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More USAID staff ousted as Trump administration dismantles aid agency - www.reuters.com/world/us/mor...
More USAID staff ousted as Trump administration dismantles aid agency
Two senior officials overseeing the agency's security operations were also put on leave after refusing to hand over classified documents to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
www.reuters.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
More USAID staff ousted as Trump administration dismantles aid agency - www.reuters.com/world/us/mor...
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“Screaming. A million mouths screaming but also laughing the sky will bleed and there shall be a great flensing a burning away of the flesh it is coming there is no way to stop what is coming.”
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“Screaming. A million mouths screaming but also laughing the sky will bleed and there shall be a great flensing a burning away of the flesh it is coming there is no way to stop what is coming.”
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It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷♂️
February 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷♂️
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I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
February 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
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CAPITAL ECON: “The resulting surge in US inflation from these tariffs .. is going to come even faster and be larger than we initially expected. .. the window for the Fed to resume cutting interest rates at any point over the next 12 to 18 months just slammed shut.”
(via Kevin Gordon)
(via Kevin Gordon)
February 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
CAPITAL ECON: “The resulting surge in US inflation from these tariffs .. is going to come even faster and be larger than we initially expected. .. the window for the Fed to resume cutting interest rates at any point over the next 12 to 18 months just slammed shut.”
(via Kevin Gordon)
(via Kevin Gordon)
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Thank you, Trump voters.
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thank you, Trump voters.
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Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.
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And it begins:
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that the province will remove all American alcohol products from Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) shelves
Affecting nearly $1B worth of US wine, beer, spirits, and seltzers
The LCBO will also eliminate US products from its catalog
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that the province will remove all American alcohol products from Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) shelves
Affecting nearly $1B worth of US wine, beer, spirits, and seltzers
The LCBO will also eliminate US products from its catalog
February 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
And it begins:
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that the province will remove all American alcohol products from Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) shelves
Affecting nearly $1B worth of US wine, beer, spirits, and seltzers
The LCBO will also eliminate US products from its catalog
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that the province will remove all American alcohol products from Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) shelves
Affecting nearly $1B worth of US wine, beer, spirits, and seltzers
The LCBO will also eliminate US products from its catalog
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#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
February 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
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Is this why Musk wants access to Treasury payment system? To stop funding social service organizations that aid poor folks and refugees??
February 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Is this why Musk wants access to Treasury payment system? To stop funding social service organizations that aid poor folks and refugees??
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“.. longstanding assumptions .. about American power, purpose, policy, .. are about to go out the window. Nearly every major American relationship in Asia—even with Washington’s two closest treaty allies, Japan and Australia—is heading for rockier shoals.
@forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/evanfe...
@forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/evanfe...
Asian Governments And Markets Face A Strategic Whirlwind From Trump
Longstanding assumptions about American power, purpose, policy, and strategy in Asia are about to go out the window. Governments, firms, and markets should prepare.
www.forbes.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“.. longstanding assumptions .. about American power, purpose, policy, .. are about to go out the window. Nearly every major American relationship in Asia—even with Washington’s two closest treaty allies, Japan and Australia—is heading for rockier shoals.
@forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/evanfe...
@forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/evanfe...
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Congressional Republicans are not acting as if they will have to face voters in 2026
February 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Congressional Republicans are not acting as if they will have to face voters in 2026
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The Tea Party mobilized over far less than Trump has executed in the last two weeks and was able to shift national media coverage to a focus on debt for months.
Drawing on research, goals of protest would be to get media to talk more about how unpopular Trump’s policies are and, through coverage, draw attention to most egregious stuff, move public opinion, splinter some factions of his coalition and, even, shift policy. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting - Volume 114 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
February 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Tea Party mobilized over far less than Trump has executed in the last two weeks and was able to shift national media coverage to a focus on debt for months.
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(NYT) - More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found ..
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
(NYT) - More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found ..
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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NEW: WIRED has identified six young men, all between the ages of 19-24, who have negligible experience but are now playing critical roles in Elon Musk's takeover of the U.S. government.
From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: WIRED has identified six young men, all between the ages of 19-24, who have negligible experience but are now playing critical roles in Elon Musk's takeover of the U.S. government.
From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Hi guys. Guess what? The secret political group I've been running on Facebook for over 9 years seems to be over. I'm blocked and have been told I violated Community standards by posting about protests in all 50 states at Capital buildings. Welcome to the New World Order.
February 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hi guys. Guess what? The secret political group I've been running on Facebook for over 9 years seems to be over. I'm blocked and have been told I violated Community standards by posting about protests in all 50 states at Capital buildings. Welcome to the New World Order.