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Protests are taking place all over the country tonight against cuts to vital federal services. Here in Washington, people are marching to SpaceX’s offices demanding Musk be ousted from the government.

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With such access, data brokers aim to craft customized lists of potential targets, such as people who have “careers in the armed forces” and enjoy “gambling in general,” or those who are an “active conservative voter” likely to “participate in a civil protest,” according to the ICCL-provided data.

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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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Former IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig — who ran the agency during President Donald Trump’s first term — criticized the planned layoffs. “An underfunded IRS significantly benefits unidentified, noncompliant taxpayers at the direct expense of compliant taxpayers,” he said, writing on LinkedIn.

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The top 1% evades $163 billion in taxes each year and many Fortune 500 companies pay an effective tax rate of 0%. President Musk is cutting 6000, mostly enforcement, jobs at the IRS because he feels the rich aren’t exploiting the system enough. Grift.

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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social hi I’m a constituent and I’ll be calling your office tomorrow to request this as well.

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Zelenskyy challenging a US official to join him in a visit to an active frontline is iconic. Unlike other countries whose leadership wages war from thousands of miles away, he has visited the trench line on multiple occasions. Armed himself to fight Russian special forces sent to kill him in Kyiv.

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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

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There is no legal architecture that allows Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to remake the entire federal government without running afoul of criminal conflict of interest laws. In other words, there's no way that his role is legal, constitutional, or compatible with democratic governance.

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