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submitted 23 hours ago • 24 comments

Wouldn't it just be a damn shame if EVERYONE emailed their five accomplishments, or 5 thoughts, or insults for Elon, to OPM as they requested of federal employees, thereby crashing the site? Sounds like good trouble to me. PASS IT ON.

submitted 3 hours ago • 308 comments

So. Much. Winning.

submitted 21 hours ago • 12 comments

Ooh, I know: the Black guy and the woman. Not qwhite sure why, though.

submitted 8 hours ago • 313 comments

The parliamentary e-petition accuses Musk of "using his wealth and power" in the Trump administration to influence Canada's elections and says he has engaged in "activities that go against the national interest of Canada." www.cbc.ca/news/world/e...

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The president of the United States just posted this on social media. The president... of... the... fucking... United... States. No wonder the rest of the world no longer considers the American president "the leader of the free world."

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“Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular.” — Timothy Snyder

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I want to, again, bring to light this post and interview by Dean Obeidallah.

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"The Slack channel of the Technology Transformation Services — the tech-focused arm of the General Services Administration — has emerged as a forum for protest in recent weeks as employees have pushed back against moves by the Trump administration"

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"The new expropriation expands on the seizures of Western-owned businesses in Russia after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. But in these latest cases, the owners are Russian, a sign of how the Kremlin’s push to seize control of the economy amid the war in Ukraine is reaching into more industries"

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by @jefftiedrich.bsky.social 1/3 "no one is ‘giving’ anything ‘away’ to transgendered people. there’s no magical government pipeline where you check a box on a form and voila, here comes free money! that’s a fever-swamp fairy tale — a dangerous, recycled fairy tale that only helps to rouse fear..

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"Hundreds had shown up to confront Rep McCormick. Now each argument from the lawmaker brought a new round of shouts & boos. “'If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going be an effective town hall,' McCormick said, 5 minutes into defending Musk’s DOGE. “'But we’re pissed!' a woman shouted"

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"The Democratic Party was long the champion of the working class, Sanders said, but has 'turned its back on working people & become a party of corporate interests and consultants.' "He pointed to a health care system that he called "broken" & people cannot afford food, health care & child care"

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1/2 "USDA says it will release about $20m in funding for previously approved contracts that had been frozen by Trump's push to overhaul the federal government. "The sum represents a tiny sliver of program funding the USDA suspended after the White House's broad freeze of federal loans and grants..

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"In particular, firing the military’s most senior legal advisers is an unprecedented and explicit move to install officers who will yield to the president’s interpretation of the law, with the expectation they will be little more than yes men on the most consequential questions of military law"

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1/2 "Should the bill pass and be signed into law, Iowa would become the first state in the nation to remove a protected class from a state’s civil rights act, said Drake University law professor Sally Frank. Iowa Safe Schools, an organization that advocates for young LGBTQ Iowans, said..

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Show Elmer Muskrat some respect: by @muellershewrote.bsky.social 1/2 "Dear Mr. Musk, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Federal career in detention for absolutely nothing. But we think you’re crazy for making us respond to an email telling you what we did this week. You see us as..

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by @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social 1/2 "Performance isn’t the problem. Human beings love a good show. It is what they are performing that’s the problem. You know it if you’ve turned on the news— it is a telethon of evil meant to terrify & cow you. You can control people through theater..

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by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 1/2 "Members of the military take an oath to the Constitution, not a loyalty oath to the president. The idea of loyalty to the Constitution is deeply ingrained in the officer corps and among senior enlisted soldiers. But principles can be undercut..

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by @hcrichardson.bsky.social 1/2 " Caine has held none of the assignments that are required for elevation to the position. His military bio says he was an F-16 pilot who served on active duty & in the National Guard. Before he retired, he was the associate director for military affairs at the CIA..

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"Published by Military.com, the report cited financial records the Army provided from 11 of its largest bases. More than $151M of the $225M deducted from soldiers’ paychecks in fiscal year 2024 was “returned to the big pool of Army funds” & spent elsewhere, according to an unnamed service official"

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“'There are valid reasons to remove a general or flag officer, but there must be clear, transparent, and apolitical criteria and processes associated with any such dismissal,' the bipartisan group of lawmakers wrote in a letter to Hegseth. The lawmakers include 5 Democrats and 1 Republican"

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The shareholders at Tesla would probably like to ask a similar question: "Elon, what did you get done for us last week, other than further alienating our most likely customers with your obnoxious fascist stunts?

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By Cholly Chino

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We were careful, it's the rest of those uninformed idgits, bit off their own hands 🙄💥

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

Definitely sounds like an AI phishing expedition.

submitted 19 hours ago • 58 comments

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submitted 21 hours ago • 74 comments

✅ Open ✅ Follow all ✅ Repost This is an excellent list of social media progressives ‪by @truthanon.bsky.social‬ http://dlvr.it/TJ7TDG

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Send a message to giant companies ripping us off. On Feb. 28, don't shop online, in big box stores, no Amazon, no Walmart, no Best Buy, fast food nor gas. Just one day will send a powerful message. Think they'll miss our DEI dollars? Don't spend. Then, let them know why.

submitted 18 hours ago • 7 comments

Our latest: The Resistance is alive and well and angry. Please consider reading and sharing. No paywall.

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