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TRUMP: fires black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; fires female chief of naval operations; hires unqualified replacement, a white man NYT:

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It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

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The second biggest party in Germany, the far-right AfD, is so extreme that the bloc of far-right parties in the EU expelled it. A prominent member refused to say NAZI SS members were criminals. It downplays the holocaust. It was strongly endorsed by Elon Musk. JD Vance also lent his support.

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 1 day ago • 504 comments

This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed. Trickle up economics.

submitted 1 day ago • 225 comments

"President Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life."

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let me say that this is the classic “just asking questions” approach to delegitimizing the achievements of black people. and critically, you don’t even have to be a black person who talks about race. simply being black to these people means you are “obsessed with race.”

submitted 2 days ago • 139 comments

Posting my embroidery so people can find me... 🐯 #embroidery #handembroidery

submitted 3 days ago • 1193 comments

It has been a long and grueling week. Thank you to everyone who offered kind words of support. If you want to follow everything happening to democracy in court, while also supporting pro-democracy independent media, please sign up for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

submitted 2 days ago • 572 comments

New, from me @theatlantic.com: No, the federal government is not too big It has real human capital needs Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 2 days ago • 62 comments

btw, i will tell you this - i have been talking to people all day, and the media is missing, whether intentionally or not, how absolutely, volcanically angry the people who have been fired are, not because they lost their jobs, but because their jobs matter, to us

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Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”

submitted 3 days ago • 295 comments

Why we need a bunch of new Democratic leaders to take over—like right now The system that got us here can not get us out.

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Depressing brilliance from my pal Ruben Bolling.

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

Someone better tell DOGE there’s this guy working from home

submitted 3 days ago • 226 comments

Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason." www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

submitted 3 days ago • 2599 comments

No, the mail is not “the least of our worries.” It’s a fucking important worry. It is the only postal service that delivers to every address. They are only provider of complete mail services for overseas military bases and provide free overseas PO boxes. They help prepare passport apps. Ship meds…

submitted 3 days ago • 80 comments

Corruption.

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The @nytimes.com changed the story and has now added this info after I caught them last night. This is why I screenshot these stories. There was no editors note added nor did they point out that a stealth edit was made. h/t @shoq.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

submitted 5 days ago • 1261 comments

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

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wait - does that violate the APA? (among other things)

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A lot of people now see that Musk is a vile extremist. But many still struggle to accept that he is also an oblivious fool. Once you actually listen to what he has to say about the world, you realize it’s all faux-visionary nonsense layered on top of profound ignorance.

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Eric Adams and the Trump DOJ swear there was no deal. But in a little-noticed letter, his lawyers promise the mayor's full cooperation on "remov[ing] undocumented immigrants" — as long as there's no case hanging over this head. NEW from me at @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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President Trump says Ukraine “should have never started” the war with Russia. Now imagine the reaction if President Biden had uttered those exact same words.

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"I actually admire Hannity, because it does take [a] unique ability to sit down with the world's richest dude, who's creating utter chaos all over this planet, and the president of the United States, who is facilitating it, to have them there in front of you for an hour and make absolutely no news."

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The future of the Democratic Party will not be shaped by think tanks, pollsters, ad makers, or consultants. It will be shaped by people literally running as Democrats over the next few years. That’s why rebuilding the party requires aggressive candidate recruitment for principled authentic leaders.

submitted 6 days ago • 32 comments

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

submitted 7 days ago • 126 comments

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 7 days ago • 2402 comments

60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…” This was never about efficiency. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...

submitted 7 days ago • 340 comments

I will say again: The destruction of the CFPB—an agency that has brought in $20 billion over a little more than a decade despite having an annual budget that's less than what DOD has spent so far today—is the clearest sign none of this has anything to do with saving taxpayers money.

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This is one of those things that lies at the heart of the contradiction that is modern America We want to go back to when we were a manufacturing powerhouse But none of us would want to live in the America that is a manufacturing powerhouse I know because I'm from a place it poisoned

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So much for academic freedom at an accredited university

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Thelma Ritter, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1902, in Brooklyn, New York

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Sharing is caring👇✊️💙

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

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Thank you, DOGE, for clearly visualizing what incredible value the American people get from their national parks. 17,700 permanent employees making an average of $81,000 a year serving 325 million visitors annually. Is there a better value in the entire federal government?

submitted 11 days ago • 44 comments

In case this won't be reported, Senate Dems are holding the floor for 30 hours to try to stall the RFK Vote! Here's the press release from Wyden's office.

submitted 12 days ago • 277 comments

📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base. 📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.

submitted 11 days ago • 464 comments

Roy Fuller, Poet, Novelist, Memoirist, #BornOnThisDay in 1912, in Failsworth, England (Anthony Powell dedicated his novel ‘The Soldier’s Art’ to him.)

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This is so incredibly, goofily stupid—a slapstick level of dumbass, self-defeating, wasteful procurement even if it’s somehow not as corrupt as it looks—but I suspect absolutely no one is going to prevent it from happening. What an embarrassment. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

submitted 11 days ago • 132 comments

Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

submitted 11 days ago • 1457 comments

Straight up lie. Funds approved specifically by congress to support cities experiencing major inflo of immigrants - in many cases bused in by states like Texas.

submitted 12 days ago • 154 comments

ICYMI — Hagerty running again. There were rumors he was interested in running for governor, but that appears to be Marsha Blackburn’s Republican nomination to lose 🫠 And Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs seems to have the inside track on Marsha’s senate seat

submitted 12 days ago • 40 comments

Trump once again oddly refuses to confirm or deny that he's speaking with Putin (he clearly is)

submitted 12 days ago • 115 comments

REPORTER: What were the terms of this deal? TRUMP: Very fair. Very very fair. Very reasonable. Not like deals you've seen over the years. REPORTER: What were they? TRUMP: And somebody else is being released tomorrow

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We’re done here. Right?

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Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is on its face a violation the equal protection of the laws.

submitted 13 days ago • 1185 comments