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US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine doesn’t sign minerals deal. Starlink is essential for Ukraine’s battlefield comms. This is the equivalent of FDR threatening to arm the Nazis if Europe didn’t sign over half its resources. Extortion. And utterly unforgivable. Hell awaits.

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www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/s...

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apnews.com/article/trum... Our National Parks are under attack 😢. One of our greatest treasures.

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www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/p...

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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“Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to two people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.”

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“Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.” 🫣 www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

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Trump is now considering paving over Jackie Kennedy’s White House Rose Garden with cement to make it look more like Mar-a-Lago. A White House official said it is “necessary” because it will “restore” the “glory” of the White House.

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Hundreds of thousands of workers…

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The author of this piece was an associate WH counsel under Reagan. He has a very polite way of explaining that what Trump is doing with DOGE is a coup. wapo.st/4hSE7Ox

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This new EO signed today appears to create DOGE as a shadow government across the entire federal government. Each agency/dept will be assigned a DOGE minder who will work with the Secry or Director and essentially be in charge of all new hiring and/or firing. People have been saying the Elon is ...

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Another five-byline siren: 🚨 (Bloomberg) - Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk’s squad that’s criss-crossing US government agencies, was fired from an internship after he was accused of sharing information with a competitor. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately." | www.wired.com/story/treasu...

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WATCH: “You’re walking right into the trap.” @karaswisher.bsky.social admonishes the media for continuing to say Elon/DOGE ‘may have a point’ that cuts should be made — as though any of this is being done in good faith, when it obviously isn’t 🎯

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What is this about?

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Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.

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#CouplonMusk paid about $250m to help Trump win the White House. He is getting access to the personal information of 334.9m Americans. And allegedly storing it on private servers. That is less than $1 per person. To sell America out. nymag.com/intelligence...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u... a “private individual” is laying waste to our federal govt

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Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.

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These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.

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look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls

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Hostile Takeover: “Department of Government Efficiency” Hijacks The Federal Government www.avindman.com/p/hostile-ta...

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NEW: WIRED has identified six young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24, according to public databases, their online presences, and other records—who have little to no government experience and are now playing critical roles in Musk’s DOGE project. By @telliotter.bsky.social

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NEW reporting from @yamiche.bsky.social: At the Dept. of Education, dozens of employees who attended a diversity training course encouraged by former Education Sec. Betsy DeVos during President Trump’s first administration have been placed on paid leave as part of Trump’s targeting of DEI programs.

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