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Nothing says you’re a good steward of taxpayer money like bricking thousands of EV chargers that were installed at taxpayer expense for no reason other than that you hate EVs

submitted 2 hours ago • 16 comments

So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1007 comments

Trump just ordered the DOJ to eliminate the police misconduct database. Imagine losing your child to police brutality &finding out the officer had a violent history that wasn't tracked. That’s what happened to Eric Garners family. The officer who killed him had many complaints before that fatal day.

submitted 15 hours ago • 80 comments

DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role www.wired.com/story/doge-u...

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JPMORGAN: “.. the term ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ has appeared in more than 20 New York Times articles in the last two days alone. This attention level gives the impression that spending cuts, either realized or imminent, are dramatic. The reality so far is more mundane.”

submitted 21 hours ago • 34 comments

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

submitted 19 hours ago • 855 comments

yesterday?

submitted 18 hours ago • 84 comments

A massive, self-inflicted wound on American higher education.

submitted 18 hours ago • 19 comments

Read the real stories about what USAID cuts mean, not the Musk propaganda www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

submitted 16 hours ago • 29 comments

NEW: Public health teams are being gutted by Trump's purge of federal employees, imperiling crucial, lifesaving work. "We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed." w/ @deldeib.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 3 hours ago • 32 comments

Frank Schuler promoted a tax strategy that was derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the fed government’s property. Important reporting via @peterelkind.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/fran...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Robert Taylor recently lost his wife to a long-term illness he linked to chemicals produced by a nearby plant in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley." Now the Trump admin is preparing to scrap pollution reforms in the area. Critical story via @oliverlaughland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

200 million dollars of waste.

submitted 3 hours ago • 728 comments

Congressman Joe Neguse and Jen Rubin discuss Republican plan to Cut Medicaid open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

submitted 16 hours ago • 13 comments

Important observation by @natashabertrand.bsky.social.⬇️ Now ask yourself, why would Secretary Hegseth and President Trump want to remove the most senior military lawyers?

submitted 16 hours ago • 27 comments

Pentagon to fire 5,400 workers, backlash builds to Trump downsizing effort www.investing.com/news/economy...

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 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

None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 14 hours ago • 290 comments

What was it that the ABA said about the rule of law the other day?

submitted 14 hours ago • 17 comments

Mass #surveillance in the US has historically targeted racial and ethnic minorities. Experts warn this pattern could intensify under a second Trump term, with a focus on people of color and immigrants. @curlyprofessor.bsky.social @raqueldelerme.bsky.social @usc.edu #deportation

submitted 8 hours ago • 6 comments

This is a shameful way to treat our fellow citizens who are public servants. This doesn’t make America great.

submitted 13 hours ago • 163 comments

Hegseth is going to fire every woman or Black person in military leadership.

submitted 15 hours ago • 184 comments

From Turkey to Hungary to Venezuela to Benin, firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power. Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

Ukraine was warned it faced an imminent shutdown of Elon Musk’s vital Starlink satellite internet system unless it signed the extortion deal on rare earth minerals, Reuters reports.

submitted 15 hours ago • 228 comments

"U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters."

submitted 14 hours ago • 148 comments

Ukrainians Say They Feel Betrayed by Trump and U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

Doing this right before firing three top military leaders is so deranged. Source at DoD told me, “Disdain for Hegseth is a near-universal feeling even among the Trumpiest in the office.“

submitted 14 hours ago • 78 comments

So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

submitted 15 hours ago • 149 comments

that Trumpers think the US Postal SERVICE should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

submitted 17 hours ago • 838 comments

What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?

submitted 11 hours ago • 496 comments

Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

submitted 1 day ago • 119 comments

firing for "too much DEI" is plainly firing a woman and a Black man on the presumption only white men can be qualified. this is disgusting biogtry.

submitted 16 hours ago • 233 comments