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@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

submitted 4 days ago • 575 comments

So in making claims about “saving” $55 billion, the Musk Minions apparently can’t tell the difference between a billion and a million? And don’t know how to use Excel’s “remove duplicates” feature?

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submitted 4 days ago • 542 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2291 comments

Here’s the thing. Every one of these people in tears heard Trump on the stump before Nov. They knew he was cruel. But they were fine with it, thinking he’d only hurt the people they didn’t like. The problem with cruelty—It spreads. You don’t get to control it. Sooner or later, it comes for you too.

submitted 7 days ago • 1750 comments

seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism

submitted 6 days ago • 499 comments

“All we want is efficiency,” says man who named offspring X Æ A-12.

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

See here's how to do a headline. fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...

submitted 8 days ago • 247 comments

“How does Modi know if he’s meeting with a CEO or meeting with a representative of your government?” a reporter then asked. “Well he’s meeting with me in a little while, so I’m gonna ask him that question,” Trump said.

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

An amazing resignation letter to Bove from an AUSA who worked on the Adams case. Money quote: “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

submitted 7 days ago • 844 comments

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

submitted 8 days ago • 1088 comments

Whole @marketplace.org show today was interesting and informative, as per usual. But, please, make a point of hearing final two minutes. Starts at time 26:00 of track you'll find here www.marketplace.org/shows/market... @kairyssdal.bsky.social gives an example of what needs to be said, and how.

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.

submitted 9 days ago • 767 comments