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And who they didn't like

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Dark Pence is back.

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#Americans are starting to live in fear again: Fear of air travel Fear of losing their #jobs Fear of not being able to afford basic #groceries Fear of food poisoning and disease Fear of punishment for exercising their right to free #speech…

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Could we now have an explanation for why so many SpaceX rockets blow up? It’s called math skills. DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn’t add up www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

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Judge Harris blocks firing of MSPB board chair, ruling that Trump violated the Civil Service Reform Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump and his American oligarchs are now openly aligning themselves with Putin and his Russian oligarchs. This Putin-Trump alliance means abandoning our allies, supporting authoritarianism and undermining our democratic traditions.

submitted 3 days ago • 244 comments

DOGE is attacking federal agencies that protect millions of Americans from financial predators, infectious diseases, natural disasters, and air crashes. Once again: this has nothing to do with making the government "efficient" — and everything to do with who it works for.

submitted 4 days ago • 56 comments

Our National Parks are treasured by Americans and people from all over the world.

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More media controlling the narrative—The Washington Post refused to run an ad that said, “Fire Elon Musk.”

submitted 4 days ago • 176 comments

The Department of Defense, which commands an $850 billion budget, failed its seventh audit in a row in November. In fact, it’s the only major federal agency that has never passed one.

submitted 4 days ago • 19 comments

To all orgs filing complaints over actions taken against federal workers, make sure to get your standing in order. Generally this means specific, harmed members must be party to the complaint. Orgs by themselves generally don’t have standing unless they can show direct harm. #justice

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🚨BREAKING: Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, was ousted after denying Elon Musk access to “sensitive files,” the Washington Post reports This. Is. Insane.

submitted 4 days ago • 213 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2292 comments

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

submitted 6 days ago • 989 comments

Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.

submitted 6 days ago • 1437 comments

Let’s be clear about what is happening: The Trump administration is taking the side of an invader against an innocent country struggling to achieve democracy and that has endured unthinkable war crimes and human rights abuses. #Ukrainewar www.bbc.com/news/article...

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#Ukraine’s position on any back-room deals between Trump and Putin:

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Washington Post got their hands on internal documents from DOGE showing the entire plan to implement resegregation. They're going to purge minorities from government by calling them DEI. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

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Gebbia donated $20,000 to the Biden campaign as recently as 2023. Allegedly RFK Jr.’s influence had something to do with this move. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

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To get the services we need, America will need a much more progressive #tax system that reduces inequality and adequately funds the government. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Serious question. Why do the MAGA supporters/non-millionaire Republican cult members want the biggest, richest, greediest people in America to get the tax cuts? Like how will it help them? I’ll never be able to wrap my head around it.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments