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Elon Musk's plan to cut the Social Security Administration's staff by 50% would cause 37,000 more Americans to die each year waiting to receive their disability benefits while the average wait time to collect these benefits would jump to 412 days.
That is beyond unacceptable.
That is beyond unacceptable.
March 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Elon Musk's plan to cut the Social Security Administration's staff by 50% would cause 37,000 more Americans to die each year waiting to receive their disability benefits while the average wait time to collect these benefits would jump to 412 days.
That is beyond unacceptable.
That is beyond unacceptable.
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Y'all have to start telling relative to fuck off...or get to knocking people's heads between the window and the wall at family functions
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Y'all have to start telling relative to fuck off...or get to knocking people's heads between the window and the wall at family functions
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Making sure you see this thread here:
I feel like a lot of you don’t know why this is happening and are simply marveling that it is happening at all.
So allow me to tell you: republicans invest a shit ton of time and money into the political organizing of disabled people because disabled people
I feel like a lot of you don’t know why this is happening and are simply marveling that it is happening at all.
So allow me to tell you: republicans invest a shit ton of time and money into the political organizing of disabled people because disabled people
March 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Making sure you see this thread here:
I feel like a lot of you don’t know why this is happening and are simply marveling that it is happening at all.
So allow me to tell you: republicans invest a shit ton of time and money into the political organizing of disabled people because disabled people
I feel like a lot of you don’t know why this is happening and are simply marveling that it is happening at all.
So allow me to tell you: republicans invest a shit ton of time and money into the political organizing of disabled people because disabled people
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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
March 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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The stakes are just too high.
March 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The stakes are just too high.
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Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.
apnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
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Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Early reports to WHO from the 30 highest #tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries confirm that funding cuts from foreign aid, particularly from USAID, are already dismantling essential TB services.
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
Without urgent action, these setbacks will reverse decades of progress to #EndTB 🔗 bit.ly/4kvsu2i
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Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.”
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
March 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.”
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
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The same week that Elon Musk baselessly called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," his co-president Donald Trump announced that he wants to create a national crypto reserve.
This could result in taxpayer dollars being used to prop up an actual Ponzi scheme.
Hello?
This could result in taxpayer dollars being used to prop up an actual Ponzi scheme.
Hello?
March 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The same week that Elon Musk baselessly called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," his co-president Donald Trump announced that he wants to create a national crypto reserve.
This could result in taxpayer dollars being used to prop up an actual Ponzi scheme.
Hello?
This could result in taxpayer dollars being used to prop up an actual Ponzi scheme.
Hello?
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
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Last week, the Senate GOP passed a budget that included a $150B increase in military spending.
This week, the House GOP will vote on its own budget — which includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for more billionaire tax cuts.
This isn't about what we can "afford."
This week, the House GOP will vote on its own budget — which includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for more billionaire tax cuts.
This isn't about what we can "afford."
The House Wants to Pass Trump’s Agenda in One Big Bill. Here’s What’s in It.
The G.O.P. bill would extend tax cuts and almost certainly make big reductions to programs serving the poor. Passing it may be hard, though.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Last week, the Senate GOP passed a budget that included a $150B increase in military spending.
This week, the House GOP will vote on its own budget — which includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for more billionaire tax cuts.
This isn't about what we can "afford."
This week, the House GOP will vote on its own budget — which includes massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for more billionaire tax cuts.
This isn't about what we can "afford."
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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i think this is basically what has happened a big chunk of the american pundit class
One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
This isn’t some rant saying “Germany has learned nothing from its past” - the reality is more subtle than that. Middle-class Germans live and travel with an incredible amount of ease and comfort, and they just got…sleepy. Many of them dismissed the far-right’s rage as just another set of complaints.
February 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
i think this is basically what has happened a big chunk of the american pundit class
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Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position.
You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
February 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position.
You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is how it’s done.
“We will prevail because we are relearning the basic truth — that we are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.”
Ten reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“We will prevail because we are relearning the basic truth — that we are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.”
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It's no coincidence that Musk's companies are soaring in value as the regulatory agencies that were investigating or suing them are being gutted.
The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.
The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.
Elon Musk’s net worth is up 50% since the election. Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, & X are cashing in—to the tune of $613 BILLION.
The world's richest man is gutting government agency after agency all to grease the skids for his companies & further cement his power. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The world's richest man is gutting government agency after agency all to grease the skids for his companies & further cement his power. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s Companies Set to Add $613 Billion in Value Since Election
First Tesla Inc. surged. Then SpaceX became the world’s most valuable tech startup and xAI nearly doubled its valuation before looking to do it again. Now, X is looking to join Elon Musk’s other compa...
www.bloomberg.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's no coincidence that Musk's companies are soaring in value as the regulatory agencies that were investigating or suing them are being gutted.
The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.
The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.