Muted South
@citizen100.bsky.social
Low-level hospital bureaucrat. Blue dog paddling in a Red Sea. Trying to finish Middlemarch before the world ends. Opposes the bronzed bullshitter aka his orange goddess.
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Spoilers...
South Park's 27th Season premiere finally brings in Donald Trump.
⚠️Warning Spoiler Alert (1 min 26 secs):
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July 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Spoilers...
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In the days of yore, this would end a political career. A DNI firing intel officials who reported something in contrast to a president trying to abuse emergency powers. We're the frogs and the water is at a rolling boil, folks.
Anyone who has worked on intelligence matters understands the importance of apolitical analysis and speaking truth to power.
In firing intel officials who did just that, Gabbard proved once again that she is unfit for her position.
In firing intel officials who did just that, Gabbard proved once again that she is unfit for her position.
May 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In the days of yore, this would end a political career. A DNI firing intel officials who reported something in contrast to a president trying to abuse emergency powers. We're the frogs and the water is at a rolling boil, folks.
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This is a HUGE scandal.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
www.nextgov.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is a HUGE scandal.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.
Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.
Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
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Administration defunds the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety.
Fewer American workers will survive their shifts & make it home safe to their families in the years ahead.
But we can give billionaires a bigger tax cut & free bosses from rules that keep workers' safe!
#priorities
Fewer American workers will survive their shifts & make it home safe to their families in the years ahead.
But we can give billionaires a bigger tax cut & free bosses from rules that keep workers' safe!
#priorities
We're now told that vast majority of NIOSH's employees are now expected to be cut by Secy Kennedy's reorganization plan
HHS letter to one union today lists several teams where "all employees" expected to be impacted, ranging from NPPTL to WTCHP
tinalexander.github.io/main/notes/a...
HHS letter to one union today lists several teams where "all employees" expected to be impacted, ranging from NPPTL to WTCHP
tinalexander.github.io/main/notes/a...
April 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Administration defunds the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety.
Fewer American workers will survive their shifts & make it home safe to their families in the years ahead.
But we can give billionaires a bigger tax cut & free bosses from rules that keep workers' safe!
#priorities
Fewer American workers will survive their shifts & make it home safe to their families in the years ahead.
But we can give billionaires a bigger tax cut & free bosses from rules that keep workers' safe!
#priorities
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Based on research, they make non-binding recommendations and offer guidance. Serve as experts for employers, unions, and workers about risks and strategies to reduce them.
But only valuable if you care about workers' health and safety.
But only valuable if you care about workers' health and safety.
April 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Based on research, they make non-binding recommendations and offer guidance. Serve as experts for employers, unions, and workers about risks and strategies to reduce them.
But only valuable if you care about workers' health and safety.
But only valuable if you care about workers' health and safety.
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"Should any trusted Afghan ally be deported, the Taliban will almost certainly execute them." That's what deportation means for Afghans in America.
@aggiewill00.bsky.social on the Trump administration's shameful Afghan refugee reversal: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
@aggiewill00.bsky.social on the Trump administration's shameful Afghan refugee reversal: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
April 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"Should any trusted Afghan ally be deported, the Taliban will almost certainly execute them." That's what deportation means for Afghans in America.
@aggiewill00.bsky.social on the Trump administration's shameful Afghan refugee reversal: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
@aggiewill00.bsky.social on the Trump administration's shameful Afghan refugee reversal: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...
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People [Apr 10] -- Military pilot Jo Ellis is suing rightwing influencer Matt Wallace for falsely claiming she piloted the Army helicopter that crashed into a DC Amer. Air flight in Jan. She plans to donate any monetary damages to families of 67 people killed in crash. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Transgender Pilot Sues Right-Wing Influencer Alleging Defamation After She's Falsely Blamed for D.C. Plane Crash
On April 10, transgender military pilot Jo Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit against right-wing influencer Matt Wallace after his false claims that she was the pilot flying the helicopter that crashed ...
people.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
People [Apr 10] -- Military pilot Jo Ellis is suing rightwing influencer Matt Wallace for falsely claiming she piloted the Army helicopter that crashed into a DC Amer. Air flight in Jan. She plans to donate any monetary damages to families of 67 people killed in crash. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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BREAKING: US 10Y rises to 4.52%, the largest single weekly increase since 2001.
U.S. 30-year treasury yields rise to 4.94%, weekly increase is biggest since 1982.
U.S. 30-year treasury yields rise to 4.94%, weekly increase is biggest since 1982.
April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: US 10Y rises to 4.52%, the largest single weekly increase since 2001.
U.S. 30-year treasury yields rise to 4.94%, weekly increase is biggest since 1982.
U.S. 30-year treasury yields rise to 4.94%, weekly increase is biggest since 1982.
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New consumer sentiment data just out for April:
Americans’ expectations for how the economy will fare over the next year are now at their worst in 45 years.
Consumer confidence is down 40% since Trump’s inauguration, including a 20% drop among Republicans.
Americans’ expectations for how the economy will fare over the next year are now at their worst in 45 years.
Consumer confidence is down 40% since Trump’s inauguration, including a 20% drop among Republicans.
April 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New consumer sentiment data just out for April:
Americans’ expectations for how the economy will fare over the next year are now at their worst in 45 years.
Consumer confidence is down 40% since Trump’s inauguration, including a 20% drop among Republicans.
Americans’ expectations for how the economy will fare over the next year are now at their worst in 45 years.
Consumer confidence is down 40% since Trump’s inauguration, including a 20% drop among Republicans.
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Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’
Fund managers worry about Trump’s mental state amid tariff debacle
Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’
www.independent.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’
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'I need a neck brace', yep!
McGovern: "How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet? ... I need a neck brace to be able to get through all this."
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
'I need a neck brace', yep!
This week should be a good reminder as to why social security should not be privatized.
April 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This week should be a good reminder as to why social security should not be privatized.
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The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.
We can't. We need answers.
We can't. We need answers.
April 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.
We can't. We need answers.
We can't. We need answers.
Yep…
Nobody can take on the bond market and that includes the US President, writes David Murphy
Trump buckles in face of bond market pressure
Nobody can take on the bond market and that includes the US President, writes David Murphy.
www.rte.ie
April 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Yep…
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Dumpo, the deranged ass clown of Russia, is making sure our economy will crash. This trade war is beyond stupid, and history proved it doesn't work.
April 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Dumpo, the deranged ass clown of Russia, is making sure our economy will crash. This trade war is beyond stupid, and history proved it doesn't work.
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From what I’ve gathered around the internet nations are unloading US bonds which seem to indicate distrust of government and the devaluation of the dollar.. as punishment for trumps tariffs..
As I read it that act will accelerate inflation and worse. It’s hard to understand but the key is: we lose
As I read it that act will accelerate inflation and worse. It’s hard to understand but the key is: we lose
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
From what I’ve gathered around the internet nations are unloading US bonds which seem to indicate distrust of government and the devaluation of the dollar.. as punishment for trumps tariffs..
As I read it that act will accelerate inflation and worse. It’s hard to understand but the key is: we lose
As I read it that act will accelerate inflation and worse. It’s hard to understand but the key is: we lose
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7 GOP senators are backing a bill to curb Trump's tariff powers
www.businessinsider.com/which-republ...
www.businessinsider.com/which-republ...
These 7 GOP senators are backing a bill to curb Trump's tariff powers
Several Republicans signed onto a bill to make Trump's tariffs expire after 60 days if not approved by Congress. The White House says he'd veto it.
www.businessinsider.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
7 GOP senators are backing a bill to curb Trump's tariff powers
www.businessinsider.com/which-republ...
www.businessinsider.com/which-republ...
The tariffs were always the excuse to wreak irreversible ecological devastation on our ecosystem. On-shoring environmental destruction and staffing manufacturing facilities with ex-federal employees is the so called plan folks.
Krasnov is addicted to emergencies. He's seized tariff powers from Congress due to a fake emergency. He's flirting with the insurrection act.
Now he's declared a wildfire emergency and opened national forests to loggers.
The only emergency is his regime.
www.ntd.com/usda-orders-...
Now he's declared a wildfire emergency and opened national forests to loggers.
The only emergency is his regime.
www.ntd.com/usda-orders-...
USDA Orders to Expand Logging in National Forests Under Emergency
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a memo on Friday allowing the use of more than 112 million acres of national forests for logging to increase timber production and reduce wildfire risk. In ...
www.ntd.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The tariffs were always the excuse to wreak irreversible ecological devastation on our ecosystem. On-shoring environmental destruction and staffing manufacturing facilities with ex-federal employees is the so called plan folks.
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“Blowing up the world trading system has consequences that the President isn’t advertising.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
April 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“Blowing up the world trading system has consequences that the President isn’t advertising.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
every time anyone in this administration opens their mouths, out comes a string of assertions. I guess if you state the same assertions ad nauseum, you’ll eventually convince yourself they are true.
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
every time anyone in this administration opens their mouths, out comes a string of assertions. I guess if you state the same assertions ad nauseum, you’ll eventually convince yourself they are true.
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How much was Hegseth drinking when he put that group text together?
March 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
How much was Hegseth drinking when he put that group text together?
