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Blue collar. Union proud. True blue. Anti drama. Political junkie. Midwesterner.
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The government promised his team a $6.7 million grant to help save babies.

But it has pulled it back amid a mix of new executive orders limiting what government money can support and the sweeping grant cancellations ordered by DOGE.
Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects
James Antaki has worked for over 30 years on a device to help infants with holes in their hearts and other defects. Now it’s all at risk.
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May 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
February 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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It would be funny if it all wasn’t so damn predictable. Remember all of the Republican clowns that went on TV saying how easy it would be? Same bullshit over and over.
cnbc.com CNBC @cnbc.com · Jan 9
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his budget-cutting effort on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump would most likely not find $2 trillion in savings, backtracking on a goal he set earlier as co-head of a new advisory body, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
Elon Musk says DOGE probably won’t find $2 trillion in federal budget cuts
Musk previously said his Department of Government Efficiency would be able to recommend cuts to the federal budget of “at least $2 trillion.”
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January 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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So I am to believe that Trump's top priority right now is filling low-level legal roles in his administration, AND he needed to talk to Alito specifically about this one, AND neither man said ANYTHING else in a private call of which there is no record, got it, great abcnews.go.com/US/trump-spe...
January 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Watching Jimmy Carter’s body arrive at the Capitol is a poignant and sad reminder of how far our morals and goodness have fallen when comparing President Carter to the guy who will soon occupy the Oval Office.
January 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Last night, Sen. Mike Lee wrote a blueprint for destroying Social Security.

Lee’s thread was quickly amplified by Elon Musk, who Donald Trump has put in charge of slashing our earned benefits.

This is a declaration of war against seniors, people with disabilities, and the American public.
December 3, 2024 at 2:47 PM