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There is no reason that Musk and his DOGE shits should have access to everyone's IRS data. It has nothing to do with rooting out "fraud" or "abuse" at the agency. And if they're looking for individuals evading taxes, well, that's what the fucking IRS is for if you don't fire everyone.

submitted 6 days ago • 29 comments

Doing great 👍

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Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

submitted 8 days ago • 1089 comments

Trump on Gaza: "There's practically no building that's livable in the whole thing, in the whole Gaza strip. I say we go in, we knock 'em all down ... in the meantime, I would own this."

submitted 12 days ago • 251 comments

Just gonna leave this here.

submitted 12 days ago • 3319 comments

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 13 days ago • 1165 comments

Hey NYTimes — now you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

submitted 13 days ago • 3219 comments

Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

submitted 13 days ago • 934 comments

⚠️ BREAKING: U.S. 🇺🇸 reports 5.012 million new COVID-19 cases in a single week, with 716,000 daily infections. Currently, 1 in every 67 Americans is infected with COVID-19. Transmission rates are now higher than at any point during 61.0% of the pandemic.

submitted 13 days ago • 48 comments

Actually, that is precisely what the legislative branch is supposed to do.

submitted 13 days ago • 1319 comments

I believe!

submitted 14 days ago • 348 comments

Nearly one-third of counties in Michigan have had confirmed cases of bird flu since 2022. michiganadvance.com/briefs/bird-...

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Finally! We now know the backstory to this classic "Planet of the Apes" ending.

submitted 33 days ago • 600 comments

⚠️ BREAKING: Study Finds COVID-19 Linked to 50% Increase in Car Crashes Due to Neurological Changes.

submitted 35 days ago • 9 comments

Never forget.

submitted 34 days ago • 15 comments

Turner is one of the most pro-Ukraine, anti-Putin Republicans and as intelligence chair has access to the gritty details of what our adversaries are up to. This is an intra-party purge in the service of opponents of our democracy — and a preview of what’s coming when Trump takes power in five days.

submitted 38 days ago • 112 comments

Without fact checking, there’s really no way to know.

submitted 38 days ago • 31 comments

Look, I have no skin in the TikTok thing, but to frame every decision as whether or not it benefits Donald Trump seems like a really shitty way to run a country.

submitted 38 days ago • 5 comments

1. A good exercise today is to read what the New York Times focus group of the 12 Trump-voting dude-bros said about where they get their "news" and information to understand how misguided, or naive, or just plain dumb that Jeff Bezos is being here

submitted 37 days ago • 10 comments

I guess democracy died in the light of day.

submitted 38 days ago • 15 comments

"That's the magic of America." "Only in America do we believe anything is possible. Like a kid with a stutter from modest beginnings ... sitting behind this desk in the Oval Office as president of the United States."

submitted 38 days ago • 380 comments

Next time republicans try to put conditions on disaster relief to the fifth largest economy in the world rockinst.org/issue-areas/...

submitted 40 days ago • 129 comments

Immigrants are saving the dogs! They're saving the cats! They're saving the homes of the people who live here!

submitted 40 days ago • 282 comments

“We’re going to be the social network that lets you - encourages you - to say slurs”

submitted 43 days ago • 275 comments

The president elect is currently out on bail. Sentencing is tomorrow morning at 9:30 am.

submitted 44 days ago • 60 comments

NEW: Danish news outlet DR reports that sources tell them "Trump's people 'bribed' homeless and socially disadvantaged people with hotel dinners to play Trump supporters" during Don Jr's visit to Greenland.

submitted 44 days ago • 526 comments

At least for the moment national publications are radically understating the contents of Matthew Livelsberger's political minifestos which call for a violent, militia-backed "culling" of Dems from and national rebirth of masculinity under the rule of Trump ... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...

submitted 49 days ago • 345 comments

"When America sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. And some, I assume, are good people." --Greenland

submitted 46 days ago • 2245 comments

President-Elect Trump has asked #SCOTUS for emergency relief to delay his sentencing in the New York hush money case, currently set for Friday. The filing isn't on the website yet, but is here: utexas.box.com/s/3ijauz8u3z... A response was requested, and is due by 10:00 ET tomorrow (January 9).

submitted 46 days ago • 41 comments