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I emailed my congresswoman and let her know that I’m available. My job was to make sure other civil servants had health insurance.

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 140 comments

Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this

submitted 18 hours ago • 153 comments

Says it all.

submitted 20 hours ago • 705 comments

There it is! "Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt." He is referring to them weathering their collusion becoming public, and now is the big payback: together until the end.

submitted 22 hours ago • 578 comments

GOP reps love your vote, but not your voice. They’re dodging town halls faster than Trump dodged the draft. Demand answers! adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/run-for-of...

submitted 1 day ago • 353 comments

A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.

submitted 2 days ago • 96 comments

I want to thank the 34,000 Vermonters who joined Sen. Welch, Rep. Balint and me in our delegation town hall by phone & online. An extraordinary turnout for a state of 650,000 people. Needless to say, the people of VT are deeply concerned about what’s going on in DC right now.

submitted 2 days ago • 501 comments

This is just so heartbreaking.

submitted 1 day ago • 77 comments

Elon Musk has siphoned off more money in taxpayer dollars since November than the entire USAID annual budget. He is the real welfare queen. #fireelon

submitted 1 day ago • 42 comments

If you are thinking of harming yourself, please, PLEASE ask for help. I know it can be hard, and things are really awful right now, but you are loved, wanted, and valued, and you belong here.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Yo Feds! The trauma is real. It’s not your fault. Take care of yourself & your peeps. Go for a walk. Get in a different headspace. We see you out there, we need you out there, & we love you & value your important work. If you are in crisis, please reach out & #resist the doubt and despair.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

Park rangers want YOU to help us protect our parks! This Saturday, 3/1, in solidarity with the 50:50:1 movement, plan a protest in support of your closest national park. Do it at 12 noon your time, or whatever best fits your secret plan 👀🤠😏 #ProtectOurParks #SaveOurParks #RehireRangers

submitted 2 days ago • 30 comments

The BBC is quite correct.

submitted 2 days ago • 538 comments

Keep this in mind as House Republicans vote for a budget framework that would gut Medicaid (relied on by 72 million) and food stamp programs (relied on by 42 million people).

submitted 3 days ago • 73 comments

Democrats should be in rural and red areas right now. Talk to the folks and tell them who is hurting them. Right now. We are missing a massive opportunity…trust me on this. Get out here.

submitted 4 days ago • 239 comments

BREAKING: AFGE, AFSCME, Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, Altshuler Berzon LLP, we @sddfund.bsky.social & others just filed a TRO to fight back against Trump’s illegal purge of probationary workers The admin is unlawfully firing federal workers—veterans, nurses, park rangers & more 👇

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

“Fraud” is a crime. We’re still waiting for all the arrests. ⏰ www.publicnotice.co/p/despite-th...

submitted 5 days ago • 787 comments

Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 6 days ago • 2644 comments

House Republicans are preparing a budget package that calls for $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. That’s TRILLION. With a T.

submitted 6 days ago • 220 comments

The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 6 days ago • 239 comments

Fired Yosemite workers unfurl distress signal. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

submitted 6 days ago • 41 comments

WSJ's analysis of the fraudulent claims about savings that DOGE is making comes to similar conclusions NPR did earlier: $2.6B v $2B of real savings. But it also notes how much of the cuts are research focused. It also notes that JUST 2% would go to DEI. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

WSJ: “DOGE touts $55 billion in cuts - WSJ counts $2 billion if spending levels remain constant, and only 2% were DEI-related… majority of cuts were research, including Alzheimer’s & traumatic brain injury and education…” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 6 days ago • 38 comments

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

submitted 6 days ago • 418 comments

👀 🔥

submitted 7 days ago • 309 comments

Ummm…👇 The more you know…💫

submitted 8 days ago • 196 comments

Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff. Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.

submitted 7 days ago • 801 comments

Saturday Feb. 22, at 2:00 pm here in D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial, there's a rally for Ukraine, organized by United Help Ukraine, Razom for Ukraine, and others. Trump may have switched sides. America needn't. unitedhelpukraine.org/events/3-yea...

submitted 8 days ago • 24 comments

Gross. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for the agency they operate — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to some $40 million, ProPublica found.

submitted 8 days ago • 61 comments

There are no words for the corruption and abuse of established norms. www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments