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Leaders of the Social Security Administration had just opened an investigation into a career employee they believed was improperly sharing information with DOGE when Trump elevated the employee this week to acting commissioner www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 22 hours ago • 27 comments

This is horrible for the future of American science and innovation and economic wellbeing and all the things Pitt is not a small institution It has nearly 10K grad students It is where Salk discovered the polio vaccine

submitted 18 hours ago • 36 comments

Good thing we are not in a race against any adversarial countries over science and technology www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

submitted 17 hours ago • 19 comments

Kennedy Center ticket sales dropped roughly 50 percent week-over-week after Trump announced his takeover www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

submitted 11 hours ago • 162 comments

I hate these fucking people so much.

submitted 2 days ago • 68 comments

American Pundits: It was an exuberant and controversial gesture of uncertain significance… Actual Fascists: It’s a Nazi salute.

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

Trump’s EO ruining the independence of federal agencies shows the real goal of Musk and Trump is not efficiency or even winning the culture wars. It’s thievery. And they are exceptional thieves. My latest in @thenation.com

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

What this basically means is that the Supreme Court would have given Trump what he wanted but since the TRO expires in five days, they’re gonna wait and see what the DC circuit does.

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Fantastic piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social of the resegregation of America under Trump.

submitted 19 hours ago • 22 comments

Folks, whatever we think Diddy did… it’s worse than that. https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/us-news/sean-diddy-combs-lawyer-quits-sex-trafficking-case-under-no-circumstances-can-i-continue/

submitted 19 hours ago • 58 comments

Oh. One day after Coonerama at the White House, Trump fired the Black chairman of the joint chiefs. And you won’t hear the negroes who kiss Trump’s ass say a goddamn thing.

submitted 20 hours ago • 58 comments

Legit don’t know if this is vandalism or a detail put on by the owner

submitted 14 hours ago • 60 comments

They fired a top Black general and are replacing him with a much less-qualified white general. They’re not hiding the racism.

submitted 7 hours ago • 149 comments

NO! @joyannreid.bsky.social speaks truth. The Weekend crew has been doing a good job, but this was NOT the show to cancel. A huge loss to public discourse in dangerous times. Joy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...

submitted 2 hours ago • 43 comments

Front page of today’s NY Post

submitted 22 hours ago • 130 comments

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

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“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

submitted 11 hours ago • 457 comments

I posted this longer version on X #Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

submitted 12 hours ago • 810 comments

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

submitted 18 hours ago • 648 comments

a very confused Trump still thinks that people who make political asylum claims by definition come from insane asylums

submitted 18 hours ago • 634 comments

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

submitted 1 day ago • 2041 comments

If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

submitted 14 hours ago • 530 comments

I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.

submitted 1 day ago • 1074 comments

Not a great time for citizens who have chosen to serve their country by working in government, when the current leaders have nothing but contempt for your very existence. I have an idea, run for office against a Republican who is enabling it - which is all of them.

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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

submitted 8 hours ago • 450 comments

If the justice system is gutted, and replaced by a regime where cronyism makes adherence to laws optional, who will want to hire skilled lawyers trained to counsel clients on complying with the law? That's a question lawyers thinking about joining Trump's attack on the rule of law should be asking.

submitted 2 days ago • 67 comments

The biggest implication of Trump saving Eric Adams: foreign regimes have realized they now have a green light to bankroll American politicians directly—and American politicians now realize the same thing. My latest for @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/1916...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Remarkable: Trump's own pollster just found that in swing House districts, Dems lead by 5 points and voters want tax policy to prioritize working people, per Politico. Yet GOP is about to brutally slash the safety net and give the rich huge tax cuts! New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1918...

submitted 1 day ago • 240 comments

Fiasco for Elon Musk on multiple fronts: Top Trump officials telling employees to defy his latest diktat GOPers facing wave of voter revolt at home Embarrassing revelations of fake "savings" mounting Large majorities disapprove of Musk in many polls *Trump's own pollster urging GOP reset

submitted 1 hour ago • 36 comments

I’m sure Trump & Musk will condemn Putin for this since they claim to care so much about peace and the Ukrainian people.

submitted 1 hour ago • 91 comments

One thing DOGE has gutted is an effort to REFORM how the US divvies up donated organs. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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"We cannot have a viable political system that relies on extraordinarily brave people—because there aren’t enough of them." Don't underestimate the intimidation factor in Republican acquiescence. @monacharen.bsky.social from the archives:

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Why the resignation of 7 DOJ lawyers in the Eric Adams case matters: The Trump administration may well prevail in court. But what about the court of public opinion?

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Who could have guessed that the former leader of the Proud Boys—convicted of sedition because of January 6th—would, after Trump pardoned him, start to harass the hero cops of January 6th? Who could ever have guessed it? (This went down at the Principles First conference in D.C.)

submitted 16 hours ago • 47 comments

Admiral Lisa Franchetti had more and better qualifications for her job than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has for his. Go ahead, make a list.

submitted 23 hours ago • 3 comments

Completely nuts.

submitted 22 hours ago • 104 comments

Seen at CPAC

submitted 1 day ago • 134 comments

"One questioner, citing recent cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in nearby Atlanta, asked, 'Why is the supposedly conservative party taking such a radical and extremist and sloppy approach to this?'" Could a new Tea Party be forming?

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Shane Trejo once co-hosted a podcast called “Blood Soil and Liberty” that joked about a “Fuhrer.” Now, he’s at CPAC pushing for Trump to be Caesar.

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Backlash Hits GOP As Voters Confront Georgia Republican Over Cuts: There was 'outrage' and 'anger' on display during a Georgia town hall over cuts the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE are making so they can cut taxes for the rich.

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