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These firings of probationary workers are going to backfire in a BIG way. Here’s why: they’re spread out in every state and virtually every county in the country. That means there are human interest STORIES everywhere. And the media can’t resist these stories, even in red states. 1/2

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place): 1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

submitted 4 days ago • 115 comments

Accepting these dystopian terminations of civil servants as necessary to end “waste, fraud and abuse” is a loyalty test for Trump’s voters.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Wildlife biologists and Park rangers and science researchers will never be worth $400 billion. But people who are passionate about their work and choose the public sector over profit are NOT waste, fraud or abuse.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Four years ago today, on 2/13/21, Mitch McConnell blew his best chance to change the timeline and prevent Gabbard and RFK Jr and the abdication of the Senate to the executive branch and whatever monsters inhabited it. A little late now, Mitch.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Call me crazy, but I don’t think tearing out systems like the FAA’s and replacing them with a technology that doesn’t understand human fingers is a rash idea.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Luckily we have government agencies to track and warn us about these dangers- oh, wait.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Scoop: A Canadian trucking company told WIRED 2 of their trucks were turned away at the US borders today because they contain de minimis (<$800) packages from China. USPS also announces it will stop accepting parcels from China, both an impact of Trump's China tariff EO www.wired.com/story/tariff...

submitted 19 days ago • 29 comments

NEWS Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.

submitted 20 days ago • 1136 comments

Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …

submitted 22 days ago • 592 comments

@tokuda.house.gov As a constituent, I hope you will use your office to alert the public to the takeover of the US Treasury by billionaire Musk. He and his minions have no security clearances, and no business accessing our data and funds!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

@hirono.senate.gov Sen. Hirono: I’m proud to be a constituent. I hope you will find a mic and sound the alarm about Musk’s hostile takeover of the Treasury!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Multiple states locked out of Medicaid portal. This is a Trump shutdown, except this time it’s unlawful.

submitted 26 days ago • 258 comments

The algorithms are the message.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Trump just literally eliminated an Executive Order to reduce the price of prescription drugs. They are ripping you off, personally. They never gave a shit about the price of anything.

submitted 33 days ago • 227 comments

Having TikTok back online is almost as exciting as a waffle party!

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments