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Here’s how many billions Elon Musk’s companies are making from U.S. taxpayers
Here’s how many billions Elon Musk’s companies are making from U.S. taxpayers
While their boss takes a sledgehammer to federal agencies, SpaceX and Tesla are earning big money from government contracts, writes Io Dodds
www.independent.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Here’s how many billions Elon Musk’s companies are making from U.S. taxpayers
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A small museum says all but one sponsor of a Girls in STEM event backed out, fearing retaliation from the Trump administration over "DEI." Evan Kruegel reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1n...
Sponsors pull out of 'Girls in Science' event at Colorado children’s museum following DEI cuts
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A small museum says all but one sponsor of a Girls in STEM event backed out, fearing retaliation from the Trump administration over "DEI." Evan Kruegel reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1n...
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Sassoon was a member in good standing of the Federalist Society and clerked for Antonin Scalia, if you want a sense of just how beyond the pale this is to get someone like her to resign
Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, resigned on Thursday rather than obey a Justice Department order that she drop a corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, that she had championed, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped (Gift Article)
Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Justice Department told her to withdraw corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sassoon was a member in good standing of the Federalist Society and clerked for Antonin Scalia, if you want a sense of just how beyond the pale this is to get someone like her to resign
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A federal judge has ordered the CDC & FDA to restore critical health webpages removed after Trump’s exec order on DEI. Doctors say the missing info harms patient care. Judge: "Everyday Americans, especially underprivileged, bear the harm." Agencies have until midnight to comply.
Judge Orders CDC and FDA to Restore Pages Removed by Trump Admin Before Midnight
After health agencies responded to Trump's executive order deeming there to be only "two sexes" by scrubbing sites of important resources, a judge ordered they have until midnight Tuesday to bring the...
www.404media.co
February 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A federal judge has ordered the CDC & FDA to restore critical health webpages removed after Trump’s exec order on DEI. Doctors say the missing info harms patient care. Judge: "Everyday Americans, especially underprivileged, bear the harm." Agencies have until midnight to comply.
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The DOGE website that Elon says is proof of how transparent they are basically doesn't exist www.doge.gov
February 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The DOGE website that Elon says is proof of how transparent they are basically doesn't exist www.doge.gov
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Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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huh, i wonder what this is about www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration disbands taskforce targeting Russian oligarchs
US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
huh, i wonder what this is about www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Makes sense since Bondi was easily bribed with a five figure check to a "charity" she was a part of to drop the case against Trump "University".
Bloomberg: The Justice Department is scaling back enforcement of laws governing foreign lobbying transparency and bribes of foreign officials, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on her first day. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Bondi Diminishes Justice Department White Collar Enforcement (1)
The Justice Department is scaling back enforcement of laws governing foreign lobbying transparency and bribes of foreign officials, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced.
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Makes sense since Bondi was easily bribed with a five figure check to a "charity" she was a part of to drop the case against Trump "University".
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🚨 A federal judge just blocked Elon Musk and his cronies from accessing sensitive Treasury Department systems and data.
We won't let Elon run unimpeded through the federal government, and I won't stop calling out this administration's corruption.
We won't let Elon run unimpeded through the federal government, and I won't stop calling out this administration's corruption.
BREAKING: Federal judge in D.C. blocks Musk from accessing sensitive Treasury Department systems and records. More to come.
Order: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
Order: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u...
![With the consent ofthe parties, the Court DEFERS RULING on the Plaintiffs' [8] Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and ORDERS as follows:
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records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, except that the Defendants may provide access to any of the following people:
o Mr. Tom Krause, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the Treasury, as needed for the performance of his duties, provided that such access to payment records will be "read only";
o Mr. Marko Elez, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the Treasury, as needed for the performance ofhis duties, provided that such access to payment records will be "read only";
o Any person who is an employee (but not a Special Government Employee) of the Department of the Treasury and who has a need for the record or system of records in the performance of their duties;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bam3rkdzsg74tx5ddflbgils/bafkreih4hvsidq54ufnzdudz7cnlngxbzmb6bzws6jhy2c2czn65tz2i2a@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨 A federal judge just blocked Elon Musk and his cronies from accessing sensitive Treasury Department systems and data.
We won't let Elon run unimpeded through the federal government, and I won't stop calling out this administration's corruption.
We won't let Elon run unimpeded through the federal government, and I won't stop calling out this administration's corruption.
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NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own…
propub.li
February 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk.
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk.
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
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🚨NEWS: A temporary order has been issued blocking the Labor Dept. from sharing any data with DOGE, after a group of unions, including AFGE, sued DOGE and held a major protest outside DOL yesterday.
Here's the union's email:
Here's the union's email:
February 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🚨NEWS: A temporary order has been issued blocking the Labor Dept. from sharing any data with DOGE, after a group of unions, including AFGE, sued DOGE and held a major protest outside DOL yesterday.
Here's the union's email:
Here's the union's email:
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During a org-wide meeting with technology focused employees at GSA today, some workers expressed their displeasure with the "Fork in the road" deferred resignation offer by spamming a chat with spoon emojis as a Trump appointee spoke to them.
Welcome to the spoon resistance.
Welcome to the spoon resistance.
February 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
During a org-wide meeting with technology focused employees at GSA today, some workers expressed their displeasure with the "Fork in the road" deferred resignation offer by spamming a chat with spoon emojis as a Trump appointee spoke to them.
Welcome to the spoon resistance.
Welcome to the spoon resistance.
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they do not believe that anyone who isn't them has a mind or agency part ∞
"All elections are rigged and Democrats don't exist" is the kind of paranoid delusion that once got you shunned from society and maybe committed. Now it gets you retweeted by the defacto president and the adoration of thousands of other cultists.
February 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
they do not believe that anyone who isn't them has a mind or agency part ∞
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My Democratic colleagues just tried to subpoena unelected billionaire Elon Musk, but House Republicans blocked it.
We must hold Elon Musk accountable, especially since my Republican colleagues are complicit in these assaults on our government.
We must hold Elon Musk accountable, especially since my Republican colleagues are complicit in these assaults on our government.
NEW: I just moved to subpoena Elon Musk to appear before the Oversight Committee to answer for his unlawful takeover of agencies across the government.
Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate.
They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.
Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate.
They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.
February 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My Democratic colleagues just tried to subpoena unelected billionaire Elon Musk, but House Republicans blocked it.
We must hold Elon Musk accountable, especially since my Republican colleagues are complicit in these assaults on our government.
We must hold Elon Musk accountable, especially since my Republican colleagues are complicit in these assaults on our government.
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Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
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Breakfast diner chain Waffle House has announced they will be adding a $0.50 surcharge on every egg they sell in response to the soaring cost of eggs under the Trump administration.
Waffle House Adds 50 Cent Egg Surcharge to Offset Soaring Prices
Eggs are very expensive under Donald Trump
meidasnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Breakfast diner chain Waffle House has announced they will be adding a $0.50 surcharge on every egg they sell in response to the soaring cost of eggs under the Trump administration.
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If you're wondering why Elon and his pals are against funding the IRS, this is why (and if you're against this IRS effort, then congrats, you're a useful idiot for a billionaire who doesn't want to get audited):
February 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
If you're wondering why Elon and his pals are against funding the IRS, this is why (and if you're against this IRS effort, then congrats, you're a useful idiot for a billionaire who doesn't want to get audited):
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Trump just said he’s calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says “The US will take over the Gaza Strip”
February 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Trump just said he’s calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says “The US will take over the Gaza Strip”
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Remember when they wouldn’t shut up about Hillary’s email server?
How is this not a bajillion times worse?
How is this not a bajillion times worse?
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Remember when they wouldn’t shut up about Hillary’s email server?
How is this not a bajillion times worse?
How is this not a bajillion times worse?