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I wrote about how particularly ridiculous it is that Senate Democrats, led by Dick Durbin, think the priority should be repealing Section 230 and undermining the very open internet we need more than ever right now. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/w...

submitted 21 hours ago • 51 comments

We NEED @blakegendebien.bsky.social to win. This is an all hands situation.

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Is this government efficiency?

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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

Down 29.6% over the past 60 days

submitted 18 hours ago • 102 comments

We should say DOGE as dodgy.

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"Yes, this guy wrote a column about how bad the job market economy is when his bespoke measure of the economy shows the economy is doing better than it has since Bill Clinton’s first term." bendwalsh.substack.com/p/did-secret...

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@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: "Inspectors general are a headache for everyone. You know why? Because they're investigating every agency and they find stuff! Including waste and fraud and abuse! They wouldn't be firing them if they cared about waste, fraud, and abuse."

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The level of derangement, my God. He's going to blow up his already fake/broken "factchecking" scam because he's angry that he's being called out for his Kremlin disinformation. Don't be surprised if Community Notes goes away altogether. Musk has no intention of being factchecked on his platform.

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A reminder, from February 25th, 2022:

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

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“The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found.”

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SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Musk Leaves 9/11 Heroes To Die

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our election security agency is now open to a teenager who was verifiably part of a CSAM extortion ring

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Good morning! Have a great Monday! 🌺 #MacroMonday #MagentaMonday Memories of spring... there is a legend that says that the lilac was created by the Sun and the Rainbow. The goddess of spring... ⬇️ continue reading below in the comments⬇️

submitted 5 days ago • 14 comments

I’m getting targeted by bots for the first time since the election, and of course they are pro-Elon ones telling me that nature doesn’t matter.

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Woodland Blue. 🎨 Penny Gaj

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NEW: A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing Cathy Harris, chair of an agency that protects federal workers' rights. Harris will be reinstated while litigation continues.

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A federal judge considering whether to indefinitely block President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender service members described it on Tuesday as having “unadulterated animus” toward transgender Americans.

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

No privacy for any students at all I guess is the norm now? What the absolute F. DOGE IS NOT REAL AND ELON HAD NO AUTHORITY TO ACCESS ANY OF THIS! www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

submitted 3 days ago • 802 comments

For the last two days, Sean Duffy has been blaming Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, the Democrats, and anyone else he can think of for the fact that under HIS watch, planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. Maybe fewer joyrides to the Daytona 500 and a little more attention paid to transportation.

submitted 3 days ago • 365 comments

When they’ll use fake grand jury investigations as a pretext to claw back funds illegally, there’s a rot at the top.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil former leader Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison President Lula, top prosecutor says.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.

submitted 4 days ago • 631 comments

I want to save billions of your money and make our government more efficient. Rummaging through your personal shit is not that. A party of chaos loses—always.

submitted 4 days ago • 548 comments

Yes! Worth a watch. You have a right to still enjoy beautiful things. Joy is resistance. Self care is a defiant act.

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JFC indeed.

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@sanders.senate.gov: "You're looking at enormous power & wealth in the hands of a small number of people who could care less about working class people... They suffer from the addiction of greed. You got $50 billion? Ain't enough. We got to cut SS so I can get a tax break and maybe get $55 billion."

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