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Trapped in the Darkest Timeline. 'Democracy - much like character - is much easier kept than recovered' -- Golden Globe nominee and WEF Young Professional Thomas Paine
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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, published a list of government contracts it has canceled, together amounting to about $16 billion in savings. But the biggest single line item on the website appears to include an error. nyti.ms/4k2G0dn

On why the felon-in-chief and his criminal regime are bound to lose (and drag the world down with them.) open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

She invites former allies to trust US intelligence partners on the same day Vance promotes European fascism and Hegseth says don't count on us to protect our previously shared values. Don't lose sight that it's a new day and all bets are off. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/u...

The cognitive dissonance is real as we read what federal officials are doing and then remember these officials actually are members of a criminal regime that has hijacked our government

Hate destroys brain tissue.

A mission statement that European leaders must take a face value. It's jarring and terrifying, but we must recognize the overnight pivot to pariah state and act accordingly.

CDC cuts expected to devastate the Epidemic Intelligence Service. There's never a good time for this. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

Further evidence that Musk has written off Tesla as EV buyers sour on his fascism. He'll more than make up for those losses via the corruption and patronage that will jack up the value of SpaceX, Starlink, Boring and soon the Twitter-based payments service. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

there it is: “Let the Republican party go to hell."

Yes, urgently needed. Please lobby hard for this asap