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"Musk’s behavior is emblematic of tech’s most heinous figures, who now feel emboldened to enter the analog world with the same lack of care and arrogance with which they built their sloppy platforms."--@karaswisher www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

"Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Yes. Yes, we are. We are no longer looking for leaders but are leading ourselves. And this is how all great and effective resistance movements have brought down evil.

Coming up for air on a weekend of non-stop reporting on Social Security. Here’s what’s coming: Following a typical pattern, Trump and DOGE are breaking Social Security so they can say “Look, it’s all broken. Only we can fix it and the only way to fix it is to replace it.”

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

www.brusselstimes.com/1477502/inte...

Wow…

Pass it on: The Resistance is alive and well and angry. Reports of our demise might have been premature

NOAA to cut staff by 20%

Zeteo’s ongoing, week by week, day by day documenting of Trump’s assault on our democracy, constitution, and freedoms. Week 7. Please read/share/subscribe:

Misogynistic Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon: "In a nutshell, in general, I don't want to see women in the public sphere."

Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

this is an insane read.

It’s just all lies. Even his own people say it’s all lies. www.cbsnews.com/news/social-...

Vile, Vain, Vociferous, Vindictive, Vicious, Petty, Greedy, Gluttonous, Infantile, Delusional, Evil

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Any casual observer of the Supreme Court can see what many prestigious constitutional lawyers can’t, which is that the conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy,” writes Adam Serwer.

From Rupert Murdoch’s rag, The New York Post. 👇

"The public is going to suffer terribly as a result of this," the source wrote to NPR. "Local field offices will close, hold times will increase, and people will be sicker, hungry, or die when checks don't arrive or a disability hearing is delayed just one month too late."

The FAA is investigating why multiple commercial flights about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC, repeatedly received midair collision alerts over the weekend when there were no other aircraft nearby.

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I believe we have breaking news in Inside Medicine. I spoke to a member of the FDA vaccine committee who confirmed that the meeting to decide the 2025-2026 flu shot composition was abruptly canceled today. My on-the-record Q&A with the FDA advisor: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-fda-...

No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday. That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas... It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

House Republicans are preparing a budget package that calls for $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. That’s TRILLION. With a T.