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Meanwhile, when it comes to the biggest actual security threat we're aware of at Housing & Urban Development, I would direct you to my colleagues @telliotter.bsky.social & @davidgilbert.bsky.social. They reported this story last week: www.wired.com/story/doge-h...

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🚨SOS!!🚨 a whistleblower who works in the federal govt just got this info to me. You guys they are dismantling Social Security. It’s happening right now. Like, NOW. With an interruption in services in 2-3 months. I can’t say who this person is but they’re in a position to know. SPREAD THE WORD! 🧵

submitted 16 hours ago • 148 comments

The US just potentially lost trillions of dollars, Europe has revived its arms industry and giving European manufacturers priority. US contracts are being pushed aside and European companies are now receiving record breaking orders. These are the top companies surging right now.

submitted 14 hours ago • 286 comments

The headlines SHOULD say something along the lines of: For second time, Trump violates the law to help Putin, this time in bid to end democracy.

submitted 5 hours ago • 29 comments

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

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Freeland: As prime minister, I will fight back with retaliatory tariffs and our retaliation is going to be surgically targeted to create the maximum pressure on The White House.. An example of a measure that I will put in place as prime minister is 100% tariffs on Teslas.

submitted 5 hours ago • 122 comments

Two market meltdowns. One common denominator.

submitted 4 hours ago • 480 comments

DOGE has seized access to huge troves of sensitive personal and national security information – and can’t even set up its own website securely. When DOGE fails to protect that data, it puts us all in danger. @repstansbury.bsky.social, @connolly.house.gov and I are pushing back.

submitted 11 hours ago • 796 comments

The Social Security Administration, tasked with running the program relied on by more than 73 million Americans, has begun to reorganize and slash staff, leading to major concerns among Democrats in Congress. ncnewsline.com/2025/03/03/r... Report by @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ncpol #NC

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It's like every DOGE story requires a sarcastic, "What could go wrong?"

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The Trump administration is failing miserably in myriad ways, including its weak, irresponsible response to the measles emergency that originated in Texas. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to truly promote one of the government’s most important…

submitted 17 hours ago • 34 comments

They're staging a power grab. The chaos. The mass chaotic firings & funding pauses (The Park Service! The weather service! Research on Alzheimers & cancer) The firehose of lies. Attacking Medicaid & Social Security. They want 2 things. To funnel $ to the ultra-wealthy. Chaos to mask the funneling

submitted 8 hours ago • 38 comments

NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

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"The White House can lie all they want about how they're not stopping cancer research," the NIH source said, "but they're stopping cancer research on [NIH's] Bethesda campus." Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.

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New pro-Trump group, the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), is “writing the blueprint for dismantling bureaucracy in every red state.” Nate Fischer—a founder of New Founding, which is backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen—is an SLI co-founder. The board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/

submitted 7 hours ago • 59 comments

1/ There's a bill in the #NCGA that would invest state funds in crypto if passed. Link below. #ncpol

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

'Not in my neighborhood' Part of the problem. Raleigh country club sues to block a middle-income housing project #housing #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/busines...

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Berger King says not to worry about "a projected $823 million drop in state revenue." #ncpol www.wunc.org/politics/202...

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

So sick of people telling women that they are too dumb to make their own medical decisions! #ncpol #RFKjr #bansoffourbodies

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump, Greg Murphy, and Elon Musk have us heading toward a dangerous economic cliff—because they don't care how much their policies hurt working families as long as they can keep delivering for themselves and their rich friends. #ncpol

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Fox and Newsmax are destroying this country! Folks need to start suing those fake news networks on behalf of their families. This is so sad. This dude talking to his dad who drank the Kool-Aid about Zelensky and the war. Whew!

submitted 8 hours ago • 625 comments

After years of falsely claiming that MMR vaccines cause autism, RFK Jr. has published a new op-ed on Fox’s website encouraging people to get the vaccine amid a measles outbreak that has already resulted in the death of a school-aged child.

submitted 1 day ago • 1056 comments

#History #War #Politics #Spain #Europe #Democracy #Fascism Lessons from history With the help from Hitler & Mussolini, fascist dictator Francisco Franco was able to overthrow the democratically elected government and seize control of Spain.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

submitted 1 day ago • 596 comments

Wyden on why he's not attending Trump's speech tomorrow and instead is hosting a town hall: "We're not interested in hearing about the Donald Trump alternate reality."

submitted 12 hours ago • 358 comments

Chris Murphy: "Everyone who signs up to work for Donald Trump is signing up for one single project, and that is the transition of American democracy to a kind of kleptocratic oligarchy in which the billionaires rule and get to steal from regular Americans."

submitted 13 hours ago • 412 comments

For once i agree with Christie. Why shoukd these charges been dropped? Chris Christie calls for investigation into Attorney General Pam Bondi over dismissal of Eric Adams charges Source: Shore News Network share.newsbreak.com/bu0qdwg8

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BREAKING: Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, sues HHS, alleging that HHS's refusal to pay $36 million in open grant agreements has resulted in "over 100,000 eligible individuals and families losing access to critical services" and layoffs and furloughs across partner agencies.

submitted 12 hours ago • 81 comments

American farm exports were worth $179 billion in 2022

submitted 12 hours ago • 1666 comments

Every year, the IRS loses over a 100 billion dollars because it doesn't tax businesses called "churches." Look into that waste, Elon! youtu.be/37cZqx349xU

submitted 13 hours ago • 134 comments

Hundreds gather near Boulder NOAA campus in protest of cuts to the agency www.denver7.com/news/local-n...

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Public schools are in trouble, y’all. The Trump regime is working quickly to dismantle the Department of Education. Tuesday is a call to action against these dangerous efforts. Please help fortify our democracy and support education.

submitted 18 hours ago • 10 comments

DOGE: Fake Savings Elon’s DOGE keeps claiming savings and taking credit for canceling contracts that ended years ago. 🔘 Canceled a 2005 Coast Guard contract—but it ended two decades ago. Claimed $53.7M in “savings.” 🔘 Canceled a $14M contract that ended in 2021. This isn’t savings—it’s fraud.

submitted 16 hours ago • 150 comments

This week we celebrate Women in Construction!! wicweek.org

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This week we celebrate Women in Construction!! wicweek.org

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March is Women's History Month, celebrating everyday heroes like the women of the Purple Line Project. Their dedication is breaking barriers in transit and construction, shaping the future and transforming communities. #MDOTCares #WomensHistoryMonth

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submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

Since they are definitely going to try to kill Social Security, it is worth mentioning that it is one of the most successful poverty reduction programs of all time.

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

Let's not forget a Russian state TV journalist was allowed in the oval office while AP and Reuters were not

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Security flaws in a Subaru web portal let hackers unlock, start ignition or access a year of detailed location history for millions of cars. The flaws are now patched. But they revealed powerful tracking abilities that Subaru employees can still access. www.wired.com/story/subaru...

submitted 39 days ago • 11 comments