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GOP senator calls for 'compassion' in Musk's approach to federal workers

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Agencies push back on Musk email, including FBI, Pentagon, State, Intel

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"The Republican majority is contributing to this effort mainly by allowing themselves to be trampled. And they’re refusing even to defend the paramount purposes of their own institution"

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Trump considers military spouses as “waste”

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"Among poll respondents, 71% agreed with a statement that the very wealthy have too much influence on the White House, and 69% said they think the wealthy are making money off their White House connections."

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“Ukraine will only be Russian someday if the United States abandons them to Putin’s brutal invasion. As you just said, When America is Strong the World is at Peace. Stand Firm..If Ukraine falls, it will only be a matter of time until Russia invades a NATO ally our troops will be required to defend”

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"Haley admonishes Trump for Ukraine stance: ‘Exactly what Putin wants'" “Mr. President, Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth,” Pence"

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“[Reagan] believed that you should support friends and stand up to enemies. It seems like the Trump administration is for opposing friends and supporting enemies.”

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“I’m concerned with anything that would ultimately allow there to be a moral equivalency between Zelensky and Putin,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)"

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"the vast majority of those listed in the database were not still receiving monthly checks, with 18.4 million who had not earned benefits for 50 years and likely deemed dead. Only 44,000 were still earning checks, with just 13 of those listed as age 112 or older."

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"The gargantuan cuts would help Republicans pay to extend Trump’s 2017 tax plan, lightening the load for the very rich at the expense of the poor."

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The hypocrisy is amazing.

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This might have made more sense than changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Source: unknown

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"CFPB employs the "cops on the beat for the financial market,"..... critical to safeguarding the public from financial market crashes, loan schemes and hiked interest rates. "Donald Trump and Elon Musk can just call their lawyers...regular people don't just have a lawyer they can call."

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"Musk, the world’s richest man, DOGE chief, and close adviser to President Donald Trump,has been publicly supporting AFD ahead of Germany’s snap election, which is in less than two weeks. Last month, the billionaire appeared virtually at an AFD rally, urging the crowd to “move on” from “past guilt.”

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“To have the executive basically come in and dismantle something that was legislatively created — that's outside the bounds of the executive,” she said Monday. “So it requires us, in the legislative branch, to then assert our responsibility, which is to not cede the authority.”

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How is this cronyism ethical?

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The United States fell to a new low in 2024 on an index that tracks perception of global public-sector corruption, published Tuesday by the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International.

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“The purchase of Cybertrucks, an atypical choice for government armored transport, is likely to raise conflict of interest issues, especially as Mr. Musk trumpets his own efforts to root out what he regards as unnecessary spending.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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"Frankly, it gives free rein to South Korean, Japanese and European companies that are bringing 1.5 million to 2 million vehicles into the U.S. that wouldn't be subject to those Mexican and Canadian tariffs. It would be one of the biggest windfalls for those companies ever."

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"President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs — a blanket duty of 25% on all steel and aluminum imports — are expected to negatively affect the nation’s craft brewers by driving up the cost of critical materials used to brew, house and serve their beer."

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"From cuts to health and agriculture funding to fears of new tariffs negatively impacting local industries and consumers, Republican lawmakers are starting to push back against certain aspects of Trump's plans."

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Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"

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Why not jump on the band wagon? Source unknown.

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"Despite his vow that "not a penny" would be pocketed by him or others, he diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars to two associates, prosecutors alleged. Under the agreement, Bannon entered a guilty plea to just the first degree scheme to defraud charge."

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Making America Great Again?

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"Republicans on the committee pushed back and engaged in a shouting match with Democrats over Musk. When GOP chairman Rep. James Comer put the subpoena motion to a vote, it failed along party lines."

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“Leaders of the Uncommitted movement want to blame everyone but themselves for their disastrous strategy that helped elect Donald Trump.... They told people not to vote for Democrats, and now Trump is threatening to annex Gaza... They should be accountable to the people they misled.”

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"Substitute 'the federal government' for 'Gotham' and that’s pretty much how Musk views his mission." Elon Musk and Donald Trump are like Christopher Nolan's Bane. Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-...

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"The whole country is at the mercy of conceited twenty-something computer science dipshits as they get a remedial crash course in government, learning the kinds of things that college freshman in political science 101 are expected already to know."

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Trump floats nuclear peace deal with Iran

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"Wrapped into the billions the U.S. spends annually on foreign aid — more than any other nation — are hundreds of grants for grassroots groups dedicated to fighting for democracy in authoritarian countries around the world."

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"RESPONSIBILITY IS A WORD THAT makes some folks on the left uncomfortable. They’d much rather talk about rights than responsibilities. But being a citizen of a democratic republic requires embracing responsibilities as well as rights. "

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"USAID is the world's largest single donor. In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. disbursed $72 billion of assistance worldwide on everything from women's health in conflict zones to access to clean water, HIV/AIDS treatments, energy security and anti-corruption work...provided 42% of all humanitarian aid."

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Trudeau, Sheinbaum vow to 'enhance the strong bilateral relations' amid US tariffs

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"Tariffs against Canada will put your jobs at risk, potentially shutting down American auto assembly plants and other manufacturing facilities," Trudeau said"

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"The foundation estimated Friday that Trump's proposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as 10% tariffs on China, would shrink the economic output of the U.S. by 0.4% and increase taxes by $1.2 trillion between 2025 and 2034."

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"Economists say sweeping tariffs would be inflationary and could prevent the Federal Reserve from reducing borrowing costs as much as anticipated this year." It is not just the cost of eggs we have to worry about.....

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Trump vows sweeping tariffs on oil, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors

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"Kaine characterized his goal as, “We want to traumatize federal employees, and then we want to take all these programs that help everyday people who are struggling and cut them because they’re woke and weaponized. Those are your words, not mine.”

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If something is wrong, the expectation for leaders is to fix it and not run away.

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If there are issues with the WHO, wouldn't it be better to stay and lead the way to fixing them rather than withdrawing?

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"The tariffs, if enacted, could strain Americans’ wallets, especially given Mexico and Canada are two of America’s top three trade partners. Collectively, they accounted for 30% of the value of all the goods the US imported last year, according to federal trade data."

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"Trump on Monday pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers"...

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"But while the going is good at the lofty heights of the world’s wealth ladder, Oxfam points out “crises of economy, climate and conflict mean the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990.”

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Marco Rubio confirmed by Senate as Trump’s secretary of state

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"Since the late 2000s, the top 1% of Americans, roughly 3 million people, have owned upwards of one-third of the wealth and capital in our country. It's now about 35%. The bottom 50% of Americans, which is about 150 million people, own about 1.5% of wealth,"

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"There’s no question that governing is boring. But there’s also no question that we’ll miss it when it’s gone."

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