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Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX
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Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies. Supporters say he has the best technology.
nyti.ms
March 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX
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Trump and DOGE have fired 25,000 federal workers so far.
Now Trump and DOGE have to hire them back thanks to court orders.
Most workers have been placed on administrative leave — technically rehired and paid, but still unable to do vital work in our communities.
"Efficiency."
Now Trump and DOGE have to hire them back thanks to court orders.
Most workers have been placed on administrative leave — technically rehired and paid, but still unable to do vital work in our communities.
"Efficiency."
March 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump and DOGE have fired 25,000 federal workers so far.
Now Trump and DOGE have to hire them back thanks to court orders.
Most workers have been placed on administrative leave — technically rehired and paid, but still unable to do vital work in our communities.
"Efficiency."
Now Trump and DOGE have to hire them back thanks to court orders.
Most workers have been placed on administrative leave — technically rehired and paid, but still unable to do vital work in our communities.
"Efficiency."
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An article on the Defense Department website devoted to Jackie Robinson’s military career disappeared and then reappeared, joining a series of government web pages on Black figures that have vanished under the Trump administration’s efforts to purge government websites of references to DEI.
Jackie Robinson’s Legacy Vanishes, Then Reappears, on Defense Department Site
A number of military pages focused on African American achievements have been lost amid the Trump administration’s effort to scrub references to diversity and inclusion. Some return. Others don’t.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
An article on the Defense Department website devoted to Jackie Robinson’s military career disappeared and then reappeared, joining a series of government web pages on Black figures that have vanished under the Trump administration’s efforts to purge government websites of references to DEI.
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U.K. tourist Becky Burke finally returned home to Wales on Tuesday after spending 19 days in a U.S. ICE detention facility. Her parents relayed their daughter’s description of her release from ICE, saying how she was taken in “leg chains, waist chains and handcuffs,” which left her “traumatized.”
U.K. Tourist Returns Home in Chains Like ‘Hannibal Lecter’
Becky Burke was released in chains and handcuffs after spending 19 days in an ICE detention facility
www.thedailybeast.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
U.K. tourist Becky Burke finally returned home to Wales on Tuesday after spending 19 days in a U.S. ICE detention facility. Her parents relayed their daughter’s description of her release from ICE, saying how she was taken in “leg chains, waist chains and handcuffs,” which left her “traumatized.”
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Last night,Russia launched a very deliberate&demonstrative massive strike on Odesa: that's the ceasefire you get.
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
March 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Last night,Russia launched a very deliberate&demonstrative massive strike on Odesa: that's the ceasefire you get.
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
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More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
Chatterbox Jazz Club in Indianapolis is the place to be! Be certain you stop by and support them!
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March 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
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Ah, ye olde "critics said," huh?
shameful whitewashing of egregious corruption in the Washington Post
March 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Ah, ye olde "critics said," huh?
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TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
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As a candidate, Trump promised to end surprise medical billing.
Just weeks into his second term, DOGE has slashed the federal office charged with implementing a bipartisan law cracking down on surprise medical bills.
Yet another Trump lie.
Just weeks into his second term, DOGE has slashed the federal office charged with implementing a bipartisan law cracking down on surprise medical bills.
Yet another Trump lie.
Trump vowed to end surprise medical bills. The team working on that just got slashed
Trump's first round of staff cuts to federal agencies eliminated dozens of positions at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, in charge of implementing the No Surprises Act.
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As a candidate, Trump promised to end surprise medical billing.
Just weeks into his second term, DOGE has slashed the federal office charged with implementing a bipartisan law cracking down on surprise medical bills.
Yet another Trump lie.
Just weeks into his second term, DOGE has slashed the federal office charged with implementing a bipartisan law cracking down on surprise medical bills.
Yet another Trump lie.
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Extending the Trump tax cuts for the next 10 years would add roughly $4 trillion to the deficit.
Remember this the next time Republicans try paying for them with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
The "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
Remember this the next time Republicans try paying for them with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
The "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Extending the Trump tax cuts for the next 10 years would add roughly $4 trillion to the deficit.
Remember this the next time Republicans try paying for them with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
The "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
Remember this the next time Republicans try paying for them with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
The "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it.
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“Democracy Is Fragile” and Trump’s Threat to Us All, With @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @katiecouric.bsky.social youtu.be/f-78R0monV4?...
“Democracy Is Fragile” and Trump’s Threat to Us All, With Heather Cox Richardson
YouTube video by Katie Couric
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February 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“Democracy Is Fragile” and Trump’s Threat to Us All, With @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @katiecouric.bsky.social youtu.be/f-78R0monV4?...
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Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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COME ON JUST THROW THE FUCKING RING INTO THE FIRE FRODO WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
COME ON JUST THROW THE FUCKING RING INTO THE FIRE FRODO WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT
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Hollywood flips the bird at Kanye West with this #EnoughIsEnough campaign.
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Hollywood flips the bird at Kanye West with this #EnoughIsEnough campaign.
When you tow with these, the range is cut in half. Couple that with the recommendations to not deplete the battery below 50%, the range will 60-80 miles. How is this even practical for a military vehicle? Will there be battery trucks to refill them? Re-charge stations?
February 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
When you tow with these, the range is cut in half. Couple that with the recommendations to not deplete the battery below 50%, the range will 60-80 miles. How is this even practical for a military vehicle? Will there be battery trucks to refill them? Re-charge stations?
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I want to thank Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social for this post - it's the first thing that's made me feel hopeful since the election.
Save this image to your phones.
Whenever you feel like things are hopeless and we can't win, look at that image.
It made me want to fight again!
Save this image to your phones.
Whenever you feel like things are hopeless and we can't win, look at that image.
It made me want to fight again!
February 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I want to thank Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social for this post - it's the first thing that's made me feel hopeful since the election.
Save this image to your phones.
Whenever you feel like things are hopeless and we can't win, look at that image.
It made me want to fight again!
Save this image to your phones.
Whenever you feel like things are hopeless and we can't win, look at that image.
It made me want to fight again!
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Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the U.S. so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
Family of Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo: ‘My Brother Is Not a Criminal.’
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the U.S. so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
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"Medicaid waiver programs" pay for medically necessary treatments and services that commercial insurers will not cover.
Cigna will, quite simply, let kids die.
Cigna will, quite simply, let kids die.
We had secondary insurance for my son through our state’s Medicaid expansion waiver for several years to help manage the costs of his care. It took me hours of paperwork every single year to maintain it. Medicaid is not a magically easy to fraud system.
People who are telling you that there's a lot of fraud in Medicaid are lying to you in order to try to convince you to support taking healthcare away from children on dialysis.
Because the only way to convince enough normal people to harm disabled children is by lying.
Because the only way to convince enough normal people to harm disabled children is by lying.
February 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"Medicaid waiver programs" pay for medically necessary treatments and services that commercial insurers will not cover.
Cigna will, quite simply, let kids die.
Cigna will, quite simply, let kids die.
Important - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
Defend Press Freedom: Urge Paramount Not to Settle Out of Court with Trump
If we lose our First Amendment rights and freedom of the press, democracy is finished. We need big media companies and powerful CEOs to stand up to Trump.
sign.moveon.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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We are indeed done here -
February 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We are indeed done here -
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The new cover of TIME.
February 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The new cover of TIME.
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This.
Any four Republican Senators could stop this at any time simply by threatening to block all action (or even caucus with the Democrats) if Trump doesn't make certain concessions. They won't, but that should be a much bigger story than whether the Democrats are doing everything that *they* can.
February 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This.
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February 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM