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Elon Musk claims DOGE has saved $55 billion, but the numbers don’t add up. DOGE released a list of canceled contracts totaling $16 billion in supposed savings. However, nearly half of that came from an $8 billion ICE contract—except that contract was actually worth just $8 million.

submitted 15 days ago • 209 comments

Trump wants you to forget that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator during his first week in office. Don’t forget.

submitted 15 days ago • 300 comments

Another aviation tragedy – 🚨🚨🚨 Two dead in Arizona after a mid air collision. This is your reminder that Leon ran out the Head of the FAA because he had the nerve to fine SpaceX. At least 400 employees have been laid off and already short staffed FAA since the DC crash killing 67 people.

submitted 15 days ago • 41 comments

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

submitted 18 days ago • 478 comments

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

submitted 18 days ago • 188 comments

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

submitted 18 days ago • 988 comments

I heard RFK Jr. is floating the banning of the polio vaccine so seems like a good time to remind folks that RFK Jr. was vaccinated with this same vaccine & therefore is at no risk of harm himself Kinda like when he publicly was against the covid vaccine yet privately required his guests to have it🙃

submitted 82 days ago • 873 comments

“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.

submitted 82 days ago • 315 comments

Kroger and Albertsons claimed they wanted to merge into one grocery giant in order to keep prices low. But after the merger was blocked, they approved spending a combined $10 billion on stock buybacks. They each paid their CEOs over $15 million in 2023, by the way. Hello?

submitted 83 days ago • 192 comments

Listen to Hillary Clinton. She’s always been right about everything.

submitted 84 days ago • 148 comments

1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters. She's fighting back.

submitted 84 days ago • 755 comments

There are roughly 330M people in this country, and I realized this morning that for less than the cost of a cheap cup of coffee a day, a S. African billionaire was able to buy the Presidency, and in effect — the country. It’s both embarrassing and sad that, not only was it easy, but it was so cheap…

submitted 85 days ago • 1062 comments

Dear Elon, Why stop at Mars? You’re a plutocrat! Aim for Pluto! We’ll all be here on Earth to root you on. George

submitted 85 days ago • 625 comments

"One of the curses of history is that we cannot go back and change the course leading to disasters, no matter how much we might wish to. The past has its own terrible inevitability. But it is never too late to change the future.” ― Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments

Deflection is their most effective tool.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

A democracy cannot function properly under threats of violence, where any dissent comes with the risk of physical retaliation. That describes Russia, and not America as we have known it. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

submitted 87 days ago • 183 comments

Yes. Yes, we did.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

This is not inspiring confidence!

submitted 88 days ago • 303 comments

UHC - United Healthcare - parent of Optum & Change Health - has roughly 29% of the Medicare market. It is so big that it owns providers, the billing portal, and provides insurance to just under 30%. This is the poster child for why Universal Healthcare is needed. www.facebook.com/share/r/15aU...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

“We’re all rapists here in the GOP” seems like a problematic message.

submitted 89 days ago • 181 comments

for freelance reporters: We've put together a guide for how to pitch us at @bolts.bsky.social, including the sort of stories we're interested in, the process, & so on. boltsmag.org/pitch-us We want to hear from you & your ideas, & we hope this makes that easier. Let me know if you have questions!

submitted 89 days ago • 8 comments

Can’t say I’m surprised. Or sorry.

submitted 89 days ago • 1505 comments

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

submitted 349 days ago • 997 comments

Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone who is determined to turn up the volume and EXPOSE all of the brutal, deadly consequences of abortion bans in America. They're not "pro-life." They're pro controlling women's bodies.

submitted 91 days ago • 1551 comments

If your mom has to step in to help you out, you probably aren’t up to the job. Just saying.

submitted 91 days ago • 881 comments

The insider DC sheets keep running articles about Democrats bewailing Bidens pardon. I’m able to keep a pretty close tabs on the opinions of engaged Democrats via emails to TPM. And the actual opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of the decision. In fact, more or less universal support.

submitted 92 days ago • 157 comments

Remember that episode of Saved by the Bell when Jessie was cry singing “I’m so excited” before admitting she had a problem. That’s how I feel with every new revelation since Trump’s re-election…wheee!

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

……. okay yeah I had to sit with this one for a minute in America we really do have zero reason to trust we wouldn’t be shot in that situation and we know that’s fucked up but we forget how UNIQUELY fucked up it is???

submitted 92 days ago • 43 comments

Heard a Fox News reporter describe the proposed tariffs on Canadian imports as being paid 100% by companies there. Kids: Study economics.

submitted 93 days ago • 1994 comments

This is a reliable finding on immigration opinion: support for 'mass deportation' drops precipitously once survey items are worded so as to include details about exactly who is to be deported

submitted 102 days ago • 42 comments

Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero. 🖖

submitted 99 days ago • 1282 comments

Black Friday - don’t buy anything online. Go to an independent local shop/store, buy something produced locally, helps the local economy and local suppliers. I will. Lots of lovely local shops where I live. Keep them going and support them.

submitted 97 days ago • 17 comments

A graphic depiction helps make clear that Trump has no “mandate.” One of the narrowest popular vote wins in history.

submitted 98 days ago • 540 comments

Throwback to the March for Science—an inspiring day standing up for facts, progress, and the importance of evidence-based policy. #MarchForScience #ScienceMatters

submitted 99 days ago • 125 comments