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Grimes worked for Elon Musk at Morgan Stanley (Musk's main banking partner), and advised him on the disastrous Twitter deal, allegedly helping him conceal purchases of the stock in violation of SEC rules.

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Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...

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US Forest Service firings decimate already understaffed agency: ‘It’s catastrophic’ "We are losing an entire generation of talent and passion." grist.org/politics/for... #Musk #Trump #Climate #Forest #Solarpunk

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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

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There it is: Trump announces the US will not be enforcing its new shell company registry, which is the single-best tool to counter kleptocracy.

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Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats. One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”

submitted 3 days ago • 1329 comments

Trump is describing a policy in which the US government will take billions of taxpayer dollars and hand them directly to his billionaire allies in exchange for fake digital tokens. Stealing our money and paying it to his friends in exchange for nothing.

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Trump junta decides knowing the true state of the economy will be bad for morale, so they'll just make up some numbers.

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So two DOGEbros now embedded at IRS are, according to WAPO, finalizing an 'omnibus agreement' for IRS to share Americans' individual tax data with officials across the US govt, something that would appear to be plainly illegal. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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For years, I’ve called for making high-quality generic drugs here at home so we’re not reliant on foreign countries for access to medication. @smith.senate.gov and I have a bill to make life-saving drugs in the United States.

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Over the last month we’ve seen the death of the post-WW2 era of American allegiance with Europe and most Americans don’t even know it happened

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Vermont showed up to sour Vance’s ski vacay! ❤️ Photos by a friend

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One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy. “It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”

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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

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It's more than a little bizarre that the press was more vocal and judgmental about Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal than the current unscheduled rapid disassembly of our entire democracy and civil service.

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Easy to miss this sort of news because of what happened in the Oval Office today, but the US is also unilaterally disarming vs Russia in cyberspace. I’m sure that Putin will reciprocate…

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A fast-spreading mystery illness linked to bats has killed scores of people in Congo, with nearly half dying within 48 hours of showing symptoms, the WHO says.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership is dropping cases. Today they dismissed at least four enforcement lawsuits, including cases against Capital One, Berkshire Hathaway-owned Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, and a predatory student loan company. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/c...

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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

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Breaking: RFK Jr. moves to quietly eliminate public comment from HHS's decision making: www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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All you DO SOMETHING people can actually DOOOO SOMETHING!!!!! Instead expecting elected leaders to do everything for you. #dosomething

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🚨PHASE 1 OF ENDING SOCIAL SECURITY HAS BEGUN🚨 This phase cuts staff to the bone, to engineer massive failings in the system. Phase II will be pointing to those failings as reason to privatize. But, this is the beginning of the end of Social Security. prospect.org/health/socia...

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BREAKING: The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has just put out guidance on memecoins saying they are NOT securities and are akin to collectibles, per Eleanor Terrett.

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Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating. This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens. (Even better: Tesla will hate this)

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"What the Trump administration is doing is far more than just bad behavior; it’s a direct threat to the rule of law—almost as much as defying court orders would be." Via "One First," me on the White House's intimidation campaign against lawyers and law firms: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-126-...

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NEWS: The Trump administration has funneled Elon Musk's company $86 million out of NASA coffers since the inauguration - all while NASA now slashes 5 percent of its entire workforce.

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w/ story link: Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members. Drug cos need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. w/ story link: insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/v... #healthpolicy

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The "WHY ISN'T AMERICA PROTESTING RIGHT NOW" takes - even from Americans! - really show how many people are programmed to believe the only "real" action is mass protests. Even with the constant stories of town halls & locals fighting back, people dismiss it because it's not "big." That's a problem.

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House Republican leadership has advised caucus members to avoid in-person town halls, fearing that voter backlash may become viral if circulated online. 🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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We did a hearing on this in Budget when I was chairman. Republicans wouldn’t listen. Now here we are.

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NEW: Indiana already has stringent voter ID rules... & the GOP is advancing a bill right now to strip university IDs from the list of options you can use. This would make it much harder for students to vote. At polling site at IU Bloomington, 2/3rds of voters in November used their student IDs.

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DOGE has announced a total of 45 Social Security field office closures--so far. SSA has 1,200 field offices where people can receive in-person help getting benefits, updating records, enrolling in Medicare & more. They served 30M applicants & beneficiaries in 2023 — nearly 120K per day.

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