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Overwhelmingly the biggest saving that Musk has delivered to the American people is that they can now buy Tesla stock much more cheaply.

submitted 30 minutes ago • 31 comments

“How Elon runs it, how he’s hired people.” “How Elon runs it, how he’s hired people.” “How Elon runs it, how he’s hired people.” HOW ELON RUNS IT, HOW HE’S HIRED PEOPLE

submitted 1 day ago • 155 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 1 day ago • 462 comments

Expressly ordering the government to pay out billions to USAID contractors by midnight tonight is like 11:58 on the federal sanctions Doomsday Clock. It is a huge imposition of judicial authority, a put up or shut up order, and it happened in 16 days.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Paul Volcker would like a word...

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

I still don’t understand why Democrats would negotiate a budget when the Trump administration claims unilateral authority to cancel any spending it dislikes. As long as congressional Republicans endorse that position, they are not legitimate negotiation partners! An agreement with them has no value!

submitted 2 days ago • 60 comments

Seems like an Appointments Clause issue that someone other than the Senate-confirmed secretary of state is currently running the State Dept.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Yet more evidence that DOGE and Dudek don’t know what they are doing and are going to mess up SSA, possibly in a big way. Is AARP going to speak up? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-p...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The world's top network of labor economists—@iza.org—will close permanently at the end of this year. What a loss to research. Especially now when the rising waters of disinformation choke truth. It is up to us, now, to begin the work to rebuild. www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

(CNBC) - The Trump administration’s purge of federal workers may ultimately amount to the biggest job cut in U.S. history, which is likely to have ramifications for the economy, especially at the local level, according to economists. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/23/h...

submitted 4 days ago • 168 comments

Incredible kicker in this piece. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Remarkable assessment by an incoming German chancellor. “for me it is an absolute priority to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible, so that we achieve independence from the US, step by step.” www.dw.com/en/german-el...

submitted 4 days ago • 70 comments

NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand

submitted 4 days ago • 136 comments

You know who is good at rooting out fraud and ghost employees (which is not a thing) in government agencies?!? The inspectors general you fired!

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections." Each defendant assaulted him.

submitted 37 days ago • 1921 comments

AARP and DOGE update 2: I don’t know if I’ve ever been so disappointed in an organization before. It was clear for weeks that DOGE was going to monkey with the SSA/Medicare systems, and even AFTER the fact AARP took several days to come up with…this?! 1/2 www.aarp.org/politics-soc...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

This is an amazing story. Most of the amazing has to do with his grandfather.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

A female admiral. A Black general.

submitted 6 days ago • 50 comments

For the third week in a row, called all my congress critters, both DC and local offices.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

We’re definitely seeing a spike in Washington DC jobless claims:

submitted 6 days ago • 27 comments

American constitutional democracy is the shovel-ready project of our lives.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

It’s absolutely a Nazi salute. But note how weak it is. Whether it’s sincere or “ironic” (and that doesn’t make a difference), he doesn’t quite have the cobbles to do it vigorously. He does it like grandma struggling to put her shawl on a hook.

submitted 6 days ago • 222 comments

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to god

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Sandy Jencks shaped my career. His writing drew me into the Social Sciences as an undergrad. I then had the privilege to learn from him as a PhD student, and he served on my committee. A true scholar and role model I still aspire to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

"The White House did not respond to questions asking how to reconcile Mr. Musk’s numbers with the S.S.A.’s own public data. "

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

Update: Called AARP at about 8:30 am EST today. Told the polite operator that I was not a member but was very concerned about the Musk threat to SS. He had no script, response or information on the topic. Ppl should call.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

I mean, back in NYC we sometimes used to call the electric third rail “the social security system of the subway.”

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

To paraphrase the classic Bill Murray line in Ghostbusters, these idiots are about to f*** up the lives of millions of innocent voters.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

If you have not yet contacted AARP please get on the phone. They are one of the most powerful lobbies in the country. They need to hear from you.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

🚨🚨🚨🚨DOGE is breaking into Social Security records too now www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 10 days ago • 84 comments

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

submitted 10 days ago • 128 comments

🚨 SCOOP: DOGE is seeking personal taxpayer data at IRS, sources tell me. 🚨 Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.

submitted 11 days ago • 288 comments

I keep seeing takes like this marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo... 1. I don't like the status quo on policy X 2. Trump is thoughtlessly blowing things up, including on policy X 3. It might turn out better after being blown up so 🤷 We're on the road to authoritarianism, not your preferred policy.

submitted 11 days ago • 49 comments

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

submitted 12 days ago • 303 comments

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

submitted 12 days ago • 411 comments

Excellent stuff, I’m delighted there’s a productive debate on this.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

In declining to enter a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring DOGE from accessing data systems at the Dept of Labor, CFPB, & HHS, Judge Bates actually delivered a blow to DOGE—though it may only be felt in other cases. A thread. ... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 1/9

submitted 12 days ago • 22 comments