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Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due

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The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.

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So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

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Something odd just happened—an article that had been widely published on media sites has suddenly disappeared without any retraction or explanation. Many may have come across it on Reddit.

submitted 12 hours ago • 608 comments

Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

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NOT EVEN HIDING IT 😬 "When I went to Russia in 1987, my friends at the KGB gave me such a beautiful name, you know what they called me, they called me Krasnov..."

submitted 7 hours ago • 4 comments

They're all in bed with Russia, and soon it will come time to put out.

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The Russians know they have won and now officially own this administration.

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Russia is celebrating Felon45's cabinet picks. That should tell you everything.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

The Russians are thrilled with trumps picks.

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Quite the prediction (or rather, we were warned) - but not everyone was paying enough attention. Anyway - still worth sharing, to encourage those that doubt that we still have quite the fight on our hands. Share on. Thanks to @lakeinla.bsky.social

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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If you’re ever in public while high on ketamine, this DEA pamphlet suggests you might want want to wear sunglasses, even indoors. www.dea.gov/sites/defaul...

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If u live in Wisconsin, Please be register to vote and Vote for the Susan Crawford 💙 Otherwise , MAGA will rule ur Supreme Court for years to come ! Don’t allow Musk and right wing idiots control ur future !

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share.newsbreak.com/bme4kx29 How sad. Indiana wants to stop free books for kids. #FUINDIANA

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This is not how federal criminal investigations work. —me (former federal criminal investigator)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered senior military and Defense Department officials to draw up plans to cut 8% from the defense budget over each of the next five years, officials said on Wednesday.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 20, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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The Lyin’ King. 👑

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The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

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Wife was a probationary employee let go over the weekend. She was a researcher with CMMI. If anyone has leads on jobs for a PhD social science researcher with an expertise in Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance, please let me know!

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I hate to ask this but i have to, are we now the bad guys? adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/are-we-now...

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Love my new morning routine of waking up, brewing some coffee, logging on and checking the End Times Billboard to see what new Calamities were pinned there overnight. Then I ride that cortisol high, like I'm surfing on piranhas and broken glass, baby.

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Zurawski V Texas - a powerful documentary about reproductive rights – is now available on Jolt: on.jolt.film/3PMFRNj

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When I was younger I was crippled with self-doubt… Great to chat to the BBC about my experiences with imposter syndrome and how dyslexia has shaped my life (for the better). It’s important to keep challenging the status quo that holds neurodivergent people back. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

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“I thoughts there were some brakes on the system, but I was wrong.” One year since Alexei Navalny’s suspicious death, political opposition in Russia is more repressed than ever. Here’s what’s going on: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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