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submitted 1 day ago • 161 comments

BREAKING via WaPo: Mike Waltz and other members of Trump's National Security Council conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, where they held conversations about highly sensitive information, including about military positions, powerful weapons systems, and more

submitted 4 days ago • 442 comments

Sen. Ossoff: "Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct?" Director Ratcliffe: "No."

submitted 11 days ago • 105 comments

We have overcome near-death experiences before. We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis. We are. But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

submitted 19 days ago • 743 comments

submitted 18 days ago • 87 comments

One more--this is just so cool: Firefly Aerospace has released the full image sequence of a solar eclipse from the surface of the Moon. The dark object moving in front of the Sun is Earth. The lunar landscape is lit red by all the sunrises & sunsets in the world. 🧪 fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.

submitted 19 days ago • 888 comments

submitted 22 days ago • 84 comments

Notice to flat-Earthers all around the globe: Please alert the authorities if tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse looks like this:

submitted 23 days ago • 1166 comments

Tanking a 10+ year gaining economy in only 6 weeks has to be a record for any President

submitted 32 days ago • 776 comments

Two market meltdowns. One common denominator.

submitted 33 days ago • 858 comments

Blue Ghost, the moon lander from Firefly Aerospace, landed on the moon last night. It took a selfie from the lander. And that's us, up in the sky ❤️

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

submitted 35 days ago • 3473 comments

If only Congress had the ability to do something about this…

submitted 35 days ago • 789 comments

Chilling assessment from @wired.com

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Something going on at the FAA perhaps ? The TFR (Temporary Flight Restrictions) website is broken... tfr.faa.gov

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

This was just 233 days ago:

submitted 45 days ago • 74 comments

At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years. Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.

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USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.” THIS HAS TO STOP.

submitted 62 days ago • 1240 comments

So the world's richest man spends a fortune backing Trump and is given the go-ahead to... -Run an "efficiency" agency despite having billions in govt contracts -Replace civil servants with his own cronies -Gain access to sensitive Treasury payment systems See the problem?

submitted 62 days ago • 386 comments

Looks like Pete Hegseth told the press that the attack was carried about by carrier launched F-16s, F-15s and the A-10. None of those aircraft are carrier capable. It'd be nice if we had a SecDef who had actually paid attention in class.

submitted 63 days ago • 19 comments

A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax that drives up prices on everyday goods. They disproportionately hurt the working class and poor who bear the brunt of higher costs while wealthier consumers feel significantly less impact.

submitted 63 days ago • 174 comments

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE full access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

submitted 63 days ago • 6134 comments

An executive order cannot supersede a statute. Congress has found ByteDance a danger to national security and SCOTUS has upheld it. Trump’s job as of noon tomorrow is to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” That means enforcing the ban until ByteDance sells TikTok.

submitted 76 days ago • 578 comments

An EO cannot amend the statute. TikTok didn’t comply with the condition precedent by either divesting its ownership or taking necessary and good faith steps to divest warranting a 90 day extension.

submitted 76 days ago • 7 comments

So it's dangerous for China to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps. But it's okay for America's billionaires to have the ability to access our data and manipulate us via social media apps. Do I have this right?

submitted 78 days ago • 271 comments

submitted 90 days ago • 22 comments

Hey Seniors. Musk and Trump are going to reduce your pensions. You know ... the nest egg you worked for all your lives. Thank God Trump is going to bring down the price of eggs, which is why you voted for him. Right? That should be a fair balance. Right? ==========================

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Re: government funding 170 Republicans voted yes. 34 voted no. 196 Democrats voted yes. Zero voted no. Once again, Democrats do the responsible thing and save the GOP from themselves. Thank you, Speaker Jeffries.

submitted 106 days ago • 131 comments

This is why you shouldn’t want Medicare Advantage

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

Recall what happened with the FBI when Nixon politicized it by appointing Patrick Gray director. The rank and file leaked, leaked and leaked up to the assistant director (aka Mark Felt/Deep Throat) level. They destroyed Nixon. Trump is inviting big trouble with Kash Patel.

submitted 125 days ago • 479 comments

Whatever a border czar is, they don't have arrest authority. Federal law enforcement officers do, pending judicial enforcement. Consultation with prosecutors is the norm for pre-planned arrests & here's the kicker: people being arrested must have actually committed a crime.

submitted 126 days ago • 776 comments

I’m thankful for everyone using Bluesky, everyone building on atproto, everyone listening to our message and sharing our dream of a better social media ecosystem that puts people first. We’re going to do this together — thanks for joining us on this journey!

submitted 128 days ago • 1502 comments

The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of them are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s

submitted 134 days ago • 1313 comments