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Do let us know how the "growing the muscle" part goes, Mr. Secretary...we are seeing historically low recruitment rates, I doubt conflating hate and discrimination with virtue will help that...

One month down, 47 to go, if we're lucky...if we're extremely lucky, we'll have a legitimate chance to rectify this in 44 months or so. If we're only moderately luckily, humanity will not survive that long. If we're particularly unlucky...well...#EffThis

If you want to know how illogical "classical" conservatives are, consider NYT's David Brooks summarizing Donald Trump's world view. "There are now three mafioso countries. Russia will have hegemony over its region. We will l have hegemony over our region. China will will hegemony over its region."

Breaking News: Open Neo-Nazis now telling the Trump Team to tone it down a little...

The Musk Rats at #DOGE claim they have already saved US $55B. It's a real sweet deal considering they're working long hours for free on a thankless task and all we had to surrender so far was our national integrity, security, decency, and moral standing and reputation on the world stage...

Because who wouldn't want postage to fund corporate profits and have to pay several dollars to mail a postcard? It's just "common sense."

Whole 'notha vibe youtu.be/PuWVgVkMiHE?...

#NotGoingAWAY

Heard a great point today about the real value of USAID. It's value lies not in that the average voter or taxpayer will see direct and recognizable benefits from the money it spends and the programs it executes, but those efforts ensure the United States maintains credibility as a global leader.

"There has been ongoing fighting on both sides." Yeah, so turns out when a hostile nation bent on imperialist expansion invades a sovereign territory, the nation under attack has little choice but to fight back or surrender. Doesn't really answer the question.

I'm shocked this dude still only has 610 followers. I mean, what are yall doing?

I am sick of hearing people minimize what's going on by saying "there's a lot of flux and confusion with every Presidential transition." OK, to SOME extent, maybe that's true, but tell me the last time we saw large-scale indiscriminate federal firings this soon into a new Administration.

The good Reverend @alsharpton.bsky.social made an excellent point in the closing homilie of his Saturday show last weekend. Presidemt Trump pardoned more than 1000 insurrectionist less than a week into his second term, including those who violently attacked police and defaced Capitol grounds.

Think of it, an unequivocally failed and shady "business man" and modestly successful reality TV star convinced a tenuous plurality of US voters to re-elect him by playing yo biases and anxieties only to alienate virtually every global US ally and openly denigrate and chastise democratic leaders.

Seriously, LinkedIn might as well be a Meta platform at this point...

Department of Government "Efficiency" actively creating wholly unnecessary rework...

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, perhaps the last Republican President with any case to be considered a net-admirable leader, once said of conservatives who opposed the passage of Social Security "Their numbers are negligible and they are stupid." Today, this is not less true, yet the program is at risk.

The Trump Administration: staunch allies of scammers and fraudsters...

This is not a move explore means to improve FAA function, it's another power grab by Elon Musk. The FAA is the largest of a few regulatory agencies that currently hinder companies like SpaceX launching literally whatever they want into the sky whenever they want from whereever they want to.