Aveline D
@avelined.bsky.social
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If your bank suddenly cut half of its staff would you trust it with your money? Social Security is **40% of the federal budget** and Musk is planning on axing half of the staff responsible for managing those funds.
New, from @pamherd.bsky.social & I:
Trump said "Social Security would not be touched."
Now the Trump admin proposes a 50% cut in Social Security employees.
This will absolutely gut SSA's ability to serve everyone who depends on the program - which is everyone. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Trump said "Social Security would not be touched."
Now the Trump admin proposes a 50% cut in Social Security employees.
This will absolutely gut SSA's ability to serve everyone who depends on the program - which is everyone. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Trump's Assault on Social Security
The plan to cut America's most successful safety net program in half
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If your bank suddenly cut half of its staff would you trust it with your money? Social Security is **40% of the federal budget** and Musk is planning on axing half of the staff responsible for managing those funds.
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Hey Republicans who “love” fake agency DOGE:
February 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hey Republicans who “love” fake agency DOGE:
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Sometimes the little things matter & can tell you the most about how we should understand Trump 2.0, like his nomination of a guy who calls himself Eagle Ed Martin on Twitter to be US Atty in DC. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Some Wrongs Can’t Be Righted: Nominating Ed Martin to be U.S. Attorney in D.C.
Trump has nominated the interim U.S.
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sometimes the little things matter & can tell you the most about how we should understand Trump 2.0, like his nomination of a guy who calls himself Eagle Ed Martin on Twitter to be US Atty in DC. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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If DOGE is making a simple math error here it is making simple errors elsewhere -- like firing mission critical employees and cutting life-saving programs. There is a reason why government sometimes moves slow, so it doesn't make stupid decisions www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If DOGE is making a simple math error here it is making simple errors elsewhere -- like firing mission critical employees and cutting life-saving programs. There is a reason why government sometimes moves slow, so it doesn't make stupid decisions www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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There's this, there has been reporting that they got numbers wrong & massively overstated, by tens of billions, the amount of the fraud. But Trump & Musk are claiming that the federal gov't is incompetent? That it is full of fraud & waste? Give me the fed'l bureaucracy any day over these buffoons.
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
There's this, there has been reporting that they got numbers wrong & massively overstated, by tens of billions, the amount of the fraud. But Trump & Musk are claiming that the federal gov't is incompetent? That it is full of fraud & waste? Give me the fed'l bureaucracy any day over these buffoons.
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I'm begging Eric Adams to resign before Hochul has to do something crazy. But, since Adams will never put anyone's interests ahead of his own, I'm also begging New Yorkers to turn up the heat on Trump's new acquisition in Manhattan.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Eric Adams?
As long as Eric Adams refuses to resign, New Yorkers must contemplate other options, including—but not limited to—intervention by the state’s governor.
www.thenation.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm begging Eric Adams to resign before Hochul has to do something crazy. But, since Adams will never put anyone's interests ahead of his own, I'm also begging New Yorkers to turn up the heat on Trump's new acquisition in Manhattan.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
offer them to small to medium size businesses.
Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations .
Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ?
Thoughts ?
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Trump just launched a trade war against Canada over fentanyl. The US seized - wait for it - 43 pounds at the US-Canada border last year.
43 pounds.
43 pounds.
February 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Trump just launched a trade war against Canada over fentanyl. The US seized - wait for it - 43 pounds at the US-Canada border last year.
43 pounds.
43 pounds.
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"A letter submitted to the Senate sent by 'physicians' in support of Kennedy's nomination includes names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, the AP has found..."
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
Doctors Whose Licenses Were Revoked, Suspended Named In Pro-RFK Jr. Letter To Senate
The letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination, which has faced strenuous opposition from experts due to his decades of anti-vaccine activism.
www.huffpost.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
"A letter submitted to the Senate sent by 'physicians' in support of Kennedy's nomination includes names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, the AP has found..."
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
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Perhaps the people complaining about liberal echo chambers should take a look at the top 20 responses to every single tweet on Twitter and let us know what an echo chamber looks like.
November 23, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Perhaps the people complaining about liberal echo chambers should take a look at the top 20 responses to every single tweet on Twitter and let us know what an echo chamber looks like.
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What you need to know about Trump's designation of Russell Vought, one of the authors of Project 2025, to head OMB after Trump disavowed any connection with Project 2025 last summer. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Project 2025: It's On (Predictably)
Before Bill Barr became Donald Trump’s third attorney general, he circulated a memo that was more or less an audition tape for the job he ultimately got.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:33 AM
What you need to know about Trump's designation of Russell Vought, one of the authors of Project 2025, to head OMB after Trump disavowed any connection with Project 2025 last summer. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Joe Scarborough and Mika from Morning Joe, their ratings plummeting, made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago because they decided if you can't beat him, grovel for access and help normalize him AGAIN.
STOP 👏
WATCHING👏
MORNING👏
JOE👏
STOP 👏
WATCHING👏
MORNING👏
JOE👏
November 18, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Joe Scarborough and Mika from Morning Joe, their ratings plummeting, made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago because they decided if you can't beat him, grovel for access and help normalize him AGAIN.
STOP 👏
WATCHING👏
MORNING👏
JOE👏
STOP 👏
WATCHING👏
MORNING👏
JOE👏
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The Senate was in session until just before midnight. Democrats set up final votes on nine of President Biden's judicial nominees.
November 19, 2024 at 11:05 AM
The Senate was in session until just before midnight. Democrats set up final votes on nine of President Biden's judicial nominees.
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Polio has been detected in wastewater in NY for some time - so it’s out there and probably elsewhere too. For those of us on the older side who were vaccinated against polio decades ago, the CDC recommends a booster. Check with your healthcare provider to see if you should get one.
Polio Vaccine Recommendations
Find routine recommendations, accelerated schedules, other considerations for polio vaccine.
www.cdc.gov
November 17, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Polio has been detected in wastewater in NY for some time - so it’s out there and probably elsewhere too. For those of us on the older side who were vaccinated against polio decades ago, the CDC recommends a booster. Check with your healthcare provider to see if you should get one.