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While Trump & Musk DOGE cut the federal workforce and federal contracts leaving THOUSANDS of Americans UNEMPLOYED, Elon Musk & his family are flying for FREE on Air Force.
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
Elon Musk’s use of Air Force One with family sparks backlash over ‘government waste’ | The Express Tribune
Photos of Elon Musk, his mother, and son on Air Force One with Trump fuel criticism over government spending concerns.
tribune.com.pk
March 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
While Trump & Musk DOGE cut the federal workforce and federal contracts leaving THOUSANDS of Americans UNEMPLOYED, Elon Musk & his family are flying for FREE on Air Force.
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse.
tribune.com.pk/story/253234...
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Slashing the VA? Arbitrary cuts within our national security? I am all for cutting waste in the government, but Elon Musk is making Americans less safe. youtu.be/qYs7BVPf6gc
Slotkin: I am all for cutting waste in the government, but Elon Musk is making Americans less safe.
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Slashing the VA? Arbitrary cuts within our national security? I am all for cutting waste in the government, but Elon Musk is making Americans less safe. youtu.be/qYs7BVPf6gc
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social has 112K followers on @bsky.app and most of his posts have hundreds of reposts. @chuckschumer.com has 4K followers on @bsky.app and only one of his posts has a 2-digit number of reposts (36). His next highest number of reposts is a post with 5 reposts. So who's the leader?
March 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social has 112K followers on @bsky.app and most of his posts have hundreds of reposts. @chuckschumer.com has 4K followers on @bsky.app and only one of his posts has a 2-digit number of reposts (36). His next highest number of reposts is a post with 5 reposts. So who's the leader?
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Trade deficit is up.
Stock market is crashing.
Gas prices are rising.
Consumer confidence is down.
Grocery costs are soaring.
Trump is terrible at managing the economy.
Why? Because all he cares about is the billionaires. Not us.
Stock market is crashing.
Gas prices are rising.
Consumer confidence is down.
Grocery costs are soaring.
Trump is terrible at managing the economy.
Why? Because all he cares about is the billionaires. Not us.
March 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Trade deficit is up.
Stock market is crashing.
Gas prices are rising.
Consumer confidence is down.
Grocery costs are soaring.
Trump is terrible at managing the economy.
Why? Because all he cares about is the billionaires. Not us.
Stock market is crashing.
Gas prices are rising.
Consumer confidence is down.
Grocery costs are soaring.
Trump is terrible at managing the economy.
Why? Because all he cares about is the billionaires. Not us.
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Trump really managed to piss of the nicest country on Earth with this trade war
March 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Trump really managed to piss of the nicest country on Earth with this trade war
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Update: President Trump is running late due to the failed policies of Joe Biden
March 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Update: President Trump is running late due to the failed policies of Joe Biden
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COLLINS: Who do you blame for the war?
CHIP ROY: It began on Joe Biden's watch
COLLINS: Wait, you blame Joe Biden for the war?
ROY: This all started under Joe Biden
COLLINS: Putin started this war
CHIP ROY: It began on Joe Biden's watch
COLLINS: Wait, you blame Joe Biden for the war?
ROY: This all started under Joe Biden
COLLINS: Putin started this war
March 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
COLLINS: Who do you blame for the war?
CHIP ROY: It began on Joe Biden's watch
COLLINS: Wait, you blame Joe Biden for the war?
ROY: This all started under Joe Biden
COLLINS: Putin started this war
CHIP ROY: It began on Joe Biden's watch
COLLINS: Wait, you blame Joe Biden for the war?
ROY: This all started under Joe Biden
COLLINS: Putin started this war
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Joe Biden watching Trump blame him for everything.
March 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Joe Biden watching Trump blame him for everything.
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He legit ran on this. But the story was buried under Joe Biden old.
REPORTER: Are you gonna make it US policy that the US wouldn't defend NATO countries that don't pay their fair share?
TRUMP: Well, I think it's common sense. If they don't pay I'm not gonna defend them. No, I'm not gonna defend them.
TRUMP: Well, I think it's common sense. If they don't pay I'm not gonna defend them. No, I'm not gonna defend them.
March 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
He legit ran on this. But the story was buried under Joe Biden old.
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SCOOP: Some of the DOGE staffers are drawing salaries from the agencies they are cutting. We got some new details: www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
SCOOP: Some of the DOGE staffers are drawing salaries from the agencies they are cutting. We got some new details: www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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Not mentioned at the #SOTU: how cuts to USAID are affecting American farmers, by potentially undermining the billions of taxpayer dollars they receive to support conservation practices. www.wired.com/story/usda-l...
USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.
www.wired.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Not mentioned at the #SOTU: how cuts to USAID are affecting American farmers, by potentially undermining the billions of taxpayer dollars they receive to support conservation practices. www.wired.com/story/usda-l...
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NEW: The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes.
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…
propub.li
March 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes.
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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March 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Credit to @knibbs.bsky.social and her great reporting for @wired.com. I highly suggest supporting the great work this publication does.
New subscribers: For digital only is $10/year. For digital & print (which is what I do) is $12/year.
New subscribers: For digital only is $10/year. For digital & print (which is what I do) is $12/year.
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This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
BREAKING: On a 5-4 order, SCOTUS denies DOJ’s motion to vacate Judge Ali’s State/USAID order, but notes that his prior deadline passed, so Ali is going to have to go back to the drawing board and “clarify” what the gov’t needs to do, “with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A831
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ET AL. U. AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(March 5, 2025]
On February 13, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a temporary restraining order enjoining the Government from enforcing directives pausing disbursements of foreign development assistance funds.
The present application does not challenge the Government's obligation to follow that order. On February 25, the District Court ordered the Government to issue payments for a portion of the paused disbursements-those owed for work already completed before the issuance of the District Court's temporary restraining order-by 11:59 p.m. on February 26. Several hours before that deadline, the Government filed this application to vacate the District Court's February 25 order and requested an immediate administrative stay. THE CHIEF JUSTICE entered an administrative stay shortly before the 11:59 p.m. deadline and subsequently referred the application to the Court. The application is denied. Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines. The order heretofore entered by THE CHIEF JUSTICE is vacated.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiancyolrpahy5eevk7jckhjxanf3xodqpitrzmowz5o6ke7ukg7sq@jpeg)
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is a wildly dangerous sign — the idea that there are only five SCOTUS votes for paying congressionally mandated invoices for work *already* done!? This should be as basic a test of Article I as you can get. And that does not bode well for decisions to come.
“It’s done, it’s gone”: Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels $100-million Starlink contract in tariff response betakit.com/its-done-its...
“It’s done, it’s gone”: Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels $100-million Starlink contract in tariff response
Contracts won't be awarded to those who "encourage economic attacks" on Canada, Ford said.
betakit.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“It’s done, it’s gone”: Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels $100-million Starlink contract in tariff response betakit.com/its-done-its...
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Good God. The biggest chunk of this is $3 million to determine why women suffer more from asthma than men. They're giving estrogen to male mice to see if that's the culprit. WH describes this as research on "transgender mice".
Clearly someone in the Administration can read; they hope you can't.
Clearly someone in the Administration can read; they hope you can't.
The whole thing is … I mean, I know we don’t say “I can’t even” anymore, but… www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Yes, Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments
Last night, President Donald J. Trump highlighted many of the egregious examples of waste, fraud, and abuse funded by American taxpayers, including $8
www.whitehouse.gov
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Good God. The biggest chunk of this is $3 million to determine why women suffer more from asthma than men. They're giving estrogen to male mice to see if that's the culprit. WH describes this as research on "transgender mice".
Clearly someone in the Administration can read; they hope you can't.
Clearly someone in the Administration can read; they hope you can't.
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The U.S. State Dept is killing an air monitoring program that helped pressure China to clean up Beijing's air, and later expanded to cities around the world.
"I’ve never seen an initiative of the US government have such an immediate, dramatic impact in a country."
www.wired.com/story/air-mo...
"I’ve never seen an initiative of the US government have such an immediate, dramatic impact in a country."
www.wired.com/story/air-mo...
US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of cities around the world. Now, it’s been abruptly halted.
www.wired.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The U.S. State Dept is killing an air monitoring program that helped pressure China to clean up Beijing's air, and later expanded to cities around the world.
"I’ve never seen an initiative of the US government have such an immediate, dramatic impact in a country."
www.wired.com/story/air-mo...
"I’ve never seen an initiative of the US government have such an immediate, dramatic impact in a country."
www.wired.com/story/air-mo...
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NEW: DOGE put a not-so-secret CIA training facility up for sale, apparently in error.
"Obviously, someone did no research about the long and well-documented history of this property," says the chairman of the local county board of supervisors.
"Obviously, someone did no research about the long and well-documented history of this property," says the chairman of the local county board of supervisors.
A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale
Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
www.wired.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
NEW: DOGE put a not-so-secret CIA training facility up for sale, apparently in error.
"Obviously, someone did no research about the long and well-documented history of this property," says the chairman of the local county board of supervisors.
"Obviously, someone did no research about the long and well-documented history of this property," says the chairman of the local county board of supervisors.
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March 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s been a busy few weeks at WIRED, and we’re just getting started. Many of you have asked how you can support our journalism in a bigger way, so we’ve introduced a new option for WIRED Superfans.
Thank you all for your support, and we'll keep pushing on the stories that matter.
Thank you all for your support, and we'll keep pushing on the stories that matter.
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And in case you missed this one from earlier in the week, here's how much some DOGE staffers make: six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And in case you missed this one from earlier in the week, here's how much some DOGE staffers make: six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
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Okay somehow it's Friday and somehow we made it (congrats!) 🤯
To make the doomscroll easier, here's a thread of all the wild stuff we learned this week, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social's analysis on why DOGE *is* the deep state (and Elon Musk's extended universe.)
To make the doomscroll easier, here's a thread of all the wild stuff we learned this week, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social's analysis on why DOGE *is* the deep state (and Elon Musk's extended universe.)
DOGE Is the Deep State
A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
www.wired.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Okay somehow it's Friday and somehow we made it (congrats!) 🤯
To make the doomscroll easier, here's a thread of all the wild stuff we learned this week, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social's analysis on why DOGE *is* the deep state (and Elon Musk's extended universe.)
To make the doomscroll easier, here's a thread of all the wild stuff we learned this week, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social's analysis on why DOGE *is* the deep state (and Elon Musk's extended universe.)
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March 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
1/9 @eugenerobinson.bsky.social @chrismathews.bsky.social @msnbc.com @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social Ds could have responded to lies by one person standing up with their guest and leaving each time he lied, starting with the 1st row, aisle seat. When that person rose to...
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1/9 @eugenerobinson.bsky.social @chrismathews.bsky.social @msnbc.com @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social Ds could have responded to lies by one person standing up with their guest and leaving each time he lied, starting with the 1st row, aisle seat. When that person rose to...
