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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

submitted 11 hours ago • 224 comments

I’m hunting for Leon Neyfakh’s podcast (Fiasco) season on Benghazi, which apparently came out in 2022. I can find other seasons of the podcast, covering the AIDS crisis and Bush v. Gore, but that one… vanished. And Neyfakh himself seems to have dropped out of sight too. Odd. Anyone know anything??

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Report this immature jerk to the moderators. Pure “Trump is king” troll, does nothing but insult and disrupt conversations as offensively as he knows how.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

On one hand this is absolutely awful—a dark and dire day for America. On the other, at least we have the overall continuity of McConnell acting like Iago while the republic crumbles.

submitted 2 days ago • 93 comments

If you de-zoot the toots here, he’s saying he spent $44b on twitter as part of his right wing political project—which is both obvious and something you can’t say in the newspaper.

submitted 2 days ago • 105 comments

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

submitted 2 days ago • 853 comments

No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

submitted 2 days ago • 5075 comments

Breaking: The Federalist Society quickly reboots as the Royalist Society.

submitted 3 days ago • 79 comments

Wrote about how easy it is to claim you saved taxpayers billions when you just make shit up. But also how this is the Twitter Files all over again. The dumbest people don't know what they're looking at so it must be a conspiracy www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/i...

submitted 3 days ago • 36 comments

"DOGE's savings page also does not include any evidence of fraud, waste or abuse in contracts, but does highlight ideological differences between the Trump administration and the previous priorities of former President Joe Biden." www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 244 comments

“put it on his fucking gravestone”

submitted 2 days ago • 110 comments

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME Congress didn’t pass a law requiring NIH-funded trials to include women until 1993. Drug trials with government funding only started including women in the NINETIES And that’s only drug trials! And not ones with private funding! Health research FAMOUSLY excludes women.

submitted 3 days ago • 31 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Go f* yourself. We have a constitution, and Zelenskyy is the only legitimate president until Russia stops occupying our territories. We will hold elections immediately once Russia goes to hell and leaves Ukrainian land.

submitted 3 days ago • 67 comments

I am Ukrainian, and I have a say in this. Zelenskyy isn’t a dictator, he is the only legal president until victory of Ukraine. To all the Americans repeating Trump/Putin’s lies, go f* yourself.

submitted 3 days ago • 53 comments

Elon Musk’s staffers have taken an additional $7.4 million this week in expenses, bringing the total to $14.4 million.

submitted 9 days ago • 303 comments

NEW: The CDC is currently removing all the influenza resources from their website during the worst flu season in decades.

submitted 8 days ago • 853 comments

Antoinette Bacon Edward Sullivan

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

To Americans concerned about factual Health Information and Vaccines Info... www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

submitted 9 days ago • 17 comments