pride, and your dignity. Once you do, he’ll be back for more.

submitted 17 hours ago • 317 comments

She’s very concerned now. Won’t do anything about it as usual, but very concerned.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1095 comments

“A video shared by Tarrio on social media on Saturday showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, through … a Washington hotel that was hosting the Principles First summit, a conference where one of the officers received a ‘profile in courage’ award.”

submitted 14 hours ago • 2538 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

submitted 2 days ago • 1332 comments

My new favorite drug is Republican members of Congress getting yelled at in their districts by constituents who hate Musk.

submitted 2 days ago • 568 comments

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

submitted 1 day ago • 2093 comments

He’s threatening to fire federal employees who don’t respond to his email by tomorrow. He has already fired employees with impeccable performance reviews. Promotions will be based on responses to his email rather than detailed performance evaluations by their direct supervisor.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1460 comments

The heads of multiple federal agencies have told their employees not to respond to Musk’s email. Seems like Musk would’ve gotten approval for this draconian change in policy from Trump, with Cabinet officers informed in advance. But no, because this admin is in utter chaos.

submitted 21 hours ago • 179 comments

We had friends & allies around the world based on alliances & relationships that were built over many decades. In one month, Trump has torched them all. Now our friends are Putin, Orban, the crypto scammer in Argentina, and the guy in El Salvador offering us mercenary prisons.

submitted 20 hours ago • 355 comments

Not a great time for citizens who have chosen to serve their country by working in government, when the current leaders have nothing but contempt for your very existence. I have an idea, run for office against a Republican who is enabling it - which is all of them.

submitted 20 hours ago • 167 comments

I’m sure Trump & Musk will condemn Putin for this since they claim to care so much about peace and the Ukrainian people.

submitted 20 hours ago • 165 comments

#Emails2DOGE

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#Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

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#Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected] 1. Mocked Trump & his boss Elon on TV and online 2. Got my kid’s Corgi fixed so she won’t have babies (Elon you should get fixed 2) 3. Looked up why ketamine abusers need 😎 indoors 4. Read court decisions saying Trump & his boss Elon violated laws 5. Made this list

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We kicked holocaust denier Ernst Zündel out of Canada. Why the hell would we let Elon Musk have any claim on Canada? He is a fascist threatening the people of Ukraine. I am proud to be helping drive this asshole from our shores. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

submitted 1 day ago • 461 comments

a very confused Trump still thinks that people who make political asylum claims by definition come from insane asylums

submitted 1 day ago • 742 comments

Kennedy Center ticket sales dropped roughly 50 percent week-over-week after Trump announced his takeover www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

submitted 1 day ago • 213 comments

so uhhhh did Elon shut down the National Sex Offender Registry too? www.nsopw.gov

submitted 1 day ago • 202 comments

In retrospect, the Kid Rock/J6 Choir version of “Porgy and Bess” might have been a mismatch with the traditional Kennedy Center audience

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#Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

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1/ Town halls continue to go badly for GOP congresspeople, an ongoing thread: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2Pc7F6y/

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“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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#emails2DOGE 1. I talked to all of my kids & none of them hate my guts. 2. I did not resign for being a racist or getting rehired bc my boss 🩷 racism 3. I avoided doing a nazi salute 4. I stayed faithful to my spouse 5. I spoke without alternating babbling incoherently and lying the entire time

submitted 1 day ago • 41 comments

www.kyivpost.com/post/47630

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Besides the bad faith and epic corruption evidenced by the letter to @robertgarcia.bsky.social from this Trump waterboy, it is “whom you call a dick,” not “who you call a dick.” Grammar counts, you unctuous toady of the wannabe mob boss WHOM you serve.

submitted 3 days ago • 272 comments

So, like I said, NOT likable enough.

submitted 3 days ago • 76 comments

This would be completely illegal. But you wouldn’t know that from reading this post, the headline, or the lede. Unbelievably bad.

submitted 3 days ago • 988 comments

Did you hear about the Italian chef? He pasta away. Get it? I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

submitted 2 days ago • 1740 comments

Nazi salutes are having a moment. Our critic weighs in. Steve Bannon’s offered precise form worthy of 1930s Germany, but Elon Musk’s honored the drug-fueled mania of the original Nazis.

submitted 2 days ago • 42 comments

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Translation: We’re cyber fucked: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

submitted 2 days ago • 139 comments

It’s really gone to his head, hasn’t it?

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