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(Punchbowl) - Extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts would boost the national debt by almost 50% when measured as a percentage of GDP and increase the deficit by around $4 trillion, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.
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CBO: Extending Trump tax cuts would boost deficit, debt
The analysis comes as Senate Republicans are set to huddle with the Senate parliamentarian’s office to get guidance on the “current policy baseline.”
punchbowl.news
March 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
(Punchbowl) - Extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts would boost the national debt by almost 50% when measured as a percentage of GDP and increase the deficit by around $4 trillion, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.
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This is abt latest turn in the U.S. African Development Fdn story where Trump's purported appointee showed up this afternoon w US marshals and forced his way in. Story below. I'm curious what people know about the authority under which the marshals were even there. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency
A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to Department of Government Efficiency workers and the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is abt latest turn in the U.S. African Development Fdn story where Trump's purported appointee showed up this afternoon w US marshals and forced his way in. Story below. I'm curious what people know about the authority under which the marshals were even there. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.
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NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.
The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
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Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse.
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse.
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
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Just a quick observation that amid all the turmoil created by the Zelensky meeting, this got completely ignored: A Chinese citizen paid Trump $50 million for the SEC to drop its charges against him.
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The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions
In December, Popular Information reported that Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial (WLF), a new venture backed by President Donal...
popular.info
March 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just a quick observation that amid all the turmoil created by the Zelensky meeting, this got completely ignored: A Chinese citizen paid Trump $50 million for the SEC to drop its charges against him.
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(last head of USAID's global health bureau)
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
(last head of USAID's global health bureau)
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So Musk is actively trying to kill our foreign service workers.
All of our diplomats and staff in Juba, Sudan, live on a single compound.
Today they woke up to find that all the vendors who provide them clean water, food, fuel, Internet, cell service, etc. ALL GOT TERMINATION LETTERS.
All of our diplomats and staff in Juba, Sudan, live on a single compound.
Today they woke up to find that all the vendors who provide them clean water, food, fuel, Internet, cell service, etc. ALL GOT TERMINATION LETTERS.
February 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
So Musk is actively trying to kill our foreign service workers.
All of our diplomats and staff in Juba, Sudan, live on a single compound.
Today they woke up to find that all the vendors who provide them clean water, food, fuel, Internet, cell service, etc. ALL GOT TERMINATION LETTERS.
All of our diplomats and staff in Juba, Sudan, live on a single compound.
Today they woke up to find that all the vendors who provide them clean water, food, fuel, Internet, cell service, etc. ALL GOT TERMINATION LETTERS.
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NEW: DOGE quietly deletes the five largest spending cuts it had been celebrating last week.
All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NEW: DOGE quietly deletes the five largest spending cuts it had been celebrating last week.
All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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BIG: DC Metro Police decided they had sufficient evidence to arrest sitting GOP Congressman and sent warrant request to USATTY's office. Acting USATTY Martin, who's been explicitly acting as Trump's personal attorney, ignored it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-b...
Big Big Scandal Brewing at DC US Attys Office
There’s a big, big scandal brewing beneath the already big scandal of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
BIG: DC Metro Police decided they had sufficient evidence to arrest sitting GOP Congressman and sent warrant request to USATTY's office. Acting USATTY Martin, who's been explicitly acting as Trump's personal attorney, ignored it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-b...
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The Kinsey report in the big bad woke days of 1947 showed 37% of men had some sort of homosexual experience. It's not that we are more queer now, it's that it's more accepted to be open about it.
February 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Kinsey report in the big bad woke days of 1947 showed 37% of men had some sort of homosexual experience. It's not that we are more queer now, it's that it's more accepted to be open about it.
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This one’s for Martina Navratilova and all the “LGB” folks who thought throwing Trans people to the wolves would save themselves. Not just morally bankrupt but “never read a history book” stupid.
Kennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men’s Chorus Concert operawire.com/kennedy-cent... - per Francisco Salazar / Opera Wire
Kennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men's Chorus Concert - OperaWire
The Kennedy Center has canceled The Gay Men's Chorus concert on May 21.
operawire.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This one’s for Martina Navratilova and all the “LGB” folks who thought throwing Trans people to the wolves would save themselves. Not just morally bankrupt but “never read a history book” stupid.
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Right now our country is facing serious outbreaks of bird flu, tuberculosis, and measles, and a surge in flu cases—and how do Trump & Musk respond?
By firing hundreds of CDC employees—the very people researching the spread of these diseases & how to keep people safe.
By firing hundreds of CDC employees—the very people researching the spread of these diseases & how to keep people safe.
New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Right now our country is facing serious outbreaks of bird flu, tuberculosis, and measles, and a surge in flu cases—and how do Trump & Musk respond?
By firing hundreds of CDC employees—the very people researching the spread of these diseases & how to keep people safe.
By firing hundreds of CDC employees—the very people researching the spread of these diseases & how to keep people safe.
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“The purchase of Cybertrucks, an atypical choice for government armored transport, is likely to raise conflict of interest issues, especially as Mr. Musk trumpets his own efforts to root out what he regards as unnecessary spending.” @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“The purchase of Cybertrucks, an atypical choice for government armored transport, is likely to raise conflict of interest issues, especially as Mr. Musk trumpets his own efforts to root out what he regards as unnecessary spending.” @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Quietly, Hegseth announces a major policy change, ruling out Ukraine joining NATO. This is a capitulation to Putin, justifying his wars of aggression starting with Georgia in 2008. This will embolden Putin & undermine the interests of peace in Ukraine & Europe. A major blow to US national security.
February 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Quietly, Hegseth announces a major policy change, ruling out Ukraine joining NATO. This is a capitulation to Putin, justifying his wars of aggression starting with Georgia in 2008. This will embolden Putin & undermine the interests of peace in Ukraine & Europe. A major blow to US national security.
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The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. — especially at the state level, where local election officials rely on CISA resources to securely run elections — at risk. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. — especially at the state level, where local election officials rely on CISA resources to securely run elections — at risk. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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"It was an unusual scene in the Oval Office. Elon Musk stood and held forth for a half hour to the assembled press corps, while Donald Trump sat at his desk, occasionally chiming in, but mostly looking up at Elon with what seemed to me to be increasing irritation."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-presi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-presi...
When President Musk Speaks, Donald Trump Listens
DOGE is in charge now.
www.thebulwark.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"It was an unusual scene in the Oval Office. Elon Musk stood and held forth for a half hour to the assembled press corps, while Donald Trump sat at his desk, occasionally chiming in, but mostly looking up at Elon with what seemed to me to be increasing irritation."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-presi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-presi...
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Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
February 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
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This is EXACTLY what happened in December in the standoff over the funding bill. It’s because Musk is far far vigorous and wily and potent than Trump is.
something that stands out for me at the almost-2.5-week mark is that Musk priorities are actually happening and Trump priorities are not.
February 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is EXACTLY what happened in December in the standoff over the funding bill. It’s because Musk is far far vigorous and wily and potent than Trump is.
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Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a teenage DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a teenage DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
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Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms and businesses. U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms and businesses. U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.