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First born in the first world. Political appointee under 2 US presidents. Former journo. Tech for gov. Here because my beloved Tiktokers sent me.
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INCOMPETENCE OF NUCLEAR PROPORTIONS Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile. Now, they are rushing to rescind their terminations.

submitted 9 days ago • 754 comments

🚨🚨🚨 Trump just fired USAID inspector general Paul Martin—one day after he exposed how Trump’s foreign aid freeze & mass firings have made it easier for U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund terrorist groups like Hamas & ISIS.

submitted 12 days ago • 433 comments

Sending armies into the holy land on a path of conquest is literal antichrist shit.

submitted 19 days ago • 41 comments

Decades of our lives committed to the US mission overseas - boosting trade and economic relations, averting public health threats, averting conflicts that would affect the US - tweeted to death with lies in an instant. #usaid #internarionaldevelopment

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

“Foreign aid” - more correctly known as international development - is at a complete stop. Tens of thousands of American jobs affected. This is what that means.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave. “Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”

submitted 24 days ago • 231 comments

Press freedoms and independent journalism are autocracy indicators …

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Why is no one taking about the breaking news that the sale of TikTok now involves the US GOVERNMENT OWNING HALF?

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submitted 30 days ago • 82 comments

BREAKING: NBC News reports that Mexico denied entry for a United States deportation flight. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

submitted 30 days ago • 322 comments

Gotta love the British press.

submitted 32 days ago • 1728 comments

A bombshell affidavit about Pete Hegseth, Lauren Boebert offers free guided tours to January 6th defendants, Trump called out in church, and so much more in today's evening news updates. Check it out and subscribe if you enjoy! aaronparnas.substack.com/p/evening-ne...

submitted 33 days ago • 60 comments

Found this one red note

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

For the record, as of 1/19/2025 in Northern NJ, here are 4 common store-brand grocery items and prices. See you in a week when Trump rolls all these prices back to the 1950s.

submitted 35 days ago • 83 comments

It’s happening… could this be our safe space vs the pet cemetery resurrected TikTok??

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submitted 34 days ago • 72 comments

Have you guys seen the COMMENTS on the petition demanding the resignation of that international embarrassment to the US IQ that is Sen. Tom Cotton?? This is some soulful poetry…

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

We loved TikTok bc the algorithm was egalitarian, organic and equalized. TikTok algo was like I don't care who you are, if you're getting traction we’re boosting. I rarely saw celebs, but so many were made, with new revenue generated. And it was a beautiful collective of fellow creative weirdos.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Food for thought.

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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” -Plato

submitted 94 days ago • 620 comments

Our ancestors fled the Ottomans only to be haunted by their descendants in one Dr. Mehmet Jengiz “Oz” Ozman. Their lives are endangered yet again by a Turk. Clever, clever generational plague.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments