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Despite the so-called Department of Government Efficiency gutting federal agencies and laying off thousands of federal workers, the U.S. government spent $220 billion more in Trump's first 100 days:
Despite Trump's promised cuts, U.S. spent about $220 billion more in first 100 days than last year
Despite President Trump's promise of cuts, the federal government has spent about $220 billion more in his first 100 days than the same time period last year.
www.cbsnews.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Despite the so-called Department of Government Efficiency gutting federal agencies and laying off thousands of federal workers, the U.S. government spent $220 billion more in Trump's first 100 days:
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The fall of an empire is supposed to be a dramatic thing. But the reality is far less exciting.
It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.
It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.
I'm a historian, and I studied the fall of Rome. Here's what life is like in a dying empire.
It's the little things.
www.motherjones.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The fall of an empire is supposed to be a dramatic thing. But the reality is far less exciting.
It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.
It happens in the text of legislation nobody bothered reading, in local elections nobody followed, in a thousand tiny disasters that amounted to a thousand little cuts on the body politic.
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Join us this #WorldEngineeringDay to celebrate engineers tackling the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Over the past decade, the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships (LIF) programme has supported 1,470+ #InnovationLeaders globally in delivering impactful solutions. Read more: raeng.org.uk/lif-impact
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Join us this #WorldEngineeringDay to celebrate engineers tackling the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Over the past decade, the Leaders in Innovation Fellowships (LIF) programme has supported 1,470+ #InnovationLeaders globally in delivering impactful solutions. Read more: raeng.org.uk/lif-impact
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“There is this myth that workers on H-1B visas will be taking away jobs from Americans… The truth is, the only people willing to work for me are foreigners with little to no access to information about me.” Brilliant. @borowitzreport.bsky.social
Musk Says Working for Him is Job no American Would Want
"The only people willing to work for me are foreigners with little to no access to information about me.”
open.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:25 PM
“There is this myth that workers on H-1B visas will be taking away jobs from Americans… The truth is, the only people willing to work for me are foreigners with little to no access to information about me.” Brilliant. @borowitzreport.bsky.social
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We need age limits. (If that sounds ageist, trust your instincts. Biology is ageist, too.)
House Member in Senior Living Facility Draws Fresh Scrutiny to Aging Congress
Representative Kay Granger, Republican of Texas, has been largely absent from Capitol Hill since the summer and has moved into a retirement home.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 4:56 PM
We need age limits. (If that sounds ageist, trust your instincts. Biology is ageist, too.)
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