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I'm sure the MAGA ghouls will claim this is some sort of divine punishment for the Pope speaking out against JD Vance's claim that "love thy neighbor" refers to your literal neighbor and not people generally www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...

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On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details. I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:

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Breaking News: A federal judge appointed an independent lawyer to argue against the government’s request to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City.

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This is who Republicans just made FBI Director. Kash Patel calls for “offensive operations” to jail Americans who they consider “the enemy.” “We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media”

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Here's our new episode about nonpartisan harm, from @moviehooligan.bsky.social. youtu.be/XCJIaxY46zo?...

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Republicans are racing forward with a budget that will raise costs for working families. People will pay more for food, health care, education, and child care – while Republicans plot more tax cuts for billionaires.

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“I’d understand a strategic reduction in force if needed,” said one USDA employee, who was fired over the weekend. “But this was a butchering of some of our best. Does the public know this?” this excellent WP story explains why the firings are illegal. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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I know I've said this before on the other website, but Republican Russia hawks are funny because Moscow had an elite team of intelligence experts determine the best way to hurt America and buddy, it was your party winning elections.

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House Republicans released a draft budget that aims to cut $2 trillion in spending. The programs impacted could include Medicaid, SNAP, and education programs. Why the cuts? To finance another round of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It's reverse Robin Hood.

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lmao

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I think I found some of that corruption and waste Elon has been looking for

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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up took $80 million from an NYC bank account!

submitted 10 days ago • 1751 comments

Trump will definitely discard Elon and blame him for any and all problems when he does. The only question is how soon

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fuck us up Canada

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i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.

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The reason Trump and Musk are operating by executive fiat is because they are weak. They are too weak (and, let's be real, incompetent and lazy) to develop a legislative consensus to do the things they are doing. If they could, they would forcing things through Congress.

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Republicans in Congress want Americans struggling to afford student loan payments to shell out nearly $200 more each month to fund tax cuts for billionaires.

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But Trump can't fathom what Elon would get out of gutting the government

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YouTube Hates Movies ...WHY? 🤔🤷‍♂️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=50-P... #CaptainAmerica #Superman #FantasticFourFirstSteps

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MAGA rn: Diversity: “Boooo bad, only strict qualifications (as defined by me) matter!!!” Loyalty: “Yes, perfect, this was in fact the only qualification I cared about.”

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I think it’s important for outlets to stop framing Trump’s actions as “anti-DEI” and describe what they actually are, which is pro-segregation not only do people have an actual negative association with that description, it’s significantly more accurate

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Losing moral authority, trust and respect. What could go wrong? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sabotaging...

submitted 13 days ago • 55 comments

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

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It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.

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