Malone said Saturday that his campaign volunteers have heard concerns from thousands of voters over Musk’s work with the Trump administration to reshape the federal government, which he said has led to “benefits for veterans, retirees and students” being cut “so Elon Musk can get a tax cut.” “Josh Parsons might be OK with that but I’m not,” Malone said. “On Tuesday, you’ll get to make the choice between more Musk, or Lancaster values.”

The Democrat who just flipped a very Trumpy seat in Pennsylvania’s Senate made opposition to Elon Musk front and center in his campaign.

(lancasteronline.com/news/politic...)

DOGE/Musk preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris in 2024.

Among cancellations with election data available, 92.9% and 86.1% cancelled grants and contracts went to Harris counties, representing 96.6% and 92.4% of total dollar amounts.

Trump just signed an exec order purporting to require a passport (or a few other docs) to register to vote. The president doesn't have the power to override a law passed by Congress. This is the SAVE Act but much worse. It is an illegal power grab that would block tens of millions from voting.

HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.

I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year

"I wish you'd be angry." California Democrats face voter fury over Trump, Elon Musk In California's deep-blue congressional districts, town hall meetings have become venting sessions for voters fed up with Trump, Musk and the weakness of the Democratic Party

“You seem like such an affable, kind, nice man,” Morgan said, her voice hesitant. “But I am so angry. I am so scared. I feel our democracy is in danger. ... I wish you’d be angry.” My story on Democrats in Congress facing rage from their constituents at town halls: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

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Potentially sick own followed by unnecessary, unsuccessful heat check followed by "oh crap" legal liability follow-up

Roses are red
Violets are blue

Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.

She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.

“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”

Watch to the end…

As a Kentuckian, it's honestly for the best if Jack Daniel's crashes and burns.

Drink better whiskey.

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

when i say that there are people who care less about workers and their rights than they do the primacy of a masculinist blue collar identity politics, i am taking about people like sean o’brien

Protesters in D.C. rally against Trump firings of federal scientists, health researchers • West Virginia Watch Hundreds rallied in support of former and current federal scientists and health workers Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Hundreds rallied in support of former and current federal scientists and health workers Wednesday in Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes the workforce across federal agencies, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.

The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):

1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

This is how the hostile takeover of our government and armed robbery of our money is going. One month in and they're completed 1/3rd of the Project 2025 agenda.

www.project2025.observer?utm_source=w...

Ding ding ding!

I was gonna say idk why he even bothered with that commercial, but then remembered 💰

Definitely not. 😒

Kendrick plus the Chiefs getting demolished might make this the best Super Bowl in a long time

Kendrick really proving that ridicule is praxis

Kendrick Lamar has 22 Grammies and a damn Pulitzer if you don’t know who he is that’s a You problem

Elon: “Btw, at PayPal, we had the detailed financial data of 100M+ people. Never once was it abused.”

New York Department of Financial Services: PayPal paid a fine for failing to protect customers’ social security numbers three weeks ago.

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate

Kendrick: actually

So what exactly are these European "South Africans" refugee-ing from? Over oppression/exploitation of the native population? Let's just label Trump for what he is and stop treating him with kid gloves. TRUMP IS A NAZI. Hitler 2.0 wannabe.

We know what’s going on here.

Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.

More than 8 out of 10 civilian federal employees live outside the DC region. They are your neighbors!