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Dear all federal employees, DO. NOT. RESPOND. Default to your union now. Musk has zero official authority in government. Dare him to fire the entire federal government on Monday.

Dear Mr. Musk: 1. Your mom 2. Your mom 3. Your mom 4. Your mom 5. Your mom I hope this answers any questions you might have, son. Sincerely, Kiss my ass

Unlawfully and disgracefully.

There’s a crucial election coming up in a battleground state: The liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at risk. Elon Musk is not only determined to infiltrate every level of the federal government, he’s coming after our local elections, too. We’re not going to let him get away with it.

Here is Maddie Dahlien's first-half goal for Seattle Reign! It was an impressive solo effort for the forward, who had been pestering Angel City's backline all half. Reign head into halftime up 1-0. #HereForTheCrown

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

I googled. He's real. In certain special cases, I feel a new pope should forgo taking a new papal name and stick with his own, most excellent, one.

I hate to be the one to get into semantics, but he won’t have that name if he’s Pope. You guys forget he’ll have to take a new hallowed name like Pope Calzonepuck XIV

The energy I bring to the function

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

What ?!?

so then it's not a cost-cutting team, is it

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Federal employees are now being told they will be fired if they do not reply to a guy who does not respond to the Moms of his kids.

Two weeks from now the crew of a nuclear submarine are going to see this email and the subsequent one firing them all.

Time for anyone who cares about the defense of the US to read up on Stalin’s purge of the Red Army in 1937-38, and the disastrous consequences that ensued when the country was attacked in 1941.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I literally reported this Wednesday.

Nominations for the 2025 John Maddox Prize are now open. The prize recognises researchers who stand up and speak out for science and evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics, despite challenges or hostility. https://go.nature.com/4194lp6

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

A lesson in how claims of meritocracy as justification for opposing DEI are often cover for the demand that we return to a system of preference for white men - whatever their qualifications. Fire a qualified Black man. Hire a statutorily unqualified white man. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The Associated Press has sued Trump officials over the administration's decision to block its reporters from White House events because of the AP's use of "Gulf of Mexico." "We're going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America," Trump said Tuesday.

Please remember this @abcnewsgo.bsky.social @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

Lily Yohannes vs Colombia | SheBelieves Cup 2025 17-years-old. Looked brilliant in possession alongside Coffey, displayed good vision and range in her distribution and was solid in her 1v1 defensive actions. Scary good talent.

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.

Oh fuck, what a grift. J6 terrorists sue a DOJ controlled by Trump; Trump orders DOJ lawyers to settle for an undisclosed amount, both sides agree to an NDA. This can happen dozens, hundreds of times. Just an ingenious way to funnel tax dollars to far-right terrorist groups.

Extortion. Got it. I know the GOP won't convict, but start impeachment hearings right now. Now.

The highest ranking trans person in the federal government was fired last week amid the broader purge. It was certainly political and targeted. 19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-...

With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

With news floating around about a plan to move USPS into the Commerce Department, we seem to have found my lane. So let’s talk about the #PostOffice. /1

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General.

I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.

Massachusetts residents are well aware of how his private equity firm ran Steward Health Care right into the ground. I have serious concerns about his qualifications to take on the role of Deputy Defense Secretary. I’m calling for answers.

Today's newsletter: If congressional GOP members are too afraid of the mob they created to uphold their constitutional oath, they are obligated to step aside and let braver citizens lead.

wrote up the unbelievable shenanigans going on in Delaware corporate law prospect.org/justice/2025...

Musical legend and humanitarian Dolly Parton has called on Indiana’s Republican governor to reverse course on plans to do away with her popular “Imagination Library,” her acclaimed program promoting childhood literacy: www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton...

Here are The Top 10 Dogs of the week! youtu.be/xSi7CJ4iFPU

how many controversial salutes are there. i can only think of the one but admittedly i'm not a salute scholar

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

It’s journalistic malpractice — to the extent that’s a thing any more — to talk about this Ed Martin letter without clarifying that every expert, other than administration hacks, thinks that Garcia’s statement was not remotely plausibly a true threat. It’s simply ludicrous.

This is a deeply concerning (and frankly, mystifying) development at the CDC that has totally flown under the radar. PRAMS provides basic public health surveillance of maternal-child health outcomes and they have quietly shut it down.

There’s not a word in this story about the corrupt nature of this dismissal. Not a concern voiced, not a question raised, not even an acknowledgment that he’s the president’s biggest donor and he’s acting as an unelected, unconfirmed tyro wielding unchecked power over spending and the civil service.

Long but important thread about the proposed change to Delaware law and how it’ll allow oligarchs to plunder even more money. Fellow Delawareans, please contact your representatives and tell them they’ll get primaried if they vote for this abomination.