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"Multiple kidneys had to be thrown out because of transport delays — couriers not picking them up in time or airlines misplacing them. One was accidentally left on an airport luggage trolley." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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New from AP : Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration’s own data shows. apnews.com/article/doge...

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Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.

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The FDA cancelled an upcoming meeting of experts scheduled to discuss next year’s flu shots, stoking fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

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Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, tweeted, “Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin’s reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits last week jumps to 242,000, a three-month high.

submitted 1 day ago • 278 comments

Time for a “person woman man camera TV” retest

submitted 21 hours ago • 720 comments

Josh gets it. The real “Musk derangement syndrome” is @RepJohnRose letting him dismantle our government while ignoring (and hiding from) his own constituents

submitted 21 hours ago • 31 comments

Marsha proudly complicit in mass firing federal workers and slashing funding Tennessee farm and health care industry benefits greatly from As inflation goes up, not down When’s that town hall, Marsha?

submitted 21 hours ago • 341 comments

Living presidents shouldn’t be on currency.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1117 comments

Right, because this is totally normal 🙄

submitted 21 hours ago • 284 comments

Happening across government: pushing out general counsels to ensure the internal referees will say that whatever Trump wants to do is perfectly legal.

submitted 23 hours ago • 16 comments

A recent poll found 37 percent support for reducing or eliminating the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.

submitted 21 hours ago • 27 comments

Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨 Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.

submitted 22 hours ago • 26 comments

If Biden had done this it would have been a major story that consumed the media for the next week.

submitted 21 hours ago • 448 comments

the thing about musk is that he has a very consistent pattern of behavior throughout both his career and his public life, and he will keep pushing until he's forcibly removed from a situation. peter thiel is the only person who has ever done business with him who knew how to handle him.

submitted 21 hours ago • 33 comments

Reporter: Do you still think Zelenskyy is a dictator? Trump: Umm did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question

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The state has been captured and is being stripped for parts, folks. www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/b...

submitted 21 hours ago • 387 comments

One thing that popped out of YouGov polling this week: The idea of Musk making money off his access is VERY unpopular.

submitted 21 hours ago • 25 comments

Conservative-Appointed Judge Orders Trump Officials to Testify About DOGE: Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, overruled objections from the US Justice Department, allowing a case to move forward.

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WATCH: Senator Lamar says the most vulnerable will be the most hurt by House Republicans slashing nearly $1 Trillion in Medicaid (to make way for tax cuts for the rich) — especially in rural communities. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGl8469...

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Turns Out, Trump and DOGE Haven’t Actually Saved Any Money. The Trump administration spent $710 billion between January 21 and February 20, nearly a billion more than Joe Biden spent in a similar time period last year. share.newsbreak.com/brppz483?s=i16

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It’s all smoke & mirrors. What disturbs me is how many decades Republicans have managed to pull off this “fiscal conservative” masquerade to a never-questioning public. #Sociologists: is there something in the human psyche that correlates hateful & cruel with “economic savvy?”

submitted 22 hours ago • 18 comments

In the past, when presidents tried to trim the number of government employees, the result was not lowering the cost of the government. This is because those jobs were often given to private contractors at higher rates. So it is no coincidence that a big private contractor is running this DOGE scam.

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The NWS is just Punxsutawney Phil now.

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BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun. The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.

submitted 20 hours ago • 209 comments

fascinating to watch a global superpower tear itself apart for no good reason

submitted 20 hours ago • 100 comments

Don't the anti-vaxxers running our country now think mRNA vaccines are satanic? Odds are they would not approve a cancer vaccine - and will pull whatever govt funding is supporting these trials.

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"You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" - Joseph Nye Welch June 9, 1954 "It is heartbreaking to see that basic decency come to an end," - Marine Corps veteran Joshua Stueve, a high-ranking Justice Department spokesman, 2025

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This buffoon almost got a Navy SEAL team killed www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... and endangered a hostage rescue operation www.msnbc.com/top-stories/.... Look at the mess he's already making.

submitted 20 hours ago • 42 comments

Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities. They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.

submitted 21 hours ago • 968 comments

Everyone knows that hypocrisy is essential to being a Republican elite, but nonetheless, this is a great @mmfa.bsky.social compilation of Fox hosts claiming that Joe Biden and Barack Obama were "dictators" for signing executive orders and then gushing over Trump signing far more.

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Trump: “I think Russia has been acting very well.” (Russia continues to bomb Ukraine.)

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Portnoy asking better questions than most

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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge ordered Trump officials with knowledge of the workings of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to testify under oath in a lawsuit challenging the faux agency’s access to sensitive governmental databases. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 19 hours ago • 475 comments

Some Dylan Sampson love from Mina ⬇️⬇️

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5 former Secretaries of Defense call on Congress to exercise oversight responsibility on Trump-Hegseth firing of senior military leaders: The "dismissals raise troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military and to remove legal constraints on the President’s power."

submitted 19 hours ago • 111 comments

Ebola there makes Ebola more likely here. #Sad.

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Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 320 comments

Tired: Touching the stove Wired: Grabbing the third rail

submitted 19 hours ago • 38 comments

He is such a monster.

submitted 19 hours ago • 393 comments

More than a dozen senior leaders at FEMA have been fired or have quit under President Trump, weeks ahead of hurricane season.

submitted 19 hours ago • 70 comments

Elon Musk spending more than $4 million to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court race NC Republicans going to unprecedented lengths to overturn Democratic victory in NC Supreme Court race There’s a constitutional crisis in the states as well www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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No surprise that this opinion piece apparently met the new Bezos imposed guidelines at WaPo. If you are looking for fearlessly pro-democracy news, analysis and opinion, consider supporting @democracydocket.com. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

submitted 19 hours ago • 249 comments

An exchange from today's floor debate: Asked whether he would be surprised to hear that most (~82%) of trans Americans have experienced harassment/discrimination at work, the lawmaker who sponsored the bill said -- “I don’t know. I’ve never thought about it.”

submitted 20 hours ago • 18 comments

it's like watching ants find their way around a puddle. you can do it little guys! keep working those tiny brains!

submitted 18 hours ago • 106 comments

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

submitted 21 hours ago • 907 comments