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Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

Grok calculates that Elon's DOGE CUTS will KILL 3.88 Million people worldwide and 520,000 Americans. ーー DOGE claims they have cut $130 billion, this is less than the $170 billion in unpaid taxes that millionaires/billionaires evade EACH YEAR. Biden reinstated the Non-Filer Program to collect these evaded taxes but Trump immediately shut it down. There have been 25K millionaire/billionaire non-filers since 2017. The rich could save 4M lives if they just paid their taxes.

Estimated Maximum Deaths Linked to DOGE Funding Cuts 1. Veterans Services: DOGE Cut: Reduced VA staff by tens of thousands, cut Veterans Crisis Line funding Impact: 2,000 (2025); 10,000 (decade) from suicides/health decline 2. AIDS Relief (Global): DOGE Cut: Slashed 90% of USAID contracts, targeting $4 billion in PEPFAR funds Impact: 200,000 (2025); 3 million (decade) from untreated HIV 3. Food Assistance: DOGE Cut: Eliminated $1 billion from USDA (TEFAP/LFPA), $4 billion from USAID food aid Impact: 11,000 (2025); 20,000 (decade) from starvation/malnutrition 4. Healthcare (Global): DOGE Cut: Axed $8.5 billion in USAID health programs (vaccines, maternal care) Impact: 15,000 (2025); 100,000 (decade) from disease/loss of care 5. Healthcare (U.S.): DOGE Cut: Cut 20,000 HHS jobs, $11 billion from state/local health budgets Impact: 5,000 (2025); 25,000 (decade) from reduced services 6. Environmental Protections: DOGE Cut: Slashed thousands of EPA jobs, rolled back regulations Impact: 1,000 (2025); 10,000 (decade) from pollution deaths 7. Homelessness Assistance: DOGE Cut: Reduced VA housing aid, impacted HUD-VASH for 35,000+ veterans Impact: 1,800 (2025); 18,000 (decade) from homelessness deaths 8. Pandemic Prevention: DOGE Cut: Cut $500 million USAID, $1 billion NIH/CDC pathogen research Impact: 15,000 (2025); 200,000 (decade) from outbreaks 9. Mental Health/Substance Abuse: DOGE Cut: Eliminated $300 million SAMHSA grants Impact: 7,000 (2025); 70,000 (decade) from overdoses/suicides 10. Cancer Research: DOGE Cut: Terminated S600 million NIH cancer grants Impact: 1,000 (2025); 15,000 (decade) from delayed treatments 11. Violence Prevention: DOGE Cut: Froze $50 million DOJ/DHS violence prevention grants Impact: 1,500 (2025); 15,000 (decade) from shootings/terrorism 12. Aviation Safety: DOGE Cut: Cut $200 million FAA budget, 1,000+ jobs Impact: 200 (2025); 2,000 (decade) from crashes 13. Social Security Access: DOGE Cut: Slashed $500 million SSA admin, ended phone services…

Musk’s AI Grok calculates that Elon's DOGE cuts will kill at least 3.88 million people worldwide and 520,000 USians. #3E

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Despite DOGE, Trump's agenda calls for adding trillions of dollars to U.S. debt Budget experts say Trump’s tax and spending priorities would increase red ink, even as he boasts of balancing the budget. “I don’t think their rhetoric matches reality," one says.

Certainly doesn’t look to me as though the end goal is cutting government spending… They’re looking to reroute $$$ to the oligarchs.

Firstly, by funneling our tax dollars into tax cuts for the oligarchs.

Secondly, by creating government contracts for the oligarchs by privatizing our services.

ICE Assistant Chief COUNSEL. Outed as owner of racist account.

Well now that Republicans are okay with Federal government interference in state level politics and handing the private data of citizens to unelected billionaires, I look forward to the next Dem president doing exactly those things.

Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.

The animating principle of representational democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of deranged rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. Everything else is wainscoting.

I thought conservatives were in favor of local control?

Rereading the Declaration of Independence—for a @skeuomorphpress.org project idea—& I’m struck by this item in the list of the king’s "injuries and usurpations":

"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance"

A screenshot of a tweet from The White House (@WhiteHouse), posted 33 minutes ago, quoting Donald J. Trump: "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" –President Donald J. Trump Below the tweet is an illustrated or AI-generated image of Donald Trump wearing a suit with a red tie and a gold crown on his head. He is smiling confidently against a background featuring the New York City skyline, including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building. The image is framed in red, with the word "TRUMP" in large white letters at the top. In the bottom left corner, white text reads "LONG LIVE THE KING." Engagement metrics show 722 replies, 1.9K retweets, 8.2K likes, and 314K views. The interface includes icons for replying, retweeting, liking, and sharing the post.

The official White House account posted this.

How can he do all these things when he’s not yet been confirmed by the Senate?

So what happens when they don’t comply with discovery, or completely ignore preliminary injunctions or TROs?

☑️ Sunday: Driven around
the track at Daytona
☑️ Monday: Golf
☑️ Tuesday: Golf Again
☑️ Wednesday: More Golf

Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off

Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.

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It’s not about DEI “programs” it’s people they claim are “DEI”…women, POC, non-cis..

Over 1200 people have been fired from the NIH. Tenured Scientists who Directors recruited & fought to get.

“There doesn’t seem to be any reason or rationale to the firings..it’s a bloodbath”

#NIH #Science

DOGE is hurting working people, plain and simple.

Federal workers are members of our communities who work hard for this country, but right now they are in fear for their jobs. It’s not right.

These are some of their stories.

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block.

The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.

A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.

Again, this isn't about efficiency.

Gov. Brian Kemp said supporting Trump in 2024 was a “business decision.”

Trump just denied Kemp’s request to extend Hurricane Helen relief for Georgia's local governments.

Kemp's “business decision” is costing Georgia big.

Trump’s DOJ Corruption Laid Bare… By His Own Conservative Prosecutors Here’s a fun thing about corruption investigations: Usually when prosecutors uncover one quid pro quo, they don’t resolve it by offering an even bigger quid pro quo. And yet, that appea…

Wrote about the blatant corruption in the dismissal of the case against Mayor Adams, and how it's notable that those who are most vehement in calling it out are FedSoc conservatives who clerked for conservative SCOTUS Justices. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/14/t...

Retail sales see biggest drop in a year to start 2025 Retail sales declined more than expected in January after several strong months of gains to end 2024.

This is so frustrating.

If you tell people that you're going to put tariffs on everything as soon as you come into office, people will go out and buy everything they can BEFORE YOU COME INTO OFFICE.

We all saw this. We told you this was happening.

But now reporters are like "gosh what happun"

The graphic shows arrows going from 11 general agencies and institutions to Musk companies which include SpaceX, Tesla. neuralink, x, and Musk himself. The text at the top reads: Trump firings hit agencies with oversight of Musk's companies Staffing changes, including the firing of several top officials, have affected agencies with federal investigations into or regulatory battles with Elon Musk's companies. The graphic is credit to Malika Khurana for the New York Times

A historic graphic of corruption.

The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.

(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.

SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.

DOGE operative Marko Elez got the ability to alter US Treasury payment system code on Feb 1, WIRED's sources say.

For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story.

Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."

Warren, from earlier —

“This is the system that makes sure that your grandpa gets his social security check on time. This is the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets paid for her Medicare exam. Elon Musk wants the power to turn that on, to turn that off, as Elon Musk decides.”

well, the founders’ nightmare of a foreign born subversive with no inherent loyalty to america grabbing power now looks very relevant. however they didn’t predict he would be a dope fiend too

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

So, all you Christians who voted for Trump, you cool with this? A lot of Christians will die as a result of his actions.

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

Demonstrators throw back tear gas in the streets after being attacked by riot police.

Riot police in heavily armored vehicle look out at demonstrators.

Tear gas explodes in the streets.

People look on as police 'bear cat' sits on the streets.

Mass demonstrations in #SanDeigo against #ICE and in solidarity with immigrant workers targeted by Trump last night were attacked by riot police in heavily armored vehicles with tear gas, after protesters rallied and occupied streets with flags and music for hours. Photos via /omartineztj.