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submitted 1 day ago • 853 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 23 hours ago • 3176 comments

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

submitted 1 day ago • 5876 comments

this week's cover is on point ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 261 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 11 days ago • 1218 comments

Musk is pouring $1.5 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race.

submitted 10 days ago • 447 comments

With January and February having been as long as they were… these next 194 weeks are going to be forever!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Dear third-party voters, you’ve been awfully quiet. What’s up? What’s the game plan for the next 3 years and 11 months? Asking for 75,017,626 friends who did the right thing because we wanted to avoid all of this shit!!!

submitted 10 days ago • 1416 comments

Kash Patel should never be allowed inside the FBI. He is perhaps the most dangerous of all the Trump nominees. He shamelessly wants to turn the agency into Trump's loyalty police. I'm going to Senate floor at 4pm to raise the alarm for my Republican colleagues.

submitted 10 days ago • 210 comments

New tonight: A federal judge in Washington has blocked, for now, Trump's removal of the head of an independent US agency that protects government whistleblowers -- finding the removal effort "plainly" goes against US law https://buff.ly/4hyZa96

submitted 17 days ago • 25 comments

A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.

submitted 17 days ago • 230 comments

Hours after Russell Vought took over as acting head of the CFPB, its website is down. This is awful — and likely will be challenged — but they’re also unleashing Elizabeth Warren at a whole new level now.

submitted 22 days ago • 78 comments

Hello Old Friend! #RoosterTeeth

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

You should print out your Social Security Statement. Elon and who knows how many countless others now have access to your private information, so it'd be wise to have a record of it.

submitted 25 days ago • 285 comments

cool, now we're violating the Universal Postal Convention as established by the Treaty of Bern in 1874. Because why not, there's no law too obscure to break, throw another log on the fire.

submitted 25 days ago • 29 comments

Stephen A Smith on DEI: "When you're a weekend host on Fox News and now you're the Defense Secretary of the United States overseeing 3.5 million people, that is not qualified!"

submitted 25 days ago • 290 comments

"Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old former camp counselor who called himself 'Big Balls' on LinkedIn before being tapped to do the bidding of a billionaire, held a call with SBA staff ..."

submitted 27 days ago • 181 comments

NEW: DOGE has requested and is being granted “access to all SBA systems,” per an email sent to Small Business Admin employees today. Edward Coristine, a DOGE official, held a call with SBA staff detailing level of access they wanted, including HR, contract and payment systems

submitted 27 days ago • 407 comments

Dems should take a hard line: no CRs or debt ceiling increases without full reinstatement of fired federal employees with back pay and an independent special prosecutor that Trump can't fire to investigate what happened over the last week with Musk.

submitted 27 days ago • 56 comments

The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 27 days ago • 76 comments

i know a lot of gov employees are watching my feed at the moment 👇

submitted 27 days ago • 62 comments

Inspectors General, General Accounting Office and others already exist to provide legal and professional accountability. What these guys want is material for conspiracy theories and social media mob rule.

submitted 27 days ago • 23 comments

The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

submitted 27 days ago • 436 comments

The workers were emailed by a little boy with no legal authority who interns for the richest Nazi in the world. It is an absolutely insane development and the social copy doesn’t come close to conveying it.

submitted 27 days ago • 96 comments

The National Association of Home Builders explains what happens if we make inputs for home construction, such as Canadian lumber, more expensive.

submitted 29 days ago • 1465 comments

Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli

submitted 28 days ago • 2170 comments

Trump just announced that his tariffs will cause “pain” for the American middle class but it’s okay because it will be “worth the price that must be paid.”

submitted 28 days ago • 934 comments

I really don’t think it’s happenstance that pretty much every remaining institutional safeguard broke down within 15 years of Citizens United

submitted 28 days ago • 256 comments

"I want to speak directly to Americans," says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "This is a choice that will harm Canadians...but will have real consequences for you."

submitted 28 days ago • 506 comments

Can I just say… I am so glad I went through schooling in Washington State. I’m not saying that there weren’t problems (ie, the WASL) - but the education I had over others in different states is astonishing.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Damning.

submitted 32 days ago • 690 comments

Removed Google Maps from my phone… what is a good phone app for navigation? Is Waze good? Any others?

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

What a lie. Here's the Supreme Court in 2012 making clear that simply being in the country without permission is NOT a crime: "As a general rule, it is not a crime for a removable alien to remain present in the United States." It's a civil violation, not a crime.

submitted 33 days ago • 104 comments

Caroline Kennedy called her cousin RFK Jr. a "predator" ahead of his confirmation hearings and urged senators to reject his HHS secretary nomination. cnn.it/4hwuF38

submitted 33 days ago • 116 comments

The Teamsters have endorsed Democrats for president since '96. And despite the Dems saving pensions and retirement benefits for 2 million Americans, the Teamsters didn't endorse a candidate this cycle. Now, within a week of taking office, Trump gutted the NLRB. Is this what Sean O'Brien had in mind?

submitted 33 days ago • 431 comments

All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.

submitted 32 days ago • 89 comments

Odd, how living in the most ridiculous days of human history aren't even good for a laugh.

submitted 32 days ago • 1868 comments

In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.

submitted 32 days ago • 413 comments

Here is Caroline Kennedy absolutely coming for RFK Jr, a "predator" whose behavior, she says, would leave both her father and his "disgusted." www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLx...

submitted 33 days ago • 201 comments

Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”

submitted 33 days ago • 2738 comments

Americans will suffer because of Trump’s actions.

submitted 33 days ago • 77 comments

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

submitted 34 days ago • 1092 comments

Schiff: "The president also said that his top priority was bringing down the price of things. Mass deportations of farm workers in California, maybe half the workforce, is gonna drive food prices through the roof ... what is his real priority?"

submitted 35 days ago • 385 comments

Can we get a recount? Pick your battles Can we object to electors under 14.3? Pick your battles Can we vote against Rubio for SoS? Pick your battles Demand volume II of the report? Pick your battles Call for SCOTUS expansion? Pick your battles Okay but could you pick like ONE battle? ANY battle?

submitted 35 days ago • 1055 comments