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To be clear, “Vance skis in jeans” is Vermont’s highest insult. This is Final Boss Nuclear Insult level in the Vermont linguistic hierarchy.

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Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA. Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social

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I once saved an agency around $2 million on a modernization project because of a bad contract they had, it took me several phone calls and less than a week. You need alignment and air cover to pull stuff like this off, but the game changing is stuff we weren't even allowed to promote or talk about

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1/ The reason this is particularly bad—and undermines all the great journalism the Times does—is that it a) treats lives like a game b) will be seen as the view/cavalier attitude of the entire NYT, and not just 10 columnists, many of whom should have been put out to pasture long ago.

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"Recent weeks have seen the U.S. embark on what must surely be the greatest voluntary and intentional squandering of global goodwill and friendship in recorded history."

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How it started/How it's going

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How many substack newsletters published by white nationalists would be enough for you? How many examples do you need, Will?

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

This is such a fucking mealy mouthed article that shows so much of what is wrong with political journalism 1. the CONCERN IS DEAD AND SICK PEOPLE NOT 'POLITICAL PERILOUSNESS" 2. they don't fact check RFK's "measles outbreaks happen every year" comment.

submitted 3 days ago • 29 comments

This is THE NEWS of the day/month/week The US gov spent more in President Trump’s first month in office than it did in the same period the previous year, signaling that his cost-cutting efforts have yet to reduce the nation’s substantial fiscal obligations, per Reuters analysis of federal data

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New RIF EO ordering more illegal terminations (links below). The Merit Systems Protection Board ordered that 6 wrongfully terminated probationary employees be re-instated. We fight on. If the MSPB website goes down you can file by mail. Most appeals must be filed within 30 days of termination.

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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

submitted 5 days ago • 478 comments

Posted by @acnewsitics.bsky.social on another platform: “Why is Pam Bondi taking so long to release the Epstein files? What is she hiding?”

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💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

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US Department of Homeland Security scraps ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation www.thepinknews.com/2025/02/26/d...

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Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives. Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

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Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the DOGE. Please don’t be distracted by this—it was only done because federal judges were questioning who was actually running the operation. Gleason is completely controlled by Musk, and he is doing this to avoid testifying.

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Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.

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🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...

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99% of House Republicans voted tonight to gut Medicaid and food stamp programs for the poor so they can give the richest 1% another tax cut that they don't need. Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.

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The stress and never feeling like I'm getting enough sleep is starting to really suck. But I'm not going to give up. Stand tall for democracy. #resist #altfed

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Once again: Nazi punks fuck off

submitted 7 days ago • 99 comments

Does anyone have her contact info? If so, please send to the signal contact muellershewrote.23

submitted 7 days ago • 1102 comments

It’s a long video, but it explains a lot going on right now. We keep coming back to it. youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA

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What’s interesting about the response to the email: at the FBI, Patel, a hard-right Trump appointee and ally of Bannon, said no dice. Same at State but response came from Tibor Nagy, a moderate Trump appointee who was a career diplomat. 1/

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"The vocal crowd rose to its feet repeatedly during a one-hour town hall ... [Warren] said, her voice growing hoarse. “We do not want an America that says a handful of rich folks are better than everyone else. We want an America that works for all of us, and we are willing to fight for it.”

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Non-elected President, Senator and Representative, His Majesty Elon Musk sent an email to all fed employees asking them to respond with what they did last week, stating failure to reply by a deadline will be taken as a resignation. Here is a statement from the AFGE President in response.

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NEW Here is the full email that Musk/OPM is sending to 2 million federal employees. Subject line: What did you do last week? Musk claimed on X that failure to reply would be considered a resignation, but that is not mentioned in the email.

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Trump’s EO ruining the independence of federal agencies shows the real goal of Musk and Trump is not efficiency or even winning the culture wars. It’s thievery. And they are exceptional thieves. My latest in @thenation.com

submitted 9 days ago • 50 comments

The stuff they're doing is deeply unpopular and they're rapidly heading in that direction. Stop treating them like they're untouchable. We can fight back.

submitted 10 days ago • 43 comments

HEADS UP! We need to give this story more attention. This is the next phase - investigations of those who criticize Trump, Musk or SCOTUS. It’s already started. It is a campaign of intimidation designed to silence criticism. wapo.st/3X8d75G

submitted 11 days ago • 69 comments

“We know in our bones and from our modern history the danger of an unchecked government scapegoating ‘outsiders’ to gain power, preying on a population experiencing hard economic times to gain support for a violent and destructive agenda. We will not stand by while history repeats itself.”

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Watch to learn how our team sprung to action to halt Trump's unlawful funding freeze, in a relief to people & communities nationwide. We remain steadfast in our commitment to challenge any harmful or illegal actions taken by Trump. We're leveling up & lawyering up; join us: DemocracyForward.org

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T H I S. Now you've heard it from both of us.

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So far, every time Elon Musk has announced he has found widespread fraud, he has been swiftly proven wrong.

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Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are—As Medicare And Medicaid Services, FDA And CDC Reportedly Cut Staff www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

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Now more than ever, our civil servants need you. We are the quiet force behind every essential effort and every service that keeps life moving for all Americans. We work tirelessly, unseen, to hold our communities together, safe. Tomorrow, stand with those who stand for you.

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Firing probationary employees is senseless. Probationaries are: -New to their position -Make lower salaries -Recruited to bring in new talent -Far LESS likely to be dogmatic They're being fired because they have fewer protections. Not because this will improve government efficiency or cut costs.

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Trump to Fire Hundreds From FAA Despite Four Deadly Crashes on His Watch www.thedailybeast.com/trump-to-fir...

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Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country.

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Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk. More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year. bit.ly/48SAtkf

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