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Elon Musk’s cuts fail to stop US federal spending hitting new record https://www.ft.com/content/6d938875-d9c8-47b1-9116-eef577d2cb98

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A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.

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BREAKING | Trump freezes $1 billion in food aid given to local schools and food banks to help low-income families

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"Mr. Modore is one of thousands of Kenyans, and hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, with TB who have lost access to treatments and testing in the weeks since the Trump administration slashed foreign aid and withdrew funding for health programs" -- www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...

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Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants." In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.

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Republicans snuck a provision into the rule for the CR that would preemptively surrender congressional authority to block tariffs. When House Republicans vote for this rule today, they will also be voting to support Trump's tariffs and all the resulting damage to the US economy

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The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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In a world of Matts, be a Derek.

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1/ This is wildly illegal. That is not a question on which reasonable legally informed folks can disagree. It doesn't fucking matter that he ran on doing illegal things. They are still illegal. And striking at Congress's power of the purse is worse than illegal. It's anti-constitutional.

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The “golden age” of economic prosperity Trump promised during his 2024 campaign doesn’t seem to be coming anytime soon, and just weeks into his term he is scrambling to make excuses for an increasingly grim economic forecast.

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This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!

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beginning to think maybe welfare isn't the way to reach these guys since their revealed preference is apparently poverty

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“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.” By @andykroll.bsky.social

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This CNN piece today is really good clear succinct. In plain language with examples of impacts. Musk and his DOGE team at Social Security are driving the agency to total system collapse. www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/p...

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Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times. tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j

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Walt Nauta, the guy who faced felony charges for helping Trump hide classified documents until Trump’s DOJ made it go away…

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NEW — Trump is back at his golf course adjacent to the county jail in West Palm Beach. Of the seven weekends since returning to office, he has played golf at his Florida courses on six of them. The cost to you: $18.2 million. And counting. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

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DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America. Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.

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Federal workers’ salaries represent less than 5% of federal spending and 1% of GDP www.marketplace.org/2025/03/06/f...

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“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡

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This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...

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Trump: “I think Russia has been acting very well.” Russia:

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I’m gonna go walk in to the sea and never come out real quick anyone need anything?

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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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What a front cover...

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So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

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NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass www.propublica.org/article/legi...

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So, if I’m reading this correctly, Congress appropriated a bunch of funds for specific purposes. Musk will be throwing that out the window and disregarding the law they enacted. But individual legislators can call a hotline and beg for their pet projects to be spared. That’s how we’re doing it now.

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One thing that's cool about Reagan is how every chart by which you'd measure societal welfare turns to shit after 1980.

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It was for transgenic mice, used for research because you can get a certain human gene in them. There are no transgender mice.

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As another Trump-induced market crisis unfolds from tariffs, it's time we ask "What's the Matter with Billionaires?" I've run the numbers. Billionaires do better under Dems. So why do billionaires keep supporting GOP policies against their economic interests? See my latest piece on why. (TLDR 🧵⬇️)

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Full page ad in today’s New York Times:

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Matthew Greene, member of the Proud Boys who was pardoned by Donald Trump, "pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon... sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge." Greene is the 8th pardoned Capitol Rioter to be arrested or face additional charges since Trump's pardons. ⬇️

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Trudeau: "Now I want to speak directly to one specific American. Donald...it's not in my habit to agree with the WSJ, but Donald, they point out that even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do. We friends fighting is exactly what our opponents around the world want to see."

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Trudeau: "What Trump said yesterday that there is nothing Canada or Mexico can do to avoid these tariffs underlines very clearly what I think a lot of us have suspected for a long time: that these tariffs are not specifically about fentanyl even though that's the legal justification he must use"

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Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."

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Trudeau: "Every country is very aware that if the American government is willing to do this to their own closest ally, neighbor, and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war."

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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

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Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."

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‘Trump pledged that he would lower food costs on Day 1. Instead, egg prices shot up 15%.When will Trump make good on his promise? “It’s very hard,” T admitted. Another case of bird flu hit a Buena Vista County turkey barn last week. You might have to take out a second mortgage for a club sandwich.’

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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh. This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

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Wow. Insanity. This was a state court prosecution.

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Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.

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“Clearcutting these beautiful places will increase fire risk, drive species to extinction, pollute our rivers and streams, and destroy world-class recreation sites.” Trump’s timber order is based on nothing but lies, greed, hatred, and monumental ignorance. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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