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Shutting down existing EV charging hardware, which has already been paid for, is the definition of government waste. But I don't hear DOGE doing anything about this… 🙄 electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...

submitted 9 days ago • 18 comments

We are closing Presidential libraries now

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NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

submitted 12 days ago • 73 comments

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

submitted 14 days ago • 601 comments

This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected. $196 billion for three men in 99 days. Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

submitted 18 days ago • 259 comments

Tesla, whose chief executive, Elon Musk, has been advising President Trump on how to cut government spending, is likely to receive a lucrative contract to supply armored versions of its Cybertruck pickup to the State Department, according to public documents.

submitted 18 days ago • 727 comments

I’m

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After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, establishing a cultural and a political resistance to his Administration was a project of urgent importance. Why does the resistance feel diminished this time around?

submitted 25 days ago • 36 comments

Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor and a passionate advocate for vaccination, seemed ready to vote against confirming RFK Jr., Nicholas Florko writes. Then he backed down:

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Turns out it’s all about the color of your skin and not about legality

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The parent of CBS News is in talks to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump. A deal would be an extraordinary concession by a media company.

submitted 31 days ago • 199 comments

Florida has had 4X more snow than Calgary, Canada, in 2025. People are asking relentlessly on social media, 'Where's climate change with all this snow?' The number of times myself and others have had to respond ‘climate change = extreme weather events’ is exhausting. Will this ever sink in?

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Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick for FBI Director, shared an AI-generated video of himself chainsawing Members of Congress, political opponents, and media outlets.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

UNC Chapel Hill will allow ICE on campus to hunt down “illegal” immigrants. 😳🤬 Yes I said HUNT because what else would you call it.. Yes I put illegal in quotes because no person should be considered illegal just because they were born outside of this country. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

submitted 36 days ago • 37 comments

That time when I wrote this seven and one half years ago

submitted 38 days ago • 296 comments

The Trump administration fired the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Linda Fagan, within 24 hours of President Trump’s inauguration. The admiral, who was sworn in as the service chief on June 1, 2022, was the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces.

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Breaking News: 7:33 Trump administration tells health agencies to suspend all public communications www.npr.org/2025/01/22/n...

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