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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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Thisis what an authoritarian regime does to make sure NO ONE opens any investigations it would not like to see opened. Justice is being weaponized AND corrupted in plain sight.
"Mr. Bove, in accepting Ms. Sassoon’s resignation, informed her that the prosecutors who worked on the case were being placed on administrative leave, and would be investigated by the attorney general and the Justice Department’s internal investigative arm." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
Order to Drop Adams Case Prompts Resignations in New York and Washington
The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two officials with the federal public integrity unit all quit after the Justice Department ordered the charges against Mayor Eric Ad...
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thisis what an authoritarian regime does to make sure NO ONE opens any investigations it would not like to see opened. Justice is being weaponized AND corrupted in plain sight.
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This says it all
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
February 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This says it all
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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A historic graphic of corruption.
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A historic graphic of corruption.
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
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Give us a break. McConnell had his chance after the deadly insurrection. He could have ended this nightmare with a Senate conviction. He didn’t. Let’s never forget his unforgivable disservice to the Constitution and America.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Welcome to the resistance? Mitch McConnell bucks Trump with ‘no’ votes.
Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Trump’s most controversial nominees, becoming an unlikely — and sometimes lonely — face of Republican resistance.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Give us a break. McConnell had his chance after the deadly insurrection. He could have ended this nightmare with a Senate conviction. He didn’t. Let’s never forget his unforgivable disservice to the Constitution and America.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/
February 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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This moment continues to feel like February 2020 for fascism: smart people who pay attention are freaking out, your average sea cucumber-like American is either totally unaware or blithely assuming everything will Be Fine.
February 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This moment continues to feel like February 2020 for fascism: smart people who pay attention are freaking out, your average sea cucumber-like American is either totally unaware or blithely assuming everything will Be Fine.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge issues blistering order saying that Trump administration has violated his prior order re funding freeze. If admin. continues to disobey, next logical step would be contempt and a potential constitutional crisis.
Visit Democracy Docket for updates.
www.democracydocket.com
Visit Democracy Docket for updates.
www.democracydocket.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Judge issues blistering order saying that Trump administration has violated his prior order re funding freeze. If admin. continues to disobey, next logical step would be contempt and a potential constitutional crisis.
Visit Democracy Docket for updates.
www.democracydocket.com
Visit Democracy Docket for updates.
www.democracydocket.com
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Here's footage of Sean Duffy doing a podcast claiming that Buttigieg "sucks at his job." Meanwhile, Duffy's overseen 4 collisions in the last WEEK and is MIA.
1/29: DC crash
1/31: Philadelphia crash
2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle
2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska
1/29: DC crash
1/31: Philadelphia crash
2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle
2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska
February 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here's footage of Sean Duffy doing a podcast claiming that Buttigieg "sucks at his job." Meanwhile, Duffy's overseen 4 collisions in the last WEEK and is MIA.
1/29: DC crash
1/31: Philadelphia crash
2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle
2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska
1/29: DC crash
1/31: Philadelphia crash
2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight in Seattle
2/6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Alaska
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Who could have possibly predicted?
February 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Who could have possibly predicted?
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Total failure right now of all of our societal institutions to speak out against the idiotic fascism. University presidents. Fortune 500 CEOs. Religious leaders. Etc. etc. Shameful evidence of how deeply unserious we are as a country.
Thinking about Yakov’s post more re indirect costs and federal funding. We’re all going to have to accept much a lower quality of life in the long term because the pack of Randians in power are high on their own supply - and not a peep from the rest of the capitalist class!
I can't get over how weak so many capitalists are when the backbone to a lot of their profits -- federal investment and safety nets -- are being gutted. Probably aligns with the death of long term value plays as everything descends into rents and looking for exit liquidity.
February 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Total failure right now of all of our societal institutions to speak out against the idiotic fascism. University presidents. Fortune 500 CEOs. Religious leaders. Etc. etc. Shameful evidence of how deeply unserious we are as a country.
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Hearing nonsense that Ds are threatening a shutdown. False. Entire matter is in GOP hands. What's happening is that Rs are coming hat in hand to Ds for help because they can't agree among themselves. Ds shld have a simple demand. No help until the criminal conduct stops.
February 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hearing nonsense that Ds are threatening a shutdown. False. Entire matter is in GOP hands. What's happening is that Rs are coming hat in hand to Ds for help because they can't agree among themselves. Ds shld have a simple demand. No help until the criminal conduct stops.
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He's not a "kid." He's an adult, with an important govt job.
The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist.
His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job.
Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.
The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist.
His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job.
Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.
February 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
He's not a "kid." He's an adult, with an important govt job.
The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist.
His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job.
Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.
The posts weren't "stupid." They were hatefully racist.
His life isn't "ruined." He lost a job.
Holding a govt employee accountable is not a "reward" for a journalist. The reporter doesn't get a cookie.
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U.S. democracy is in acute danger. The two greatest threats are Trump & Musk.
Are the democrats in Congress able to stand up?
Obviously, SCOTUS is corrupt & paid for by the oligarchs.
Are the democrats in Congress able to stand up?
Obviously, SCOTUS is corrupt & paid for by the oligarchs.
February 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
U.S. democracy is in acute danger. The two greatest threats are Trump & Musk.
Are the democrats in Congress able to stand up?
Obviously, SCOTUS is corrupt & paid for by the oligarchs.
Are the democrats in Congress able to stand up?
Obviously, SCOTUS is corrupt & paid for by the oligarchs.
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Trump’s tax agenda outlined by the White House today will add at least $5 trillion to the debt, potentially much more. Per new analysis by nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Trump’s tax agenda outlined by the White House today will add at least $5 trillion to the debt, potentially much more. Per new analysis by nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...
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This is Twilight Zone stuff....
For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is Twilight Zone stuff....
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat.
The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….
The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….
January 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat.
The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….
The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….
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This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x
January 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x