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Favorite sign so far
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Favorite sign so far
Reposted by Brian Walker
It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
This is serious, people.
Here's the Reuters article on Elon Musk's coup of the Office of Personnel Management, btw
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is serious, people.
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The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration.
It’s fucking brilliant.
It’s fucking brilliant.
January 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration.
It’s fucking brilliant.
It’s fucking brilliant.
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$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
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Let’s be clear: A woman who was injured in the New Orleans terror attack was denied PTO by Amazon until we took action.
Meta was launching ai influencers but deleted them after we took action.
BlueCross was going to deny anesthesia during duration of surgery until we took action.
Meta was launching ai influencers but deleted them after we took action.
BlueCross was going to deny anesthesia during duration of surgery until we took action.
January 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Let’s be clear: A woman who was injured in the New Orleans terror attack was denied PTO by Amazon until we took action.
Meta was launching ai influencers but deleted them after we took action.
BlueCross was going to deny anesthesia during duration of surgery until we took action.
Meta was launching ai influencers but deleted them after we took action.
BlueCross was going to deny anesthesia during duration of surgery until we took action.
He who controls the media, controls the country. All of the once great, once unbiased news outlets who used to feature in-depth, honest reporting are now afraid of offending his highness.
Wow. Good thing I already resigned, or I'd have to do it now.
At LA Times, now have to submit editorials to owner in advance, and also "balance" anti Trump pieces w/ other side.
LA Times owner tells editorial board to take a break from writing about Trump @ElombahNews news.band/la-times-own...
At LA Times, now have to submit editorials to owner in advance, and also "balance" anti Trump pieces w/ other side.
LA Times owner tells editorial board to take a break from writing about Trump @ElombahNews news.band/la-times-own...
LA Times owner tells editorial board to take a break from writing about Trump - News Band
Mr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, doctor and medical technology innovator who built a fortune had become accustomed to making the news. The striving South African immigrant billionaire brought the Los Angeles ...
news.band
December 19, 2024 at 12:24 AM
He who controls the media, controls the country. All of the once great, once unbiased news outlets who used to feature in-depth, honest reporting are now afraid of offending his highness.
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When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
December 8, 2024 at 1:47 AM
When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
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A new study finds that growing demand from data centers could jack US electricity prices up 70% by 2029.
Hardship for those least able to pay. Slower economy-wide electrification. For what? Shitty AI no one wants.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Hardship for those least able to pay. Slower economy-wide electrification. For what? Shitty AI no one wants.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Impact of Data Centers on Energy Demand and Market Prices
The number of data centers in the U.S. has increased sharply in the last decade and nearly all forecasts suggest that their growth will accelerate in the next d
papers.ssrn.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:54 PM
A new study finds that growing demand from data centers could jack US electricity prices up 70% by 2029.
Hardship for those least able to pay. Slower economy-wide electrification. For what? Shitty AI no one wants.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Hardship for those least able to pay. Slower economy-wide electrification. For what? Shitty AI no one wants.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Birdwatching at Putah Creek
November 16, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Birdwatching at Putah Creek
The Onion buying Alex Jones’s Info Wars site is just the good news I needed today- I can’t wait to see what they do with it.
November 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM
The Onion buying Alex Jones’s Info Wars site is just the good news I needed today- I can’t wait to see what they do with it.