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Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
March 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
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RFK Jr previously claimed his career as the founder, chairman and general counsel of an anti-vaccine nonprofit was “unpaid” and “the opposite of a profit motive.” But after being nominated by Trump for health secretary, he admitted that he had lied — he actually was paid a whopping $1.2 million.
RFK Jr. Admits He Didn’t Come Clean on Anti-Vax Fortune
Kennedy claimed in the past that he was “unpaid” by his nonprofit. Now he has revealed the eye-opening total he was actually paid.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
RFK Jr previously claimed his career as the founder, chairman and general counsel of an anti-vaccine nonprofit was “unpaid” and “the opposite of a profit motive.” But after being nominated by Trump for health secretary, he admitted that he had lied — he actually was paid a whopping $1.2 million.
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
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Why is your company, your state, CMS doing business with the big PBMs. They are ripping you off !
Pharmacy benefit managers made more than $7B marking up generic specialty drugs: FTC www.axios.com/2025/01/14/p...
PBMs made more than $7B marking up specialty generics: FTC
The three biggest pharmacy benefit managers made more than $7.3 billion over five years marking up the prices of specialty generic drugs for cancer and other conditions.
www.axios.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Why is your company, your state, CMS doing business with the big PBMs. They are ripping you off !
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"'Patriot' sometimes reads like a thriller in which the narrative opens with 'If you’re reading this, I’m already dead.'" And so he is, but he speaks from beyond the grave, and we should listen.
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Navalny's posthumous memoir:
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Navalny's posthumous memoir:
Even in Death, Navalny Still Threatens the Putin Regime
The opposition leader’s posthumous memoir is a chronicle of a death foretold.
www.thebulwark.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"'Patriot' sometimes reads like a thriller in which the narrative opens with 'If you’re reading this, I’m already dead.'" And so he is, but he speaks from beyond the grave, and we should listen.
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Navalny's posthumous memoir:
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Navalny's posthumous memoir:
Decency continues to decline.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is defying U.S. policy by ordering the American flag to be flown at full-staff during Donald Trump’s January 20th inauguration, despite the 30-day half-staff requirement following a President’s death.
Greg Abbott Orders American Flags Be Flown At Full Staff During Inauguration
Abbott is actively placating Donald Trump
meidasnews.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Decency continues to decline.
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BREAKING: Merrick Garland has released volume one of the Jack Smith report
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025
www.documentcloud.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
BREAKING: Merrick Garland has released volume one of the Jack Smith report
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Omg, the Hafts are back making trouble — this family’s previous drama was my first billionaires are fucked up story when I was a baby reporter at the @washingtonpost.com back in the last century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Compass Coffee co-founders split amid claim of misspent covid funds
Former CEO Harrison Suarez accuses owner Michael Haft of fraudulently misusing pandemic relief funds in a new lawsuit, tarnishing the veteran-founded D.C. chain.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Omg, the Hafts are back making trouble — this family’s previous drama was my first billionaires are fucked up story when I was a baby reporter at the @washingtonpost.com back in the last century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967
YouTube video by PettyYou007
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January 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Provided the Jack Smith final report is released, I'll be releasing an audio version FOR FREE. Just subscribe to the Jack Podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Jack
Politics Podcast · 6 Seasons · Updated Weekly
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January 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Provided the Jack Smith final report is released, I'll be releasing an audio version FOR FREE. Just subscribe to the Jack Podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
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Cabinet hearings are imminent. I walk you through some of nominees we’ll be hearing from this week and why just about all of them are unqualified for the roles they are about to assume.
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January 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Cabinet hearings are imminent. I walk you through some of nominees we’ll be hearing from this week and why just about all of them are unqualified for the roles they are about to assume.
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I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
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Cambodia reports a new death due to H5N1 bird flu in a 28-year-old man, according to local media.
January 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Cambodia reports a new death due to H5N1 bird flu in a 28-year-old man, according to local media.
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Interestingly, the brief that DOJ filed in the Eleventh Circuit says that Trump’s lawyers have been allowed to review the Special Counsel’s draft final report in its entirety.
January 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Interestingly, the brief that DOJ filed in the Eleventh Circuit says that Trump’s lawyers have been allowed to review the Special Counsel’s draft final report in its entirety.