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Gene Hackman, 95, and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, found dead at home with their dog

submitted 6 hours ago • 91 comments

Trump says Vietnam is ripping us off on trade, but if they give Elon Musk a big contract, it's all okay cepr.net/publications...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

If you are thinking of retreating on DEI, you better understand who your customers are. "Target is under more heat...because it went further in its DEI efforts and it has a more progressive base of customers." And "when you lose trust, it’s hard to bring back.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/b...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Looks like there is now a measles outbreak in New Mexico in addition to the one in Texas (it had been virtually eradicated in 2000) apnews.com/article/meas... RFK Jr. must be so proud!

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Trump is hoping that if we pay lots of money for coffee, we won't know how expensive eggs are

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Elon's Son Trolls Trump #elon #trump #shushyourmouth

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Protest earlier today at #Tesla in #Columbus! (This after a huge meeting of @indivcentraloh.bsky.social 🤨) A dozen of us fed up w #Musk came out in the rain - he’s a dangerous, lawless, bigoted creep - we want him out of our government and out of our lives! 🧵 of others today across the country!

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Tesla takeover in West L.A. Maybe 30 people —definitely not your average LA activist crowd— LAPD pulled over for a minute to smile and wave. But lots of enthusiastic honks and thumbs-up, including from Tesla drivers. One of seven protest sites around So Cal.

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Seeking a Mar-a-Lago Vibe, Trump Considers Paving Over Grass in Rose Garden www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/u...

submitted 12 days ago • 76 comments

@davidlaz.bsky.social 🤔

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A more than $1,000 hospital bill just for refilling a prescription. This latest healthcare horror story debuts tonight on @ktla.com during the 10 0'clock newscast

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

"A 53-year-old man does not do this."

submitted 13 days ago • 25 comments

Almost every conversation in the area right now in the DC metro right now touches on who has lost their jobs. The idea that they will be able to keep the economy afloat is incredibly naive.

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Veterans have, by law, preferential hiring in the federal government. Disabled veterans get higher preference. Among other things, it's a pipeline to help them adjust post-service. So if you're roasting all the new hires, you're roasting a lot of veterans, with a lean towards disabled vets.

submitted 13 days ago • 43 comments

The 2024 Voter Suppression Playbook: How Jim Crow Tactics Erased Millions of Votes Watch the full @tmitmitmi.com interview: youtu.be/s9Gf-pKYAsg #VotingRights

submitted 15 days ago • 10 comments

The USAID Inspector General who released a report detailing how $500 million in food was sitting in ports rotting because of Elon's coup was just fired by Trump because he told the truth and blew the whistle.

submitted 15 days ago • 17 comments

Holy smokes. A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.” www.wired.com/story/treasu...

submitted 19 days ago • 10 comments

Folks, the DOGE bro is linked to a cybercrime ring. He's linked to a satanic neo-Nazi cybercrime ring that extorts CSAM from minors.

submitted 19 days ago • 179 comments

For anyone who thought it was overkill of me & others to archive the entire contents of the CDC website...

submitted 20 days ago • 25 comments

This amounts to the most significant data leak in cyber history. Private individuals in the data business now have access to your Social Security information. This violates privacy laws in every state. Hopefully, state AGs will file suit & pursue criminal charges. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

submitted 25 days ago • 407 comments

this is what we want to see. tariff the shit out of elon’s companies www.businesstoday.in/world/canada...

submitted 25 days ago • 973 comments

Incredible. House Republicans are saying extending existing tax cuts are free (a “current policy baseline”) but they can count the growth from those free tax cuts toward the bill’s deficit/revenue impact. Not only is extending trillions in tax cuts free, but it raises revenue

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

submitted 25 days ago • 209 comments

Major imports that would be hit by the tariffs Trump has threatened for tomorrow include 91% of imported trucks 83% of game consoles 83% of toys 81% of TVs 80% of natural/petroleum gases 76% of air conditioners 70% of crude oil 67% of chairs 66% of vehicle parts 66% of computers

submitted 26 days ago • 16 comments

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

submitted 27 days ago • 1413 comments

No patents, no problems. We make the world so much more difficult by granting patent monopolies for drugs. Not only do they make drugs expensive, they encourage companies to lie about their safety and effectiveness.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

The Project 2025 Song! youtu.be/CvQhTbCY4xc?...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

and the Trump fires in California. Trump is the world's biggest promoter of global warming, he deserves credit for what he has accomplished.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Starbucks backtracked on our path forward, failing to support the workers who are central to the company’s turnaround. Sign & share the No Contract No Coffee pledge to show them that not bargaining higher wages and better benefits for union baristas is bad for business! ✊SIGN - bit.ly/signNCNC

submitted 40 days ago • 11 comments

Vote suppression cost Kamala Harris no less than 3,565,000 votes. If all legal voters were allowed to vote, and if all legal ballots were counted, Harris would have topped Trump’s official total by 1.2 million. youtu.be/0LN65qFUDDo

submitted 32 days ago • 38 comments

Egg prices are going through the roof abc7ny.com/post/egg-pri... What is Donald Trump going to do about it? The media told us endlessly that high prices were the reason Biden-Harris were doomed. Did they lie to us?

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

Economic Policy Institute has a new Trump policy tracker so you can follow what the clown is doing www.epi.org/policywatch/

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Hunkered down with popcorn and old movies today.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

What could go wrong? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

New additions to President-elect Trump's business portfolio could provide more direct avenues for those wishing to influence a sitting president or even to try to extort him. Read our full illustrated guide to his conflict of interest risks here: nyti.ms/4jmNV4J

submitted 40 days ago • 48 comments

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to show that the rollout of the shots had already saved about 140,000 lives. nyti.ms/4hkaSnl

submitted 40 days ago • 394 comments

It has been my honor to serve as Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs at the @ILAB_DOL @USDOL. We are proud of all we accomplished in 3.5 short years! blog.dol.gov/2025/01/13/a...

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment