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The Trump Administration has cost our country over 22,406 American jobs. trumpcostsamerica.com

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It occurs to me that one helpful talking point that needs repetition until we're sick of it: Mass firing of federal employees will raise unemployment — and mean more qualified people are competing with you for good jobs.

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Tom Krause is in charge of both a sensitive government payment system and a company that has millions of dollars’ worth of active contracts with various federal agencies through distribution partners, a WIRED review finds. Conflicts posed by this are unprecedented in the modern era, experts say.

submitted 17 hours ago • 35 comments

When these inaccuracies were first found, they could be called "mistakes." When DOGE took efforts to cover them up, they can no longer be considered "mistakes."

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“Recommendation: The CIA Director should emphasize…renewing emphasis on recruiting diversity among operations officers so they can blend more easily in foreign cities.” - The 9/11 Commission

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"the poll shows that majorities oppose cutting taxes on corporations. It finds that 63 percent say their top priority for tax policy is helping 'working-class families,' versus one percent—no, really, one percent—who say it’s helping corporations and the wealthiest Americans."

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

submitted 11 hours ago • 1055 comments

Wrote a little something in the mighty @rollingstone.com about #TeslaTakedown. In anticipation of our upcoming second weekend of protests! Join or create an event for ANY day and ANY country at Teslatakedown.com. Download our flyers and background to get informed and get involved!

submitted 15 hours ago • 39 comments

This site tracks Project 2025. For something they weren’t going to do, they’re doing a lot of it. www.project2025.observer

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Yeah, these federal workers actually understand what they do for us and how devastating these cuts are for us. It'd be great if the media could explain that clearly instead of taking Elon Musk's word that he's magically produced "savings" that come with no downside.

submitted 16 hours ago • 22 comments

If optics still matter at all, and they damn well should, this photo of this careless, reckless, destructive, sociopathic billionaire wreaking havoc on the lives of millions of ordinary Americans should go down in absolute infamy.

submitted 15 hours ago • 10 comments

This is key to understanding the building outrage & backlash that extends way beyond the hurt of those fired. Firing people for no reason is brutal & loathsome but the even larger overall offense is wiping out all the fired people’s jobs with them, all the purposes & needs & value those jobs serve.

submitted 15 hours ago • 35 comments

WaPo obeys in advance, again

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this is such a great idea 👇👇👇

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

I don't think people really get how these employee purges are just going to break the culture of public organizations for a very long time.

submitted 1 day ago • 104 comments

if he dropped an N bomb on stage would you say "he said a slur" or "he made a controversial noise"?

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speaking of this admin saying fuck you to rural communities: nobody's gonna deliver mail to my mom and dad in the boonies except USPS. they live on a mile long unincorporated dirt road outside the city limits of the nearest town ( of 3000 people)

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For context, the membership of the National Academies is the most powerful and successful scientists, engineers, and doctors in the country. When they speak, it carries enormous weight in the community and Congress. For leadership to do this without consulting members is a big deal (in a bad way).

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I'm sorry but I'm just not going to be cowering in fear of these clowns. They suck and they are cruel but they are not God.

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Over 300 babies—who should have been born HIV-free—have now contracted the virus due to the USAID funding freeze. Many won’t live to see their first birthday. History will remember that Musk and Trump did this. #PedsSky #IDSky #MedSky #StopProject2025 www.salon.com/2025/02/04/a...

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"I can no longer be a part of what we can all plainly see is happening to our country." Somebody should collect these incredible resignation letters and make them a book. This one is from Nate Brought, resigning as director of the NIH Executive Secretariat. www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...

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Americans HATED Jan. 6. That the political opposition wasn't able to harness that and turn it into a lasting defeat of Trumpism will be one of the defining stories of the 2020s, if not the century.

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The good news is i saved you 60 billion dollars. The bad news is that is a typo i saved you 600 dollars and also your plane is falling out of the sky

submitted 2 days ago • 211 comments

This is a great action.

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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

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I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc

submitted 3 days ago • 518 comments

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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Premiered nationally on this date in 1968: "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." I don't usually post about TV, but I felt it was important to recognize Fred Rogers' groundbreaking children's program today. Amplifying his message of kindness, caring and inclusion was never more timely than now. #tvsky

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Local consequences for all the DC firings. A recent UW-Madison PhD dedicating his work to keep kids from smoking is out of a job at the FDA. There are literally thousands of these stories. Dedicated expert loses job; public health to suffer. www.channel3000.com/news/it-cert...

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

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The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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today's free social media advice for sitting legislators: you gotta stop logging on to say "this is unacceptable" unless you are prepared with a CALL TO ACTION or to tell us what YOU are CURRENTLY doing about it. saying "this is bad" but louder helps nobody.

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NEW: A government employee for Notify. gov, a system used by agencies to send mass texts to the public, has resigned in protest after an Elon Musk ally demanded root access to it. They said the system contains the public's phone numbers & private info: www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...

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Firing disabled veterans with 4 kids without cause. Real people behind this “messy” Trump/Musk rampage. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window

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“For Nancy Hastings, the face of the federal government is the young man who picks her up every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:45 a.m. to drive her to dialysis... Then suddenly, in late January, word came that he was gone. With the Trump administration’s spending freeze…he was laid off.”

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Disastrous. “We are looking at a massive scale of loss of support that cannot be met by other donors,” they said. “From a humanitarian perspective, this is catastrophic.”

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