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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign.
This is Rafah today.
This is Rafah today.
April 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign.
This is Rafah today.
This is Rafah today.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.
February 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.
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What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.
February 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.
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Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe
Autogolpe
What’s really happening beneath the Musk/Trump chaos
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe
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It's a coup.
The armed individual who blocked senators from entering federal property bears the insignia of "Triple Canopy", which merged with Blackwater in 2014.
This is a mercenary paramilitary guard for Musk and his minions. *Anyone wearing this insignia should be considered extremely dangerous.*
#resist
This is a mercenary paramilitary guard for Musk and his minions. *Anyone wearing this insignia should be considered extremely dangerous.*
#resist
February 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's a coup.
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Buckle up everyone this is going to be a LONG thread but if you are a current Fed you are going to want to bookmark it because it’s the roadmap for what’s coming. #SaveUSAID #SaveAmerica 1/
February 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Buckle up everyone this is going to be a LONG thread but if you are a current Fed you are going to want to bookmark it because it’s the roadmap for what’s coming. #SaveUSAID #SaveAmerica 1/
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I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Oh dear lord.
Today is tough. So this laugh is for our programmers and data scientists.
#wecodebetterthandoge
#wecodebetterthandoge
February 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Oh dear lord.
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I just met with Community Health Centers from Oregon that told me providers across our state are starting layoffs because of Trump's funding freeze. Donald Trump is already forcing kids and families to go without the health care they need.
February 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I just met with Community Health Centers from Oregon that told me providers across our state are starting layoffs because of Trump's funding freeze. Donald Trump is already forcing kids and families to go without the health care they need.
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Crucial SF-50 forms, detailing job titles, salaries, and Social Security numbers, have disappeared from a federal database managed by the Office of Personnel Management.
February 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Crucial SF-50 forms, detailing job titles, salaries, and Social Security numbers, have disappeared from a federal database managed by the Office of Personnel Management.
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Holy 💩
This is the guy ripping at the controls that protect the country and pay the bills.
He's gonna get people killed.
This is the guy ripping at the controls that protect the country and pay the bills.
He's gonna get people killed.
“In retrospect, the whole Sacramento shutdown was a mistake,” Musk would admit. “I was told we had redundancy across our data centers. What I wasn’t told was that we had 70,000 hard-coded references to Sacramento. And there’s still shit that’s broken because of it.”" www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/t...
The Batshit Crazy Story Of The Day Elon Musk Decided To Personally Rip Servers Out Of A Sacramento Data Center
Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…
www.techdirt.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Holy 💩
This is the guy ripping at the controls that protect the country and pay the bills.
He's gonna get people killed.
This is the guy ripping at the controls that protect the country and pay the bills.
He's gonna get people killed.
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Simultaneously, sections of NOAA’s website displaying climate data have become unavailable. They are systematically going through the system, removing content at their discretion. More details to follow.
February 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Simultaneously, sections of NOAA’s website displaying climate data have become unavailable. They are systematically going through the system, removing content at their discretion. More details to follow.
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Treasury now claims Musk takeover expands on a review begun under Biden, but Ron Wyden tells us former Treasury officials are unaware of any Biden-era process that could be construed as the precursor to what we're seeing now.
Wyden says lots more here:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
Wyden says lots more here:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
February 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Treasury now claims Musk takeover expands on a review begun under Biden, but Ron Wyden tells us former Treasury officials are unaware of any Biden-era process that could be construed as the precursor to what we're seeing now.
Wyden says lots more here:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
Wyden says lots more here:
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
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"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
February 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.
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An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
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ONE BIG THING. When I mentioned that I had heard of at least one person who had already missed a Social Security payment, the staffers snapped to attention. That's a huge deal.
If you or someone you know has missed a Social Security payment, call your reps IMMEDIATELY.
If you or someone you know has missed a Social Security payment, call your reps IMMEDIATELY.
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
ONE BIG THING. When I mentioned that I had heard of at least one person who had already missed a Social Security payment, the staffers snapped to attention. That's a huge deal.
If you or someone you know has missed a Social Security payment, call your reps IMMEDIATELY.
If you or someone you know has missed a Social Security payment, call your reps IMMEDIATELY.
Finally, some modicum of coverage from the Gray Lady.
Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Finally, some modicum of coverage from the Gray Lady.
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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
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.
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.