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“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated. This is a very real threat to the American flying public.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

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Elon Musk thinks the poor are a "Parasite Class", & his philosophical guru Curtis Yarvin has "joked" that they should be melted down into biodiesel. But this is a fascist ethos, & some say the true "Parasite Class" are those who have become grotesquely rich off the labor of others.

submitted 9 days ago • 144 comments

NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.

submitted 9 days ago • 1565 comments

This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up took $80 million from an NYC bank account!

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Trump is cutting "indirect costs" for NIH grants. It sounds benign. It's not. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 11 days ago • 75 comments

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

submitted 11 days ago • 2311 comments

A 71-year-old woman has died after her oxygen supply was abruptly cut off in response to the United States’ freeze on USAID funding. Pe Kha Lau, a refugee from Myanmar living in a displacement camp in neighboring Thailand, died only four days after she was forcibly discharged from a…

submitted 11 days ago • 556 comments

LA STUDENT STRIKE DAY 5 - RIGHT NOW: Pasadena High School has just joined the dozens of other schools all over LA that have staged walkouts throughout this week. This is the 6th straight day of anti-ICE, immigrations rights protests in LA.

submitted 15 days ago • 28 comments

DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts. NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms. This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.

submitted 15 days ago • 2347 comments

LFG! We need more blue states to join in. apnews.com/article/elon... 13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

submitted 15 days ago • 77 comments

Looky here 👀

submitted 15 days ago • 33 comments

Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections. Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.

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6 Democrats voted for Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary; 8 for Chris Wright/Energy; 21 for John Ratcliffe/Nat’l Intelligence; 15 for Scott Bessent/Treasury; and ALL voted for Marco Rubio/Sec of State. SIGN HERE to tell Dems to STOP approving Trump nominees!👇 atadvocacy.com/tdsvftn2425?...

submitted 16 days ago • 512 comments

It appears the VA site for grant applications to help homeless veterans is down. Unsure if this is a glitch, or the end of assistance for homeless vets.

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apnews.com/article/5050... Do not believe the news saying the protests are not real SHARE THIS

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Anti-Trump, anti-Musk protest growing in size at Texas Capitol, with chants of “no more Musk, stop the coup” among others #txlege

submitted 17 days ago • 53 comments

Protests at the North Carolina State Capitol. ( 📹 ‪@christinezhu.bsky.social‬) "Donald Trump has got to go." #ncpol #3E #USProtests #r/50501

submitted 17 days ago • 59 comments

The Alliance for Retired Americans filed a lawsuit against Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary for disclosing information and treasury data to DOGE. A hearing on the restraining order is at 3:00. 🍿

submitted 17 days ago • 529 comments

Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

submitted 17 days ago • 2610 comments

“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 1784 comments

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” The website lists mostly Black employees.

submitted 18 days ago • 839 comments

Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.

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“Make no mistake, what’s happening right now is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private agency operating with a broad mandate and no concerns for the stability of the United States or the interests of the average American.” Alexander Vindman open.substack.com/pub/alexande...

submitted 20 days ago • 463 comments

Hi all, We’re still here at OPM. We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building. Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.

submitted 20 days ago • 1178 comments

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts for the ultra rich, congressional Republicans Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 20 days ago • 84 comments

Anti-ICE protesters in California have shut down the 101 freeway in Los Angeles marching towards City Hall.

submitted 20 days ago • 1108 comments

BREAKING: KRISTI NOEM REFUSES TO RULE OUT DETAINING WOMEN, CHILDREN AT GUANTANAMO BAY AS PART OF DEPORTATION SWEEP — MEET THE PRESS

submitted 20 days ago • 1893 comments

This video is for that one person in your life that just doesn’t fucking get it: youtube.com/shorts/HknGU...

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This would be nuts even if they were gov’t employees with clearances: “Three of the sources said the DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to security systems and personnel files. Two of those sources said also they wanted access to classified information.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...

submitted 20 days ago • 370 comments

✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ Albertsons (Safeway...) "commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as well as thoughtful people practices are core elements of the company’s philosophy" "We believe that diverse perspectives strengthen and enrich our stores, our company and our society."

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“NPR has identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking.” www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

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NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...

submitted 23 days ago • 2171 comments

When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.