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Elon Musk is ILLEGALLY accessing our Social Security data through a gross breach of our private information.

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"They are laying the groundwork for denying benefits to anyone they want to punish or deem unworthy—or indeed, any one of us." - Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works

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Just a Note: My Social Security should have been deposited yesterday. More to come....

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BREAKING: A cadre of largely unidentified actors in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are controlling major government functions with no real oversight or transparency. We're suing to force them to comply with the law and turn over records by March 10.

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DOGE shared its receipts — and some of them don’t match. “Everyone is very well-aware they’re repeating the wrong numbers,” said one manager at a company on DOGE’s list of cuts. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Guardian on Trump CPAC speech >> “Under our administration, there will be no tolerance for social security fraud. Will not allow anyone to cheat our seniors and those who will do that will be prosecuted by [attorney general] Pam Bondi and others,” he said.

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EU considers confiscating part of Russia’s frozen $280 billion, Bloomberg reports. kyivindependent.com/eu-considers...

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Tidbit >> In the United States, tariffs are collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at ports of entry. The money is then deposited into the U.S. Treasury's General Fund.~ online open source. We must ask, who will be overseeing this in the Trump admin? Seems ripe for corruption.

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Thoughts - No making excuses for Trump & Musk as they are wrecking the federal government. Two guys with a relatively small group of followers cutting and gutting. Americans - as a whole - are pretty much passive. One month in and the damage is already severe. 4-years of this... I shudder to think.

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Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding. Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likely. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Rank Corruption.... 👇 Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company. apnews.com/article/musk...

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European leaders are working on a military aid package for Ukraine — worth at least €20 billion — to bolster Kyiv's negotiating position ahead of upcoming peace talks, three EU diplomats told POLITICO.

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The rise of the AfD over the past decade has triggered deep soul-searching in the political establishment in a country still wracked with guilt over its Nazi past. Could German history repeat itself? Here is what three leading historians had to say 👇

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Bluesky ramps up fight against child sexual abuse content

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Hate-speech failures by Meta and X undermine German election

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To whip the European defense industry into shape, Brussels has appointed veteran Lithuanian politician Andrius Kubilius as its first-ever defense commissioner. The Kyiv Independent sat down with Commissioner Kubilius to ask whether the EU is ready to step up in the light of recent shifts in the U.S.

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NATO to reportedly extend jet fuel pipeline to Czechia, Poland in case of war with Russia. The current pipeline system of the alliance, dating back to the Cold War, ends in western Germany, Reuters reported.

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WP Word of the Day: Revanchist - a revanchist is a person who supports a political policy of reclaiming lost territory or status. The term can also be used as an adjective to describe a policy of revenge. - ref. online dictionary

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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NEW: DOGE has operated in relative darkness even as it appears to be behind an explosive — and legally disputed — overhaul of the government. But details about the Musk-led agency teams have emerged in court. We review (and link to docs) here: www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Atlantic Council >> The week that shook Europe—and the historic test ahead. www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...

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These people protected US forests and lands. Their jobs have now vanished due to Trump. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Kristi Noem Says $200 Million DHS Ad Campaign Thanking Trump Was His Idea. Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary said he instructed her to make ads that “thank me for closing the border”. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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AP reports >> Fired employees fear beloved Yosemite National Park will lose its luster. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Reuters reports >> Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

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Reuters reports >> Pentagon to fire 5,400 workers, backlash builds to Trump downsizing effort. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Crazy. Trump golfs for 3 days while the country plunges into turmoil. Emerges periodically once a day to throw gas on the fire to say he is firing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, taking over the Post Office, taking over the city of Washington DC, 1/2

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Workers who maintained trails, removed combustible debris from forests, supported firefighters and secured funds for wildfire mitigation say staffing cuts threaten public safety, especially in the West. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/nationa...

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AP reports >> Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. apnews.com/article/trum...

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So, he is either a lunatic, or.... fill in the blank. I will go first: Megalomaniac.

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AP reports >> Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs. apnews.com/article/dei-...

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Thoughts - Started on Twitter in 2011 to expose the Koch Bros. attempt to destroy #Medicaid which paid for my mom's care - my mom at the time was suffering from Alzheimer's disease; cost $9900 a month just to be in a facility. Now, in 2025 there is a real possibility #Medicaid will be eliminated.

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It should be surprising that the “pro-life” party is more interested in giving tax breaks to billionaires than helping living, breathing people continue to live and breathe. #DontCutMyMedicaid

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Tribute #RIP Jerry Butler.... Happy Friday Everyone.... Only the Strong Survive - www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0q8...

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Little tidbit on Jerry Butler, he wrote one of the great soul tunes which Otis Redding recorded: I've Been Loving You Too Long. He sang it at the Monterrey Pop Festival (1967 - see it on film - excellent). Take a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJHD...

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