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FT: "Ukraine to sign critical minerals deal ‘in the very short term’, US claims" Ukraine, don't! Trump works for Putin, not for you or the West! www.ft.com/content/f4e1...

submitted 14 hours ago • 12 comments

⚡️EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.

submitted 13 hours ago • 235 comments

DOGE's funding is up to $40MM, @ProPublica.org finds And this: "If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then DOGE’s tens of millions in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend" www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 1 day ago • 44 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 1 day ago • 848 comments

Musk is blackmailing and extorting companies to advertise on Twitter or face government retaliation. “We now see brands returning in quite significant numbers, bc the easiest route is to just spend a minimum viable amount…because they are afraid of legal and political ramifications of not doing so”

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Here is huge government waste for DOGE to clean up - Trump spent 50% of his time at Trump properties since inauguration. Other waste: 3 planes flying to NASCAR to transport Trump, security and the Beast (SUV) for his publicity stunt.

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“Trump’s embrace of America’s adversary and rejection of its ally has been so swift and complete that even top Kremlin officials are astonished.”

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments

“It’s no longer just Putin’s Russia that threatens the foundations of Western liberal democracy but Trump’s Washington.”

submitted 1 day ago • 58 comments

Vile monsters.

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

submitted 1 day ago • 675 comments

Elon Musk now has his own paramilitary force.

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Here’s how many billions Elon Musk’s companies are making from U.S. taxpayers

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

The case for X being a 1A state actor now is at least colorable. It is controlled by a government official, who uses it for government business, with no real boundary in practice between the government and his private interest in it. It is little different from if a .gov website allowed comments.

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

Once upon a time, these were actions by a private company. Now they are actions being undertaken by a high-ranking government official, in connection with his public activities. This raises 1A issues that didn’t exist before.

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

“So Elon Musk killed this program for disabled kids (illegally) because it included the word ‘transition.’ It helps them to transition from high school to work.” H/T @palafo.bsky.social, who posted the above on another platform.

submitted 5 days ago • 349 comments

Better not call it a “vaccine” or it might not get approved. Maybe market it as a recreational drug.

submitted 16 hours ago • 748 comments

www.businessinsider.com/russia-culti...

submitted 15 hours ago • 106 comments

This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

submitted 17 hours ago • 436 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 17 hours ago • 865 comments

Guarding a concentration camp isn't the kind of thing most people want to sign up for. Along with a racist effort to purge officers who aren’t white, military recruiting is going to tank and the ensuing national security crisis will be entirely self-inflicted www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 19 hours ago • 79 comments

these clowns are genuinely not prepared for the violent backlash that's coming their way once the cascading failures from destroying government agencies and the social safety net start to manifest in concussive, very unsubtle waves

submitted 1 day ago • 83 comments

Trump is having terrorism and sex trafficking investigators from ICE HSI unit arrest lawful permanent resident entrepreneurs who own small businesses with undocumented employees. Way to protect us from too many BAKED GOODS!

submitted 22 hours ago • 7 comments

Why have Enrique Tarrio's crypto investments not been transferred to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church? AME is owed a $2.8 million default judgment entered against the Proud Boys stemming from their December 2020 attack. A debtor's exam should be ordered against Tarrio.

submitted 20 hours ago • 7 comments

Rarely has so much ignorance & ahistorical BS been crammed into a single tweet. I know JD Vance & Donald Trump are busy surrendering to a KGB butcher, abandoning the cause of freedom, & destroying the security of America & her allies, but they'd do well to spend some time actually studying history.

submitted 1 day ago • 97 comments

Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.

submitted 18 hours ago • 124 comments

How it started. How it’s going

submitted 22 hours ago • 260 comments

Wow. DOGE is far more expensive than the USDS that it pretends to be. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 1 day ago • 60 comments

A long and continually updated thread on TRUMP DELETING GOVERNMENT DATA, including census data, and disease data. The USA is a huge and complex nation with a diverse population - this gov data helps policy decisions, local governments and BUSINESSES.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Today's front page of The New York Post.

submitted 1 day ago • 715 comments

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

submitted 1 day ago • 51 comments

Not only are Musk's nefarious cronies infiltrating the U.S. Federal Government, they are also getting cases against their illegal activities dropped.

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

NEW: A regional FEMA chief of staff took Elon Musk's Fork in the Road offer. He has proof of receipt. But they didn't honor it. Instead, they fired him 13 days later. Now, this retired Navy captain is speaking out. www.thebulwark.com/p/musk-doge-...

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Trump's hostile takeover of our U.S. Postal Service will be catastrophic to the economy - upending trillions of dollars in e-commerce business. If Republicans don't care about rural constituents or people who rely on USPS for meds, maybe fcking with small businesses in their state will wake them up

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🤥 FACT-CHECK: “The United States does not allow noncitizens to vote. It rarely ever happens. A lie and a lie.” @arimelber takes apart one of Elon’s many lies at his unhinged CPAC debacle Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGVxCbQ...

submitted 1 day ago • 66 comments

Here's an action to take today: If you're in TX or LA, call Ted Cruz or Bill Cassidy and ask them why they're letting Trump piss away America's competitive advantage w/o lifting a finger. Mention this article. Cruz (Chair of Commerce): (202) 224-5922 Cassidy (Chair of HELP): (202) 224-5824

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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

submitted 1 day ago • 76 comments