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Fellow journalists, what shorthand phrase are you using to describe DOGE when "cost-cutting project" is clearly lying to readers? I opted for "government-disruption project" in this story I wrote Friday, but I'm open to ideas.

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$200 million taxpayer dollars spent on “tell me I’m pretty” ads to stroke his own ego, while he fires people to “save money.” Sociopathic.

submitted 21 hours ago • 425 comments

“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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Chicagoans rally to support Ukraine. 🇺🇦 Since Russia’s invasion, millions of Ukrainians have become refugees, including some 30,000 who have found a new home in Chicago, which has one of the largest populations of Ukrainians in the U.S. chicago.suntimes.com/ukraine/2025...

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

This fuckstick will kill millions

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

Nothing says you’re a good steward of taxpayer money like bricking thousands of EV chargers that were installed at taxpayer expense for no reason other than that you hate EVs

submitted 23 hours ago • 20 comments

"Next week, House Republicans will hold a major vote on Trump’s fiscal agenda. The House blueprint, which Trump backs, lays the groundwork for up to $880 billion in Medicaid cuts and tens of billions in cuts to food stamps." Everybody knows someone this will harm.

submitted 23 hours ago • 16 comments

Illegally cutting cancer research and meals on wheels to pay for PR ads for themselves.

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

In tonight's military purge, Tump nominated Dan Caine for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, a retired Lt. General so underqualified he'd need a waiver. Even odder: Caine was installed last month at 3 VC firms doing crypto, AI, and defense tech, including Thrive, founded by Jared Kushner's brother. 1/

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Fired Park Rangers Try to ‘Open Some Hearts’ on Social Media www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/s... #parkchat #nationalparks

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Most direct NYT analysis of Trump's Ukraine lies I've read. Paragraph after paragraph of Trump: lie. Baker: dismantles lie. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

Yall we’ve got a sweet hound boy in SC in bad need of a rescue mission. Who’s in? I’ll bring him to you. Foster application here: www.coonhoundrescue.com/FOSTER.html Adoption application: www.coonhoundrescue.com/ADOPTIONFORM...

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A sign that the Trump admin is taking your egg price concerns very seriously www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 4 days ago • 46 comments

Are you a federal worker in Illinois? @wttw.bsky.social wants to hear from you! news.wttw.com/2025/02/17/a...

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DOGE team now firing the people who cut the checks to make sure your Medicare and Obamacare is current www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 6 days ago • 44 comments

Nothing to worry about, just an administration official suggesting that the DOJ may prosecute a member of Congress for advising people about their rights. Happening right now. Right in front of us.

submitted 6 days ago • 79 comments

Meet "the swamp." Researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure. Special education specialists and student aid officials. Experts helping farmers manage their land to prevent soil erosion and water pollution. www.yahoo.com/news/anger-c...

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.

submitted 7 days ago • 84 comments

USAID has been paying for removal of Vietnam-era land mines in Cambodia. Trump's funding freeze has compromised those efforts. Almost immediately, China stepped in to aid Cambodia instead. Besides humanitarian costs here, how does any of this serve US interests? www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u...

submitted 8 days ago • 31 comments

Musk's minions are firing people responsible for securing our nation's nuclear arsenal and their panicked bosses are frantically reaching out to them to say actually no please come back oops abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

submitted 8 days ago • 69 comments

New from me in @wired.com: Donald Trump's cabinet is full of conspiracy theorists who think COVID-19 is a bioweapon, and that the doctors and scientists who now report to them helped create it. Those scientists are worried about the coming military tribunals. www.wired.com/story/reveng...

submitted 10 days ago • 30 comments

“One staffer who lost her job worked in the department’s office of special education, helping students with disabilities. In an interview, she said she had moved across the country with her partner to take the position last summer, spending all her savings in the process.”

submitted 9 days ago • 32 comments

Donald Trump Jr. invests in 'steroid Olympics' www.ft.com/content/8f06...

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

University of North Texas students are demanding school officials to protect students on campus in a mass protest Wednesday.

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The "large scale social deception" contract Musk is conspiracizing about was: * first awarded under Trump * paid to Reuters' data division, not the newsroom * for researching defenses against deception * not revealed by "DOGE investigations" and was a public record, visible online for many years

submitted 9 days ago • 185 comments

A.P.: “.. It is among the most basic tenets of the First Amendment that the government cannot retaliate against the public or the press for what they say.” @nytimes.com @apnews.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...

submitted 10 days ago • 30 comments