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WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of federal agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
This is the oral history of DOGE, as told by federal workers:
This is the oral history of DOGE, as told by federal workers:
"This used to be the best job I’ve ever had, the best environment I’ve ever had, the best culture I’ve ever had—and they fucking ruined it.
I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."
I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of federal agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
This is the oral history of DOGE, as told by federal workers:
This is the oral history of DOGE, as told by federal workers:
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we have evolved past the need for Gavin Newsoms as a people and a nation
July 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
we have evolved past the need for Gavin Newsoms as a people and a nation
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The most sickeningly fascist people in the entire world. Bunch of ex-soldiers who want to commit a genocide
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
My head is going to explode. ICE is recruiting by pitching travel as one of the key perks of the job.
Like, travel *accompanying deportation flights.* Literally.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Like, travel *accompanying deportation flights.* Literally.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
July 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The most sickeningly fascist people in the entire world. Bunch of ex-soldiers who want to commit a genocide
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
June 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
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Of course he was going to bomb Iran.
Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?
Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?
War on Terror Nightmare Arrives As Trump Bombs Iran
Just want to congratulate everyone who said Trump was the president of peace, didn't start any new wars, etc. Is there an antiwar party in America?
www.forever-wars.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Of course he was going to bomb Iran.
Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?
Is there an antiwar party in the U.S.?
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Don't let the bigots pathologize us.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
June 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Don't let the bigots pathologize us.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
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This is why I'm not a fan of open carry at protests.
First, threat assessment is impossible. It's bonkers and dangerous.
Second, open-carry at these protests tends to mean open-carry only by certain (⚪️⬜️⛄️) kinds of people, it's not safe for others.
It's just not a safe environment.
First, threat assessment is impossible. It's bonkers and dangerous.
Second, open-carry at these protests tends to mean open-carry only by certain (⚪️⬜️⛄️) kinds of people, it's not safe for others.
It's just not a safe environment.
June 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is why I'm not a fan of open carry at protests.
First, threat assessment is impossible. It's bonkers and dangerous.
Second, open-carry at these protests tends to mean open-carry only by certain (⚪️⬜️⛄️) kinds of people, it's not safe for others.
It's just not a safe environment.
First, threat assessment is impossible. It's bonkers and dangerous.
Second, open-carry at these protests tends to mean open-carry only by certain (⚪️⬜️⛄️) kinds of people, it's not safe for others.
It's just not a safe environment.
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The armed, yellow-vested "peacekeepers" at the Utah 50501 protest in Salt Lake City opened fire into a crowd, hitting two people:
A Sāmoan fashion designer with two young kids, who died.
A second-generation Venezuelan immigrant and antiracist protester who was legally carrying. Cops charged HIM.
A Sāmoan fashion designer with two young kids, who died.
A second-generation Venezuelan immigrant and antiracist protester who was legally carrying. Cops charged HIM.
June 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The armed, yellow-vested "peacekeepers" at the Utah 50501 protest in Salt Lake City opened fire into a crowd, hitting two people:
A Sāmoan fashion designer with two young kids, who died.
A second-generation Venezuelan immigrant and antiracist protester who was legally carrying. Cops charged HIM.
A Sāmoan fashion designer with two young kids, who died.
A second-generation Venezuelan immigrant and antiracist protester who was legally carrying. Cops charged HIM.
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please by god, wherever you are:
avoid marching onto bridges, under highway overpasses, and through tunnels
ONLY USE WATER TO WASH TEAR GAS AND PEPPER SPRAY OUT OF YOUR EYES
tell the cops nothing, tell the street medic everything
avoid marching onto bridges, under highway overpasses, and through tunnels
ONLY USE WATER TO WASH TEAR GAS AND PEPPER SPRAY OUT OF YOUR EYES
tell the cops nothing, tell the street medic everything
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
please by god, wherever you are:
avoid marching onto bridges, under highway overpasses, and through tunnels
ONLY USE WATER TO WASH TEAR GAS AND PEPPER SPRAY OUT OF YOUR EYES
tell the cops nothing, tell the street medic everything
avoid marching onto bridges, under highway overpasses, and through tunnels
ONLY USE WATER TO WASH TEAR GAS AND PEPPER SPRAY OUT OF YOUR EYES
tell the cops nothing, tell the street medic everything
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"Tenants in Kansas City are declaring victory after eight months on rent strike—the longest such action in the city’s history...an outcome that lends momentum to efforts to adapt labor union strategies for housing fights."
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
Striking Tenants Withhold Rent for 247 Days and Win
A victory in Kansas City suggests that the tactics of organized labor can work for tenants.
inthesetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Tenants in Kansas City are declaring victory after eight months on rent strike—the longest such action in the city’s history...an outcome that lends momentum to efforts to adapt labor union strategies for housing fights."
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
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Success! ICE was forced to leave their hotel in the middle of the night after activists located where ICE was staying and surrounded the hotel with a noise demonstration. Hundreds of drivers joined in by blasting their horns as they drove by. Hotel management asked ICE to leave. #NoSleepForICE
VIDEO: ICE LEAVING Arcadia Hotel earlier today after protestors made noise for HOURS outside the hotel. No arrests were made, police likely inequipped due to DTLA curfew turmoil.
IG: psl_losangeles
IG: psl_losangeles
June 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Success! ICE was forced to leave their hotel in the middle of the night after activists located where ICE was staying and surrounded the hotel with a noise demonstration. Hundreds of drivers joined in by blasting their horns as they drove by. Hotel management asked ICE to leave. #NoSleepForICE
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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If you want to prepare for a spicy summer
3M mask with extra filters. Ideally a full face respirator.
Soft body armor of some kind for impact munitions. Doesn't have to be ballistic.
Helmet. Can be ballistic. Can be bump. Even a bicycle helmet can save your life from a grenade.
3M mask with extra filters. Ideally a full face respirator.
Soft body armor of some kind for impact munitions. Doesn't have to be ballistic.
Helmet. Can be ballistic. Can be bump. Even a bicycle helmet can save your life from a grenade.
June 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you want to prepare for a spicy summer
3M mask with extra filters. Ideally a full face respirator.
Soft body armor of some kind for impact munitions. Doesn't have to be ballistic.
Helmet. Can be ballistic. Can be bump. Even a bicycle helmet can save your life from a grenade.
3M mask with extra filters. Ideally a full face respirator.
Soft body armor of some kind for impact munitions. Doesn't have to be ballistic.
Helmet. Can be ballistic. Can be bump. Even a bicycle helmet can save your life from a grenade.
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the actual best thing about Portland is that it has fewer cops per capita than basically any city in the U.S. i hate every single one of these gutless cowards. fuck you and your fucking badge. i say this from a position of journalistic objectivity.
June 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
the actual best thing about Portland is that it has fewer cops per capita than basically any city in the U.S. i hate every single one of these gutless cowards. fuck you and your fucking badge. i say this from a position of journalistic objectivity.
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Putting up a fierce fight at the opening of the poem is the way to stop the rest of the poem from coming true.
The fight for migrants and to stop ICE is the same fight as the fight to protect LGBT people (citizens or not), reproductive autonomy, and everyone else the fascists want to fuck with.
The fight for migrants and to stop ICE is the same fight as the fight to protect LGBT people (citizens or not), reproductive autonomy, and everyone else the fascists want to fuck with.
June 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Putting up a fierce fight at the opening of the poem is the way to stop the rest of the poem from coming true.
The fight for migrants and to stop ICE is the same fight as the fight to protect LGBT people (citizens or not), reproductive autonomy, and everyone else the fascists want to fuck with.
The fight for migrants and to stop ICE is the same fight as the fight to protect LGBT people (citizens or not), reproductive autonomy, and everyone else the fascists want to fuck with.
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Raymond Chandler, letter to a friend, January 1948. Seems relevant beyond the specific Hollywood context.
May 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Raymond Chandler, letter to a friend, January 1948. Seems relevant beyond the specific Hollywood context.
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"The shuttering of USAID, in other words, ranks with the absolute worst atrocities in the history of the world."
Wrote about how Musk's illegal shuttering of USAID is likely to cause 25 million deaths over 15 years. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk is committing a genocide
The worst is not really covered as the worst.
www.everythingishorrible.net
April 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The shuttering of USAID, in other words, ranks with the absolute worst atrocities in the history of the world."
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So you’re saying we could solve all the financial problems of 379 million of us and impact just 19 households. What an interesting fact. Fun little bit of trivia.
The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
April 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So you’re saying we could solve all the financial problems of 379 million of us and impact just 19 households. What an interesting fact. Fun little bit of trivia.
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cringe, yes, but it's also fucking obscene. tens of thousands of fed jobs cut, hundreds of millions in research funding vaporized, US AID cuts that will be measured in millions of global preventable deaths, all at this motherfucker's feet, and he's making 69420 jokes about it
We have reached levels of cringe previously thought unattainable
April 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
cringe, yes, but it's also fucking obscene. tens of thousands of fed jobs cut, hundreds of millions in research funding vaporized, US AID cuts that will be measured in millions of global preventable deaths, all at this motherfucker's feet, and he's making 69420 jokes about it
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.