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sitting next to a woman in her 70’s who worked with Fauci on AIDS research woman: I never order tequila because when I order tequila the only two things I think are “every man wants me, and every man wants me naked right now” me: ok but what if I ordered tequila woman: listen

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The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

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I don’t know how many different ways to say that agency personnel don’t work for Elon. They don’t have to report to Elon. They report to their agency leadership, which reports to the President.

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This will kill people.

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This moronic war on EVs is getting out of hand. Its one thing to put a moratorium on new projects. Its entirely another level of malevolent stupidity to shut down existing chargers. www.theverge.com/news/617235/...

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If you support this, you’re an awful human being

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A Congolese humanitarian worker at Doctors without Borders has been killed at a hospital in eastern DRC, where refugees sought shelter from Rwandan rebels M23. On that single day, Feb 20, 11 civilians were being treated for gunshot wounds at the clinic. @msfincanada.bsky.social

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Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

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If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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New @lhn.bsky.social story: DOGE’s cuts included the guy responsible for keeping veterans’ data safe online “I believe that his abrupt firing puts the security of veterans services at risk,” one person says

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People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out. Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.

submitted 6 hours ago • 37 comments

Completely nuts.

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Reuters reporting that the U.S. has threatened Ukraine with the “imminent” shutoff of Starlink access unless the country agrees to handover control of rare earth minerals to the United States. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

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substack.com/@themidnight...

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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 22 hours ago • 24 comments

With my full chest: Fuck these fascist nihilist fuckbags.

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Worst. Episode. EVER.

submitted 18 hours ago • 801 comments

“Shortly after Friday’s exchange, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it launched a Title IX violation investigation into Maine’s Department of Education and one of its school districts.”

submitted 23 hours ago • 254 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1061 comments

Impacts of the USAID Stop Work Orders A 2024 study looked into the impact of U.S. foreign aid. Every dollar spent on aid returns an average of $8 in exports. It benefits people in the US before delivery and in the development phase when countries strike up partnerships.

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I happen to know a little about product safety. Something to consider as they slash all regulations. 99% of fire extinguishers submitted for testing don’t contain the right chemicals to put out a fire. just one of 1 billion examples I can give you about why regulations keep you alive.

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Firing all the JAGs is very very bad

submitted 21 hours ago • 70 comments

Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

submitted 20 hours ago • 249 comments

It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids

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“Most of the federal workers spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk or for fear of being targeted. Many are completely stunned and terrified by the scope and totality of the actions.” www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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The law will not save you.

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I'm not even sure what to say about this www.yahoo.com/news/many-am...

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Supreme court declines Trump administration request to reverse District Court order reinstating Hampton Dellinger as the head of the office of special counsel. Alito and Gorsuch dissent. Can’t draw too many conclusions from it b/c of very unusual procedural posture, which may have driven decision.

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Yeah duh www.huffpost.com/entry/irs-ma...

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BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

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I am so sad for my country. This is heartbreaking and now the admin has permission to do this to all of us. It didn’t have to be this way. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Future cabinet secretary? D.C. police confirm they are investigating an alleged assault of a 27-year-old woman by U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican representing a district northeast of Orlando, calling it an active criminal investigation. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...

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NEW: Whitman Walker, a LGBTQ health center in Washington DC, has scrubbed its site of descriptions of gender affirming care services. This is pure cowardice and stabbing the trans community in the back. While services are not affected, it will limit access to resources if patients can't find them.

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DID YOU KNOW: As Trump/Musk fire anyone in the fed government that participated in diversity, equity & inclusion, he just nominated Kimberly Richey for Asst Sec Office of Civil Rights at the Dept of Education. During Trump's 1st term, she ESTABLISHED the DEI office people are now being fired from.

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How it started. How it’s going

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So this is what it's come to... Egg payments 🙃

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Many on Medicare will lose tele-health coverage soon. EMS to the ER instead? #Medsky #EMedsky

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The Human Faces of the USAID Shutdown www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...

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The harms this administration has done to people around the globe are staggering. Food to treat severely malnourished kids in Nigeria is languishing in warehouses. The last option for women in Afghanistan to get a university education is suspended. And so much more. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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By a 13-point margin, voters prefer that Dems control the next Congress to act as a check on Trump (who is at MINUS 8 net approval in this poll, with Americans strongly opposing many of Trump's actions). bluevirginia.us/2025/02/frid...

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🇧🇷 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva accused U.S. President Donald Trump of seeking to “become an emperor of the world” and urged him to respect other nations' sovereignty.

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Part of the problem with reporting on illegal funding (and job) cuts is that the headlines usually are too abstract, e.g. “Trump freezes $X billion from the NIH’s budget” instead of “Trump defunds cancer research”. People have very little sense of the scale of these agencies but like their work.

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