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On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details. I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:

submitted 21 hours ago • 74 comments

He clearly commands policy, personnel decisions, and steers state functions. How the hell is that an "advisory role". It's an obvious smokescreen. And Trump's deception around it is an IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE on its own. Not to mention the other hundred or so he's already made.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

submitted 1 day ago • 265 comments

One thing this little bleat from Chad “Damp Little Britches” Mizelle demonstrates is the duality of Trumpism: it’s about simultaneously being (1) a tough truth-telling masculine elbow-thrower and (2) as fragile as a porcelain goose. Bullies who can dish, but weep at the slightest pushback. Losers.

submitted 1 day ago • 39 comments

Hitler destroyed German democracy in 53 days. We are on day 30. The purge of the military and FBI has commenced. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

“This is fucking America.”

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Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

submitted 1 day ago • 2285 comments

There’s not a word in this story about the corrupt nature of this dismissal. Not a concern voiced, not a question raised, not even an acknowledgment that he’s the president’s biggest donor and he’s acting as an unelected, unconfirmed tyro wielding unchecked power over spending and the civil service.

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

In addition to calling your reps I'd get in touch with your local dem part and push them to start local meetings if they haven't. There will be a groundswell against the GOP and there needs to be a party institution to channel that movement

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

fantasizing about a world where an opposition congress responds to trump’s attempts to usurp legislative power by defunding the entire white house staff

submitted 3 days ago • 251 comments

This. Let’s be done with the whole “run government like a business” bs, shall we?

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

Got himself arrested on purpose while telling his city council to not put a MAGA plaque on the library because MAGA = Nazis. It worked, producing media coverage. Baller. ✊ www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

Put aside the nastiness of this post, & the way in he attacks Zelenskyy as a dictator but says not a word about his pal Putin, & just focus on the way it is written: would you hire this weird person to work for you? Would you trust this odd person to teach your kid in school?

submitted 3 days ago • 3389 comments

#SaveOurServices

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

So them appearing together in that interview reinforces that trump can’t do it alone and that he’s not actually overseeing musk right? Like how much is that interview going to get used in court filings? I hope a lot to point out they’re lying to judges…

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NEW: Despite all appearances, the White House insists that Elon Musk is not in charge of DOGE. US Doge Service employees can't get a straight answer about who is.

submitted 4 days ago • 104 comments

This is why it is so important that our scientific societies speak out against factual inaccuracies like in the sex EO.

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

The reason GDPR and other EU data laws are so strong is because the Nazis weaponized data against vulnerable populations leading up to and during the Holocaust. Decentralization is really fucking important. So is access control.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

these mass firings are going to be a generationally defining event in ways we are not even vaguely prepared to deal with. in addition to the decimation of the infrastructure needed for so many things to function, the personal and familial level impact of these actions is gonna ricochet

submitted 5 days ago • 20 comments

Government funding expires March 14 and there's a chance they'll need Democratic votes to prevent a shutdown so that could be a good time to demand that Musk and his teens are out of government and an impartial investigation into what they've done thus far

submitted 5 days ago • 73 comments

Even if your strategy is "let's win the midterms" (living in delusion there will be legit elections), we do that by making Trump and MAGA unpopular. That means denying them any and every "win," from nominees to any legislation. Anything that affirms their actions, affirms them.

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

So they can’t say what’s happening because it’s so chaotic, and they want everyone, including the judge, to believe they won’t continue to act erratically and chaotically. Oh good. That makes sense. 🤥

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Is Doge Taking Credit for President Carter's Death?: An Investigative Report by a data junkie with too much time on his hands 1/6

submitted 5 days ago • 45 comments

State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE. DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

submitted 6 days ago • 47 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 5 days ago • 2287 comments

Yeah, this is pretty obvious but worth stressing. Also, the idea that techbro coders with no experience in government are best able to identify and root out “fraud” is laughable

submitted 5 days ago • 132 comments

I would simply abuse parliamentary procedure to holler this into a microphone or bullhorn repeatedly on the House and / or Senate floors until Republicans forcibly removed me, thus bringing more attention to the sentence I was hollering.

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

🤔🐾That doge website can’t possibly be in compliance with the 21st Century IDEA, can it? Definitely not secure by design or by default. * Not accessible * Not searchable …I’m sure there’s more but those stand out at first glance. www.congress.gov/bill/115th-c...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

How the hell do I view an actual chronological feed of people I follow on here? Is that even possible? 🤔

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I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

submitted 6 days ago • 186 comments