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Biden inherited a plane whose engines were on fire and landed it safely. But Americans thought the touchdown was a bit rough so they put Trump back in the cockpit so he could blow up the whole thing while it was sitting on the tarmac

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NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...

submitted 6 hours ago • 196 comments

Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say HHS under RFK Jr. has avoided loudly and directly encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated. By Teddy Rosenbluth www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...

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House Republicans pushed through a budget including $4.5 trillion in giveaways for the ultra-wealthy. Meanwhile, documents obtained by the Washington Post show Trump and Musk are cutting half the employees who ensure Americans get their Social Security checks on time.

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America faces a Trumpian economic slowdown Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Not spending money that is appropriated by Congress is called impoundment, and is impeachable. Spending money that isn't appropriated by Congress is called theft, and is criminal.

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“Musk’s group took credit for the cancellation of a $1.9b Treasury Department contract... But it had actually been canceled in November, when President Biden was in office.”

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new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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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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Democrats should make sure as many people see this as possible: that Trump's #1 adviser wants to destroy Social Security. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

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Great, very detailed story about how Musk’s many conflicts of interest are affecting rank and file employees in multiple agencies, including the FAA, NASA, SEC & FDA — and how those employees fear that calling out Musk’s conflicts will result in retribution. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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I had a front row seat to watch 18F get started a dozen years ago by some of the smartest and most dedicated public servants I’ve ever met. Their work saved countless lives, and yes, hundreds of millions, probably billions, of dollars. But just as significantly: it made government more responsive.

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New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government. The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...

submitted 1 day ago • 68 comments

Wow. Totally ran away from his constituents.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Just a little corruption. Nothing to see here.

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Has everyone had a chance to share their thoughts with the Department of Education? Please be sure to submit a separate form for every concerning practice you see. One of my faves was Rydell High reported for dancing and singing. EndDEI.Ed.Gov 😁

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After years of yelling that the “Russia hoax” was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Vladimir Putin in both narrative and action.

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NEW: I am hearing from multiple sources that Lt General Telita Crosland, Director of the Defense Health Agency, has been pushed out in an on-going purge. Official internal agency news said "retired" but I'm told relieved of duty or at least forced into retirement. www.defense.gov/About/Biogra...

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The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News. https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning

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First of many, but here we have a completely manufactured criminal investigation. One career prosecutor already resigned over it. Goal is simply to claw back $20 billion in Biden era climate money. Open and shut corruption. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 3 days ago • 67 comments

Como inmigrante, sé que estos momentos son difíciles para las familias de la Costa Central. Ustedes necesitan conocer sus derechos. Visite repcarbajal.us/derechos para más detalles.

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If they're scared, they should just carry a gun and do their fucking jobs. Isn't that what Republicans have been telling teachers for over a decade?

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This is deeply horrifying.

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NEWS The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines. This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines. 86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season. About 430,000 people were hospitalized.

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US government, which self-describes itself as "deeply in debt" to justify staffing cuts across agencies, is also supporting the House budget blueprint, which would increase the deficit by more than $2.8 trillion thanks to a massive tax cut for the nation's wealthiest. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.” That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social. “There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.

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My neighbor John is very smart about all sorts of stuff. Read this 👇 Are Taxes in America too High? open.substack.com/pub/johnlcam...

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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion... The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.

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No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday. That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas... It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

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Elon Musk's only profitable company, Tesla, has created a cumulative grand total net income of $34 billion in its more than 20 years of existence. That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received. The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.

submitted 5 days ago • 95 comments

Budgets are statements of values. And what we're seeing is that House Republicans value ripping food and health care away from millions of Americans in order to partly pay for tax cuts for the rich.

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Notably, the Trump Organization is a family business devoted to personal branding, not a publicly-traded company accountable to a board of directors and to shareholders who can review its finances. And while Tesla is publicly traded, Xitter is Musk's personal property.

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“This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States,” the president of the White House correspondents’ association wrote. “In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

submitted 6 days ago • 125 comments

😳 this dude ran the FSB [KGB]!

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What the fork, @msnbc.com ?

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Many are asking what should we do now? “We use our power, organize, mobilize, educate…the American story will not be written by who occupies the White House or by the wealthiest among us…it will be written by you, by ‘we the people.’” -fmr VP Kamala Harris receiving the NAACP Chairman’s Award.

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Dear manager: This week, I: 1. I’m not ready to make nice, 2. I’m not ready to back down. 3. I’m still mad as hell, and I don’t have time to go round and round and round. 4. It’s too late to make it right. 5. I probably wouldn’t if I could.

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Americans are not remotely ready for the kind of economic downturn we face from kneecapping our research powerhouses. The scariest part is how few see what is coming and how it might take a decade or more to correct.

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runforsomething.net has a list of candidate resources that will help you run for office. One of the biggest reasons we’re in the mess we’re in right now is because not enough good people run for office and take active roles in campaigns. Be the example and @runforsomething.net

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The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

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