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submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

More of that Government Efficiency in action!

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

1. The DOGE website is garbage. The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided. And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract. So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.

submitted 12 hours ago • 161 comments

New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing. It's a new spoils systems. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

submitted 11 hours ago • 80 comments

March 11, 2025:

submitted 17 hours ago • 51 comments

New Ad: The markets are as unstable as Trump is.

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments

Musk’s younger brother Kimbal, who sits on Tesla’s board, sold more than $27 million worth of shares. Tesla chair Robyn Denholm sold about $43 million and recently sold another $33 million. Tesla CFO sold $8 million. Board member James Murdoch sold over $13 million. — Heather Cox Richardson

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submitted 1 day ago • 100 comments

History DOES repeat itself… 🤬

submitted 1 day ago • 162 comments

As a retired civil servant under FERS, I have SS, OPM annuity, and savings (TSP). Will the Trump's threat to SS extend eventually to OPM annuities, or even to TSP? It doesn't seem like ANYTHING is considered off limits by this gang.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

If Congress controls public spending, why does Trump think he controls tariffs? Why doesnt'. Congress act?

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submitted 2 days ago • 106 comments

@jay.bsky.team visual notes from her keynote today at @sxsw! Community! Open source! Creativity! Connection! Graphic recording by @heatherwillems.bsky.social of #twolinestudios #sxsw #sxsw2025 #graphicrecording

submitted 2 days ago • 35 comments

Lol, lmao, etc

submitted 1 day ago • 51 comments

It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.

submitted 2 days ago • 620 comments

It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.

submitted 2 days ago • 2193 comments

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

submitted 7 days ago • 1579 comments

RNA xkcd.com/3056

submitted 14 days ago • 162 comments

Hi all. I'm back here, just like many others. Looking for connections on climate politics, social theory, critical thinking, science and tech, and everything related to the transition out of fossil fuels. Please RT and respond so I find the right people !

submitted 120 days ago • 177 comments