dwignz.bsky.social
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Autogenocide can also include increased autohomicide, which is suicide or other self-destructive behaviours instigated externally. Mass desperation, unemployment, poverty, illness, tragedy, crime, violence, drugs and widely available weapons all encourage self-destruction. #EndAutogenocide
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds.

um...

www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...
February 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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February 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Hell. Fucking. No.

Trump and Musk are coming for the World Trade Center Health Program.

I’m one of thousands of 9/11 First Responders that are enrolled in the program. They actually called me last week to schedule my annual appointment.

ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
9/11 community advocates warn of staffing cuts at federal health program
The staffing reductions come as the Trump White House continues to slash the federal government.
ny1.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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On Tuesday, President Trump signed an executive order on in vitro fertilization. Despite the executive order’s claims that it’s “expanding access” to the procedure, it does not actually do that.

“Don’t be fooled by Trump and Republicans pretending to care about protecting IVF."
Trump’s order to expand IVF access does not expand IVF access
Advocates say if he was serious about IVF there's more he could do to actually help.
www.motherjones.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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On February 19, federal workers are sounding the alarm.
🚨SOS: Save Our Services from Musk and billionaires intent on stealing data and slashing vital services like healthcare for the elderly, veterans, and all Americans. We need everyone. Join us.
--> go.savepublicservices.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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How many federal government employees have been fired and laid off? There’s no official figure, but here’s a tally based on reporting and info from lawmakers and unions.
How many federal employees have been fired and laid off: What we know
Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump’s administration. There’s no official figure available of the total firings or layoffs, ...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Trump finally decided to end the GOP’s internal quarreling on how to pass his budget—and broke a huge promise on Medicaid in the process.
Trump Endorses Sweeping Medicaid Cuts—to Give Tax Cuts to Rich
Remember when Donald Trump promised not to touch Medicaid? He’s already flipped.
newrepublic.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Former Trump aide Darren Beattie, now acting State Dept.
official, called for sterilizing “low-IQ trash” on social media.
Beattie was fired in 2018 for attending a white nationalist event.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/darren-beattie-trump-state-department-b2696297.html
Trump State Department official has called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’
Darren Beattie previously served as a speechwriter for Trump, but he was fired in 2018 after he spoke at a conference attended by white nationalists
independent.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Special government employees, or SGEs, are typically hired on a temporary basis as experts or consultants or serve as members of federal advisory committees.
Trump hired Musk as a 'special government employee.' Here's what that means
Special government employees, or SGEs, are typically hired on a temporary basis as experts or consultants or serve as members of federal advisory committees.
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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House Republicans have released their budget plan, and in order to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy, they are planning to slash funding for Medicaid and food stamps.
House GOP Reveals Plan to Devastate Medicaid and Food Stamp Programs
House Republicans have a released a budget plan that would take a wrecking ball to the welfare programs used by millions of Americans.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I asked Sen. Warren about Musk's attacks on the CFPB.

A: "He is moving to get the CFPB out of the way just before he launches his money platform. It’s a little like a bank robber managing to fire the cops just before he strolls into the lobby of the institution." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s two-word plan to save the CFPB from Elon Musk
"The law."
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Tell that to your red state people who are on medicaid. Your state is one of the poorest.
February 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, focused on cutting government waste and spending, has more than doubled its own spending.
Elon Musk's DOGE office budget more than doubles from $6.5 to $14.4 million
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, focused on cutting government waste and spending, has more than doubled its own spending.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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A weekend interaction between Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast and Elon Musk unexpectedly showcased just how little the world’s richest man understands about the effects of his slashing spree at the top of the federal government.
President Elon Musk Suddenly Realizes He Might Not Know How to Govern
Elon Musk argued that he wasn’t actually cutting funding for cancer research.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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When Musk talks about destroying the “deep state,” what he really means (among other things) is that he hopes to destroy any and all mechanisms of transparency and accountability that might restrain him.
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?
The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM