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USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.

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i think this is basically what has happened a big chunk of the american pundit class

submitted 18 hours ago • 412 comments

getting new cars every couple of years is one of those consumption things we need to make illegal. if you buy a car you need to make a death pact with it, you cannot get a new one until it’s dead and buried

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IMPORTANT HEALTH INFORMATION

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Gerry Connolly sends letter to Speaker Johnson asking that he condemn January 6 violence and bar its participants from the Capitol — a letter that will be sent straight to the wastebasket. What is the point of this

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The current administration poses such an existential threat that almost anything would be better, but when people suggest electing a different celebrity who they like to be president I worry our fame worship is clouding some of the lessons we should be learning

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Well look at that. Dreams do come true. More please 🥰

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Monday: Government Lawyers state the Elon Musk has no formal authority over federal employees Saturday: After declaring ‘I have become meme’ Elon Musk declares that all federal employees have to respond to an email or be fired.

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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

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thats #jillingoff but #prettymuch

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j dawg funny moments

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From a FOIA perspective, "the entire federal workforce should write down and email what they did last week" is extremely funny

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Sending an email to employees asking them to list five things they did that week is a classic move from a manager who has no idea how to manage

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um i've met some of Boston and i would advise against that sir

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This is a caption someone uses when they’re making fun of you

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Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally. Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

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Q: How evil do you have to be to cut a Dolly book program? A: Pretty f*cking evil. Solution: Dolly for Prez! Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social

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FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 1965: After five years and seventy million dollars we have invented a new type of plastic that prevents communists from being able to climb ladders too fast FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 2025: My cure for cancer was shelved because it might benefit Hispanics

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Good morning from Kinmo the cat.

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Advertisers are back baby

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A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

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The Supreme Court, in its first ruling on President Trump’s use of executive power during his second term, decided that he cannot, for now, dismiss the government lawyer leading the watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistle-blowers.

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This was just done at the University of Cincinnati. The administration are also requiring RAs to inform on any potential trans students to assign them to separate dorms.

submitted 2 days ago • 190 comments

How has he not shot himself in the head yet

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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

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1. Yesterday, Maine Governor Janet Mills confronted Trump to his own face at a Governor's Dinner over his anti-trans EO. When he threatened her for allowing trans people in sports, she responded: "See you in court." The latest from Mira Lazine. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Why do people think German isn't funny??

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from wiktionary

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it’s so funny to be like “we don’t need diverse spies”

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Deal approved

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Imagine being among the 10's of 1000's of Federal workers fired w/out cause by email & then you see this soulless puke rejoicing in the life crisis that he created for you as though it was a reality TV show. He doesn't love you & he'll target you w/out a moment's thought. We're all on the menu.

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This is how it’s done.

submitted 2 days ago • 2883 comments

Nazi punks fuck off for sure but I'd love for nazis who like other types of music and ones who don't like music at all to also fuck off

submitted 3 days ago • 97 comments

you know the tide is starting to turn with these people when you're hearing this kind of shit

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sending this every time I don’t get a reaction in the groupchat

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the NYP article is even better hahahaha they're seething over it

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Dear EU, With the people trapped in mega America beg you to double the fines. Use us as a cautionary tale of what happens when you don’t fine.

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usb-c is great and all... but micro usb never gave me any bullshit like this. it either worked or it had the decency to die immediately with dignity

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this is a sign wokeness isn’t truly dead

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I wonder how long these signs are actually going to survive at the University.

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so @chatterton.bsky.social’s position is basically that i am a cult leader and that all of you are mindless hordes who have no actual thoughts and do not engage with substance

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This is a stunning betrayal by Whitman Walker in DC. You CANNOT jettison the trans community to protect yourself. It’s shameful. I got my name changed at WWH. I have promoted their research. Now they are capitulating to save gay people at trans people’s expense by trying to erase us.