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Very very important read. A startup backed by the paypal mafia and the Kushner is set to get a contract to privatize the entire internal govt credit card system. No compete sweetheart deal. Justified by bogus claims abt fraud. Pure corruption. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program
A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the norma...
www.propublica.org
April 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Very very important read. A startup backed by the paypal mafia and the Kushner is set to get a contract to privatize the entire internal govt credit card system. No compete sweetheart deal. Justified by bogus claims abt fraud. Pure corruption. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.
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This 👇🏻 was a Great America.
April 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This 👇🏻 was a Great America.
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
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As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
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Board member Kimbal Musk sold $27.6 million in Tesla stock last month. Tesla's board chair, Robyn Denholm, dumped $117 million in Tesla stock over the last three months. Yet Elon is pleading with employees not to sell their stock.
March 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Board member Kimbal Musk sold $27.6 million in Tesla stock last month. Tesla's board chair, Robyn Denholm, dumped $117 million in Tesla stock over the last three months. Yet Elon is pleading with employees not to sell their stock.
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I've been keeping a running list of the nice things we used to have.
It is VERY rough.
Please tell me what I'm missing. If you want to use this list to do the project better, please do!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
It is VERY rough.
Please tell me what I'm missing. If you want to use this list to do the project better, please do!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
Work in Progress: What Trump Took Away - emptywheel
A preliminary list of the things Trump has taken away.
www.emptywheel.net
March 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I've been keeping a running list of the nice things we used to have.
It is VERY rough.
Please tell me what I'm missing. If you want to use this list to do the project better, please do!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
It is VERY rough.
Please tell me what I'm missing. If you want to use this list to do the project better, please do!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
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Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
Elon Musk Has Wanted the Government Shutdown
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
wrd.cm
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
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futurism.com/musk-tsa-dogs
FILE THIS UNDER INSANITY
As AIR TRAVEL is quite scary these days and TRUMP/MUSK tore UP TSA 7 YEAR CONTRACT.
NOW THIS
TSA gets email
How important are these amazing service dogs
DOGE SAYS ON HOLD
VET VISITS
DOG FOOD
KENNELING ETC
FULL STOP
SERIOUSLY COME ON
FILE THIS UNDER INSANITY
As AIR TRAVEL is quite scary these days and TRUMP/MUSK tore UP TSA 7 YEAR CONTRACT.
NOW THIS
TSA gets email
How important are these amazing service dogs
DOGE SAYS ON HOLD
VET VISITS
DOG FOOD
KENNELING ETC
FULL STOP
SERIOUSLY COME ON
Elon Reportedly Orders Government to Stop Feeding the Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
As Elon Musk's DOGE continues to plunder the federal government, even the TSA's bomb-sniffing K9 units aren't safe.
futurism.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
futurism.com/musk-tsa-dogs
FILE THIS UNDER INSANITY
As AIR TRAVEL is quite scary these days and TRUMP/MUSK tore UP TSA 7 YEAR CONTRACT.
NOW THIS
TSA gets email
How important are these amazing service dogs
DOGE SAYS ON HOLD
VET VISITS
DOG FOOD
KENNELING ETC
FULL STOP
SERIOUSLY COME ON
FILE THIS UNDER INSANITY
As AIR TRAVEL is quite scary these days and TRUMP/MUSK tore UP TSA 7 YEAR CONTRACT.
NOW THIS
TSA gets email
How important are these amazing service dogs
DOGE SAYS ON HOLD
VET VISITS
DOG FOOD
KENNELING ETC
FULL STOP
SERIOUSLY COME ON
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In 2019, the National Park Service had a budget of $4 billion but generated over $30 billion in economic activity.
Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
Trump's first month showed $36 billion more in spending than last year
This February's monthly statement showed federal payments that were $36 billion higher than last February's.
www.axios.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In 2019, the National Park Service had a budget of $4 billion but generated over $30 billion in economic activity.
Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
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The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.
FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.
FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
FBI ordered Citibank to freeze the group bank's accounts.
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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Well, that should be fine as long as nobody on Social Security has mobility issues or visual impairment or difficulty navigating online forms.
Under pressure from DOGE, Social Security may sharply cut back on phone service options for processing claims and direct-deposit changes, forcing millions to go in person to field offices or make changes online www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service
Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions of elderly and disabled Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Well, that should be fine as long as nobody on Social Security has mobility issues or visual impairment or difficulty navigating online forms.
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Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
Multiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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You have $100 in your checking account.
One day, you check your balance and it's $60. You haven't made any withdrawals.
You call the bank. They say $40 was taken as part of their "waste, fraud and abuse" program.
Would you be ok with it?
Coz it's happening to your social security and Medicaid.
One day, you check your balance and it's $60. You haven't made any withdrawals.
You call the bank. They say $40 was taken as part of their "waste, fraud and abuse" program.
Would you be ok with it?
Coz it's happening to your social security and Medicaid.
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You have $100 in your checking account.
One day, you check your balance and it's $60. You haven't made any withdrawals.
You call the bank. They say $40 was taken as part of their "waste, fraud and abuse" program.
Would you be ok with it?
Coz it's happening to your social security and Medicaid.
One day, you check your balance and it's $60. You haven't made any withdrawals.
You call the bank. They say $40 was taken as part of their "waste, fraud and abuse" program.
Would you be ok with it?
Coz it's happening to your social security and Medicaid.
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
March 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
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“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries — WIRED
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
apple.news
March 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”
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Public Citizen is tracking all the corporate actions and prosecutions Trump's Admin is dismissing.
www.citizen.org/article/corp...
www.citizen.org/article/corp...
How Trump Is Halting Enforcement Against Corporate Lawbreakers
After freeing January 6 rioters, Donald Trump’s second administration is rapidly moving toward a new priority: granting “get out of jail free” cards to corporations facing investigations and federal l...
www.citizen.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Public Citizen is tracking all the corporate actions and prosecutions Trump's Admin is dismissing.
www.citizen.org/article/corp...
www.citizen.org/article/corp...
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These sites might be useful:
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
March 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
These sites might be useful:
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
February 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
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SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial, the new venture backed by President Trump and his family
BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions
In December, Popular Information reported that Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial (WLF), a new venture backed by President Donal...
popular.info
February 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial, the new venture backed by President Trump and his family
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump and Musk have market sharks’ views of the US—they have no interest in our long term fate. They just want to suck out whatever value they can before they take their profits and move on. They’re corporate raiders doing a hostile takeover and selling the assets off bit by bit.
February 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Trump and Musk have market sharks’ views of the US—they have no interest in our long term fate. They just want to suck out whatever value they can before they take their profits and move on. They’re corporate raiders doing a hostile takeover and selling the assets off bit by bit.