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Jeffries: hey the GOP controls the government, absolutely nothing i can do, gonna work on my personal book tour Sanders: brb i am going to personally barnstorm strategic GOP house districts and try to peel off 2 votes so we can block Trump's cuts to Medicaid www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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I’ve long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the return and actions of wanna-be dictator Donald Trump and the coup by Musk if it was happening overseas in a foreign country. Here's the story the US should be writing this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/king-donal...

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"tread lightly" lmao go fuck yourself.

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I told OPM what I did last week

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The Gilded Age is Trump's ideal--let's check the stats, shall we? --most Americans disenfranchised --most Americans in extreme poverty --most Americans worked 12 hour workdays, 6-7 days a week --most Americans consumed unsafe food, water, medicine The Gilded Age was great only for the rich folks

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FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 1965: After five years and seventy million dollars we have invented a new type of plastic that prevents communists from being able to climb ladders too fast FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 2025: My cure for cancer was shelved because it might benefit Hispanics

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The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

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On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details. I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:

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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

submitted 2 hours ago • 354 comments

The technical geniuses at DOGE strike again

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Yes, I think this is also the logic of tariffs. We are not going to have across the board 25% tariffs or whatever. We may get a situation where generally low tariffs are maintained only through case by case concessions and quid pro quos.

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It’s getting insulting how much they’re talking about this. Everyone can read the budgets they’re proposing, they increase deficits

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Reiterating that this would be one of the largest tariff hikes in modern US history—could affect >$300B in US imports, mostly from close allies like 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇯🇵🇰🇷, & if targeting vehicle parts would drive up prices for US carmakers in conjunction with existing steel/aluminum tariffs

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If you are someone who has written critically about "the professional managerial class" in the past, I think you owe it to yourself and your readers to think about whether this is an outcome you are pleased about.

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The GOP is signaling major cuts to Medicaid are coming. Recent studies have shown cuts to Medicaid have a big consequence that gets typically ignored: crime increases. boltsmag.org/medicaid-cov...

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NEW — The National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 282 just emailed its ~8,000 employee members strongly advising them NOT to reply to the “What did you do last week?” email from OPM/Musk.

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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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“Unlike the Tea Party of 2010, this is not an issue that breaks down cleanly along ideological lines. An insurgency isn’t necessarily going to pull Dems to the left, especially because Dem voters can’t really agree on which ideological direction to take their party.” split-ticket.org/2025/02/21/t...

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It’s a death cult. They worship the loss of life, and take joy in forcing more death on anyone they can.

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The Republican Party has been the motivating force behind most visceral patriotism in my life, because their efforts to destroy the cosmopolitan liberal democracy in which I was born have made me realize that I am in fact quite attached to it, and willing to countenance a lot in it’s defense.

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I'm really nervous about this. A lot of cities never dug themselves out of the COVID-19 housing shortage, and now tariffs and labor shortages are about to make it a lot harder to build. We need massive zoning/fee relief and streamlining, yesterday.

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PORTLAND: Tesla will be exhibiting vehicles at the Oregon International Auto Show, starting today and running through the end of the weekend. People use this event to survey the market for new vehicles ahead of purchasing, so it's an ideal place to interrupt potential new Tesla sales. #TeslaTakedown

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“.. wiping out almost all of its gains since President Trump took office last month ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...

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The most notable thing about this clip from the president's address to the governors is the way Maine Gov. Janet Mills stood up to Trump. And the second most notable thing is the absolute stone-faced silence from the other governors in the room. www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

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Future reform: Ban all judges, fed employees, and other officials from owning shares of individual public companies. Ban lawmakers, WH and cabinet officials or their spouses from owning stakes in private companies. Enforce via both criminal and civil penalties so pardons can’t short-circuit.

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Will be curious to see what happens to US auto prices this year, considering: 25% tariffs on Canada/Mexico ("paused" until March 4); 25% tariffs on global steel/aluminum (effective March 12); *25% tariffs on all foreign cars (maybe effective April 2)

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That would be, of course, illegal.

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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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This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

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We just won a court order stopping DOGE and unauthorized, unelected, and unvetted individuals like Elon Musk from accessing people's private data and blocking federal funds. We will keep fighting to protect all Americans from this administration’s destruction.

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This is how it’s done.

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Republicans are holding back our own tax money from us to extort policy changes that Californians voted against. Treating us like conquered territory to be looted www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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saying it again: if there are "conditions" on aid to california, no democrat should vote for any disaster aid of any kind to any state. all states get aid or no states get aid. that's it

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So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

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Three things that make the U.S. the envy of the world: 1) Professionalized military with strong norm of civilian control 2) Higher education and cutting-edge scientific research 3) Ability to welcome immigrants and attract the “best and the brightest” All three are under threat.

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BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

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People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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To update people on the NSF PRFB situation: despite the court challenge and rescinding the original memo, the NSF has continued to comply with the executive order. They have not communicated with us at all and our paychecks are still canceled indefinitely. I know people who cannot pay their rent.

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(We wanted to get this published ASAP because this administration loves its Friday firings, so there's a nonzero chance Hegseth might fire generals tonight.)

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so many young lawyers I know who have been fired from the government by DOGE. what are law schools, profs, and employers doing/going to do to support them

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File under: Tesla is still a car company. The Elon Musk-led automaker initiated a voluntary recall of 376,241 vehicles in the U.S. due to power steering failures. The co. issued a software update as a remedy... via @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/02/21/t...

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