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Elon Musk has shut down a team of tech-savvy civil servants responsible for developing the IRS’s free tax-filing service and improving government websites. As a result, 90 employees were immediately locked out of their devices and informed that their jobs were deemed non-essential.

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Donald Trump arrives at… Donald Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach @trumpgolftrack.com

The Trump administration is demanding the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally from the IRS. The IRS is resisting this request, as complying would directly violate federal tax privacy laws.

USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

A small government team at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for regulating autonomous cars—which Elon Musk claims are the future of Tesla—is being cut nearly in half by Musk. Conflict of interest?

Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

Have you punched a nazi today?

Have you punched a nazi today? It's good for the soul.

Have you punched a Nazi today?

Have you punched a Nazi today? #RESIST 📷 pin.it/5x05ZMqLf

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Chilling… It’s not against the law to report on law enforcement activity

Is it just me pr does Donald look like he is having a stroke in this picture?

Bernie Sanders: You don’t think we should change the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour? Trump Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent: No

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Downy Woodpeckers have special feathers covering their nostrils to keep them from breathing in wood chips and dust.

You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million. That is a lie. The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.