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No doubt last night’s purge reflects racism and misogyny. But those wrongs are just a cover for the far more serious evils and dangers that exist here.

If any of our former NATO or Five Eyes allies have intelligence data and assessments, which surely they must, about the background of the leader of their new strategic adversary, the United States, now is as good a time as any to release them, subject to protection of methods and sources, of course.

Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE

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while this is horrific to RT / report bc of the grievous harm this dipsh*t will inflict on our country.... KUDOS to the photo editor this should be the pic that everyone uses

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

Smart.

It occurred to me that firing thousands of highly skilled, highly knowledgeable people, some of whom had access to highly secret information, and now have grievances and an urgent need for money, might be considered a security risk. Like, a big one.

>clearly erratic and mentally unraveling billionaire with a history of open drug use that is currently in custody battles with multiple different women while running around on a stage with a chainsaw is also the shadow president Armando Iannucci is getting lazy tbh.

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.

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)

we know why

“All four of us want you to know that there are people in elected office who want to fight for you,” Phelps said. “Because I think there’s a lot of fear that comes from the fact that we’re seeing a lot of noise and action from the people who aren’t and some of the people that didn’t show up to this.

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...

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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...

"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...

Editor Commentary: Who does this to other people? To doctors, nurses, farmers, teachers, professors, scientists, veterans, working families, people with disabilities, children with special needs, poor people? What twisted, unnatural men.

Man people are fucking pissed at what they voted for and would probably vote for again.

I would just like to point out this company with <$3.6 mil> in 2024 revenues just paid the top 3 executives <$90 mil> in compensation for that same year. A top ten all time grift. Hagw!

Holy crap. At his town hall last night, Rep. Rich McCormick compared *his own constituents* who asked him tough and fair questions to January 6 insurrectionists

This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

Huge thank you to Montana for this heartwarming tribute. For those that don't know the history, he quit his job managing a billion dollar family fund in 2018 rather than stop criticizing Elon Musk, after Elon himself called his boss to complain. This piece means so much more, coming from him.

Rural WI farmers in county that voted 62% Trump—his 2 signature issues: deporting immigrants/imposing tariffs—shocked not one state or national GOP legislator came to hear complaints that… tariffs & immigrant labor shortages may ruin their farms. FA’d, FO wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

I’m not sure the world has seen a genuine supervillain until 2025. Of course there’ve been countless monsters: hitler, Stalin, pol pot. But a real life figure who fits the Gotham/Metropolis model. Plutocrat bigwig who is actually deeply evil & wants to run the world for cartoonishly stupid reasons.

Not going to lie I feel really fortunate that Pritzker has risen to meet the moment lol. Can you imagine if I kept up this bit for two years, only for him to be like “bipartisan solution” and then go on a self-aggrandizing book tour? How do paid DNC influencers do it? I would end it all.

CNBC reports on 240k F recall and crickets on the 380k (same day) TSLA recall we see you

Costco and Trader Joes are yin and yang. Together they form a harmonious balance. One sells big piles of normal food, the other sells small piles of weird food. These are the two food piles people need

It’s never the wrong time to look at this photo of American astronaut Leland Melvin

Go to town hall meetings. When they get a reception like this, it absolutely scares the hell out of them.

The Daily Beast: What is this Elon Salute what can it mean French Nazis: too Nazi for us

H/T @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social for highlighting this thing... Found a picture of the Muskqvarna gifted to the South African by Melei. It's, needless to say, not a chainsaw that should ever be used

I really feel this needs to be understood better