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A federal judge paused Thursday’s deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration’s offer of buyouts. The judge said he would hear arguments at a court hearing on Monday on the merits of a lawsuit challenging the legality of the buyout.

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Bears matriarch Virginia McCaskey died today at the age of 102. From the family: “While we are sad, we are comforted knowing Virginia Halas McCaskey lived a long, full, faith-filled life and is now with the love of her life on earth."

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

I wrote about Musk and this bureaucratic coup as plainly as I could. There's reporting in here & the particulars are overwhelming but what's happening is so clear: He's not trying to run the federal govt like a software company He's trying to turn it into a political weapon. (gift link)

submitted 19 days ago • 93 comments

Musk’s allies were granted access to the U.S. Treasury payment system. Treasury stays silent. White House stays silent. Why the secrecy? Time for an explanation and full transparency.

submitted 20 days ago • 1269 comments

Checks out. Widespread tariffs for developed countries are idiotic.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …

submitted 21 days ago • 593 comments

What could potentially be a massive, massive issue

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

This outrageous action is retaliation, pure and simple. These prosecutors and FBI Agents worked to uphold the rule of law and hold accountable people who broke it by interfering with the peaceful transfer of power.

submitted 22 days ago • 499 comments

This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.

submitted 24 days ago • 608 comments