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MUSK WATCH: Musk’s ‘free’ month of internet cost most LA fire victims $349 The impact of Musk's relief efforts did not match the hype.

The disconnect between Musk's public announcement and the reality of the residential internet offer is part of a pattern in Musk's response to the fires.

While the initiatives helped some people, the impact is far more limited than Musk's posts — and the attendant media coverage — suggest.

"Veterans, especially, who voted overwhelmingly for the president-elect, could be in for a rude awakening."

Time to depart

In New York, Wage Theft Violators Get Millions in Government Contracts ProPublica and Documented identified 25 employers that, despite histories of wage theft, have received contracts worth more than a collective $500 million from city and state agencies since 2018.

ProPublica and @documented.bsky.social identified 25 employers that, despite histories of wage theft, have received contracts worth more than a collective $500 million from city and state agencies since 2018.

(Published July 2024)

But those paid to protect us and our families don't need that training why? They failed at Uvalde.

We warned you.

This Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await Mental Health Treatment Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto doesn’t have a psychiatric unit, so it sends patients elsewhere for mental health treatment. When publicly funded facilities are full, some patients go to jail to…

When Sydney Jones arrived at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto during a mental health crisis, her family assumed she would soon receive treatment.

Instead, the hospital sent her to jail, though she was charged with no crime.

w/ @mississippitoday.org
(Published May 2024)

Do better America.

Trump is a danger to all life on this planet. Take him seriously and impeach, bring charges and prosecute.

Syrian crisis live: Germany says fall of Assad means ‘a great sigh of relief’ News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Syrian crisis live: Germany says fall of Assad means ‘a great sigh of relief’

https://www.ft.com/content/6ff18bb5-f469-4b6e-8092-86f8b2ae3c05

Protesting farmers suspend ‘Dilli chalo’ foot march for the day Protesting farmers halt march to Delhi after tear gas shelling, injuries; next steps to be decided in meeting.

Protesting farmers on Sunday afternoon suspended their foot march to #Delhi for the day after some of them suffered injuries in tear gas shelling by #Haryana security personnel here along the state's border with #Punjab.
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How Russia Is Reacting to the Downfall of Syria's Assad - The Moscow Times Moscow largely remained silent on Sunday morning as Islamist-led rebels announced they had seized Damascus in a swift offensive, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to flee the country and bringing an e...

President Vladimir Putin, who helped Assad to stay in power when Moscow intervened in Syria's civil war in 2015, has yet to comment on the events.

Opinion | Republicans are suddenly interested in cutting Social Security Like clockwork, the party is back to talking about its favorite target.

With the election over, Republicans are suddenly interested in cutting Social Security www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Justice Gorsuch Recuses From Supreme Court Case That Could Benefit Colorado Billionaire The justice had been under pressure to step aside from the matter because of his myriad ties to Philip Anschutz, an oil and gas magnate.

American Bridge, behind the scenes years ago, were the ones who dug up the real-estate records showing Gorsuch's connection to Anschutz via a vacation home. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...

Ari Melber: What Republicans don't want you to know about their plans for next Congress While the GOP campaigned on issues like prices and immigration, new developments show what congressional Republicans actually plan to do with their power.

On Tuesday, Republican Rep. Richard McCormick said “hard decisions” will need to be made on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “There’s hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved." www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Older women are changing the face of the U.S. labor force One out of 10 workers in the United States are women over the age of 55. Necessity is often a reason, but so is dedication and purpose.

For decades, family duties and discrimination pushed women out of the workforce earlier than men, but today’s older women are staying on the job longer than previous generations.

Some seek career satisfaction, but others work longer because they feel they can’t afford to retire.

Putin cancels World Friendship Games, touted as Olympics alternative — Meduza Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree postponing the 2024 World Friendship Games until further notice. The decree cites the postponement as necessary to “protect the rights of athletes…

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree postponing the 2024 World Friendship Games until further notice to “protect the rights of athletes and sports organizations to free access to international sporting activities.”

To be fair, this position is shared by 99% of policymakers around the world, including those who quote IPCC reports in every single speech they give.

'Totally wrong': Historian flags Trump defense pick's racist conspiracy theories Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary has made ahistorical Muslim rhetoric a major theme in his writings, and many of his views resemble those expressed by white supremacist mass murderers.Fox ...

Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary has made ahistorical Muslim rhetoric a major theme in his writings, and many of his views resemble those expressed by white supremacist mass murderers.

“Military sexual trauma is now something that is universally recognized where it wasn’t in previous decades.”

Bidenomics = Good For America

Trump Tax Cuts = Bad For America, great for the RICH!

It's really that simple.

#FOFA

Vindman gets accused of treason by Musk. A literal veteran vs. a guy born into apartheid wealth!

No arrest, no denouncement, no justice.

Biden, are you still president?

Asking for America...

Trump turns to outsider to shake up Navy, but his lack of military experience raises concerns President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the military or had a civilian leadership role in the service.

What a disgrace. This 🤡 paid for a position. There is nothing Shitler won’t do for a buck.

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be very very wary of “autism” nonprofits

parent groups without autistic leadership like Autism Speaks and, apparently, Autism One (never heard of it) want autistic people not to exist

RFK Jr is speaking their language

‘Don’t play games you can’t win’: Gas analyst warns Trump will ‘lose miserably’ A popular petroleum analyst is warning Donald Trump his plan to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada will backfire.Patrick De Haan, known as the “Gas Buddy Guy,” has “analyzed and tracked oi...

"Don’t play games you can’t win."

FTC changes its telemarketing rules to cover growing ‘tech support scam’ calls Now inbound calls to tech support scammers are covered.

FTC changes its telemarketing rules to cover growing ‘tech support scam’ calls