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My open letter to Elon Musk.👇 Mr. Musk, You recently criticized me and another prominent lawyer fighting for the rule of law and democracy in the United States. I am used to being attacked for my work, particularly on the platform you own and dominate. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

submitted 3 hours ago • 101 comments

President Musk gets what he wants. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 5 hours ago • 6 comments

It is essentially a coup by an unelected bureaucrat 👇 Tell Congress to pass the "Stop the Steal" bill to prevent Elon Musk from meddling with our payment systems and data here: bit.ly/4gnneKE

submitted 4 hours ago • 14 comments

Call me crazy but maybe two men who fathered 17 children with 6 different women between them shouldn’t be lecturing us about family values!

submitted 10 hours ago • 89 comments

Thousands of federal employees, some of them Trump voters, are now without jobs thanks to Musk who is going to get contracts and government subsidies for his companies. This while the price of eggs & groceries are high. These families just lost a source of income. How do you think will play out?

submitted 23 hours ago • 74 comments

"Political deviants of all kinds long found it convenient to slipstream under the language of more respectable right-wing politics. But...this analysis misses the ways in which the Trump years have genuinely made so many right-wing people worse."

submitted 7 hours ago • 20 comments

Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service claimed this week to have saved an estimated $55 billion through a combination of layoffs, canceled contracts, lease renegotiations and other actions. But a list that it posted of contracts and leases suggests that number is inflated.

submitted 6 hours ago • 80 comments

The Trump Administration has cost our country over 22,406 American jobs. trumpcostsamerica.com

submitted 18 hours ago • 118 comments

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Amen to that.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1306 comments

www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... DOGE Finds Zero Fraud, Waste, or Abuse, Just New Ways to Harm Veterans

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

❗️Another cable break in the Baltic Sea near the island of Gotland — SVT The break occurred in the Swedish economic zone near the island of Gotland. It concerns a cable that connects Finland and Germany. The police and the coast guard have launched a preliminary investigation.

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"Should the court grant the motion, it would be the first lawsuit against DOGE where the plaintiffs are able to obtain evidence, albeit limited, on how Elon Musk’s faux agency is operating within the federal government." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 2 days ago • 97 comments

I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.

submitted 1 day ago • 255 comments

“We are the checks and balances,” says federal worker Chris Dols, who is organizing protests against mass government layoffs. Dols calls on the broader labor movement to get involved in opposition to DOGE’s power grab.

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"Moderate" Republicans vote for Trump Nominee A after A assures them they won't do X. After confirmation, they immediately do X. "Moderate" Republicans say Nominee B assured them they won't do X. After confirmation, they immediately do X. Repeat with Nominees C, D, E, F, G, etc.

submitted 2 days ago • 86 comments

Duluth, MN resident Emily Anderson, 30, a Trump voter, as "horrified by Trump's focus on deportations and use of Guantanamo Bay to hold migrants." "I feel so stupid, guilty, regretful — embarrassed is a huge one. I am absolutely embarrassed that I voted for Trump." Read more: bit.ly/41frhEt #FAFO

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

Gotta love the British press! 🇬🇧

submitted 2 days ago • 119 comments

To the shock of all our allies, “Vance told a series of misleading stories designed to demonstrate that European democracies aren’t democratic.” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

Team Canada wins in overtime, and l’ve never been delighted with a hockey win before, ever.

submitted 1 day ago • 728 comments

Ummm…👇 The more you know…💫

submitted 1 day ago • 201 comments

Keep in mind that the probationary federal employees who are now being fired are NOT just newly hired ones. If a long-term employee is promoted to a higher-level position, such as a supervisory or managerial role, then the employee may be subject to a probationary period for that new position.

submitted 2 days ago • 171 comments

I'n glad Mitch McConnell lived long enough to taste the rotten fruits of his harvest. He was responsible for creating the extremist MAGA movement that has fully turned on him. One of the great villains of the past 30 years.

submitted 2 days ago • 195 comments

As the US officially designates six Mexican cartels as terrorist groups, Mexico's president warns the United States against any violation of its territory.

submitted 2 days ago • 174 comments

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 3 days ago • 56 comments

All eyes on far-right AfD in German election rocked by violence and US interference

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Trump charged millions of dollars for a single 15-minute meeting and has privately boasted of making $500 million from deep-pocketed executives looking to gain his favor. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s top fundraiser said a minutes-long sit down with him would sting into the millions.

submitted 3 days ago • 91 comments

Hold your breath and look to Germany: its election could decide the fate of Europe – and the UK | Martin Kettle

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Well, I'm going to be on a Piers Morgan panel with Glenn Greenwald, Rod Blagovech and Dan Crenshaw because I am a masochist. We'll be talking Russia, Zelensky, DOGE, Musk and more. I assume it's going to be 4 on 1. Let's do it.

submitted 3 days ago • 151 comments

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Washington, DC has issued an order setting a path for the first round of discovery to be served in a lawsuit involving Trump and Musk’s efforts to restructure the government. Paige and I explain. youtu.be/QHzyeOXUWgM?...

submitted 2 days ago • 208 comments

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about ‘credible death threats’ when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary."

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS @democracyforward.org request to allow expedited discovery in lawsuit challenging DOGE access to Department of Labor data. First instance of discovery being permitted in the Trump accountability cases. Visit Democracy Docket for more info. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 3 days ago • 221 comments

Trump’s Golden Era risks becoming tarnished with corruption. My thoughts on the pause on the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in The Contrarian.

submitted 2 days ago • 46 comments

Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Joni Ernst, etc: You’ve seen Hegseth, RFK Jr, and others give worthless assurances. You’re now seeing the US appease Putin, and DOJ guardrails crumble. Are you going to let Kash Patel use the FBI against his enemies list and further destroy the rule of law?

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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

submitted 2 days ago • 665 comments

Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it. Her on air support is truly important

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Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.

submitted 4 days ago • 224 comments