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It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.
Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.
Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.
October 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.
Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.
Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.
We live in an idiocracy. (I stole that from Kristy Greenberg. Very apropos!)
July 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We live in an idiocracy. (I stole that from Kristy Greenberg. Very apropos!)
Thought-provoking and important article. This turns on its head the Israeli argument that Palestinians don't belong in Gaza or the West Bank. Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Christians were there first and ancestors of almost all Palestinians.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
What Does It Mean To Say ‘Jesus Is Palestinian’?
Some Christians bristle at the assertion that Jesus is Palestinian. Why?
sojo.net
May 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Thought-provoking and important article. This turns on its head the Israeli argument that Palestinians don't belong in Gaza or the West Bank. Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Christians were there first and ancestors of almost all Palestinians.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The world is laughing at us....
The Heard and McDonald Islands in the remote Antarctic, which together form another Australian territory — this one uninhabited — is on the Trump administration's list and subject to 10% tariffs. to.pbs.org/3FUqhxk
5 places Trump has targeted for tariffs even though they have few or no exports
The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have touched rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic, tiny tropical islands and a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was...
to.pbs.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The world is laughing at us....
Important insights into the Signal scandal.
The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
Opinion | The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat
They may be even more serious than the one we’ve been focused on.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Important insights into the Signal scandal.
The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
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Why aren’t you wearing a suit?
Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
March 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why aren’t you wearing a suit?
Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
For the sake of argument only, let's assume 10% of the 2,600 DOE employees are less than fully productive. If you fire 50% of all DOE employees without plan or criteria, you'll still have 130 less-than-productive employees. This is but one result of lazy and indiscriminate budget reductions.
March 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
For the sake of argument only, let's assume 10% of the 2,600 DOE employees are less than fully productive. If you fire 50% of all DOE employees without plan or criteria, you'll still have 130 less-than-productive employees. This is but one result of lazy and indiscriminate budget reductions.
Not once has Musk provided evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse. Why he hasn't should be obvious: there is none, at least none he can prove. He would fail the most basic college course in economics.
March 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Not once has Musk provided evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse. Why he hasn't should be obvious: there is none, at least none he can prove. He would fail the most basic college course in economics.
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musk illegally seized control of the treasury and now wants to end social security and medicare and plunge tens of millions of americans into destitution so that we won’t go “bankrupt,” a thing that practically-speaking can’t happen
Musk: "The waste and fraud in entitlement spending -- that's the big one to eliminate. That's the half trillion, maybe 600 or 700 billion a year. That's also the mechanism by which Democrats attract & retain illegal immigrants by essentially paying them to come here & then turning them into voters."
March 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
musk illegally seized control of the treasury and now wants to end social security and medicare and plunge tens of millions of americans into destitution so that we won’t go “bankrupt,” a thing that practically-speaking can’t happen
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March 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So much for the Christian value of feeding the poor. J. D. Vance, how do you defend this??
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So much for the Christian value of feeding the poor. J. D. Vance, how do you defend this??
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
In a closed-door meeting, U.S. officials touted their success in “zeroing out” foreign assistance, but the downsizing has clipped religious allies, too.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So much for the Christian value of feeding the poor. J. D. Vance, how do you defend this??
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So much for the Christian value of feeding the poor. J. D. Vance, how do you defend this??
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I'm starting to think DEI may have been the only reason so many planes stayed in the sky...
February 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm starting to think DEI may have been the only reason so many planes stayed in the sky...
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Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
I retired from Lane Community College (2nd largest in Oregon) after 12 years as CFO & VP for administration. We would never have let Elon Musk into our data systems. It would have been a dangerous breach of privacy & security. Why should he have access to incredibly sensitive federal data?
February 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I retired from Lane Community College (2nd largest in Oregon) after 12 years as CFO & VP for administration. We would never have let Elon Musk into our data systems. It would have been a dangerous breach of privacy & security. Why should he have access to incredibly sensitive federal data?
This is DOGE transparency: so transparent it's invisible... This is the totality of their website; notice all the reports on their work.
February 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is DOGE transparency: so transparent it's invisible... This is the totality of their website; notice all the reports on their work.
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Donald Trump tried to illegally shut down funding for programs that millions of people rely on.
Community health centers, Head Start programs, and charities are still having trouble accessing funds.
Meanwhile, the taxpayers are paying for Trump's trip to the Super Bowl.
Community health centers, Head Start programs, and charities are still having trouble accessing funds.
Meanwhile, the taxpayers are paying for Trump's trip to the Super Bowl.
February 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Donald Trump tried to illegally shut down funding for programs that millions of people rely on.
Community health centers, Head Start programs, and charities are still having trouble accessing funds.
Meanwhile, the taxpayers are paying for Trump's trip to the Super Bowl.
Community health centers, Head Start programs, and charities are still having trouble accessing funds.
Meanwhile, the taxpayers are paying for Trump's trip to the Super Bowl.
I've said this before: Trump is way too lazy and ignorant to do the hard work of governing. He lets Elon drop bombs on federal agencies while he proclaims himself the dictator of the Lincoln Center.
February 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I've said this before: Trump is way too lazy and ignorant to do the hard work of governing. He lets Elon drop bombs on federal agencies while he proclaims himself the dictator of the Lincoln Center.
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A very simple script. Feel free to adjust for your needs.
"I JUST READ THAT MUSK AND TRUMP ARE CUTTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CANCER AND ALZHEIMER RESEARCH MONEY. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR CANCER. ARE YOU SUPPORTING THIS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STOP THEM?"
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"I JUST READ THAT MUSK AND TRUMP ARE CUTTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CANCER AND ALZHEIMER RESEARCH MONEY. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR CANCER. ARE YOU SUPPORTING THIS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STOP THEM?"
reps.fyi
February 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A very simple script. Feel free to adjust for your needs.
"I JUST READ THAT MUSK AND TRUMP ARE CUTTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CANCER AND ALZHEIMER RESEARCH MONEY. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR CANCER. ARE YOU SUPPORTING THIS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STOP THEM?"
reps.fyi
"I JUST READ THAT MUSK AND TRUMP ARE CUTTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CANCER AND ALZHEIMER RESEARCH MONEY. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR CANCER. ARE YOU SUPPORTING THIS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STOP THEM?"
reps.fyi
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“For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality."
This is a rather telling statement. Nearly a third of women in Louisiana are Black. www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...
Maternal death rate isn't as bad if you don't count Black women, GOP senator says
Louisiana's Bill Cassidy said the state's maternal death rate isn't so high if you "correct our population for race," Politico reported.
www.businessinsider.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality."
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"Christian nationalism merely uses the veneer of Christianity to advance its own aims. It points not to Jesus of Nazareth but to the nation, as conceived of by a dangerous political ideology, as the object of allegiance."
How To Be a Christian in Public
You don’t have to hide your faith to uphold the rights and faith of others.
buff.ly
December 31, 2024 at 2:00 AM
"Christian nationalism merely uses the veneer of Christianity to advance its own aims. It points not to Jesus of Nazareth but to the nation, as conceived of by a dangerous political ideology, as the object of allegiance."
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If this year taught us anything, it's that:
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires.
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers.
3) Poverty is a policy choice.
4) Health care is a human right.
5) Strikes work.
I hope we act on these lessons in the new year.
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires.
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers.
3) Poverty is a policy choice.
4) Health care is a human right.
5) Strikes work.
I hope we act on these lessons in the new year.
December 31, 2024 at 3:45 PM
If this year taught us anything, it's that:
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires.
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers.
3) Poverty is a policy choice.
4) Health care is a human right.
5) Strikes work.
I hope we act on these lessons in the new year.
1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires.
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers.
3) Poverty is a policy choice.
4) Health care is a human right.
5) Strikes work.
I hope we act on these lessons in the new year.