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This administration is incompetent and endangering our troops. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared war plans in an encrypted chat—including a journalist—two hours before strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, the White House confirmed.
March 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Americans are going hungry under Trump. Food banks across the country — already strained by deep cuts to locally grown food programs — the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting aid as demand continues to grow.
March 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Don't worry, I'm sure all those conservatives will make up for lost EV sales among liberals.
Around the block again in Chicago.
March 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Immigrants in the country illegally paid nearly $100 billion in taxes in 2022, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic policy. But that source of government revenue may soon taper off.

The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:
Trump Wants to Use the IRS to Track Down Immigrants. They May Stop Paying Taxes.
Undocumented immigrants contribute billions to Social Security and other programs. That money might fall off because of Trump’s crackdown.
www.thebulwark.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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“I won’t forget” ?
March 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Trump and DOGE accused federal civil servants of fraud (with no evidence).

Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat.

Hello?
February 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Donald Trump fired the people who make sure you and your parents get the health care you need. The people who make sure medical devices are safe for you to use. The people who approve the lifesaving drugs you rely on.

How does this help working people?
US Health Department Layoffs Expand to Medicare, FDA
The Department of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, ...
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February 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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WOW! Cory Booker isn't holding back!

"There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent."
February 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate Minority Leader, has launched a new online portal for individuals to report corruption, abuses of power, and threats to public safety, with the legal protections afforded to whistleblowers.
February 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk.

He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.

Hello?
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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This.
Any four Republican Senators could stop this at any time simply by threatening to block all action (or even caucus with the Democrats) if Trump doesn't make certain concessions. They won't, but that should be a much bigger story than whether the Democrats are doing everything that *they* can.
February 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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A 25-year-old DOGE worker named Marko Elez who has admin privileges on Treasury dept systems that control about 95% of payments made by the gov, including Social Security checks, tax refunds and contract payments "has already made extensive changes to the code base for these critical payment system"
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight, Wired reported that, contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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BREAKING: FBI agents file unprecedented class action lawsuit against Trump's Department of Justice.
BREAKING: FBI agents STRIKE BACK at Trump in SHOCK move
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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February 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Trump installed Bessent to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and he moved quickly to halt all its work. Deconstructing the government from within.
February 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Musk’s team has been reviewing these position descriptions to identify and target roles, including those related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), which have subsequently been removed.
February 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.
February 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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JFK on why he founded USAID.

“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Bird flu outbreaks are driving up egg prices for families.

Now, Elon Musk wants to shut down USAID, the agency responsible for monitoring outbreaks in dozens of foreign countries.

With egg prices increasing grocery bills, why halt efforts to prevent a U.S. bird flu crisis?
February 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM