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This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
“Musk came to Washington all Cybertrucks and chain saws, ready to destroy the bureaucracy,” write Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer. But as he winds down his service, “he has found himself isolated within the upper reaches of the Trump administration”: https://theatln.tc/ckySMUOS
May 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This gets the story wrong on a fundamental level because it assumes DOGE was about what Musk claimed.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
DOGE was about stealing data, getting Musk contracts, shutting down investigations and regulations of Musk’s companies, and terrorizing federal workers. On that front, it succeeded.
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This is the issue. The BIG issue. The only problem in my opinion. There are hundreds of other issues vying for the number-one spot but this one is horribly insidious.
March 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is the issue. The BIG issue. The only problem in my opinion. There are hundreds of other issues vying for the number-one spot but this one is horribly insidious.
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I’m old enough to remember “All in the Family” and “Roots.”
January 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I’m old enough to remember “All in the Family” and “Roots.”
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This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend.
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February 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend.
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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Hey - are those people still stuck on the space station?
January 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hey - are those people still stuck on the space station?
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Preferential hiring for mine, not for thine.
January 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Preferential hiring for mine, not for thine.
Truth
January 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Truth
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At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
January 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
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Search his speeches on Monday, all of them. Throw the algorithm a curveball on YouTube, FB, and Twitter.
January 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Search his speeches on Monday, all of them. Throw the algorithm a curveball on YouTube, FB, and Twitter.
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Trump actually said the quiet part out loud.
Hear it here: https://buff.ly/42cMujo
Hear it here: https://buff.ly/42cMujo
January 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Trump actually said the quiet part out loud.
Hear it here: https://buff.ly/42cMujo
Hear it here: https://buff.ly/42cMujo
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NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:
www.finance.senate.gov
January 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:
Spending most of my time here blocking fake/bimbo accounts.
Not impressed yet.
Not impressed yet.
January 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Spending most of my time here blocking fake/bimbo accounts.
Not impressed yet.
Not impressed yet.
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George W ignores Trump and probably tells Obama thanks for taking one for the team by sitting next to him 🤣
January 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
George W ignores Trump and probably tells Obama thanks for taking one for the team by sitting next to him 🤣
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Read that headline. Now read it again.
January 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Read that headline. Now read it again.
From 1937….
January 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From 1937….
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"President's Colleagues Defy Norms in Order to Gather Info at Watergate Office"
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January 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"President's Colleagues Defy Norms in Order to Gather Info at Watergate Office"
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Well thank GOD they aren’t immigrants!
An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.
Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Well thank GOD they aren’t immigrants!
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🇬🇪 Evening, Georgia, 5th day of protests.
December 2, 2024 at 5:37 PM
🇬🇪 Evening, Georgia, 5th day of protests.