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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...

submitted 3 days ago • 400 comments

One thing I've learned to do when I have questions about social security number holders who are age 100 or older is to look up the SSA Inspector General audit report, "Numberholders Age 100 or Older Who Did Not Have Death Information on the Numident." t.co/AdWTV8eIPV

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

A good general epistemic rule of thumb: If you have spent a few hours or weeks studying an area large numbers of smart, educated people have worked in for decades, and you believe you have discoverer an earthshattering truth they all missed, your default should be to regard this as VERY unlikely.

submitted 5 days ago • 64 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk need to come up with trillions for a tax break for the wealthiest Americans. And to pay for it, everything is on the chopping block.

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If only the Senate Finance Committee had a Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight! www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 5 days ago • 40 comments

Musk is acting like he runs the U.S. government—but the Constitution does not allow an unelected super-president We’re taking him & DOGE to court to impose consequences I’ll discuss tonight at 6PM ET on @msnbc.com w/ @jonathancapehart.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 250 comments

Democracy Docket's website is free. www.democracydocket.com Its daily and weekly newsletters are sent to subscribers for free. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe... It charges for premium content so it can provide the free content to 350,000 people every day. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcont... "REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF PRIVACY SETTINGS: SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT" Appears to be a law review from approx 2014. Interesting subject!

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Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to ABC: “We were told that grocery prices would go down on day one, on January 20. Costs aren't lower, in fact, costs are increasing. The price of eggs is skyrocketing out of control”

submitted 5 days ago • 362 comments

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: "The question is can you work with Republicans in the middle of a constitutional crisis when democracy is on the line? And right now, I think that this crisis is serious and deepening in its seriousness, that our job #1, #2, and #3 is to save our democracy."

submitted 5 days ago • 310 comments

A reporter for Politico writes an article primarily about how she never sees any Democrats on Twitter/X anymore. She never for a second questions whether she should be getting most of her political information from a website owned and operated by the administration and designed to manipulate her.

submitted 5 days ago • 142 comments

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about Measles vaccines, the need for boosters, and what to know given spikes in cases nationwide. We covered this topic back in the fall and resharing the segment here. Also, sharing a few bullets on Measles boosters: www.nbcnews.com/now/video/me...

submitted 5 days ago • 93 comments

Trump plays at the #DAYTONA500 as people perish in Kentucky

submitted 5 days ago • 103 comments

I’m thinking, maybe Americans should stop going to Russia and giving Vladimir Putin a steady stream of new hostages

submitted 8 days ago • 334 comments

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

submitted 7 days ago • 545 comments

ATTN HHS EMPLOYEES: Firing notices are going out. I am in receipt of an email saying they will revoke your access as soon as you read the email that you've been fired. Please download everything you need before you open that email. SHARE FAR & WIDE. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-e...

submitted 7 days ago • 452 comments

What is this?

submitted 7 days ago • 17 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 7 days ago • 1909 comments

Elon Musk called to "delete entire agencies" from the U.S. government as part of his push under President Trump to radically cut spending and restructure its priorities. He thinks he's the CEO of the US and can just do this. No understanding of how government works. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

submitted 7 days ago • 50 comments

NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.

submitted 7 days ago • 853 comments

I just don't know what to say to all of the probationary federal employees being laid off right now... I'm so sorry. But for all of us? This is a five-alarm fire. Please call your reps and give them hell.

submitted 7 days ago • 23 comments

NEW: Inside the chaos around the firings at NNSA -- the agency overseeing the US nuclear stockpile. A source said over 300 employees were fired because “no one has taken anytime to understand what we do and the importance of our work to the nation’s national security.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

NEW: The latest wave of lawsuits against DOGE targets Musk himself — claiming he’s amassed so much power that the Constitution requires Senate confirmation. It’s an argument similar to the one that Trump made against Jack Smith. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 7 days ago • 49 comments

How about figuring out what the fuck people in government do before you fire them?

submitted 7 days ago • 47 comments

I can't remember where I saw this, wish I could give credit... Churches v. ICE regarding ICE proposed immigration raids of churches: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Our country is going to be destroyed by morons.

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments