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Republican Representative’s Defense of Elon Musk Drowned Out by Boos newrepublic.com/post/192980/... via @newrepublic.com
Republican Representative’s Defense of Elon Musk Drowned Out by Boos
Representative Harriet Hageman sneeringly called her own constituents “obsessed’ with federal government during a town hall.
newrepublic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The problem with people like Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk, is they lack the self-awareness and familiarity with decency to be ashamed after shockingly inappropriate or rude behavior.
March 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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You can either support the United States of America and our democracy, or you can support trump.

You cannot do both.
March 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Traitor Trump will spend the entire night trying to spin his disastrous Oval Office ambush stunt into a political win.

Zelenskyy is a war hero.

Trump is an all-time zero.
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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This is President Trump’s 40th day in office.

- Trump and Ukraine’s president argued in the Oval Office.
- European leaders rallied behind Zelensky after his D.C. meeting.
- Federal workers will start receiving productivity emails.

Follow Trump’s first 100 days:
Tracking Trump: An explosive meeting with Zelensky; English as the official language; federal productivity emails; and more
The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s first 100 days.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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My Senator is a traitor.
February 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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President Trump’s escalating initiative to drastically cut the federal work force has reached the Social Security Administration, a crucial program that keeps millions of older Americans out of poverty, which said on Friday that it would reduce its head count by more than 12%.
Social Security Administration to Cut Roughly 7,000 Workers
The agency is also restructuring and closing six of 10 regional offices that coordinate and provide support to employees who serve beneficiaries.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The failure of officials to transparently address this outbreak from the start is shameful. Current DOGE efforts to destroy public health infrastructure ensure these outbreaks will continue and the death toll will rise.
Consequences of Undervaccination — Measles Outbreak, New York City, 2018–2019 | NEJM
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, but the risk of outbreaks owing to international importations remains. An outbreak of measles in New York City began when one unvaccina...
www.nejm.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Putin is laughing his ass off — and clearly has Trump clinched by his tiny hairless balls.
a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with his hands folded
ALT: a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with his hands folded
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March 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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The feds owe this company $14 million, and the company has another $10 million in product that the government ordered. And it's all going down the drain because Musk wants other people's babies to die.
Trump assault on USAID leaves plant that makes peanut butter for malnourished kids scrambling | CNN Politics
MANA Nutrition makes a special kind of peanut butter paste that many humanitarian aid workers are familiar with. It is fortified with milk and essential vitamins, packed with calories and sent to seve...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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GOP Congressman Scolds Trump Over Disastrous Zelensky Meeting: 'A Bad Day' -
“Ukraine wants independence, free markets and rule of law. It wants to be part of the West. Russia hates us and our Western values. We should be clear that we stand for freedom.” mediaite.com/a/hdaeh
GOP Congressman Scolds Trump Over Disastrous Zelensky Meeting: ‘A Bad Day’
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) scolded President Donald Trump over his Oval Office tirade against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
mediaite.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Trump claims the “trillion-dollar deal” he’s close to signing with Ukrainian President Zelensky would offer the US easy access to a bonanza of rare earth minerals. That’s at odds with the assessment of US officials who say there’s little actual evidence of vast rare earth mineral wealth in Ukraine.
Trump’s promise of ‘very big deal’ with Zelensky undercut by officials’ widespread doubts over Ukraine’s resources | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s claim that the potential “trillion-dollar deal” he is on the cusp of signing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would offer the US easy access to a bonanza of rare ea...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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@sfchronicle.com's Soleil Ho in Sep. '24

So, what’s on Project 2025’s to-do list? Many of its plans aim to kneecap the government’s ability to do literally anything that has to do with climate change and energy efficiency, including gutting and privatizing research and regulatory agencies like NOAA
Project 2025’s climate change denialism will literally doom the planet
The right-wing political playbook makes a Trump re-election a global existential threat.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Musk’s hackers burglarized "a vast trove of information about the entire federal workforce” on OPM computers even as Trump was being sworn in — that is "hours before Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was officially created by an executive order.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside DOGE’s Clash With the Federal Workforce
With a surprise incursion in the first minutes of the Trump presidency, Elon Musk’s programmers seized control of a key personnel agency; ‘rogue bureaucrats’ fight back.
www.wsj.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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They should have prioritized getting those cases against him started. They allowed time to expire so they share some responsibility for this nonsense. #Biden
February 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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November 26, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 6:05 AM
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Why is Trump refusing to obey the law and sign Transition of Power agreements with the White House? There’s a reason, and it isn’t good. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Why Is Trump Refusing to Sign Transition of Power Agreements?
It's not for a good reason.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.

#woke
November 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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What if Trump gave Elon and Vivek a “department” which is really just some blue ribbon commission, the report from which will get ignored like most do?

I mean, they’re already planning a podcast about DOGE, so is anyone going to take them seriously?

What if this is Trump’s way of sidelining both?
November 22, 2024 at 9:01 AM