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Is Donald Trump going to respond to Musk’s email and report on what he did last week? To help, I’ve gone ahead and done it for him. A thread:

submitted 3 hours ago • 153 comments

The debate over whether Elon Musk is smart is a distraction. All that’s pertinent is that he’s a criminal and should be prosecuted.

submitted 6 hours ago • 5 comments

“The thing Trump and Musk value most of all is money. Their entire regime is best understood as a criminal junta whose end goal is to redirect the wealth of the nation into their own pockets. They are running a kleptocracy, and they’ve figured out that facism is actually the quickest path to riches”

submitted 16 hours ago • 61 comments

The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 9 hours ago • 215 comments

35 years ago today, Guided By Voices released “Same Place The Fly Got Smashed.” Bottomless hole, rock ‘n’ roll. See how many of the album’s tracks made it on our list of the 500 best GBV-related songs of all time: magnetmagazine.com/2023/12/28/t...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.

submitted 4 days ago • 1248 comments

Another aviation tragedy – 🚨🚨🚨 Two dead in Arizona after a mid air collision. This is your reminder that Leon ran out the Head of the FAA because he had the nerve to fine SpaceX. At least 400 employees have been laid off and already short staffed FAA since the DC crash killing 67 people.

submitted 4 days ago • 41 comments

gorgeous new song from Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers)

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

@votevets.org is going to do everything possible to help veterans and military families during these perilous times. If you are affected, please fill out this form. It will remain confidential. votevets.org/doge-tipline

submitted 4 days ago • 115 comments

it’s so cool that we are at the whims of this reactionary force of groypers that don’t understand anything, lead by the dumbest guy ever seen in history

submitted 5 days ago • 401 comments

Democracy, itself, is the inefficiency that DOGE intends to shut down. They're dismantling institutions one-by-one, to replace it with AI and tech autocracy. www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

submitted 6 days ago • 20 comments

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

submitted 6 days ago • 126 comments

43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states. Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive. #RedStateMoochers

submitted 7 days ago • 52 comments

Encouraging everyone with every fiber of my being to read this entire substack by @hcrichardson.bsky.social — it is, written in fact without doubt to be read in horror by those of us who believe in the principles and values of the United States of America. 1 of 2 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

submitted 6 days ago • 28 comments

60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…” This was never about efficiency. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...

submitted 6 days ago • 340 comments

PSA: The reason Medicaid & food stamps are on the chopping block to pave the way for more GOP tax cuts for the rich is because poor people don’t have better lobbyists.

submitted 7 days ago • 62 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 11 comments

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

submitted 7 days ago • 2240 comments

….He sent a letter to the government…

submitted 7 days ago • 95 comments

A critical point.

submitted 7 days ago • 604 comments

👇🏽

submitted 8 days ago • 329 comments

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

submitted 8 days ago • 536 comments

submitted 11 days ago • 245 comments

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.

submitted 10 days ago • 145 comments

Why would a little boy say, “Shut the fuck up” if he wanted someone to be quiet? Was there someone in his life who maybe repeatedly said that to him? Also, where would he get the idea that Trump isn’t the President? Did someone also say that repeatedly to him?

submitted 10 days ago • 752 comments

Well, he is a dick

submitted 11 days ago • 768 comments

Great point.

submitted 13 days ago • 1225 comments

NEW: Who can tell the better story about the US & government—Trump/Musk or Dems & citizens who care about democracy, decency & preventing oligarchic rule and the abuse of power? Whoever does, I note in my OUR LAND newsletter, will decide the future of America. link.motherjones.com/public/38526...

submitted 14 days ago • 25 comments

This new Destroyer song is SO good

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

submitted 18 days ago • 508 comments

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

submitted 19 days ago • 4328 comments

Worth watching ALL of this. I'm so grateful for AOC's leadership. Key takeaway (and there are many) is that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 expires this year. The insane events of the last 3 weeks are to fund the next round of obscene levels of tax cuts for the rich.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Exclusive: Federal workers have filed an emergency motion requesting a restraining order to disconnect the DOGE server that's being used to conduct Trump's "deferred resignation program." The workers had previously accused DOGE of illegally bypassing a mandated privacy audit. By me at @wired.com:

submitted 19 days ago • 219 comments

Call your reps: www.5calls.org See how they voted: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

submitted 19 days ago • 5 comments

Ridiculed and written off, Slowdive produced a meditative post rock masterpiece before quietly splitting up. Joe Banks reflects on why no one was listening at the time, and why we all need to listen now #Slowdive’s Pygmalion at 30 https://buff.ly/3EmlR1A

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments

Sign up & share! Calling our representatives matters! 5calls.org

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

SHAHID: “If this were happening somewhere else 🇺🇸 media & state dept would refer to this as a coup… why does a billionaire industrialist with millions in government contracts (Musk) need the social security #’s of every American?” Full: youtu.be/UBmFx5rUglA?...

submitted 20 days ago • 37 comments

If you are reading this and alarmed, please call your representation in the House and Senate. The US Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. A "coup" is not alarmist - it is very real.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Jesuit Priest 👇🏽

submitted 20 days ago • 561 comments

Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.

submitted 20 days ago • 223 comments