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A Meals on Wheels program in Massachusetts is losing a $66,000 AmeriCorps grant because they refused to give into a demand not to promote "DEI activities." They're currently looking for new funding sources to fill the gap.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I’m calling for a complete ban on South African billionaires just until we can figure out what the hell is going on.

submitted 3 days ago • 205 comments

Today is a sad day in history. We have not just abandoned Ukraine. We have become an aggressor toward Ukraine.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.

submitted 5 days ago • 464 comments

Again, folks seem not to grasp how much this is a total collapse of the Constitutional order. A random private citizen is running the "Cabinet" meeting of POTUS & the Principal Officers of the Executive Departments, & going around unplugging large portions of the government. And we're all just 🤷‍♂️

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What’s IN vs. OUT of the House GOP Budget Res. 🧵(1/3) IN ✅ tax cuts for the 1% ✅ $880B in cuts to Medicaid ✅ $230B in cuts to SNAP ✅ Drastic cuts to student loan forgiveness & repayment programs a W for the super wealthy and a huge blow to millions of working Americans

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

I don’t ask for favors too often but I have one today. Harry Dunn and I have a podcast and it’s free to subscribe. Please take a moment: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

submitted 10 days ago • 130 comments

This.

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

According to Trump’s longest serving COS, retired Marine General John Kelly, Trump said Hitler ‘did some good things’ and wanted generals like the Nazis. 🚨 🚨 Trump now has his wish and can instruct his loyal military to violence against anyone who is not loyal, no questions asked 🚨 🚨

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

They hate non-Tesla EVs. This will give Musk a monopoly on both charging stations & EVs

submitted 11 days ago • 18 comments

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

submitted 13 days ago • 2006 comments

Kash Patel can't do the job of FBI Director. He's patently unqualified. Those who vote for his confirmation will be accountable for the destruction he does to the nation's top law enforcement agency and to the rule of law.

submitted 13 days ago • 213 comments

This is the most cowardly administration in history.

submitted 13 days ago • 1150 comments

* IRS EXECUTIVE TELLS STAFF ON CALL THAT ABOUT 6,000 WORKERS TO BE FIRED ON THURSDAY, SOURCE SAYS @reuters.com

submitted 13 days ago • 44 comments

You aren’t seeing Black folks at protests because we know Trump will use us as an excuse to start violence—to justify martial law. Black folks, stay home. Be in peace. Our time will come. Everyone else, peacefully protest, but understand we won’t be human shields or targets! Don’t ask that of us.

submitted 14 days ago • 807 comments

A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

submitted 15 days ago • 1226 comments

A few further thoughts on DOGE accessing the IDRS database at the IRS: I led the Treasury Office of Tax Policy and have spoken to a number of former career and political appointees at Treasury and IRS. None can recall a political appointee ever having access to this database. 1/5

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

This is what democracy looks like in Springfield MA!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

People are showing up in Springfield, MA to protest pResident mUsk!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information. The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"

submitted 16 days ago • 482 comments

FUCK YOU, pResident mUsk!

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

“Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”

submitted 19 days ago • 276 comments

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

submitted 19 days ago • 232 comments

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

submitted 20 days ago • 605 comments

Wait, I thought that President Musk wanted to protect veterans!

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Whoa!

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Trump is reportedly looking to shrink the FDIC and consolidate it into other govt agencies. The FDIC was created during the Depression to protect bank deposits. This would come after Trump and DOGE shuttered the CFPB, which protects us from financial fraud. See the pattern?

submitted 20 days ago • 243 comments

The Chiefs can still be named Super Bowl champions if Mike Pence has the courage.

submitted 24 days ago • 451 comments

"This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

submitted 26 days ago • 59 comments

From Kate Conger’s book “Character Limit” on how Musk ruined Twitter.

submitted 25 days ago • 483 comments

What could possibly go wrong?

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Why isn't Elon being indicted by some states? He is operating with impunity because Trump will protect him from being held accountable for federal crimes, so we need some state AGs to step up and start filing lawsuits. If he's committing crimes, he should face trial.

submitted 28 days ago • 69 comments

The Senate has confirmed Trump's HUD nominee Scott Turner, who has advocated for increasing the private equity industry's role in the housing market. These corporate landlords are one of the biggest reasons why you can't afford a home.

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Has anyone reported the Musk DOGE Tech-Bros cyber incidents to CISA? myservices.cisa.gov/irf?id=irf_r...

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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

submitted 29 days ago • 211 comments

A Nazi billionaire is drilling directly into Fort Knox in broad daylight and we’re just watching it happen.

submitted 29 days ago • 80 comments

As digital privacy advocates have explained for years, every back door you create for yourself is a front door for an attacker. There's no chance code cooked up in a week by Musk acolytes is secure. The question is when, not if, the Treasury will be compromised by hostiles beyond Musk himself.

submitted 29 days ago • 41 comments

HELLOOOO ! Trump can’t pardon state charges and you need to file / enforce criminal penalties against Elon and get him out of the treasury department— it’s illegal ! And NO TO KASH PATEL — he is Q!

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

submitted 31 days ago • 1035 comments

I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.

submitted 30 days ago • 523 comments

To any admin law peeps out there: Is there a possibility of filing a qui tam lawsuit to enforce laws being broken that DOJ isn’t going to do?

submitted 30 days ago • 115 comments

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

submitted 31 days ago • 342 comments

Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they done yet but the level of …

submitted 32 days ago • 591 comments