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he's literally running the federal government like twitter lmao i suspect what the plan here is to send an email to Grok or whatever custom LLM they've rigged to say "this person does useful work" or "we fire this person"

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This is the use of US power to serve Musk's interests

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If you have a: - Credit card - Checking account - Savings account - Mortgage - Car loan - Student loan - Venmo account The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.

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As the #BrokenTimes and #BrokenPost call Trump's extortion a "deal", the #GoodGuardian once again shows them the way, calling it what it is: theft and blackmail. ‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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If people like Noem are this craven only a month in, imagine what they'll be like two or three years from now. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Man it's almost physically painful to read the stories of the fired park rangers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/s...

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Ann Selzer asks to dismiss Trump's lawsuit over her inaccurate November 2024 Iowa poll, arguing the president's "fraud" framing is an attempt to evade the 1A (Sarah Rumpf/Mediaite) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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I was curious about the rare earth minerals in Ukraine, so I looked it up. Source: United Nations. unric.org/en/rare-eart...

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They are rescinding offers of admission they already made. “On the whole, people were very upset, complaining about lack of transparency and consultation and about decisions being imposed by the [Penn] administration without proper explanation,” the professor wrote.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Admiral Lisa Franchetti had more and better qualifications for her job than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has for his. Go ahead, make a list.

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I missed this basassery yesterday. h/t @hcrichardson.bsky.social . www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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"Maine may one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. "You must ask yourself: Who will he target next? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your religion? Where does it end?" www.pressherald.com/2025/02/21/r...

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Remember when Elise Stefanik conned news media into calling her a “moderate”?

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All across the country, civil servants who worked in the federal government for a public good are risking their jobs to pushback against the Trump Administration. Here are some of their stories.

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The Trump administration walked back cuts to a health program for 9/11 first responders and survivors, restoring research grants and the jobs of laid-off workers.

submitted 17 hours ago • 32 comments

Ridiculous why did you make me hit you nonsense. Cancel your subscription to this and the NYT. Enablers.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Midcaps, small caps, and industrial stocks are all down since Election Day. This is very different from 2016-17:

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Is it psychotic as the world’s richest man to have your 13th child with a fourth different mother, abandon the child to the point the mother seeks sole custody, and then text the mother asking for “legions” more children? Asking for a friend.

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Another six-byline alarm on DOGE’s specious accounting. “That contract wasn’t canceled by DOGE or anyone else,” he said. “If they took credit for canceling the contract, they’re lying.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Wake up honey, Target is too woke again.

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Buffett’s annual letter is out — and includes this message to “Uncle Sam” about the tax Berkshire will pay: “Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, through no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better.” 🇺🇸 www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2024...

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Since Inauguration Day, of all the G7 stock market ETF’s, the US $SPY is the worst performer. The best? China $MCHI +19.7%. (via Bespoke)

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Here come the “town hall no-show’s”. #Wisconsin wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

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Thinking of chainsaw-wielding, cost-cutting figureheads for some reason. Barron’s cover for a takedown of Sunbeam CEO Al Dunlap in 1998 by the great Jonathan Laing.

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Big Balls’s past gets more scrutiny — including the internship where he was terminated. “You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old?” one frustrated executive asked the company’s CEO in 2022. “Are you for real right now?” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

submitted 9 hours ago • 61 comments

He was completely fine lol.

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Interesting contrast: -the number of Americans on Social Security is up 1.6 million YoY -the number of unemployed workers in the US age 55 and over is up 80,000 YoY

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NYT: “.. In only five of the 90 cases were patients vaccinated ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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No doubt #DOGE will be all over this. 🤡

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Warren Buffett said his company has paid the US government more than $101 billion in taxes since he took the helm 60 years ago, more than any other company in history, according to his annual letter to investors on Saturday.

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DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

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I'm glad that this story has been picked up by national and international outlets. One local outlet, D Magazine, has also highlighted the report. The rest of the mainstream news outlets in Dallas have not. Perhaps I'm being impatient but I must admit I'm confused as to why they've yet to pick it up.

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One reason Trump is doing this is bc Trump has failed to come close to meeting his deportation promises. If that were to become a bigger narrative--if the mob learned that he was diverting NatSec resources yet is falling behind Sleepy Joe Biden's deportation numbers--Trump'd be in trouble.

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Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials who warned that the number of cases was expected to rise.

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Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.

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🔥WATCH: “My people used to write country songs about this and march with coal miners. Now look at us— singing the boss man’s praises, marching straight towards the cliff’s edge with smiles on.” TN’s own trae crowder on Trump & Elon’s DOGE rampage. FULL: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2P77fEy/

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“If Vladimir Putin comes to the negotiating table and agrees to a cease-fire, we need to bear in mind that he is the gentleman who has countenanced this outrage," U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, said.

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The problem is realizing that the richest man in the world is a fraud isn't exactly going to discourage other frauds from chasing their dream.

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Man hell no!!! Lol see how Sgt Gonell does me?!?!

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How many of my academic friends saw this? Pitt Pauses All PhD Admissions. www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

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It is indefensible for legacy outlets to claim they “first reported” things independent journalists or less traditional outlets had first, which they obviously saw. It’s very common, WP does it but NYT is particularly notorious. And it’s not just tacky, it’s making an objectively false statement.

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We NEED @blakegendebien.bsky.social to win. This is an all hands situation.

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I agree.

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Firing 7000 IRS agents will make it even easier for the rich to get away with skirting what they owe. But it's also a gift to the multi-billion dollar tax prep industry. Fewer IRS agents to help you file your taxes means more money in the pockets of companies like TurboTax.

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