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Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.
May 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.
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Somewhat lost in the news about the Republican Big Ugly Bill is that it also raises your energy bills—gutting clean energy incentives that cut costs for families and businesses. While billionaires get tax breaks, you’ll pay more to keep the lights on.
Republican solar cuts raise your electric bill, threaten US energy/AI dominance
House Republicans voted to cut solar credits that have led to a boom in US energy growth and lower energy costs for Americans.
electrek.co
May 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Somewhat lost in the news about the Republican Big Ugly Bill is that it also raises your energy bills—gutting clean energy incentives that cut costs for families and businesses. While billionaires get tax breaks, you’ll pay more to keep the lights on.
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Unless you wear a red hat.
March 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Unless you wear a red hat.
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
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Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.
February 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.
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DOGE having access to Americans' Social Security data isn't just a major security breach.
It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "waste and fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires another giant tax cut.
Be warned.
It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "waste and fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires another giant tax cut.
Be warned.
February 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
DOGE having access to Americans' Social Security data isn't just a major security breach.
It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "waste and fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires another giant tax cut.
Be warned.
It's part of a deliberate ploy to cut benefits — using the false pretext of "waste and fraud" — and have Congress use the savings to give billionaires another giant tax cut.
Be warned.
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JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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So if Musk doesn’t run DOGE, and DOGE isn’t a real government agency, then no one has to listen to Musk or do what the DOGE bros tell them to do, right?
NEWSY: The White House confirms tonight that Elon Musk is NOT the administrator of DOGE and is not even technically part of it.
He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So if Musk doesn’t run DOGE, and DOGE isn’t a real government agency, then no one has to listen to Musk or do what the DOGE bros tell them to do, right?
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Jan 6 rioter pardoned by Trump has been arrested on child sex charges.
Andrew Taake used bear spray and a metal whip to assault officers at the Capitol, and he was caught after bragging about the incident to a woman he met on an online dating app. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Andrew Taake used bear spray and a metal whip to assault officers at the Capitol, and he was caught after bragging about the incident to a woman he met on an online dating app. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Jan 6 rioter pardoned by Trump has been arrested on child sex charges.
Andrew Taake used bear spray and a metal whip to assault officers at the Capitol, and he was caught after bragging about the incident to a woman he met on an online dating app. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Andrew Taake used bear spray and a metal whip to assault officers at the Capitol, and he was caught after bragging about the incident to a woman he met on an online dating app. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
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ATTN: This is most important court hearing to watch next week. The GOP does not want this case in federal court because they know a federal judge is not likely to toss out 60,000 lawful votes. Their plan is to have the partisan NC state Supreme Court decide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
4th Circuit To Weigh Whether NC Supreme Court Election Challenge Should Proceed in State or Federal Court
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
ATTN: This is most important court hearing to watch next week. The GOP does not want this case in federal court because they know a federal judge is not likely to toss out 60,000 lawful votes. Their plan is to have the partisan NC state Supreme Court decide. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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It appears Musk came to US on a student visa, did not attend school and worked illegally here.
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
What’s amazing about Musk claiming the reason he’s in America is the H1B visa is that it isn’t true. According to story below, he came here on a student visa, worked illegally and then got an H1B. He should release his immigration records to clear this up.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
It appears Musk came to US on a student visa, did not attend school and worked illegally here.
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
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So basically the Trump Admin’s immigration policy is to increase the number of people from other countries who come in and take high-skilled, high paying American jobs, while deporting everyone else doing physically grueling jobs for shit wages?
December 29, 2024 at 1:56 AM
So basically the Trump Admin’s immigration policy is to increase the number of people from other countries who come in and take high-skilled, high paying American jobs, while deporting everyone else doing physically grueling jobs for shit wages?
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The media has it all wrong about Trump’s "loyalist" picks for his administration.
They're not loyalists — they're subservient hacks. There's a crucial difference.
My latest for The Guardian.
They're not loyalists — they're subservient hacks. There's a crucial difference.
My latest for The Guardian.
Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t just ‘loyalists’. They’re groveling, subservient yes-men | Robert Reich
All of Trump’s nominees are unprincipled enablers who are unlikely to push back when he makes reckless decisions
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:40 AM
The media has it all wrong about Trump’s "loyalist" picks for his administration.
They're not loyalists — they're subservient hacks. There's a crucial difference.
My latest for The Guardian.
They're not loyalists — they're subservient hacks. There's a crucial difference.
My latest for The Guardian.
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An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrike, Gaza health ministry says
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
www.npr.org
November 30, 2024 at 8:10 PM
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
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This is something to think about as Trump continues to rant about tariffs.
November 30, 2024 at 2:39 PM
This is something to think about as Trump continues to rant about tariffs.
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Trump handed massive tax cuts to the rich in 2017. Now he's planning even more cuts.
How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them?
By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
Trickle up economics.
How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them?
By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
Trickle up economics.
November 23, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Trump handed massive tax cuts to the rich in 2017. Now he's planning even more cuts.
How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them?
By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
Trickle up economics.
How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them?
By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs.
Trickle up economics.
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What's behind Trump’s gonzo cabinet nominations?
Flood the zone? Yes, but it's deeper than that.
Trump wants to deflect our attention while he and his fellow billionaires loot America.
He's on his way to creating a government of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires.
Flood the zone? Yes, but it's deeper than that.
Trump wants to deflect our attention while he and his fellow billionaires loot America.
He's on his way to creating a government of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires.
November 19, 2024 at 9:03 PM
What's behind Trump’s gonzo cabinet nominations?
Flood the zone? Yes, but it's deeper than that.
Trump wants to deflect our attention while he and his fellow billionaires loot America.
He's on his way to creating a government of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires.
Flood the zone? Yes, but it's deeper than that.
Trump wants to deflect our attention while he and his fellow billionaires loot America.
He's on his way to creating a government of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires.
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Now's not the time to give up. If anything, it's an opportunity to fight for the real changes we need.
Take a look at these 10 ideas to fix our broken system.
Take a look at these 10 ideas to fix our broken system.
Top 10 Ways to Unrig the System | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Now's not the time to give up. If anything, it's an opportunity to fight for the real changes we need.
Take a look at these 10 ideas to fix our broken system.
Take a look at these 10 ideas to fix our broken system.
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November 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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