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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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Egg prices are up 53% compared to last year and the spread of bird flu is a major reason why. How has Trump responded? By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.

submitted 5 days ago • 204 comments

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

submitted 13 days ago • 3912 comments

So Musk wants the govt to buy $400,000,000 worth of his useless Tesla trucks which have been proven to be destructible in spite of his claims to the contrary. So is this what we get in exchange for USAID, the Dept. of Education, the FBI, and all the other agencies he's deleting?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on. 4) Repeat. Don't let them get away with it.

submitted 10 days ago • 240 comments

“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment,” an AP official says. via @theguardian.com

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After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.

submitted 10 days ago • 132 comments

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

submitted 10 days ago • 788 comments

Meanwhile, egg prices.

submitted 17 days ago • 137 comments

Remember in 2016 when all the media made a huge scandal over Hillary Clinton’s email practices? Now a group of men under 30 working for Elon Musk have access to millions of Americans Social Security numbers and banking information. Maybe the media could just treat this as at least as big a scandal.

submitted 17 days ago • 39 comments

FBI hearing has hit a snag. DOJ is unable to say whether anyone in the department has already disseminated to outsiders the info about FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 case. DOJ lawyer says he doesn't "have reason to believe" that has happened but can't assure it.

submitted 17 days ago • 83 comments

Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News. Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever. spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...

submitted 18 days ago • 447 comments

"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?" www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 17 days ago • 1921 comments

Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze. We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.

submitted 17 days ago • 105 comments

“The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn’t; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.” G.K. Chesterton (1908)

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Luckily we've got a real A Team heading in to this part of the U.S. government right now... 😬 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

submitted 27 days ago • 1313 comments

Getting some reports that ASL interpreters are being fired across federal agencies. Not sure to the extent yet. Obviously in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. But with the DOJ Civil Rights Division frozen and general law-breaking plentiful, unsure of recourse rn.

submitted 29 days ago • 31 comments

why midnight? dunno! but they had just banked joni ernst’s vote for hegseth. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

submitted 29 days ago • 271 comments

📣 My friend died by suicide because of the hateful bigotry towards the transgender community. My friend would drop anything to help anyone. An Executive Order does not change who YOU are. 🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 33 days ago • 24 comments

Deleted. 😳

submitted 32 days ago • 890 comments