Maury Grundy
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“Free institutions rest upon the character of citizenship.” — T. Roosevelt
“…after he raised concerns internally about DOGE’s inroads into the agency, he received a physically taped threat on his door containing personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog.” www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
User with Russian IP address tried to log into NLRB systems following DOGE access, whistleblower says
The blocked login attempts, detailed in an extensive whistleblower complaint filed to the Senate Intelligence Committee and others, may indicate foreign adversaries have begun leveraging DOGE inroads into sensitive federal systems.
www.nextgov.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“…after he raised concerns internally about DOGE’s inroads into the agency, he received a physically taped threat on his door containing personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog.” www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
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And while the bodies of U.S. servicepeople are coming home
Here he is today, America.
Emperor Caligula Nero Trump.
Golfing away in FL while tanking the economy.
Emperor Caligula Nero Trump.
Golfing away in FL while tanking the economy.
April 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And while the bodies of U.S. servicepeople are coming home
People indiscriminately losing their jobs and this chick is playing dress-up and enriching herself at work. But hey, only the “best people,” right? www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...
Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office | CNN Politics
As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for ...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
People indiscriminately losing their jobs and this chick is playing dress-up and enriching herself at work. But hey, only the “best people,” right? www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...
A day in the life of the inept Trump Administration and the DOGE frat boys. www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/c...
Behind the scenes of Trump and DOGE’s chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California’s water | CNN
President Trump falsely claimed the LA fires were a result of the state’s water policies. DOGE agents flew to California to turn pumps on themselves.
www.cnn.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A day in the life of the inept Trump Administration and the DOGE frat boys. www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/c...
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But please, Elon and JD, cry me a river about censorship.
A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:
February 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
But please, Elon and JD, cry me a river about censorship.
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Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s effort to cut that spending | Fact Check
Fact check: Eight ways Elon Musk has misled Americans about government spending | CNN Politics
Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s effort to cut that spending.
www.cnn.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s effort to cut that spending | Fact Check
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Can’t help but be reminded of the words of Russell Vought, now head of OMB: “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected because they are increasingly viewed as villains. We want to put them in trauma.”
February 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Can’t help but be reminded of the words of Russell Vought, now head of OMB: “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected because they are increasingly viewed as villains. We want to put them in trauma.”
Super hard feeling sorry for these folks. 8-year body of evidence if they had only paid attention. Hope it works out for the community. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
One federal worker who regrets their vote for Trump says ‘I wish I could take it back’ | CNN Politics
An important government office housed in an old Pennsylvania mine is being targeted by Elon Musk, but employees of the facility are refuting his claims. CNN’s Gabe Cohen reports.
www.cnn.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Super hard feeling sorry for these folks. 8-year body of evidence if they had only paid attention. Hope it works out for the community. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...
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“If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then DOGE’s tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.”
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines th...
www.propublica.org
February 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public. If it’s not an agency, then DOGE’s tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.”
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Trump has been quite busy. But as for lowering grocery prices, the Day One promise that may have won him the election, Trump promptly confessed that it would be “very hard” to do. The only surprise was that he confessed at all.
Seven Myths Shattered by Trump 2.0 (and One True Thing)
Watching Trump, Musk, and their band of arsonists set fire to the shining city on a hill.
www.thebulwark.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump has been quite busy. But as for lowering grocery prices, the Day One promise that may have won him the election, Trump promptly confessed that it would be “very hard” to do. The only surprise was that he confessed at all.
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Trump says Ukraine must hold new elections if it wants a seat at the negotiating table.
Odd how Trump is not demanding Russia hold a democratic election for long-time dictator Putin to have a seat at the negotiating table.
Odd how Trump is not demanding Russia hold a democratic election for long-time dictator Putin to have a seat at the negotiating table.
February 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump says Ukraine must hold new elections if it wants a seat at the negotiating table.
Odd how Trump is not demanding Russia hold a democratic election for long-time dictator Putin to have a seat at the negotiating table.
Odd how Trump is not demanding Russia hold a democratic election for long-time dictator Putin to have a seat at the negotiating table.
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As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
After claiming remote workers are actually golfing, Trump again hits the links in Florida | CNN Politics
As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home here at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
As President Donald Trump orders federal workers to return to the office, he spent the fourth straight day at home at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Remember when they mocked us for saying that democracy is on the ballot?
February 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Remember when they mocked us for saying that democracy is on the ballot?
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If RFK wants to meaningfully decrease rates of depression, he can support paid family and maternity leave, equal pay for women, universal healthcare, and fully funded public schools.
Stigmatizing medication that treats the mental impact of a country that devalues your existence won’t cut it.
Stigmatizing medication that treats the mental impact of a country that devalues your existence won’t cut it.
February 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If RFK wants to meaningfully decrease rates of depression, he can support paid family and maternity leave, equal pay for women, universal healthcare, and fully funded public schools.
Stigmatizing medication that treats the mental impact of a country that devalues your existence won’t cut it.
Stigmatizing medication that treats the mental impact of a country that devalues your existence won’t cut it.
The “strategery” runs deep with these 🤡🤡🤡 www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The “strategery” runs deep with these 🤡🤡🤡 www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
“The White House has released a list of words NIH grant seekers may no longer use, including women, trauma, disability, biased, systemic, inclusive.”
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Pining for the Patriarchy
A scorched-earth campaign to keep it intact
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February 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“The White House has released a list of words NIH grant seekers may no longer use, including women, trauma, disability, biased, systemic, inclusive.”
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
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EXCLUSIVE: Candidates for national security roles in the new administration have been posed loyalty questions, such as: Was Jan. 6 an inside job, and Was the 2020 presidential election stolen? They were asked to give straight "yes" or "no" answers. Here's our story.
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U.S. intelligence, law enforcement candidates face Trump loyalty test
Candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement jobs were asked to give “yes” or “no” responses to questions such as: Was Jan. 6 “an inside job?”
wapo.st
February 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Candidates for national security roles in the new administration have been posed loyalty questions, such as: Was Jan. 6 an inside job, and Was the 2020 presidential election stolen? They were asked to give straight "yes" or "no" answers. Here's our story.
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
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2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
This is incredible. Backstory on why Paramount/CBS may settle Trump’s 60 Minutes lawsuit. www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
Jake Tapper warns CBS’ corporate owner against settling Trump’s lawsuit against ‘60 Minutes’ | CNN Politics
CNN’s Jake Tapper shares his thoughts on the news that CBS could settle their lawsuit with President Trump — and the dangerous precedent it would set.
www.cnn.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is incredible. Backstory on why Paramount/CBS may settle Trump’s 60 Minutes lawsuit. www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...