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If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

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Congrats to @bsky.app and all the users and team that make it unique ! 32m users is real !

AOC is a force to be reckoned with. #Resist ✊🏽

Rep Kevin Hern—scared to say anything against Trump. The obvious—if Zelenskyy were a dictator, Trump would love him like he loves Putin. Glad to see folks in Oklahoma calling him out. Even small town halls matter right now. Don’t let them off the hook. Keep calling, emailing, and confronting them.

AMERICA HAS NO KING!

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Correct! And fully 25% of decades of American debt is from Trump’s first term. Additionally, our debt is primarily related to DOD, and not social programs.

Judiciary employees and likely federal judges all got the "what did you do last week" email.

Can confirm what a couple others have said I think, that the dumb five-bullet-points email went out to federal judiciary staff.

There are employees who work a 4x10 schedule with regular days off (RDO) Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and others with Sunday, Monday, Tuesday who will not get this email or have the opportunity to respond during working hours. There are others who do not access .gov email b/c they don't use computers.

Elon Musk instructed federal workers to respond to an email summarizing their weekly accomplishments, a tactic he previously used to downsize staff at X. “Please reply to this email with approximately five bullet points of what you accomplished this week and CC your manager,” the message stated.

This is not normal! As if federal employees didn’t already feel threatened enough—sure, let the brown shirts have guns; that’ll certainly boost compliance.

Information was shared illegally. A career employee at the Social Security Administration provided unauthorized access to data to Elon Musk’s staffers. This employee, Leland Dudek, a data analyst, was recently promoted to acting commissioner by Trump.

This. Is. Insane.

AZ AG Kris Mayes: This is a coup by Trump against our Constitution, because they are violating not only the separation of powers but also the court orders We have federal judges saying to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, “Stop this now,” and yet we believe they are violating those orders.

If I had to respond to an email as a federal employee asking me what I did at work last week, I'd make sure to list all the duties I had to absorb because of mass illegal firings, followed by a description of what the EPA's Walter Peck did in Ghostbusters.

When will the craziness end? Let's ask Musk to respond. How about Trump? Sickness beyond belief.

Breaking: President Trump responds to DOGE email, cc’s Elon Musk.

Trump encouraged Musk to be "harsher," so Musk did this. ⬇️ Feds must answer email on what they did last week — or lose jobs, Musk says. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Musk threatens to fire federal workers who don't respond to an email. Makes no legal sense. Like Trump, he seems to be doing it for shock and awe. Even if it makes no sense. How could the government even read and respond to all these?

Musk sends warning to federal employees over new Trump policy: Elon Musk, special advisor to President Trump, warned federal employees on Saturday of a new policy requiring them to detail their work efforts via email in order to keep their jobs. “Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s…

The latest message from Elon Musk to federal employees. This comes after President Trump posted that he wanted Elon to get more aggressive.

This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice). 1. Refused to violate the law. 2. Refused to violate the Constitution. 3. Refused to bow or scrape. 4. Refused to bend a knee. 5. Deleted this stupid email.

Another dataset I like is from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which has maps of the US that show we fixed the acid rain problem by implementing stricter emission controls on power plants. nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/nt...

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Musk trying to buy Wisconsin judicial election to strangle its restoration of democratic elections www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/02/musk...

Dan Caine, Trump’s new replacement for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reportedly told Trump, “I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.” He also put on a MAGA hat, despite it violating military protocol.

This hits hard.

Says the guy who won't even respond to the mothers of his own children

Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

Just like we shouldn’t be firing FAA employees when commercial airliners are flipping upside down.

This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!

BOYCOTT TESLA, it’s working!

I despise Elon and Trump and the damage they are doing. Bragging about taking a chainsaw to people? Really? The saddest part is not one GOP is pushing back. How do they sleep at night?? Is it really worth a two year political position?

How are we OK with this?? The Tijiana River is dumping millions of gallons of raw sewage & industrial waste from US-run Maquiladoras in Mexico into the river which enters the Pacific all day every day. Add in toxic air. Same harm the US ignored with burn pits. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/r...

He nails it.

Trix (sleeping on my foot) knows somehow when Mom is really sad as the state of the US and world is horrific. So many people globally are being hurt while Elon brags about using a chainsaw while ALL Republican sheep continue to blindly back him. When will it end? What will it take?

I'm ex-US Army. This is very bad. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

This is how it’s done.

I will continue to call out BS and disinformation. This is who I am sometimes to my own detriment. I am sickened by the leadership who have zero moral compass...no empathy towards the cruel treatment of others. Could our system be better? Absolutely. But a chainsaw approach won't get us there.

John Fetterman’s staff are leaving him in droves and there are awful rumors about how he treats them. Are we sure he’s not just three Kyrsten Sinemas sitting on each other’s shoulders in a hoodie? Our latest: