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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

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This gets my vote for tweet/post of the year. This is a RED ALERT post. This is exactly why he’s doing it.

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I’m sorry. You can all be mad at journalists for this or whatever. And maybe in some cases it’s deserved. But this is a high-risk profession that’s dying. There’s little support for most working journalists who still have jobs. When you blame “the media,” blame executives. Not workers.

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Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well. His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel. Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

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If members of Congress—like Rep. Grothman —are this clueless about what the man who is dismantling our government is saying and promising, they don’t deserve to keep their jobs! This woman is in his face, begging him to wake TF up—and he just walks off. Pathetic.

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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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. General Mark Milley was right . . . ... and he's still right ! 💠 👊 💠

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KEEP PUSHING! If they won’t do a town hall DEMAND ONE

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#Layoffs

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We are arms dealers to terrorists.

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From United Humanists on FB

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“I’ll be damned if I’m going to stand by or remain silent during this hostile takeover of our government and its rejection of what makes America a special place. There’s the America I know and love—and then there’s Trump’s America.” www.americaamerica.news/p/rooting-ag...

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For all the USPS's faults, Americans have to realize: It's one of the best postal services in the world, even after being kneecapped by DeJoy. Fight for our postal service, guys. I know I will. It is an essential public good.

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I'm just saying...

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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.

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that Trumpers think the US Postal SERVICE should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

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There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

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Privatizing the USPS Donny? You are a funny guy Cutting Rural Delivery? Lol let’s see you do that by EO I think the Pitchforks might come out if you try Please keep going

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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging an attack on American consumers — we won't stand quietly by.

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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En Bolivie, l’ex-président Evo Morales défie son inéligibilité et se déclare candidat à la présidentielle

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This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

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Exactly right

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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

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It’s time for people of faith, morality, and conscience to hold the people in our lives accountable for their willing partnership with this filth. We may need to sever ties with our family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers who still champion him. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-may-nee...

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— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu — Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile — Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans “Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.

submitted 2 days ago • 1128 comments

You know this is 100% going to happen…

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It's because after Reagan shellacked the Democratic Party in 1980, they didn't just lose the election, they lost their spine and have been looking for it ever since. Want to see what spine looks like? 👇Start Here👇 #BeRelentless

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Only an idiot would think we should eliminate: - Emergency response in natural disasters - Education and healthcare for disabled children - Clean air and water programs - Gang crime investigations - Monitoring of nursing home abuse - Nuclear reactor regulation - Cancer research

submitted 3 days ago • 168 comments

Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard — and fast — about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across - @sulliview.bsky.social 1/

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www.hidinginplainsightbook.com

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This is the now third deportation “detention” site outside the U.S. that the administration has disclosed. These are more than concentration camps; they’re what’s called “zones of lawlessness.” People being held in isolated facilities. Some if not all are de facto stateless.

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Co-presidents Trump & Musk are gaming us—pretending to cut “government waste” while plotting to rob us blind and push a permanent billionaire tax cut that will add trillions to the debt they care about only during elections. The thing is—the con is so g damn obvious! (Video 🧵)

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The President is not a King and no one elected Elon Musk. Signed, A U.S. History Teacher

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I have no independent confirmation of this. But this is seriously scary. This piece claims D.O.G.E. exposed sensitive government servers to the internet. @markwarner.bsky.social @jahimes.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cyberint...

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The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

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