Peg K
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“Delete” the CFPB & IRS. Abolish bank regulators. Gut Social Security and Medicare.
The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
February 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Delete” the CFPB & IRS. Abolish bank regulators. Gut Social Security and Medicare.
The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
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House Democrats have just introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act.
What will H.R. 1101 do?
Stop the extremists from stealing your name, address, birthdate, Social Security number and bank account information from the Treasury Department.
What will H.R. 1101 do?
Stop the extremists from stealing your name, address, birthdate, Social Security number and bank account information from the Treasury Department.
February 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
House Democrats have just introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act.
What will H.R. 1101 do?
Stop the extremists from stealing your name, address, birthdate, Social Security number and bank account information from the Treasury Department.
What will H.R. 1101 do?
Stop the extremists from stealing your name, address, birthdate, Social Security number and bank account information from the Treasury Department.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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Pete Hegseth says "No one will attempt to be more transparent with the American people" than himself.
30 seconds later, the Defense Department stops streaming when audience members start asking him questions.
30 seconds later, the Defense Department stops streaming when audience members start asking him questions.
February 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Pete Hegseth says "No one will attempt to be more transparent with the American people" than himself.
30 seconds later, the Defense Department stops streaming when audience members start asking him questions.
30 seconds later, the Defense Department stops streaming when audience members start asking him questions.
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Recap:
One side wanted statehood for Palestine.
The other side didn't recognize Palestine or Palestinians. They wanted them gone. To steal their land and turn it into a riviera for their rich friends. To make the Palestinians refugees forever.
Guess which side the pro-Palestine crowd voted for?
One side wanted statehood for Palestine.
The other side didn't recognize Palestine or Palestinians. They wanted them gone. To steal their land and turn it into a riviera for their rich friends. To make the Palestinians refugees forever.
Guess which side the pro-Palestine crowd voted for?
February 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Recap:
One side wanted statehood for Palestine.
The other side didn't recognize Palestine or Palestinians. They wanted them gone. To steal their land and turn it into a riviera for their rich friends. To make the Palestinians refugees forever.
Guess which side the pro-Palestine crowd voted for?
One side wanted statehood for Palestine.
The other side didn't recognize Palestine or Palestinians. They wanted them gone. To steal their land and turn it into a riviera for their rich friends. To make the Palestinians refugees forever.
Guess which side the pro-Palestine crowd voted for?
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There is already evidence, just a day after the hearing, calling into question representations by the government’s lawyers that DOGE access at Treasury was “read only” and that the point was merely to conduct an “audit.” These bozos left an electronic trail of their intent.
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February 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There is already evidence, just a day after the hearing, calling into question representations by the government’s lawyers that DOGE access at Treasury was “read only” and that the point was merely to conduct an “audit.” These bozos left an electronic trail of their intent.
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Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
Community health centers are closing amid funding confusion
Community health centers are facing a potential federal freeze on their grants and funding following orders from Trump.
www.newsweek.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
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Susan Collins, who can be counted on for saying she's "very disappointed," says she will vote for Tulsi Gabbard.
February 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Susan Collins, who can be counted on for saying she's "very disappointed," says she will vote for Tulsi Gabbard.
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Get them out of government. Most not old enough to be elected to anything. One suspects they are part of Musk’s gaming posse.
Call them want they really are: HACKERS
This "DOGE engineers" thing is bullshit!
They are boy hackers! Plain and simple
This is 2016 Cambridge Analytics bullshit on steroids
This "DOGE engineers" thing is bullshit!
They are boy hackers! Plain and simple
This is 2016 Cambridge Analytics bullshit on steroids
February 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Get them out of government. Most not old enough to be elected to anything. One suspects they are part of Musk’s gaming posse.
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This. Make it hard for the Republicans to destroy the country.
Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
February 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This. Make it hard for the Republicans to destroy the country.
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My God, I feel this post as much as any I have read in the last month
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My God, I feel this post as much as any I have read in the last month
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House Oversight Republicans spent two years subpoenaing and deposing every person who ever had a cup of coffee with Hunter Biden over the last 20 years, but now oppose a subpoena to hear from the person really running the government who hasn’t even had a confirmation hearing.
February 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
House Oversight Republicans spent two years subpoenaing and deposing every person who ever had a cup of coffee with Hunter Biden over the last 20 years, but now oppose a subpoena to hear from the person really running the government who hasn’t even had a confirmation hearing.
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Greatest security breach in American history. Foreign hostile powers could start looting the Treasury, steal our money, cripple the country.
February 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Greatest security breach in American history. Foreign hostile powers could start looting the Treasury, steal our money, cripple the country.
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Trump has now backed off imposing tariffs on both Canada and Mexico.
He played chicken and lost, twice.
His credibility on threatening tariffs - his much bragged about super-leverage - is now in shreds.
He played chicken and lost, twice.
His credibility on threatening tariffs - his much bragged about super-leverage - is now in shreds.
February 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Trump has now backed off imposing tariffs on both Canada and Mexico.
He played chicken and lost, twice.
His credibility on threatening tariffs - his much bragged about super-leverage - is now in shreds.
He played chicken and lost, twice.
His credibility on threatening tariffs - his much bragged about super-leverage - is now in shreds.
Extremely important read this morning (HCR's post last night): bsky.app/profile/hcri...
February 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Extremely important read this morning (HCR's post last night): bsky.app/profile/hcri...
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The word for this is "coup."
Musk's new department, which just seized control over payments as broad as USAID, defense, and social security, is presently livetweeting screenshots as they gleefully stop payments related to DEI, accessibility, and immigration. The account claims $1B in payments have already been cut off.
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The word for this is "coup."
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End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say (Gift Article)
A sense of crisis among aid groups was growing as U.S.A.I.D.’s website went dark.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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Somehow we got to the point where millions of American Republicans love Vladimir Putin and hate Canada.
February 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Somehow we got to the point where millions of American Republicans love Vladimir Putin and hate Canada.
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The “free speech / anti-cancel culture” party now literally firing people for thoughtcrime
"The purging underway suggests that the agency is not just seeking to eliminate DEI but also to remove people who have expressed interest or participated in programs related to it."
First it's your actions, then it's your intentions, and then it'll be your literal existence in this space. Ugh 😡
First it's your actions, then it's your intentions, and then it'll be your literal existence in this space. Ugh 😡
Trump’s DEI purge targets federal workers who did not work in DEI
Dozens of federal employees who didn’t work on diversity or inclusion issues have been placed on administrative leave following Trump's executive order.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The “free speech / anti-cancel culture” party now literally firing people for thoughtcrime
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USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
February 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
USAID is a criminal organization,” Mr. Musk wrote on Sunday in a social media post that many aid workers saw as confirmation the agency would soon be absorbed into the State Department and that some viewed as a potential threat to their personal safety. “Time for it to die.”
THIS HAS TO STOP.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
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This is great news! Keep up the fight! A lot of these EOs are illegal, and need to be beaten in court.
Just received this email (received 3:25 pm ET), from the NSF director, informing that DOJ has interpreted the temporary restraining order on the funding freeze as applying to “all NSF award recipients.”
Again, I’ll shout it from the rooftops: lawsuits matter!!!!
Again, I’ll shout it from the rooftops: lawsuits matter!!!!
February 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is great news! Keep up the fight! A lot of these EOs are illegal, and need to be beaten in court.
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So the world's richest man spends a fortune backing Trump and is given the go-ahead to...
-Run an "efficiency" agency despite having billions in govt contracts
-Replace civil servants with his own cronies
-Gain access to sensitive Treasury payment systems
See the problem?
-Run an "efficiency" agency despite having billions in govt contracts
-Replace civil servants with his own cronies
-Gain access to sensitive Treasury payment systems
See the problem?
February 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So the world's richest man spends a fortune backing Trump and is given the go-ahead to...
-Run an "efficiency" agency despite having billions in govt contracts
-Replace civil servants with his own cronies
-Gain access to sensitive Treasury payment systems
See the problem?
-Run an "efficiency" agency despite having billions in govt contracts
-Replace civil servants with his own cronies
-Gain access to sensitive Treasury payment systems
See the problem?
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If they were doing this to a single bank they would be immediately arrested but the Treasury of the entire United States doesn’t even have a guard at the door?
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If they were doing this to a single bank they would be immediately arrested but the Treasury of the entire United States doesn’t even have a guard at the door?