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It sure looks like the biggest “waste, fraud and abuse” is actually DOGE

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#trumpcession

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Gavin Newsom was all but exiled by his entire party after 2004 because he held a mass gay wedding ceremony on the steps of SF City Hall--"too much, too soon" said Dianne Feinstein. That same year, voters in seven states banned same-sex marriage by referenda and California joined them in 2008

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BREAKING: Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, sues HHS, alleging that HHS's refusal to pay $36 million in open grant agreements has resulted in "over 100,000 eligible individuals and families losing access to critical services" and layoffs and furloughs across partner agencies.

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Wow can't believe there's a loss in productivity from sending every employee an email demanding they drop everything to recount what they did, with their job on the line. Totally unforeseeable, so long as you're a nepobaby who has never done a day of real work in your life.

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The rare fireblizznado on its way

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at least DOJ counsel is being candid.

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just so everyone understands what this will likely appear as 1) some number of benefit checks are interrupted in an opening salvo 2) some number of affected beneficiaries immediately sue because they have a statutory entitlement to that money from the Congress 3) checks resume under court order

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✅ Yes, Elon Musk reposted a meme on X that called people who benefit from U.S. federal programs the "Parasite Class."

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When you want to know who betrayed our Republic alongside Musk, start here.

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Your 'doom quote' for today: "It is, I promise, worse than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible—food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars, and economic devastation."

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Our think our Chaz was as excited to see Zelenskyy as anyone. He's good like that, you know.

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God I love GREEN DAY!!!

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I know it's pointless to say this, but the Beneficial Ownership reporting is really simple to do. The only way it's an "absolute disaster" or "economic menace" is if you are fully aware that writing down your owners will produce criminal liability.

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As Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Republicans in Congress work to slash critical Medicaid funding, I convened a panel of health care practitioners and Medicaid recipients who explain why this program is a life-or-death necessity for millions—and critical to Maryland.

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On #WorldWildlifeDay, an apt reminder of the damage that Brexit has had on our irreplaceable eco-systems. This article from 2023 explains how Brexit has damaged our water ways. buff.ly/uifqDNG 🧵👇

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Just for our retribution watch.

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It is possible to create just and sustainable futures for people and nature. 🧪🌍 This #WorldWildLifeDay, CITES is highlighting the value of #InvestingInPeopleAndPlanet. Find out more about this day here: wildlifeday.org/en

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WATCH: DOGE savings are filled with huge lies/errors and take credit for contracts that ended as far back as 2005. (@MarshaBlackburn - any comment?) Again: a charade to pave the way for tax cuts for the rich. It’s about ideology, not efficiency. Full: www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

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Of course I'm plugging the crap out of this great little D&D adventure I published. All my federal contracts are now officially terminated. If D&D isn't your thing, you can also buy an OpenCTD kit and build your own oceanographic instrument. You might need it. oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com

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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual. cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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It is becoming clearer by the day why the rockets can't land safely and why the cars burst into flames: www.politico.com/news/2025/02... 👀🥚

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Funding freeze leaves Kansas farmers unpaid for work they already completed www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...

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Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse. Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1921...

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the details here are quite technical. there's finding money and there's finding money. but agreeing to spend USG money that is not appropriated is actually a statutory crime on the part of the individual who makes the obligation. So not Trump, but the appointee/employee who does it.

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Corrupt? Sure. But also directly dangerous? And how! FAA has done careful, long testing /study of new tower-communication system. Now a rush to switch to system that just happens to be owned by Mr. Efficiency himself, Elon. (Has he even been to an ATC facility? Probably like Vance re Ukraine)

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Why am I still shocked about how low America will go?

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Over the last month we’ve seen the death of the post-WW2 era of American allegiance with Europe and most Americans don’t even know it happened

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Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director. He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

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Media folks still amplifying the misinformation here, by calling gross cancelled spending “savings”. It’s not savings unless a credible source has done an analysis that shows the same quality and quantity of services are still being delivered at lower (social) costs. And that hasn’t been done.

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18F was dissolved because it saved money. We pushed back against contractors who tried to screw American taxpayers. We showed how cheap and good government software can be. Musk hates that. writing by Dan Tangherlini via @donmoyn.bsky.social

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This does not mean no flu shots in the US next year - not by itself, anyway. The WHO picked and published their recommended strains as always. This year. It’s an A/H1N1, an A/H3N2, and a B/Austria (+ a B/Phuket for quadrivalent shots). US manufacturers can* still use the WHO guidelines.

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Are you one of the many federal employees wondering what the hell is going on with those stupid bullet point emails? Well don’t worry. We’ve got all the guidance you could possibly need right here.

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We ate at a great restaurant tonight in Washington DC called Immigrant Food. It is a stones throw from the White House. These are the shirts the staff wears. 💙

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Since February 26, an additional 1,322 adults (from 14,482 to 15,804) and 141 infants (from 1,541 to 1,682) have died as a consequence of a single frozen USAID program.

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Awesome!!! 😁😁😁🥰❤️

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When the student becomes the teacher and the affection remains:

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The party line by the IRS has been that it is illegal to share IRS data. There isn't a "to help deport" people exception in the Privacy Act.

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To all the punk rockers out there that scream, “fuck the system”, and yet don’t bother to engaged in this fight for democracy. You all can get fucked! It’s a damn shame that a band like green day(a band that you hate) has more balls than you! Get fucked posers!

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This is perhaps the greatest thing on the internet right now.

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this is misogynistic censorship, a clear form of hostility and, let's face it, basic male insecurity, a common feature of hegseth, vance, musk, trump, miller, et al.

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It’s “America First” until Netanyahu asks for money and bombs. It’s “America First” until Americans demand universal healthcare. It’s “America First” until Americans demand tuition-free college. It’s “America First” until Americans demand housing for all.

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Facts matter.

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