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March 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/
Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
February 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Yesterday, the White House announced that Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, is now shielded from public records requests and most judicial oversight until at least 2034, with its documents classified as presidential records.
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Americans must suffer That’s what Trump & Musk say. But who really suffers? Not billionaires, it's working families. Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) backs policies that make life harder while the rich thrive. How much more struggle before leaders prioritize people over profits? Sound off. #EnoughIsEnough
February 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Illegal activities are underway; more information will be released soon.
January 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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They're not fooling anyone.
January 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Today, a Utah court will hear a challenge to the state's congressional map. Voters argue that the map is a partisan gerrymander that favors Republicans, violating the state constitution.
🚨 League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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WIC. They are pausing WIC.

That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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It took all of *one week* before top Republican donors pivoted to the real prize of Trump’s election: the prospect of extending Trump’s tax breaks for the ultrawealthy.

It was never about lowering prices. It was always about lining the pockets of Trump’s donors.
Charles Koch’s network launches $20m campaign backing Trump tax breaks
Revealed: fossil fuel billionaire’s Americans for Prosperity vows ‘herculean undertaking’ to renew and deepen tax cuts
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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"If it feels like an insurmountable amount of garbage is being dumped on us, that's by design. It’s creating such an avalanche of disappointment that we're left feeling disheartened, disillusioned, and discouraged. He wants us to become so numb to injustice that it becomes our new normal."
Trump's intentional avalanche of garbage
Just because we knew the deluge was coming...doesn't make it any less alarming to behold
plus.briantylercohen.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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When there weren't enough bank examiners on the beat, SVB and Signature Bank failed, requiring big bailouts.

The FDIC should explain why it’s now axing even more examiners whose job it is to make sure big banks don't crash our economy.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs
A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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If Elon Musk is really serious about making government more efficient and saving taxpayers money—WITHOUT cutting key programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security—I’ve got a plan for that:
www.masslive.com/news/2025/01...
DOGE Ball: Mass. Sen. Warren sends Musk her own savings plan
Warren wants to take "aggressive, bipartisan action to ensure sustainable spending, protect taxpayer dollars, curb abusive practices by giant corporations."
www.masslive.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The felons first week in office & Project 2025......
January 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
January 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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This is why wealthy Americans, like Elon Musk, want middle class Americans to be obsessed with worrying about immigrants stealing from their piece of the zero-sum economic pie.
January 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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For too long, Big Pharma has ripped off diabetics by jacking up the price of insulin.

I voted to cap the price of insulin at $35 a month and end price-gouging of patients in need of medicine – saving #MA3 residents hundreds or even thousands each year!
hitconsultant.net/2025/01/20/g...
GoodRx: The Average Price Per Insulin Unit Dropped 42%
The average price per insulin unit dropped 42%, from $0.33 in 2019 to $0.19, in mid-2024, according to a new report from GoodRx.
hitconsultant.net
January 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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POV: the person in charge of looking after Trump’s billionaires (pt 5)
January 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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NY Times, Oct. 28, 1935.
January 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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LEGO should refuse to sell in the US until we get rid of this madman.
Denmark in ‘crisis mode’ after ‘horrendous’ phone call
The US president reportedly became “aggressive” during the call and threatened to impose tariffs on Denmark.
www.smh.com.au
January 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Tom Morello was right.
And now, we are living in the bonafide Rage Against the Machine era.
It is time to organize.
Our government is not failing us, it is actively trying to destroy us.
#ResistForRealThisTIme
January 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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With Dhillon running the DOJ’s civil rights division, it’s a clear indicator that Trump plans to purge the department of career voting attorneys and use it to roll back voting rights, instead of enforcing them. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Freezes DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM