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The Social Security Administration plans to slash its technology team roughly in half at a time when the agency’s complex and fragile computer systems are crashing more often.
Social Security targets tech team for cuts at a time when systems are under strain | CNN Politics
The Social Security Administration plans to slash its technology team roughly in half at a time when the agency’s complex and fragile computer systems are crashing more often.
cnn.it
April 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Social Security Administration plans to slash its technology team roughly in half at a time when the agency’s complex and fragile computer systems are crashing more often.
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Celebrated 44 day in Acres Homes today
Had so much fun 😂😂
It’s time to shake things up!! Ready to take on this disastrous “President,” so we can win for YOU!!!
Had so much fun 😂😂
It’s time to shake things up!! Ready to take on this disastrous “President,” so we can win for YOU!!!
April 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Celebrated 44 day in Acres Homes today
Had so much fun 😂😂
It’s time to shake things up!! Ready to take on this disastrous “President,” so we can win for YOU!!!
Had so much fun 😂😂
It’s time to shake things up!! Ready to take on this disastrous “President,” so we can win for YOU!!!
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This is super smart Steve. Wish I had thought of it first ! Stocks have been crushed. The next trump move is uncertain. Best move ? Buy back stock. No question about it
#EconSky www.businessinsider.com/world-riches... Prediction that the Largest U.S. companies will invest in record Stock buybacks and not invest in Manufacturing, More Jobs or U.S. Employees and these billionaires will make it all back and then some by years end.
Here's how the 10 richest people in the world fared after Trump's tariffs
The world's top 10 richest people saw $74 billion vanish on paper after Trump's tariffs.
www.businessinsider.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is super smart Steve. Wish I had thought of it first ! Stocks have been crushed. The next trump move is uncertain. Best move ? Buy back stock. No question about it
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"The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that it will end a mortgage-rescue program designed to help veterans who have fallen behind on their mortgages keep their homes."
Trump's VA is ending a rescue program that's saved 17,000 military veterans' homes
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will end a mortgage rescue plan that has saved many veterans from needlessly losing their homes, the move could strand thousands of others who need help.
www.npr.org
April 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that it will end a mortgage-rescue program designed to help veterans who have fallen behind on their mortgages keep their homes."
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Best part of this when Bessent says Biden massively blew up the deficit and they show a chart with the deficit spiking in….2020 and then coming down dramatically after.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8j8SwSY/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8j8SwSY/
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on a private conversation he had with President Trump on fixing the deficit. #scottbessent #trump #useconomy #usdebt #inflation #economics #allinpodcast
TikTok video by theallinpod
www.tiktok.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Best part of this when Bessent says Biden massively blew up the deficit and they show a chart with the deficit spiking in….2020 and then coming down dramatically after.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8j8SwSY/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8j8SwSY/
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So Trump Puppet Greg Abbott finally responded!
He’s so terrified.
CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION NOW, GREG!
He’s so terrified.
CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION NOW, GREG!
April 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
So Trump Puppet Greg Abbott finally responded!
He’s so terrified.
CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION NOW, GREG!
He’s so terrified.
CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION NOW, GREG!
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Raskin: "There's an absolute attack on the Constitution taking place by an administration which views the Constitution as just inconvenient furniture that's gotta be kicked out of the way."
March 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Raskin: "There's an absolute attack on the Constitution taking place by an administration which views the Constitution as just inconvenient furniture that's gotta be kicked out of the way."
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oh my god
US and Israel have asked Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland if they'd accept mass transfer of Palestinians from Gaza to their territory.
They even approached Sudan, in the middle of brutal war, "with offers of military assistance against the RSF". apnews.com/article/isra...
They even approached Sudan, in the middle of brutal war, "with offers of military assistance against the RSF". apnews.com/article/isra...
AP Exclusive: US and Israel look to Africa for moving Palestinians uprooted from Gaza
The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations to move Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
apnews.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oh my god
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Remember the day Elon bragged with an infantile giggle about putting USAID into the "wood chipper". just your bog standard sociopath marauding through our world.
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Remember the day Elon bragged with an infantile giggle about putting USAID into the "wood chipper". just your bog standard sociopath marauding through our world.
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NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money.
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
wrd.cm
February 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money.
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:
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Trump has no idea whatsoever what Musk is actually doing even though he also signed the executive order giving DOGE “full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, and IT systems."
REPORTER: Does Musk or anyone at DOGE have direct access through the government systems to how money is dispersed?
TRUMP: No. Nothing.
TRUMP: No. Nothing.
February 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Trump has no idea whatsoever what Musk is actually doing even though he also signed the executive order giving DOGE “full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, and IT systems."
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This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
February 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
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Tucker Carlson calls President Zelensky a “dictator” in the same interview where he criticized Churchill, blamed him for WWII, and declared, “Putin isn’t my enemy.”
The fact that this man has the ear of the president and vice president of the US, should alarm every freedom-loving American.
The fact that this man has the ear of the president and vice president of the US, should alarm every freedom-loving American.
February 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tucker Carlson calls President Zelensky a “dictator” in the same interview where he criticized Churchill, blamed him for WWII, and declared, “Putin isn’t my enemy.”
The fact that this man has the ear of the president and vice president of the US, should alarm every freedom-loving American.
The fact that this man has the ear of the president and vice president of the US, should alarm every freedom-loving American.
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In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal employees received an offer by the Trump administration to resign and be paid through September.
Exclusive: NTSB scrambled to retain employees after Trump’s federal worker resignation offer | CNN Politics
In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal e...
www.cnn.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal employees received an offer by the Trump administration to resign and be paid through September.
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🚨 CANADIAN HOCKEY FANS BOO DURING U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM AT OTTAWA SENATORS GAME
February 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🚨 CANADIAN HOCKEY FANS BOO DURING U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM AT OTTAWA SENATORS GAME
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Here is my take on the remarkable events today at DOJ-FBI:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/weissman... #FBIFirings
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/weissman... #FBIFirings
February 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Here is my take on the remarkable events today at DOJ-FBI:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/weissman... #FBIFirings
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/weissman... #FBIFirings
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There’s been a kind of…fashion of late to view anti-Trump libs as lame and cringe and just annoying, aesthetically. I remember this exact same aesthetic judgment in the run-up to the Iraq war. The earnest libs were right then and they’re right now.
February 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
There’s been a kind of…fashion of late to view anti-Trump libs as lame and cringe and just annoying, aesthetically. I remember this exact same aesthetic judgment in the run-up to the Iraq war. The earnest libs were right then and they’re right now.
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Former CIA Director John Brennan gives Americans a reality check after Trump’s controversial pick for FBI Director Kash Patel says the FBI headquarters should be shut down and opened as a deep state museum.
February 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Former CIA Director John Brennan gives Americans a reality check after Trump’s controversial pick for FBI Director Kash Patel says the FBI headquarters should be shut down and opened as a deep state museum.
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A 58-year-old poll worker is among the 60,000 North Carolina voters whose ballots could be disqualified if a Republican judge's election challenge succeeds.
“I want people to know today it’s North Carolina, and tomorrow it’s another state,” she said.
Read more: https://propub.li/40Jcbpc
“I want people to know today it’s North Carolina, and tomorrow it’s another state,” she said.
Read more: https://propub.li/40Jcbpc
February 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A 58-year-old poll worker is among the 60,000 North Carolina voters whose ballots could be disqualified if a Republican judge's election challenge succeeds.
“I want people to know today it’s North Carolina, and tomorrow it’s another state,” she said.
Read more: https://propub.li/40Jcbpc
“I want people to know today it’s North Carolina, and tomorrow it’s another state,” she said.
Read more: https://propub.li/40Jcbpc
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Canadians booing the U.S. national anthem isn’t something I ever thought I’d see, but this is what happens when you let a psychopath criminal with isolationist and protectionist policies back into the White House.
February 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Canadians booing the U.S. national anthem isn’t something I ever thought I’d see, but this is what happens when you let a psychopath criminal with isolationist and protectionist policies back into the White House.
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the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
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"A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press..."
Great piece!
Gift link:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/t...
Great piece!
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foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/t...
When the Press Stood Up to the President
The Pentagon Papers case shows how brave media owners must be in moments of political turmoil.
foreignpolicy.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press..."
Great piece!
Gift link:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/t...
Great piece!
Gift link:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/08/t...
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