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(1/X) The next four years are likely to be a disaster in many regards: more plane crashes, more outbreaks of measles and other infectious diseases, snafus with tax refunds and Medicaid payments, terrorist attacks, and probably a recession. The media will tell us none of it is Trump's fault...

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Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]

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In the last election, one candidate was proposing coercive restrictions on personal liberty and replacing free trade and free markets with heavy tariffs and authoritarian favoritism. The other was Kamala Harris. Bezos personally killed an endorsement of Harris and celebrated at Trump’s inauguration.

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Letter from 21 legacy US Digital Service staff who resigned, saying they can no longer work for DOGE. "We will not use use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize American's sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services."

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No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday. That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas... It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

submitted 2 days ago • 187 comments

There's really not a single rational explanation for what DOGE is doing to USAID than that fully recruited Russian (or Hungarian or Chinese) agents are deliberately destroying all goodwill US has around the world.

submitted 2 days ago • 63 comments

More confirmation Elon was lying about turning Ebola prevention back on.

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word is getting out, you love to see it #TeslaTakedown the.ink/p/watch-occu...

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House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 Americans overall, including 41% of births and 63% of nursing home care. They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely. This won’t just harm people. This will kill people. They own this.

submitted 3 days ago • 227 comments

alright, we're gonna kick this series off with a fucking bang. my first story in the DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS series comes from nate brought, director of the executive secretariat at the national institutes of health, and you're going to want to hear what he has to say.

submitted 4 days ago • 37 comments

Finally, an A.I. use case for good

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After reading, “… is now one of the most successful Podcasters in the Country, something he is willing and prepared to give up in order to serve,” I will never be the same.

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I finally got what's bugged me about all these stories on the crippling of the US govt: all of them speak of "cuts" when, in fact, only Congress can 'cut' funding, and it has done nothing of the sort. The story describes illegal & unconstitutional impoundment, BUT SAYS NOT ONE WORD ABOUT IT

submitted 4 days ago • 91 comments

one of my favorite parts of the SAG Awards

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(1/X) I've done some posts about the narcissistic sociopath I work with and how dealing with him has influenced how I see Trump. Now I'd like to do something about how it has influenced how i see the people who enable Trump. It's what I call the "shitty people problem"....

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hey, so, if you're a federal worker or contractor and you want to talk about why your work is important, you can contact someone who actually cares about it and wants to learn about it, rather than elon musk, who does not.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Elon Musk does need access to all your personal data and bank information. It's just not for the reason you think.

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

submitted 6 days ago • 1021 comments

If this new coach can turn around the Chicago Fire, of all teams, you have to think the USMNT will be paying attention

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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 6 days ago • 141 comments

sure, mitch mcconnell cynically masterminded the plot to destroy the US constitution and american democracy, but you have to at least credit him with lifting up his own constituents in Kentucky to make it one of our richest and most prosperous... (touching earpiece) wait I'm getting new information

submitted 8 days ago • 144 comments

Protesting again in Tampa. Special appreciation to my friend who shows up every week! #TampaProtest #Protest

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#tampaprotest the crowd keeps growing

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She did a whole speech at the Ellipse! It was a whole thing!

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

THEY LOST AN ELECTION AND EVERYONE TOLD THEM THEY HATED THEM

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oh my god I’m so happy to be back in Taiwan

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

🇺🇸🪄✨ #JuvePSV [2-1] #UCL

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Excuse me while I vent for a moment SHE IS THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR. SHE CAN SUBPOENA OFFICIALS, HOLD TELEVISED HEARINGS, HOLD UP ANYONE’S FUNDING, ZERO OUT THE WHITE HOUSE’S FUCKING ICE CREAM AND DIET COKE BUDGET, AND ENFORCE THE APPROPRIATIONS LAWS THAT ARE THE SOURCE OF HER PERSONAL POWER.

submitted 18 days ago • 432 comments

To all those saying "shouldn't we root out government inefficiency? What's wrong with DOGE?" a quick background on Constitutional law and why the WAY it is being violated exposes the true motives of the criminals:

submitted 20 days ago • 99 comments

NEW: Over 100 Jewish organizations just released a statement ringing the alarm bell over the Trump admin’s attacks on democratic norms & values. We know where this leads, for Jews & others. I’m proud @thejcpa.bsky.social brought together this broad coalition. jewishpublicaffairs.org/news/major-j...

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Neo-Nazis appeared in Lincoln Heights (metro Cincinnati) Ohio and got ran out of dodge… but not before locals stole and burned their swastika flag in the street.

submitted 21 days ago • 420 comments

How the fuck are you supposed to find a missing trans kid without using the name they would be using for themselves?

submitted 21 days ago • 116 comments

New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

submitted 21 days ago • 643 comments

Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?

submitted 22 days ago • 168 comments

why wouldn’t they, virtually every major news source unskeptically repeated his denials and moved on

submitted 21 days ago • 11 comments

They are careless people. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 21 days ago • 46 comments

Something I’ve always wanted from the NYT, but that I can’t remember it ever doing, is for the newspaper to show some professional indignation about being grandiosely lied to.

submitted 21 days ago • 99 comments

A classic Republican move, in a way, to extend warmth and tolerance to people in their immediate social circle while ruthlessly persecuting people outside of it.

submitted 21 days ago • 52 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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