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NPR was removed from its office space at the Pentagon.

“If only I knew it was going to be this bad,” said everyone who refused to read Project 2025.

“Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated due to medical reasons,” Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in an op-ed published Sunday on FoxNews’s website.

Well this is awkward... #Oscars2025

Overheard: "How was this guy (Kieran Culkan) more funny than the ginger (Conan O'Brien) host?" Girl, we are all wondering. #Oscars2025

"To achieve success in the elections, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. And as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them." Nikolai Patrushev, Putin advisor &former Sec. of Security Council, told Russian newspaper Kommersant, Nov. 11, 2024

“I know the action of the United States will be dictated not by methodical calculations of profit and loss, but by moral sentiment.” Winston Churchill, Oct 1938

Feel free to download and use to share on your social channels to express your support of Ukraine. Let them hear US!

Marco Rubio wondering if there's an open spot on one of Elon's rockets to Mars so he does not have to deal with the fallout from yet another Trump diplomatic debacle.

All your friends are doing it... #EconomicBlackout

In case you were wondering, this is what the slow boil of facism looks like. (Broadcast on the airwaves in the DC area, airing during the Today Show on NBC, not Fox News, the Onion, etc.)

When they say: History repeats itself Some people never learn Wisdom has been chasing you but you have always been faster Trump's White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Just a reminder: Elon Musk has no authority except that which Trump has given him. So every time Musk fires people, that's Trump. Every time there's a clear lack of understanding of the basic functions of government, that's Trump. Every psychological game played with worker's lives, that's Trump.

Super stoked Elon is in charge of hiring decisions at the FAA...seems like he has things well in hand.

The DOGE team reading the AI reports on the 5 things federal workers accomplished last week, starting to wonder if maybe federal employees actually serve critical government functions...

I'm starting with the man in the mirror...

Arkansas, Maryland, Miss, NC, Pennsylvania, SC, Tenn & Texas state constitutions prohibit atheists from holding office. However, the U.S. Constitution states in Article 6 that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

Our 5 Accomplishments this week: 1) answered and logged thousands of angry constituent calls 2) TPS reports 3) held Bob's hand through panick attack 4) met with lawyers to go over EOs 5) rewrote some critical code with no previous computer science background

When the team at DOGE is all excited about downsizing government but you remember the government actually has a function...

We are ALL from the DMV...

Seen: the Veep doordashing tonight. Jd Vance, @doordashhelp.bsky.social

Well this should be fun... Kash Patel in as #FBI Director. For now.

“Listen, I know people, including members of my family, who’ve had a much worse time getting off of SSRIs than people have getting off heroin,” RFK Jr said. Kennedy was previously addicted to heroin.

Overheard: We'll definitely know in a week that we don't know.

Apparently, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social was doing something afterall...keeping those planes in the air and all. #USDOT

As #BlackHistoryMonth continues, here's a list of corporations standing by their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion pledges. #DEI

Our Federal workers are not just in DC. DOGE wants to make sure unemployment is inclusive so its coming to an area near you... (Military personnel excluded, as of March '23)

Fascism: a populist political movement or regime that exalts nation & often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, & that is characterized by severe economic & social regimentation & by suppression of opposition. #TMYK

Things Trump Did This Week: • Made himself chair of the #KennedyCenter • Fired thousands of federal workers • Imposed a 25% tariff on foreign steel & aluminum Things Trump Did Not Do This Week: • Lower the costs of eggs

Following a proud tradition of showcasing great American art, Trump has hung his mug shot in the White House...oh, wait.

Look who joined the group chat... #MitchMcConnell #TulsiGabbard #Overheard #SenateConfirmation

I mean, he wasn't much of a provider...couldn't even buy her clothes... #Kanye

“You know bullies? You know what a bully is, right? You know the bully, I’ve always ― and I found it throughout my life, a bully is the weakest person. And they’re bullies. #Hamas is bullies. The weakest people are bullies. You know that, right?” #Trump, 2/11/25

Trump: stop minting pennies. Lincoln: That's way harsh, Tai. Even Booth didn't do me THIS dirty.

Time to resurrect old school petty in DC. Ring the bells! 🔔 🔔 🔔

17,000 federal employees -4,400 parking spots _________________ Chaos and frustration at Navy Yard #ReturnToWork

Talk about jinxing someone... #Chiefs #SuperBowl

Someone's influence is about to expire. #Overhead #ElonMusk @time-magazine.bsky.social

Federal Judge George O'Toole Jr has temporarily halted President Donald Trump's plan offering incentives to federal workers to voluntarily resign before a Thursday midnight deadline. #Overheard #GreatResignation

Somewhere in Pennsylvania... #eggs

Trump on Monday: no US tax dollars for foreign aid. Shut down ##USAID. Trump on Wednesday: the US should build the "Riviera of the Middle East" in #Gaza. #Overheard

“The US will take over the #Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too,” #Trump said during a joint press conference alongside his Israeli counterpart #BenjaminNetanyahu, later describing his vision for the area as a new “Riviera.” #overheard

Everyone: uh, I'm not sure this is legal...or that you have any authority. #ElonMusk:

All of us: #USAID #DOGE #ELONMUSK

"To me," Trump said, "the most beautiful word in the dictionary is #tariff. It's my favorite word. It needs a public relations firm." Oct. 14, 2024, @pbsnews.bsky.social

Just sitting, waiting for Congress to remember it is a co-equal branch of government. #USAID

Move along, folks. #DCCrash