marimpnw.bsky.social
@marimpnw.bsky.social
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DOGE's “discovery" of toddlers & centenarians receiving benefits was just another lie.

“Many of the claims identified ... were not payments to individuals over 100 years of age, but rather ‘pseudo records’ of previously identified fraudulent claims,” a 2023 memo from the Dept. of Labor reads.
Elon Musk’s DOGE “Savings” Aren’t New. Here’s Where They Come From.
DOGE’s receipts are even faker than you could have guessed.
newrepublic.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Oops... He accidentally said what he meant.

Sen. Bill Cassidy: "Is there some way that we cut Medicare so that it's-- excuse me, reform Medicare."

#MedicareForAll #medicare #ohio #PeopleOverProfit
April 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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DOGE has repeatedly failed to find evidence of widespread Social Security fraud.

So why does the Trump regime keep bringing it up?

It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires a giant tax cut.
March 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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1. Find a team that is desperate and has no other options, and

2. whose coach wants to be fired mid-season.
February 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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"Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years."
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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The quick shutdown of USAID abandoned patients with experimental devices and drugs in their bodies with no way to remove them in time. How many people are going to die because of the Trump/Musk mismanagement?

What’s the DOGE Death Toll?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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What happened here with Don Jr at the SpaceX launch today
November 20, 2024 at 2:43 AM