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It’s not just Space X. Musk was able to save Tesla because of a loan from the Dept of Energy. Here he is in 2013 filled with gratitude for the federal agency & the taxpayers who saved his business. From reporting by @puck.news. airmail.news/issues/2025-...

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I’m encouraged by these town halls but I also remember very clearly how this happened in 2017 as well. Instead of responding to the complaints, they stopped doing them. www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpo...

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The highest ranking trans person in the federal government was fired last week amid the broader purge. It was certainly political and targeted. 19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-...

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Gainesville Independent School District is facing public outrage after the district made no statement on the death of 11-year-old Jocelynn Carranza, who died by suicide after bullying from students who said they would call ICE agents to deport her parents. www.chron.com/news/article...

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Jack Posobiec, a prominent influencer, has a long history of promoting antisemitic and white supremacist content. He traveled to Ukraine with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week.

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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An X account, operated by ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, and first created in 2012, has posted hateful, xenophobic, and pro-fascist content. The Observer linked Rodden to the account through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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When I see Steve Bannon doing a Nazi salute to cheers it means only one thing: 420,000 U.S. troops died defending our country from Nazi assholes and 77 million people voted for them to be in power. MAGA betrayed our country voting for this nightmare.

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As of yesterday, there were 58 reported cases of measles in Texas. 13 of which were hospitalized. Tens of thousands of dollars racked up in medical bills. (40k?) A one night stay at hospital in TX averages about $3,000 One MMR vaccine in TX averages $100 without insurance with a private doctor.

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Put this on blast.

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🚨 BREAKING: Trump moves to seize control of the U.S. Postal Service, planning to dismantle its leadership and pull the independent agency under his administration’s grip—an unprecedented power grab that could cripple mail delivery and disrupt trillions in e-commerce.

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Marocco has leadership roles at both the State Dept. and USAID — two agencies that sidelined him during the first Trump administration after he was accused of undermining U.S. foreign policy. This time, he answers to few besides Trump himself. By @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy

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Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, just 11 years old, “took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities and have her family deported from the US, her grieving parents have said.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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🚨 TAXPAYER WASTE ALERT 🚨 After lounging in Florida for four days, Donald Trump just took Air Force One for a 25-minute flight from Palm Beach to Miami—a trip that cost taxpayers nearly $1 million! Most presidents would have just used the motorcade, but not King Donald! The waste never stops.

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He played golf today. He played golf yesterday. He went to a car race the day before that. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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NEW: The head of the FDA’s food division has resigned. “The division is tasked with ensuring that the country's food supply is safe, overseeing inspections and recalls.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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i still think one of the oddest political developments in my lifetime was trump's disdain for troops causing the party to largely jettison decades of troop worshipping lip service

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After watching Severance on APPLE+ I'm ready for an implant so I don't have to deal with the next 4 yrs.

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Mexico has argued that the mapping policy violates Mexican sovereignty because the U.S. only has jurisdiction over around 46% of the Gulf.

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Donald Trump is urging a foreign government to relax restrictions on Andrew Tate, a right-wing influencer charged with human trafficking and rape.

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Probably fine

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These absolute morons are going to destroy the United States. If you’re in favor of the US leaving NATO, you either don’t want the US to succeed, or you don’t know wtf NATO does. Worth noting that Mike Lee voted to expand NATO in 2022.

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

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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IRS enforcement, esp when focused on rich tax cheats, is a big financial win for the government www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int... Good @crampell.bsky.social on the numbers. This is what they’re cutting

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A woman who’s originally from Venezuela was stopped in Tucson for driving 25 in a 40 zone. Border Patrol arrived, handcuffed her in front of her children. All three were detained, interrogated, threatened with transfer to Guantanamo. Then, they were deported to Mexico azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...

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My office is hearing reports that the Trump administration’s purges include firing veterans who have served our country for years. Our veterans deserve better. If you've been impacted, call congress: (202) 224-3121 And share your story: www.veterans.senate.gov/contact-rank...

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Republicans making it illegal to honor the history of the Republican Party. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

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You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer? She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.

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Deborah Rutter was fired this week after a decade as president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She says the center worked hard to expand its audience by broadening the programming, inviting "all manner of arts and artists to our stages. ... I pray that that can be sustained."

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