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This is an excellent and timely factsheet on Ukraine, U.S. v. European security assistance, and other misunderstood or lied about aspects of the war, by our friends at @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. I'll summarize a few main points below, with additional sources of my own:

submitted 10 hours ago • 21 comments

The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 1 hour ago • 40 comments

It’s not just Space X. Musk was able to save Tesla because of a loan from the Dept of Energy. Here he is in 2013 filled with gratitude for the federal agency & the taxpayers who saved his business. From reporting by @puck.news. airmail.news/issues/2025-...

submitted 3 hours ago • 49 comments

A full-on purge of the military leadership, targeting women and people of color. This perfectly captures where we are: An escalating authoritarian takeover of the state, combined with an aggressive program to re-segregate the spheres of influence and power and restore complete white male dominance.

submitted 3 hours ago • 30 comments

Musk took over the US government with graft and is using it—in combination with his space launch firm—to exploit an allied country that’s suffering under Russian invasion for its mineral rights. The scheme is so imperiously evil I feel like audiences wouldn’t find it believable in a Bond villain.

submitted 3 hours ago • 63 comments

He nails it.

submitted 2 hours ago • 619 comments

Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 45 minutes ago • 1 comment

President Trump has said Social Security “will not be touched.” But the DOGE team’s first wave of actions — initiating the elimination of 41 jobs and the closing of at least 10 local offices, so far — worries advocates about what might come next.

submitted 2 hours ago • 24 comments

This explains everything

submitted 1 hour ago • 0 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 15 hours ago • 414 comments

I repeat, if you or a loved one was recently fired from the federal government during your probationary period, and the reason you were given was poor performance, please reach out to us at www.centerforemploymentjustice.com. We have a plan and may be able to help you.

submitted 12 hours ago • 3 comments

“That contract wasn’t canceled by DOGE or anyone else,” he said. The contract expired on Dec. 31 and he decided to retire and not renew it, he said. “If they took credit for canceling the contract, they’re lying.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

submitted 13 hours ago • 5 comments

Got my follow up shingles shot. How’s this gonna go? I’m hoping easy peasy! Fingers crossed.

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Broke: DOGE's supposed "savings," even with generous accounting, aren't enough to positively impact the federal budget, certainly not when factoring in the lost benefits Woke: DOGE's supposed "savings" aren't even enough to cover DOGE

submitted 23 hours ago • 3 comments

Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”

submitted 1 day ago • 264 comments

It’s a cult.

submitted 16 hours ago • 2882 comments

There’s not a word in this story about the corrupt nature of this dismissal. Not a concern voiced, not a question raised, not even an acknowledgment that he’s the president’s biggest donor and he’s acting as an unelected, unconfirmed tyro wielding unchecked power over spending and the civil service.

submitted 1 day ago • 115 comments

FOX NEWS: You are against people bringing in eggs that have not been-- I mean, we have the USDA for a reason. These could be contaminated and bring illnesses in. GALLEGO: Absolutely. This is why we shouldn't be firing USDA inspectors that are actually doing oversight over avian flu

submitted 22 hours ago • 498 comments

“I’m in West Virginia — My insulin went from $6 to $80”

submitted 17 hours ago • 477 comments

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

submitted 16 hours ago • 1801 comments

I have identified at least two dozen pardoned Capitol Rioters that are currently attending CPAC in Washington, D.C. —including members of far right extremists groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Updates on Pardon Tracker's interactive visualization: embed.kumu.io/39b5108ec4a0...

submitted 23 hours ago • 181 comments

Good morning!

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

submitted 23 hours ago • 461 comments

Also, the crypto story is bonkers and includes literal bribery of his family to get his participation in the scam.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

the fact that this is just a straightforward retelling of yesterday's events without hyperbole

submitted 23 hours ago • 82 comments

another thing every other president in history would be impeached for just happened

submitted 22 hours ago • 88 comments

Nancy Mace is, among other things, just painfully stupid.

submitted 17 hours ago • 199 comments

I’d be glad this guy isn’t my co freshman any longer except I have a worse one now.

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submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

BREAKING: The SEC has dropped its enforcement case against Coinbase. Coinbase spent $46 million to influence the outcome of the election. Now they're already getting their payoff.

submitted 1 day ago • 80 comments

So many Americans died from COVID, it’s boosting Social Security to the tune of $205 billion Oh, so basically the GOP wanted it to run wild through the United States to save money. fortune.com/2025/02/19/a...

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

JUST IN: “A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 16 hours ago • 88 comments

Why have Enrique Tarrio's crypto investments not been transferred to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church? AME is owed a $2.8 million default judgment entered against the Proud Boys stemming from their December 2020 attack. A debtor's exam should be ordered against Tarrio.

submitted 20 hours ago • 7 comments

I don’t know why this is hard for folks to understand. The layoffs aren’t just about probationary employees. They are going beyond that. It won’t stop. It’s all about making agencies non-functional.

submitted 5 days ago • 36 comments

Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

submitted 1 day ago • 542 comments

Fact!

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I’m a former flight attendant. I know how crucial FAA staff are for passenger safety. The White House’s cuts to the FAA are making Americans less safe as they fly. It’s dangerous to make reckless cuts in a time like this. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments