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"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams—this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness—& maddest of all: to see life as it is & not as it should be!" -Cervantes
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Read my interview with Bernie Sanders about his 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Summarizing Elon Musk's government takeover thus far in under 60 seconds:

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Utah has just banned its 17th book from every public school across the state. bookriot.com/utah-bans-17...

“This is the most challenging moment I can recall for science,” Michael Mann, a climate researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, told the rally in Washington, where the crowd peaked at 5,000 people, according to the organizers. “Science is under siege." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/c...

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Trump and Musk's DOGE are now coming for federal buildings www.npr.org/2025/03/08/n...

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ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 website, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including raw polls, averages, model estimates & story dta. Totally unacceptable for a company (allegedly) doing journalism

Secession. What they're describing is secession. www.wired.com/story/startu...

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Here's what we lose when teams like USDS and 18F are suddenly deleted. New from me: www.wired.com/story/doge-m...

[Fresh Air] Remembering New York Dolls Frontman David Johansen #freshAir podcastaddict.com/fresh-air/ep... via @PodcastAddict

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Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w... I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.

Pentagon aide’s past comments criticized as antisemitic www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n...

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I just received notice that the Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science for the Department of the Interior has been eliminated. It was an honor to serve alongside other experts to advance science-informed management of natural and cultural resources in the face of climate change. 1/

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Nearly 6,000 USDA workers fired by Trump to get jobs back, MSPB rules www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...

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Roy Ayers, of 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' fame, dies at 84 www.npr.org/2025/03/05/8...

“President Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday aimed at abolishing the Education Department, according to people briefed on the matter.”

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The General Services Administration plans to sell hundreds of government buildings, including FBI headquarters. Use our interactive tools to see where they are—and the Congressional districts they're in.

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UPDATE: DOGE/OPM aide Gavin Kliger is now working at US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America et al Kliger is a software engineer involved in USAID cuts Reuters & Forbes previously reported he has amplified posts from Nick Fuentes & Andrew Tate /more

[Fresh Air] The Ripple Effect Of Musk's Government Purge #freshAir podcastaddict.com/fresh-air/ep... via @PodcastAddict

“When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.” Great story by @andykroll.bsky.social

NEW: How Elon Musk Muscled His Way Into the FAA FAA employees are on edge. They were told that anyone who impeded progress of the new FAA-SpaceX partnership would be reported to Musk and risked losing their jobs. A ton of scoopy news in this new report. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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DOGE was never about saving money and eliminating fraud. It was about eliminating all of the people and agencies who could prevent Musk, Trump, and their oligarchs from stealing money and committing fraud while they hijack the government. It’s a coup.

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6 takeaways from President Trump's address to Congress www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...

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