Reality for Musk/DOGE: “While federal spending has grown sharply and regulation is arguably in need of correction, there is no such long-run trend in federal employment, and firing lots of federal workers would not in itself result in much savings or deregulation.”
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When @timothysnyder.bsky.social writes “Do not obey in advance” of tyrants I also apply that to giving in to our fears. Many are justifiably scared but we must not allow that fear to paralyze us in to inaction! My latest dives into some lessons and what we can do. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...

“There are only three constants in Gabbard’s political biography: self-promotion; an attraction to quasi-revolutionary movements…coupled with a hostility to the boring, detailed work of governing; and an abiding attraction to murderous authoritarians.”

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