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Definitely not the eyes of a chaos demon

I don't think we're talking enough about the fact that the pressure to remove DEI from science means women die.

ARE THERE NO REPUBLICANS WITH A FUCKING SPINE?

There are 72 Republican veterans currently serving in Congress. Maybe a couple of them could weigh in on this.

Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees. Thankfully, @propublica.org has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names just added to the list today.

It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint. In order to pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry. Make sure everyone knows it.

This ghoul is as responsible as anyone for the descent into authoritarianism in which we find ourselves. I hope that's not forgotten over time.

Hey, look, here’s @chriswarcraft.bsky.social out there walking the walk www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

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EXCLUSIVE: While Department Of Justice Attorneys Claim Elon Musk Does Not Lead DOGE, Republicans Tell Their Constituents Otherwise Republican members of Congress are actively contradicting the Justice Department.

"You should have never started it" -- Trump to Ukraine, which very much did not start the war

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

These are the kinds of stories about the human costs of the Trump-Musk coup that desperately need telling right now. Local news outlets and independent journalists can do a lot of important work here, for their own communities but also for the national effort to push back against this insanity.

Bad news from LCSH. This will percolate down to libraries as well, as we use these subject headings.

When my class was elected in 2010, we cut congress’ own budget and our personal ones by about 10 percent. This one should cut theirs by about 20, and each office should lay off a couple employees. Same DOGE is requiring. Make every @gop answer

Oops no more Yosemite.

The fact that Republicans in Congress aren’t willing to risk their careers to stop this is among the most profoundly selfish collective action failures of all time

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

NEW: Trump’s FEMA administrator just sent out an email ordering all employees to stop sending things to the media without prior authorization. It was immediately sent to me by a FEMA employee without prior authorization to share with you.

State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE. DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.

We need to see lawsuits first thing Monday morning. Call your state AGs if you live in a blue state.

Run for something!

#ICYMI: ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man dismantle or downsize federal agencies one by one.

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.

I saw some red breasted birds sitting in the sun and selling ice cream. I think they were basking robins… #dadjoke