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The new administration has vowed to reduce wasteful government spending, so I made this guide to help people understand how that works.

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NEW — The National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 282 just emailed its ~8,000 employee members strongly advising them NOT to reply to the “What did you do last week?” email from OPM/Musk.

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Heard a song from the 80s reference a "long distance call" and it occurred to me that this is a concept that no longer holds any emotional currency whatsoever

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It's been awesome seeing the same conspiracy theorists and people on the right who built careers warning about FEMA camps actively support migrant concentration camps. FEMA camps but thee but not for me, I guess.

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So patronizing when the dentist patiently explains how to floss. I'm not a baby who doesn't know how to do basic things. I'm a baby who doesn't wanna

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Science (and science policy, and conservation) friends, I need your help! We are collecting specific, clear examples of harms caused by the Trump administration's attacks on science, to be included in an open letter. Can be links to news stories/social media posts. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm #SciPol

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Here's an action to take today: If you're in TX or LA, call Ted Cruz or Bill Cassidy and ask them why they're letting Trump piss away America's competitive advantage w/o lifting a finger. Mention this article. Cruz (Chair of Commerce): (202) 224-5922 Cassidy (Chair of HELP): (202) 224-5824

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The Justice Department is deleting a database tracking federal police misconduct. This is how a fascist police state operates.

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While the governor of Oklahoma is on right-wing media every day glazing DOGE, domestic violence homicides in his state have hit a record high. Between all the pronoun-bashing and diversity-slashing Kevin Stitt does on TV, when does he have any time to address this crisis?

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NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

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After seeing all of the suppression happening around Trump being a Russian asset named “Krasnov,” this felt appropriate. Spread it far and wide, people! #krasnov #ukraine #resist #revolt #revolution #politics #republican #democrat #tyranny #eattherich #bluecrew #doge #felon #trump

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I don’t know why this is hard for folks to understand. The layoffs aren’t just about probationary employees. They are going beyond that. It won’t stop. It’s all about making agencies non-functional.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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we seem to have started another day with this administration where even its fiercest critics refuse to name white supremacy's role in all of this. RFK JR isn't dumb. He is a white supremacist trying to justify starting up work camps and child separation. Call the thing what it is.

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Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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If you don't think Trump, Vance, and Musk aren't explicitly trying to build and bolster right-wing, self-enriching, autocratic movements around the world, please see a proctologist www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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I am so sick of this shit. It’s a Sieg Heil. It’s a Nazi salute. Anyone who sees it knows. It’s ridiculous that legal departments presumably won’t let media call it what it is. Bannon made “a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally”? Fuck off.

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Star of Leopard News Asks That Friend’s Face be Spared

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“Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War” is a great, and I mean GREAT, documentary series on Netflix (released in 2024). Long as hell but engaging & worth it. Putin’s Russia, the focus of the final episodes, was clearly a blueprint for what’s happening in DC in 2025 and what’s to come. (1/2)

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🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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New: a public library ebook service is removing AI-generated books from its platform after a 404 Media investigation. We found public libraries were being swarmed with low quality AI-generated books. Now going to change. www.404media.co/public-libra...

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New from @propublica.org: We studied a massive set of hospital discharge data to see what happened after Texas banned abortion. …

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The Moscow Institute of Computer Science has "caught fire", I felt a great disturbance in the algorithm, as if millions of bots suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

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It appears irony is not dead after all.

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How do you link a government official to an anonymous social media account that asserts, among other things, that "America is a White nation?" Like this. www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

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