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If you want to be efficient at reducing taxes for the most wealthy, this is what you do. If you want to make *government* more efficient, it sure isn't.

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What's strategic about crypto? Oh, right, the First Felon's memecoin. So important. Making America Great Again. (Gah, it's setting off my strategic sarcasm reserve!)

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

This is how you fulfill your promise to serve America when the fascists have come for you.

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And while we were distracted watching them disrespect Zelenskyy, they also dropped the charges against big companies ripping us off.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Zelenskyy doesn't deserve this, but I'm sure he was expecting it. I've never been so embarrassed for my country. Is this what real leaders do?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

If you spend, spend locally and use cash.

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Predicting the path of tornados, the landfall of hurricanes, or whether it's going to rain next Monday might seem like magic. But it's not. It's the hard work of the people at NOAA who make the impossible possible through science. This is dangerous.

submitted 4 days ago • 61 comments

#EconomicBlackout TODAY!!

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

It’s no secret that Chair Powell and I disagree on a lot, but today we agreed: without the CFPB, there is no federal regulator making sure giants banks don't cheat you.

submitted 20 days ago • 425 comments

Elon wants the CFPB gone so tech billionaires can profit from apps, like X, that offer bank-like services but don’t follow financial laws that keep people’s money safe. Musk wants to use the government to put more in his pockets. This is a blatant conflict of interest. www.npr.org/2025/02/07/g...

submitted 23 days ago • 46 comments

Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents thousands of former Twitter employees suing the company, sees many similarities in the predicament of federal workers today. Here's her advice.

submitted 26 days ago • 25 comments