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Trump’s National Security Firings Come as He Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country’s fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections.

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golly who would ever want something like this to happen
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Building more housing is great but if we don't address the speculation market no one will be able to afford them.
Investment firms shouldn't be allowed to own cities worth of property

Social Media Platforms Regulation for A Safer Internet From Meta and TikTok enabling harmful content to reach teens, to X becoming a cesspit of hate and disinformation, the era of social media self-regulation must end. Lawmakers must step up.

📢 Unregulated social media platforms are harming young people’s mental health. Social media giants must stop prioritizing profit over users’ safety.

Call on governments and lawmakers to put an end to this vile business model. Add your name 👇

Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having 'profound' security and privacy issues | TechCrunch Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking onstage at the SXSW conference in

Meredith Whittaker on the security and privacy risks of Ai agents in messaging platforms, which I also worry about a lot. techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/s...

Just occurred to me that DOGE is Fyre festivaling America 🥪

Relatable 🤣🔥❤️‍🔥

WSJ is displeased
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rally👏those👏boomers👏

The Fifth Risk - Wikipedia

This book terrified me, but then it seemed like we dodged a bullet that first term. Not so lucky anymore. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fif...

Yes

me pushing both bluesky and flashes by bluesky

DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…

Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.

ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.

As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.

NEW: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.

Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud:

He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies.

How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors?

Or you?

Absolutely accurate. Let's use that C word a lot more often 🫣

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.

The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.

It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

Conservative prosecutors are resigning instead of carrying out Trump DOJ political orders.

“You will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

Republicans in Congress—STAND UP.

Republicans Want Lower Taxes. The Hard Part Is Choosing What to Cut. House Republicans are preparing to adopt a plan that puts a $4.5 trillion limit on the size of the tax cut, but even that will not be enough for some of President Trump’s promises.

Who cares about Congress passing tax cuts if Musk can do whatever he wants at the IRS without Congress doing anything? This should not be the top line news story today.

'The Interview': Senator Ruben Gallego on the Democrats’ Problem: ‘We’re Always Afraid’ The Daily · Episode

YES.
Ego is a core American trait. Use it to protect the vulnerable.
Prioritize results, relevance. Many cis het working class men who vote MAGA only hear about marginalized groups from dems. You can talk to them w/o throwing anyone under the bus. It's not zero sum.
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Let's not forget - this child's name is X

Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”

I’m heading to the Senate floor right now to speak through midnight to make it clear: we cannot confirm Russell Vought to the Office of Management and Budget. Tune in to C-Span and find out why…

I've been working out a few principles for myself to cover Trump this time around. There are three big ones

1) Focus is power - can't cover everything and need to stay on topics that are tempting to drop in favor of something new

Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.

The Trump’s campaign promise was to finish the job they started on Jan 6 and this is what it looks like.

Interim US Attorney Ed Martin just getting around to withdrawing as counsel of record in the Jan. 6 case of KC Proud Boy William Chrestman.

Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

Left: Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin dismisses Jan. 6 case of Jose Padilla on Jan. 21, 2025

Right: Interim US Attorney Ed Martin seeks withdraw as Padilla’s counsel of record on Feb. 5, 2025

He signed a dismissal for a client he was still recorded as representing.