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Republicans have been screaming that DOGE and the elimination of federal agencies and employees is necessary to reduce the deficit and get the national budget in order. It was all a LIE. It was NEVER about the budget or deficit. Fiscal hawk Republican Thomas Massie today:

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Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.

submitted 62 days ago • 284 comments

Trump has made it clear that the only peace he is working for in Ukraine is a complete Russian victory.

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Today, the US joined Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Hungary in voting against this resolution, which said Russia began an unprovoked war with Ukraine and that a proper end to the war should include a return to Ukraine’s pre-invasion borders. This may be the biggest geopolitical shift since WWII.

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1. US Attorneys are not the president's lawyers. 2. That you feel comfortable spouting this gross misrepresentation on social media brings shame to our profession. 3. This is a disgusting attack on the free press, more shame. 4. * "President Trump's" thankfully there's only one.

submitted 66 days ago • 7 comments

The term “DEI hire” is racist, because it rests on the assumption that a Person of Color is not qualified to do the job for which they were hired - without ANY evidence, except for the color of their skin. You are assuming their incompetence solely based on their race. Stop it.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

DOGE asked what federal employees did last week. Here’s how I replied.

submitted 68 days ago • 201 comments

There are many more excellent books on Christian Nationalism by historians, sociologists of religion, and theologians as well!

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

To be clear, the Vance/Musk intervention did not change the outcome. Still, the fact that it happened changes German and European politics forever

submitted 67 days ago • 57 comments

"The proposed database has been derailed by denominational apathy, legal worries and a desire to protect donations to the Southern Baptist Convention’s mission programs"

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone who has run or managed an organization, institution, or company knows how important strategy is to achieving goals and outcomes. Elon Musk is self-admittedly taking a chainsaw to everything in the Fed Gvt. Musk is definitely being strategic - but NOT toward the goals of a more efficient Gvt.

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There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Don’t believe the self-made myth.

submitted 70 days ago • 247 comments

We live in a police state now.

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Politico’s owner liked Vance cozying up to the Nazi-tainted AfD. Good to know.

submitted 70 days ago • 194 comments

I cannot express how dangerous and utterly stupid this is.

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Putin getting his money’s worth.

submitted 70 days ago • 32 comments

It’s so cold outside, we went to Dairy Queen for some ice cream to warm us up!

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Towels can be really polarizing. You're either the type of person to collect a bunch of mismatched towels or someone who always uses the same towel. Our Wirecutter experts are here to tell you: You deserve better towels. nyti.ms/4i4dzdc

submitted 71 days ago • 37 comments

Trump (and a whole lot of y’all) needs to go back to Schoolhouse Rock!!!

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

MAGA and the far-right moved into office by convincing the people that Democrats and liberals (and even moderates) hate America, and want to destroy America. Today, Trump did more to destroy the idea of America than all the equal rights protections Democrats have enacted combined. 🫤

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

Musk is still trying to buy political influence. Get big money OUT of politics NOW!!

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SCOOP: The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE Service—has resigned from her position. “I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” she said.

submitted 71 days ago • 52 comments

When Jeanne Calment was born, in 1875, the life expectancy for a French woman was 45. In 1991, Calment became the oldest person in the world. But two researchers don’t believe her story.

submitted 71 days ago • 9 comments

How would Republicans be acting if it was Biden (or any other Dem President) taking these sorts of power grabs?

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 71 days ago • 1195 comments

It’s gratuitous. It’s cruel. It’s evil. Whatever you think about legal vs illegal immigration, it takes a level of hate and callousness toward others to see humor in this.

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When you realize they’ve gone from “illegal immigrants are taking your jobs” to “legal immigrants are taking your jobs” to “DEI (BIPOC) is taking your jobs”… you realize that it was never about jobs. #ItWasAlwaysAboutRace

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Gutting USAID to save money and claiming it’s “fraud,” isn’t actually about saving money at all. USAID was 1.2% of the US budget. What it is about is enacting the ideology and plan of Project 2025, which Trump claimed he had never heard of.

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If there a vast information gap between those who read and study history and those who won’t read anything longer than a tweet. That information gap now dictates our reality.

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When will Republicans finally admit Trump lied and that Project 2025 was the plan the entire time??

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston was forced to close due to the “sudden dismissal of federal employees,” the library’s foundation said in a statement to CNN.

submitted 72 days ago • 149 comments

Trump has ALWAYS been in Putin’s pocket. And to this day, we still don’t know why…

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, according to the Vatican. There's concern about the ability of the 88-year-old pontiff to fight off the infection.

submitted 72 days ago • 73 comments

This may seem obvious to most people, but its implications are far from being fully realized and understood. People who get their news and information from MAGA sources vs those who do not - are living in two completely different realities. And these realities are incompatible with one another.

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Elon Musk has no power to put anyone in jail, but his fantasy about a “long prison sentence” for “60 Minutes” reporters is dangerous nonetheless. If you want to know why, just ask... Elon Musk.

submitted 72 days ago • 12 comments

Just because you want something to be true, does not make it so. Confirmation bias is real.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

The “birther” crowd, who demanded Barack Obama prove to their satisfaction that he was born in the United States, is now defending the shadow presidency of Elon Musk. And they STILL say it’s not about race… 🤦🏻‍♂️

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BREAKING: Elon Musk is now trying to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court majority. Election is on April 1—the first statewide election of the new Trump/Musk era. Musk wants to own state-level courts to thwart any possible check on their coup. Help us fight back. secure.actblue.com/donate/wisde...

submitted 73 days ago • 228 comments

"Law and order" in the Trump era: if you bow down to the head of the U.S. government, he may help you - whether you're awaiting trial for sex crimes in Europe or doing time in the USA for physically assaulting police.

submitted 73 days ago • 502 comments

Don’t forget: they are computer coders, NOT forensic accountants!!

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