@jgreenlaw.bsky.social
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“The Times looked at federal records for the 40 largest items on the “Wall of Receipts.” In at least 28 cases, DOGE got it wrong.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“The Times looked at federal records for the 40 largest items on the “Wall of Receipts.” In at least 28 cases, DOGE got it wrong.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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First excuse to slow down data center construction because Gen AI demand is not materializing?
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
First excuse to slow down data center construction because Gen AI demand is not materializing?
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In the meantime, please enjoy these pictures of lavish galas in gilded ballrooms with billionaires and Saudi Arabian butchers.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In the meantime, please enjoy these pictures of lavish galas in gilded ballrooms with billionaires and Saudi Arabian butchers.
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Alex Lawson: They've got a thousand billionaires. We've got 350 million Americans.
We will win as long as we remember what we're fighting for, which is a country that works for the people, not for the billionaires.
We will win as long as we remember what we're fighting for, which is a country that works for the people, not for the billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Alex Lawson: They've got a thousand billionaires. We've got 350 million Americans.
We will win as long as we remember what we're fighting for, which is a country that works for the people, not for the billionaires.
We will win as long as we remember what we're fighting for, which is a country that works for the people, not for the billionaires.
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one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart:
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It
As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
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“.. One furloughed Defense Department worker, who visited a Virginia distribution site .. said it was her first time seeking help from a food bank.
“I usually donate,” she said. “The roles are reversed.”
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
“I usually donate,” she said. “The roles are reversed.”
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Nearly 42 million Americans lose their food stamp benefits
The lapse in benefits could be temporary if the Trump administration complies with a recent court order requiring them to use emergency money to fund SNAP.
www.politico.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“.. One furloughed Defense Department worker, who visited a Virginia distribution site .. said it was her first time seeking help from a food bank.
“I usually donate,” she said. “The roles are reversed.”
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
“I usually donate,” she said. “The roles are reversed.”
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I can’t get over a media that spent years dwelling on gaffes telling us which Presidential crimes aren’t a big deal
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I can’t get over a media that spent years dwelling on gaffes telling us which Presidential crimes aren’t a big deal
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PAYCHECK $0.00
A single dad holding back tears on national TV because his federal paycheck can’t cover food and rent, while Trump’s building a $350 million ballroom at the White House.
Is America great yet?
A single dad holding back tears on national TV because his federal paycheck can’t cover food and rent, while Trump’s building a $350 million ballroom at the White House.
Is America great yet?
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
PAYCHECK $0.00
A single dad holding back tears on national TV because his federal paycheck can’t cover food and rent, while Trump’s building a $350 million ballroom at the White House.
Is America great yet?
A single dad holding back tears on national TV because his federal paycheck can’t cover food and rent, while Trump’s building a $350 million ballroom at the White House.
Is America great yet?
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Trump wants us to believe he's unstoppable
But social scientists have found that 52% of all attempts to build autocracies are relatively quickly reversed by democratizing "U-Turns" — and, within the last 30 years, this number has risen to 73%
But social scientists have found that 52% of all attempts to build autocracies are relatively quickly reversed by democratizing "U-Turns" — and, within the last 30 years, this number has risen to 73%
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump wants us to believe he's unstoppable
But social scientists have found that 52% of all attempts to build autocracies are relatively quickly reversed by democratizing "U-Turns" — and, within the last 30 years, this number has risen to 73%
But social scientists have found that 52% of all attempts to build autocracies are relatively quickly reversed by democratizing "U-Turns" — and, within the last 30 years, this number has risen to 73%
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Vance spokesperson: “Gavin Newsom wants people to think this exercise is dangerous.”
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Vance spokesperson: “Gavin Newsom wants people to think this exercise is dangerous.”
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
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Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
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Trump’s attacks on federal workers is systematic, but public servants are strong and resilient.
This administration is making their life hell, but they’re ready to fight back because they believe in our democracy.
This administration is making their life hell, but they’re ready to fight back because they believe in our democracy.
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Trump’s attacks on federal workers is systematic, but public servants are strong and resilient.
This administration is making their life hell, but they’re ready to fight back because they believe in our democracy.
This administration is making their life hell, but they’re ready to fight back because they believe in our democracy.
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I can't get over how the CDC layoffs are coming less than two months after the attempted mass shooting. The agency is being taken apart brick by brick. The public servants there do not deserve this.
October 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I can't get over how the CDC layoffs are coming less than two months after the attempted mass shooting. The agency is being taken apart brick by brick. The public servants there do not deserve this.
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In speeches, Vought spoke of “demoralizing federal workers to the point that they don’t want to do their jobs.”
“.. we want them to not want to go .. because they are.. viewed as the villains,” he said. “We want to put them in trauma.”
from 2024:
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
“.. we want them to not want to go .. because they are.. viewed as the villains,” he said. “We want to put them in trauma.”
from 2024:
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In speeches, Vought spoke of “demoralizing federal workers to the point that they don’t want to do their jobs.”
“.. we want them to not want to go .. because they are.. viewed as the villains,” he said. “We want to put them in trauma.”
from 2024:
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
“.. we want them to not want to go .. because they are.. viewed as the villains,” he said. “We want to put them in trauma.”
from 2024:
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Lisa Gilbert: Russell Vought and Trump have threatened to fire lots of people during the shutdown. They sent a memo to agencies to prepare mass firing plans that go beyond standard furloughs.
@publiccitizen.bsky.social
@publiccitizen.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Lisa Gilbert: Russell Vought and Trump have threatened to fire lots of people during the shutdown. They sent a memo to agencies to prepare mass firing plans that go beyond standard furloughs.
@publiccitizen.bsky.social
@publiccitizen.bsky.social
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BREAKING: We are going to court to stop the Trump administration’s abuse of the coming shutdown to illegally RIF employees
So proud to be part of this lawsuit w/
AFGE @afscme.bsky.social @democracyforward.org & Altshuler Berzon
Here’s the complaint
democracydefendersfund.org/prs/9.30.25-pr
So proud to be part of this lawsuit w/
AFGE @afscme.bsky.social @democracyforward.org & Altshuler Berzon
Here’s the complaint
democracydefendersfund.org/prs/9.30.25-pr
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
BREAKING: We are going to court to stop the Trump administration’s abuse of the coming shutdown to illegally RIF employees
So proud to be part of this lawsuit w/
AFGE @afscme.bsky.social @democracyforward.org & Altshuler Berzon
Here’s the complaint
democracydefendersfund.org/prs/9.30.25-pr
So proud to be part of this lawsuit w/
AFGE @afscme.bsky.social @democracyforward.org & Altshuler Berzon
Here’s the complaint
democracydefendersfund.org/prs/9.30.25-pr
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September 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Any mass firing like this by Trump, as punishment for shutdown or otherwise, is deeply illegal—as Judge Illston ruled and SCOTUS did not disagree though lawlessly let the firings continue.
Also, this is a sign not of strength but of Vought weakness.
He REALLY doesn’t want Congress to stand up. 1/
Also, this is a sign not of strength but of Vought weakness.
He REALLY doesn’t want Congress to stand up. 1/
White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown
In memo, the Trump administration says the Reduction-in-Force plans would go beyond standard shutdown furloughs.
www.politico.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Any mass firing like this by Trump, as punishment for shutdown or otherwise, is deeply illegal—as Judge Illston ruled and SCOTUS did not disagree though lawlessly let the firings continue.
Also, this is a sign not of strength but of Vought weakness.
He REALLY doesn’t want Congress to stand up. 1/
Also, this is a sign not of strength but of Vought weakness.
He REALLY doesn’t want Congress to stand up. 1/
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The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
September 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
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Make your headline more honest by dropping one word
September 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Make your headline more honest by dropping one word
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Pearl Jam releases “Ten” 34 yrs ago today — an album now in the Grammy Hall of Fame, written when Eddie Vedder was working at night as a security guard.
“All I really believe in is this fucking moment — like, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” he said. “And that, actually, is what the whole album talks about.”
“Alive”
“All I really believe in is this fucking moment — like, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” he said. “And that, actually, is what the whole album talks about.”
“Alive”
August 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Pearl Jam releases “Ten” 34 yrs ago today — an album now in the Grammy Hall of Fame, written when Eddie Vedder was working at night as a security guard.
“All I really believe in is this fucking moment — like, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” he said. “And that, actually, is what the whole album talks about.”
“Alive”
“All I really believe in is this fucking moment — like, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” he said. “And that, actually, is what the whole album talks about.”
“Alive”
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Tracy Chapman’s self-titled, debut album hits #1 today in 1988.
“It was a song about my parents,” she said about “Fast Car”. “My mother didn’t have a high school diploma. .. I think they came together thinking that, together, they’d have a better chance of making it.”
@briankoppelman.bsky.social
“It was a song about my parents,” she said about “Fast Car”. “My mother didn’t have a high school diploma. .. I think they came together thinking that, together, they’d have a better chance of making it.”
@briankoppelman.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Tracy Chapman’s self-titled, debut album hits #1 today in 1988.
“It was a song about my parents,” she said about “Fast Car”. “My mother didn’t have a high school diploma. .. I think they came together thinking that, together, they’d have a better chance of making it.”
@briankoppelman.bsky.social
“It was a song about my parents,” she said about “Fast Car”. “My mother didn’t have a high school diploma. .. I think they came together thinking that, together, they’d have a better chance of making it.”
@briankoppelman.bsky.social
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NEW: A whistleblower complaint alleges that Trump officials at the Social Security Administration copied the SSA's primary database of Americans' Social Security Numbers into a private server, sparking security concerns.
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers
A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.
www.npr.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
NEW: A whistleblower complaint alleges that Trump officials at the Social Security Administration copied the SSA's primary database of Americans' Social Security Numbers into a private server, sparking security concerns.
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...