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Even before Trump 2.0, the Social Security Administration’s staffing levels were at a 50-year low due to a decade of budget caps & cuts authored by GOP lawmakers. Further staff cuts and office closures can only make things worse for America's most vulnerable. New, @propublica.org

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NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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Jack Posobiec, a prominent influencer, has a long history of promoting antisemitic and white supremacist content. He traveled to Ukraine with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week.

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Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees. Thankfully, @propublica.org has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names just added to the list today.

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The U.S. has been the strongest supporter of Ukraine in its war with Russia. Yet with a series of blunt comments, President Trump now sounds more aligned with Russia than Ukraine.

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The IRS began to terminate thousands of employees, disrupting the agency when tax season is in full swing

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Best gameday experience in the NFL‼️ The #Vikings and US Bank Stadium ranked #1 in the 2024 NFL Voice of the Fan survey. 📰: mnvkn.gs/4i6kpip #Skol

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REMINDER: Cutting IRS spending is not a “cost-cutting” move. Cutting the IRS lowers revenue. It’s a move to protect the wealthy, like Elon Musk. Auditing the rich returns $12 for every $1 spent. www.nber.org/papers/w31376

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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

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NEW: The Famine Early Warning Systems Network is one of USAID’s most data-driven programs, but its work has been stalled by the Trump Administration.

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Trump’s executive orders have blocked entrance to the country for thousands of Afghans, including those who worked with the U.S. military and their relatives. Two brothers hope answers come quickly for their sister and her husband @lomikriel.bsky.social @propublica.org @texastribune.org

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I’m angry, every day, about so many things. but I think I’m angriest about how stupid and unnecessary and careless all of this, and how many innocent people will die because of it.

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Out of the 12,000 civil rights complaints the Education Department has put on hold since Trump took office: • 6,000 relate to mistreatment of disabled students • 1,000 are specific to sexual harassment/violence • 3,200 pertain to racial discrimination

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Many people are asking why RFK Jr. talked about the sperm count of young boys in his opening address to HHS and I do not have a good answer for that.

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Congress created several organizations in the 1980s to strengthen democratic institutions worldwide. Human rights activists say the freeze is a gift to authoritarians like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.

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Alright I’ll bite: what percent of kids do we think will actually look at these as bots as “guides” to augment learning instead of just using them to substitute research/writing? I was a huge dork who loved the library and I would’ve used it to do my homework, not learn…bc that’s how kids think!

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Target's shareholders lost $15 billion of net worth in their holdings of Target common stock when Target announced they were dropping DEI initiatives.

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Most of the cases are among school-aged children; at least thirteen patients have been hospitalized.

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Love for every single race in the country becoming hyper nationalized

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The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans. Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/

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Money talks

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Good lord.

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If you explained welfare like handicapping in golf, the GOP would be able to better understand.

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The NFL and the Ravens have to act on this soon.

submitted 7 days ago • 133 comments

Get him outta here

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What a shock, no tax on overtime and no tax on tips didn't make it into Trump's tax proposal. I am so surprised.q

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NEW: Marocco has tried shutting down nearly all USAID programs & freezing foreign aid. He’s led the charge to place nearly all USAID staff on administrative leave. Officials said they see the move as retribution against those who opposed his earlier work. By @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy

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“An unelected billionaire is now bulldozing the research arm of the Department of Education,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said. “Cutting off these investments after the contract has already been inked is the definition of wasteful.” By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

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There's little transparency behind Trump/DOGE/Elon Musk's claims of saving the government billions of dollars in less than a month. Digging into federal contract+spending data, @npr.org found errors and exaggerations with what little DOGE has shared.

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Quick name your favorite moment of the Rodgers era: Mine is when he said there can’t be any distractions in the locker room then floated the idea of being vice president

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Polio is bad.

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This says it all

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Remember when half the country chose to put democracy at stake for cheaper eggs, and then eggs actually got more expensive and we lost democracy altogether?

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We let Elon Musk buy the U.S. federal government for $277 million, which would buy you about a 25 percent equity stake in the Ottawa Senators

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Inflation picked up speed in January, with consumer prices rising 3% from a year earlier.

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So when people ask for common sense gun reform conservative men turn it into their entire personality with “don’t tread on me” and rifle pins. But when the executive branch and Musk blatantly ignore the entire constitution…silence?

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The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

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Ah yes, who can forget the campaign's promise to cut off all federal funding for cancer research and AIDS prevention and, uh, schools?

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Super Bowl lesson: Stopping an arrogant Chief from a third term is probably a good move for America right now.

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Getting punked by the Pope. JD Vance down incredibly bad.

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the hell is with these calls man

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How can Trump sit there, watch this intro, and think…you know what…DEI sucks?

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“For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality."

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