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(Semi) retired business guy. Psychology Today contributor on management / leadership. Management matters, and so does democracy. Make lying wrong again. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-the-manager
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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

submitted 21 hours ago • 887 comments

Maybe we should hold off on paying Congress until they actually do something to earn it?

submitted 3 days ago • 365 comments

Drudge Report dubs the Prez Comrade Trumpski. MAGA, is that what you voted for? A coward bowing to Putin ?

submitted 4 days ago • 602 comments

NEW: The Associated Press is suing Trump Administration officials in federal court for banning AP reporters from events over the organization continuing to use the name 'Gulf of Mexico.' AP says the ban violates the First and Fifth Amendments.

submitted 20 hours ago • 186 comments

The decision will be made official by a document from Acting Director and Musk lackey Leland Dudek. As of last week, Dudek worked in the department he just axed.

submitted 23 hours ago • 10 comments

73% of Democratic-leaning voters say the party is doing "too little to oppose Donald Trump," per a @cnn.com poll. (ht: Aaron Blake)

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Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14. Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo

submitted 2 days ago • 60 comments

walking argument for campaign finance reform 😑

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can't get yelled at in town hall meetings if you never show up for town hall meetings

submitted 21 hours ago • 22 comments

A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/doge-i...

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

When even the New York Post has to publish this, you know you fucked up.

submitted 1 day ago • 651 comments

Breaking — The Social Security Administration is dissolving its Office of Analytics Review and Oversight effective 2pm today, an agency source tells me. In a meeting leadership claimed it was part of government-wide mission to “align missions better” & said it was the first of many changes to come.

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this is what you call a massive false equivalency 😑

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people are understandably angry about the (impulsive, thoughtless) DOGE chainsaw approach 😑 more town halls, please

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Best Jersey ever. #Canpoli #Canada #Hockey

submitted 1 day ago • 79 comments

Canada-Russia hockey final tonight, just like old times.

submitted 2 days ago • 221 comments

Donald Trump firing ~7000 IRS workers will mean three things: 1) More tax loopholes for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations 2) More debt, since IRS agents collect a lot more than they cost 3) Fewer ways to go after big tax cheats A great day to be a billionaire in America.

submitted 1 day ago • 143 comments

a fundamental difference between the first Trump term & 2.0 is that he's now supported by a torrent of executive orders provided by Project 2025... which he constantly lied he knew nothing about during the campaign 😐

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Baba is planning her executive orders. #greyhounds #sighthounds #dogsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #executiveorders

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Donald Trump's administration with a Republican Congress and Elon Musk intends to take our essential programs away. Let me be clear, that's going to affect your daily lives. Our state budget can't make up for the damage that's done if they succeed.

submitted 2 days ago • 50 comments

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

submitted 2 days ago • 844 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 1 day ago • 849 comments

need to see MUCH more of this from Republicans who are still in office 😐

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any way you slice it, destroying valuable government programs essentially to find the $ to fund a tax cut for billionaires is not a winning proposition for the American people. 🇺🇸

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The important thing right now is not to lose hope and become immobilized. With flooding the zone, that is precisely what they are hoping to do, to make you feel as if you have no voice. It is imperative that every single one of us stay informed and involved. 1/2

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Alaska has the fourth-highest number of federal workers per capita—fish & game, forestry, and more—their jobs are being cut under the excuse of “poor performance.” Lisa Murkowski knows that’s a lie—so why won’t she just say, it’s a lie. Collins, Burchett, and the rest are just giving lip service.

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As Trump makes concessions to Russia, he is showing weakness on a level unprecedented in modern US history. His position is so weak that it is unlikely to convince anyone. Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference "The Weak Strongman" snyder.substack.com/p/the-weak-s...

submitted 2 days ago • 130 comments

Does Congress even remember that it has the power of the purse? www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...

submitted 2 days ago • 554 comments

The rousing call to action by Gov. Pritzker for regular people to unite against Trump's authoritarian actions is the leadership we need right now. Pointing out the real-world implications of Trump's actions was necessary. His point stands: do not bend the knee to Trump's delusions of monarchy.

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

More of this from Republicans, please.

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More of this from Republicans, please.

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Thanks to Donald Trump – it's a great day to be a billionaire in America. For the rest of us? Not so much.

submitted 2 days ago • 91 comments

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau makes sure you don't get scammed by digital payment companies and car lenders. Elon Musk’s role as CEO of X Money and Tesla makes DOGE’s takeover of the CFPB a clear conflict of interest. @schiff.senate.gov and I are pressing for answers.

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