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So this will probably get lost in the weeds because it's pretty meaningless to someone not in-the-know, but it's huge. Congress creates these agencies and gives them some ability to create laws. It's Congress saying "this is complex, we're not experts, so we're using a group of experts to do it."

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

submitted 10 days ago • 212 comments

In his first full month, Trump is on track to arrest/deport roughly 25,000 illegal migrants. With largely the same laws, resources, and way less emphasis, in Nov 2024 the Biden Administration did almost double that - just a bit shy of 50,000. Now trump wants $175B from Congress to catch up.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Under DOGE, NIH is going to cap "indirect costs" paid by research grants to 15%. The norm was 30%. "Indirect costs" are vital keep a sophisticated lab running. The Administration will pretend it's a scam, but funding those costs is what keeps us a world leader.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Probably just a big misunderstanding that Trump/Musk are almost exclusively spreading misinformation and not mentioning USAID's actual work while they celebrate (probably unconstitutionally) dismantling it.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

submitted 22 days ago • 6202 comments

Breaking News: A New York doctor was indicted in Louisiana for sending abortion pills to a resident there, in a major test of abortion “shield laws.”

submitted 22 days ago • 53 comments

For Feds considering the "buyout," know that ex-Twitter employees sued Musk for not paying them what they were promised to quit. The whole government is on a CR through March. There's no budget for this at all. You probably shouldn't expect to fare much better.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

A whole bunch of people right now are shocked that they're getting exactly what they voted for. But surely crippling healthcare, science, the military, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and the federal civil workforce will make eggs cheaper at some point, right?

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment