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Elon doesn't seem to understand how the federal government works.

submitted 1 hour ago • 110 comments

Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well. His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel. Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

submitted 5 hours ago • 130 comments

Donald Trump promised to let Elon Musk self-police his conflicts of interest. The result? Those investigating his companies have been fired. Cases against his companies have been dismissed. The corrupt self-dealing is staggering.

submitted 6 hours ago • 266 comments

The Trump administration is canceling presentations including book talks on important civil rights issues at the Carter Center & possibly elsewhere. Let’s celebrate these authors by buying & reading their books. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...

submitted 6 hours ago • 101 comments

The President who was doing flyovers at Daytona and golfing through his presidency wants an accounting of every federal employee’s work week or they will be fired. This while Elon Musk won’t account for any of his time to Congress.

submitted 7 hours ago • 118 comments

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful about what we pretend to be." -Kurt Vonnegut

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

Thought your Social Security was safe?

submitted 7 hours ago • 86 comments

I wouldn’t think “moved to root out diversity initiatives” is a useful phrase for journalism at all, but using it as a euphemism for a purge of high ranking black officers is downright Orwellian.

submitted 7 hours ago • 133 comments

yeah they're all Nazis

submitted 7 hours ago • 12 comments

Victoria DeLano is one of thousands of federal probationary employees fired in recent days by the new Department of Government Efficiency team. At the time of her firing, she said she was the only Office of Civil Rights investigator based in Alabama. www.al.com/educationlab...

submitted 8 hours ago • 60 comments

The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.

submitted 9 hours ago • 373 comments

NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

submitted 1 day ago • 479 comments

AI-generated ads calling for the for the gassing of immigrants in concentration camps and the burning of synagogues, were approved by Meta and X. But the term “cisgender” will get your posts limited on X.

submitted 13 hours ago • 9 comments

On this day in 1898, a white mob attacked Frazier Baker, the first Black postmaster of Lake City, SC, and his family. Both Mr. Baker and his infant daughter were killed in the attack.

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

White unqualified DEI hire fires top Black general with 40 years of service. Anti-DEI is pro-white supremacy.

submitted 13 hours ago • 16 comments

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 471 comments

in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

submitted 22 hours ago • 233 comments

So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

submitted 1 day ago • 1843 comments

This is a shameful way to treat our fellow citizens who are public servants. This doesn’t make America great.

submitted 23 hours ago • 187 comments

Donald Trump just fired a well-respected General who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And his Administration announced they’re replacing other officers, too. The purge of people of stature and independence goes on.

submitted 1 day ago • 280 comments

When they fire the Chair of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of the Navy next week, they’ll use words like DEI. The left will chalk it up to racism and sexism. But that’s only part of it. Mostly they just want people who they believe will carry out illegal or unethical orders.

submitted 2 days ago • 93 comments

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

submitted 1 day ago • 2158 comments

Ruh roh

submitted 1 day ago • 385 comments

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

submitted 1 day ago • 2274 comments

It's no coincidence that Musk's companies are soaring in value as the regulatory agencies that were investigating or suing them are being gutted. The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.

submitted 1 day ago • 169 comments

The context makes it clear:“Fight. Fight. Fight.” Nazi salute “Amen”

submitted 1 day ago • 188 comments

Eliminating accountability for crooked and abusive cops means your priority is protecting crooked and abusive cops instead of the communities they’ve harmed. This is a fascist police state tactic.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has swelled in part from for-profit health care companies over which he’d wield significant power if confirmed. apnews.com/article/mehm...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

On this day in 1965, Malcolm X, an outspoken critic of racism and white supremacy, was assassinated in Manhattan. He was just 39 years old and left behind his wife and six young daughters.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

NEW: On Section 504. "Attacks on any one group will be used as a wedge to attack all of us. You may not personally know any trans people, and you may even be uncomfortable with the idea ... but letting this attack go forward will eventually hurt you and the things you love, too." /1

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

The Trump-Musk assault on disability rights is monstrous on its own but also the start of a wider assault on other vulnerable populations. Pay attention.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

If you defrauded a company and stole billions, you would be sent to prison. When health insurance companies defraud customers and steal billions, their executives get bonuses. If companies want the same rights as people, then they should face the same consequences them.

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

NEW: A regional FEMA chief of staff took Elon Musk's Fork in the Road offer. He has proof of receipt. But they didn't honor it. Instead, they fired him 13 days later. Now, this retired Navy captain is speaking out. www.thebulwark.com/p/musk-doge-...

submitted 1 day ago • 153 comments

Why Elon Musk Wants a Recession Musk doesn’t fear a recession—he’s creating one. When the economy crashes, billionaires like him get richer. ➡️ Lower wages, weaker unions – Desperate workers = cheap labor. ➡️ Stock buybacks – He’ll grab Tesla shares at a discount.🧵

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Musk is a real liability for congressional GOP. Make them squirm.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

There’s not a word in this story about the corrupt nature of this dismissal. Not a concern voiced, not a question raised, not even an acknowledgment that he’s the president’s biggest donor and he’s acting as an unelected, unconfirmed tyro wielding unchecked power over spending and the civil service.

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

After going after OMB last week, Trump has set his sights on annihilating a critical arm of HUD that is responsible for handling all of the long-term local disaster recovery that FEMA doesn't. Add that to the housing crisis and we have a real problem. shero.substack.com/p/trump-hits...

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments