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CDC workers are out there, doing their jobs, even though doing their jobs means placing their jobs in jeopardy. "U.S. CDC reports five-fold increase in measles cases from last week"

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submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Be ungovernable.

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In 2014, a Google engineer launched a petition proposing a national referendum. The first two points? 1. Retire all government employees with full pensions. 2. Transfer administrative authority to the tech industry. What a difference a decade can make!

submitted 5 hours ago • 5 comments

Most of you have seen this but it bears repeating. There are now a few too many Nazis in the bar.

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

These should be everywhere.

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100%

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Nothing says efficiency like 2 million weekly progress reports.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

More bad math from the administration. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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😳😳😳

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Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Parks Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has blinked. via @jackdolan.bsky.social

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“Over the past decade, U.S. institutions worked to form a comprehensive shield against foreign interference in American politics. Over the past few weeks, the second Trump administration has turned itself to the task of undoing this project.” New from me&Quinta www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

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Elon Musk’s DOGE operation has gained unprecedented access to Americans’ financial data—but what happens when that data is weaponized? History offers a chilling lesson. @j_vittori explores the risks in a guest essay on my Substack. Read here: www.avindman.com/p/how-is-dog...

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

submitted 2 days ago • 53 comments

Follow the money.

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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

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Remember when the Republican Party sold out the people and Constitution of the United States to a Nazi and a felon? Yeah real patriots that bunch.

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The unelected nazi in chief designates his SS protection squad goons.

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Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has published a letter sent to him by Trump’s Department of Justice threatening to potentially prosecute him for criticizing Elon Musk.

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Quick story on this and some other things I've heard from inside NIH:

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Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

submitted 2 days ago • 1131 comments

@propublica.org has been doing phenomenal reporting on..../gestures at myriad dumpster fires/.

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This is an absolute fucking disaster. Teenaged cybercriminals with physical access to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

People lost jobs tracking infectious diseases and keeping parks and drinking water clean so Grandpa Grab Ass could play golf.

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Resisting comes in all forms. Here is a very creative one starting to pop up.

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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

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