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The Social Security Administration is cutting 7,000 jobs and closing half of its regional offices. It's no coincidence that Elon Musk called Social Security a "ponzi scheme." They're gutting the program YOU'VE PAID INTO to make room for more billionaire tax cuts. Now is the time to speak up.

The same week that Elon Musk baselessly called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," his co-president Donald Trump announced that he wants to create a national crypto reserve. This could result in taxpayer dollars being used to prop up an actual Ponzi scheme. Hello?

CRASH 📉📉📉 The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model now estimates U.S. real GDP growth for Q1 at -2.8%, down even further from last week’s forecast of -1.5%. Just a month ago, the estimate was about +4%.

Trump promised tariffs will start tomorrow, and now the DOW is down nearly 900 points. WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA

Imagine having this much disdain for your own voters

RFK Jr’s top spokesman at HHS resigns after just 2 weeks after reporting clashing with him about his response to the measles epidemic in Texas. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Fact check: The last #measles death of a child in the USA before the current outbreak happened in 2003. That's before there were iPhones. (source: infectious disease specialist Dr. Craig Spencer speaking today on MSNBC's show Dateline)

My Anger Over Trump's Attack Today Is Boundless open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Matt Gaetz ethics report says he paid women for sex and used illegal drugs while in Congress …..what a sleeze ball!

Jeff Bezos said this week he'd help Trump gut regulations. Reminder that Amazon has been accused of repeatedly violating major antitrust, labor, and worker safety laws. Don't be fooled: Deregulation will only pad his wallet at the expense of working people.

Are you following @lynnepeeps & @ensiamedia's amazing ongoing investigative series on drinking water contamination in the US? You should be: https://ensia.com/features/drinking-water-contamination-pfas-health/

US drinking water contamination with ‘forever chemicals’ far worse than scientists thought https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/22/us-drinking-water-contamination-forever-chemicals-pfas?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Widespread PFAS contamination found in US drinking water - Environmental Health News | MORE w/ EcoSearch

People not elected to government should not have the power to reshape the government, especially people whose obscene wealth depends on the government functioning a certain way. This is not a hot take. It's just plain common sense.