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DOGE's Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a potential violation of federal ethics laws: propub.li/4cVtSYq
May 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOGE's Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a potential violation of federal ethics laws: propub.li/4cVtSYq
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Reminder: Dr. Oz had to pay $5.25 million to settle a class action suit for promoting phony weight loss cures.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
April 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reminder: Dr. Oz had to pay $5.25 million to settle a class action suit for promoting phony weight loss cures.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
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I said it 30 years ago and I'll say it again today: you cannot balance the budget on the backs of working people.
My Shutdown Message
My message today is the same as it was nearly 30 years ago when Newt Gingrich shut down the government: you cannot balance the budget on the backs of vulnerable and working people.
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I said it 30 years ago and I'll say it again today: you cannot balance the budget on the backs of working people.
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Corporate monopolies aren’t just bad for business — they’re bad for your wallet. Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.
March 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Corporate monopolies aren’t just bad for business — they’re bad for your wallet. Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.
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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
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Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
propub.li
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
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If Republicans make massive cuts to Medicaid, it will impact all aspects of our health care system. Millions of kids will lose coverage, hospital and insurance rates will soar and nursing homes will shut down.
All this in order to give huge tax breaks to billionaires.
NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.
All this in order to give huge tax breaks to billionaires.
NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.
March 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If Republicans make massive cuts to Medicaid, it will impact all aspects of our health care system. Millions of kids will lose coverage, hospital and insurance rates will soar and nursing homes will shut down.
All this in order to give huge tax breaks to billionaires.
NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.
All this in order to give huge tax breaks to billionaires.
NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.
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Fact-check on VP Vance statements on Ukraine
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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"I’m not sure which is worse: the fact that Republicans are moving to gut the last lifeline for 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid and 43 million Americans who rely on Food Stamps or the fact that they’re lying about doing it."
Read more: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republican...
Read more: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republican...
February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"I’m not sure which is worse: the fact that Republicans are moving to gut the last lifeline for 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid and 43 million Americans who rely on Food Stamps or the fact that they’re lying about doing it."
Read more: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republican...
Read more: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republican...
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Trump freed 1,500 criminals on his first day in office.
Now he just helped Andrew Tate, who is charged with rape and human trafficking.
What happened to “law and order”?
Now he just helped Andrew Tate, who is charged with rape and human trafficking.
What happened to “law and order”?
February 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump freed 1,500 criminals on his first day in office.
Now he just helped Andrew Tate, who is charged with rape and human trafficking.
What happened to “law and order”?
Now he just helped Andrew Tate, who is charged with rape and human trafficking.
What happened to “law and order”?
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The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
February 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
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February 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@mv35.bsky.social I figured out from your clues. I found, especially in the last 2 weeks that FB has become an echo chamber for the right, inundated with posts that I block, picks of Musk in virtually every other post, and lots of hate from the right. Good to have an alternative, for now.
February 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@mv35.bsky.social I figured out from your clues. I found, especially in the last 2 weeks that FB has become an echo chamber for the right, inundated with posts that I block, picks of Musk in virtually every other post, and lots of hate from the right. Good to have an alternative, for now.