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“…federal employment has declined in the past several decades. Civilian employees represent about 1.5% of the population and account for less than 7% of total government spending. 7 out of 10 civilian employees work in organizations that deal with national security.”

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DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.

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President Trump’s purge at the Pentagon is a major step toward creating an officer corps personally and absolutely loyal to him, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/3oq1fmSh

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People will die. Blood on Republican hands. RFK Jr. Makes His First Anti-Vaccine Move www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-... via @WSJopinion

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Jim Stewartson is not a hero he he is a conspiracy theorist with a track record of working with literal Nazis to target actual experts and academics in the counter far right and counter miss information world. Jim is a dangerous person who will not be leaving my list

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The press is afraid of Andrew Cuomo. I’ve seen it directly with my own eyes for years.

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👀 🔥

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A full-on purge of the military leadership, targeting women and people of color. This perfectly captures where we are: An escalating authoritarian takeover of the state, combined with an aggressive program to re-segregate the spheres of influence and power and restore complete white male dominance.

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RFK Jr. cannot be trusted to oversee or interpret legit scientific research.

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So much corruption. So much danger on our roads heading our way.

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No matter how preposterous, the Times headlines nearly every Trump story as if it were written by the White House comms team.

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Since 2022, COVID is here 24/7. Sometimes higher, sometimes lower, but ever present. That's what zombies wanted. Let it rip. You got it. "Live" with it. Enjoy!!

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Sure would be nice if the U.S. continued funding stuff like “vaccines for pancreatic cancer.”

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“A desire to force U.S. military leaders to be obedient to him and not the Constitution is one of the constant themes of Trump’s military-related discourse.”

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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I talked to the only Department of Education Office for Civil Rights investigator in Alabama, who was terminated in DOGE cuts, for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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It is advisable that Apartheid Clyde have a look at what happened to Mussolini and his gang.

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This is so many words to say Trump fired the chairman of the joint chiefs because he’s black www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Virginia legislature advances constitutional amendment to end lifetime felon disfranchisement, the first step in a three-step process to remove the provision from the state constitution and restore people’s voting rights once people are released from prison. boltsmag.org/virginia-adv...

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Democrats are fundamentally misunderstanding the moment: We're not asking them to be legislators right now. We need them to be politicians. There's nothing to be done about the legislative situation. They're right about that. But there's PLENTY to be done as politicians.

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A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain tells @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social: nbcnews.to/3D0rulI

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Historians will have the simple clarity of referring to Trump's second term as "the Resegregation," since that's the single through-line of it all.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of Chief of Naval Operations, and would be looking for her replacement.

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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I am also feeling this.

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Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

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Feels like March is around the corner. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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Just saw this comment on TikTok: “Elon gets a lot of hate, but it’s not enough. We can do better”

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Apartheid Clyde and his band of incels have no fucking idea what they’re doing www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YsQTbY/

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💙😷

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