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COMMENTARY: When government shuts out journalists and the public we serve, it's not a sign of strength. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oldZ...

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 479 comments

A small museum says all but one sponsor of a Girls in STEM event backed out, fearing retaliation from the Trump administration over "DEI." Evan Kruegel reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1n...

submitted 2 days ago • 62 comments

Firing all the JAGs is very very bad

submitted 1 day ago • 70 comments

Tom Krause is in charge of both a sensitive government payment system and a company that has millions of dollars’ worth of active contracts with various federal agencies through distribution partners, a WIRED review finds. Conflicts posed by this are unprecedented in the modern era, experts say.

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

A story as old as time: Republicans inherit a strong economy from Democrats then totally tank it by being utterly reckless, power-hungry and greedy.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

Someone better tell DOGE there’s this guy working from home

submitted 2 days ago • 227 comments

".. If the loan is canceled, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stands to benefit the most." @fortune.com $RIVN #OligarchEra fortune.com/2025/02/19/r...

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.

submitted 3 days ago • 1250 comments

NEW: Despite DOGE, Trump's agenda calls for adding trillions of dollars to U.S debt Budget experts on the “rhetoric versus reality” behind the Trump-Musk efforts >> www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 3 days ago • 22 comments

My interview on the PBS News Hour this evening. #californiawater www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Three areas where you don't want to hear someone say "OOPS!": 1. The nuclear weapons arsenal 2. National flight traffic control 3. Viral surveillance & safety Starting to think the "exploding rockets and crashing Twitter" guy might not be the right expert to run our government.

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

www.reuters.com/business/aut... can we at least send him a bill for using our property for his businesses meetings?!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The ad WaPo refused to run. Jeff Bezos👎🏼

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

If only someone had warned them www.wsj.com/business/dea...

submitted 12 days ago • 56 comments

Thursday: Trump officials fire hundreds at the National Nuclear Security Administration Friday: moved to hire them back “Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

submitted 8 days ago • 69 comments

Elon Musk and DOGE have failed to cut spending despite creating massive chaos in the federal government, according to a review of official data by The Economist. In fact, spending might actually be up since Trump took office.

submitted 8 days ago • 335 comments

Fact check: Musk, Trump deceive about a Trump-era Pentagon contract for ‘social deception’ defense www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/p...

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Completely nuts

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This letter, from now-resigned prosecutor Danielle Sassoon to Pam Bondi, is worth reading in full. Simply put, there is no non-corrupt reason for dismissing Eric Adams’ case. The Trump DOJ is itself obstructing both justice and the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 9 days ago • 75 comments

sure, why not

submitted 9 days ago • 1571 comments

Literally all they’re doing is a private equity play. They need these offices so they’ll have to rent them back putting further strain on the budget and justifying further cuts (while their friends make money on the deal)

submitted 10 days ago • 77 comments

This man has cooked his brain on social media and whatever he is taking that keeps him up all night posting

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

The president's businesses shouldn't be actively trading millions in crypto while the president makes crypto policy.

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

This is beautiful image composition. Musk in the focus of the scene, towering, dominant. Trump towards the edge of the frame, on the same level as the young child. Clearly submissive and subordinate. The image clearly tells the story of Musk ascendant, with Trump waning into obscurity.

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

I wonder how one possibly justifies any of these actions

submitted 12 days ago • 977 comments

Corruption. Pure corruption. Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors to Drop Federal Corruption Case Against Eric Adams www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

submitted 12 days ago • 29 comments

True.

submitted 15 days ago • 2034 comments

WOW! @booker.senate.gov NAILED IT! "There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent."

submitted 15 days ago • 247 comments

BREAKING President Trump has signed sanctions against South Africa for their recent land seizure bill. He is ordering all aid to South Africa be halted and he is also ordering federal agencies to prioritize humanitarian relief and admission to the United States for Afrikaner refugees.

submitted 15 days ago • 86 comments

submitted 15 days ago • 645 comments

Affirmatively stating that you are a racist is no longer a fireable offense. But supporting workplace diversity is.

submitted 15 days ago • 59 comments

JD Vance wants a "deBaathification" of the public sector, canceling people who dedicated themselves to public service for attending a DEI training. But the kid (25 year old) who said that Gaza and Israel should be razed to the ground? Put him back in charge of foreign aid spending

submitted 15 days ago • 50 comments

The husband of an Indian-American wife and the father of 3 Indian-American kids wants to bring back the staffer who posted “normalize Indian hate.”

submitted 15 days ago • 2155 comments

new op-ed on fortune: as an early diversity in tech activist, i reflect on dei in an era where doing dei work or merely voicing support for equity and inclusion can be cause for being fired, harassed, and doxxed. fortune.com/2025/02/06/d...

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments