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As Elon Musk attempts to drastically cut the federal workforce and delves further into the corridors of American power, the tech mogul’s electric-car maker Tesla has come under fire. MSNBC's @Chris Ha... TikTok video by MSNBC

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2bcntCa/

Words that are strong enough to condemn this fuckery do not exist - SHAME!

Ouch. Republican Representative Tom Barrett held a tele-town hall with his constituents in his swing district in Michigan on Monday and ran a survey asking if they support DOGE.

70% of the participants said they do not.

Everyone should be screaming like this! More of this, now please!

What is he hawking today?

Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.

Such amazing photos of my Jaheira cosplay by the supremely talented @worldofgwendana.bsky.social Truly a pleasure to spend the day with @ragingbabyseals and her outstanding Alfira.

"A whole new level of cruelty": Health experts decry "devastating" cuts to HIV treatment programs The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation said the latest cuts will deprive 350,000 people of HIV treatment.

www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a...

I interviewed the extraordinary Vladimir Kara -Murza, the Russian dissident released from prison last year. He also won the Pulitzer last year for the columns he wrote from jail. Despite everything, he remains an optimist
Listen:
pulitzerontheroad.pulitzer.org/podcasts/vla...

A couple of golf outings could pay for over 300 federal jobs for an entire year.

Marco Rubio # @marcorubio •46m We will be revoking the visas and / or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported

This development is a horrifying and further escalation of the very topic I wrote about yesterday evening: The Trump administration’s move from governmental changes to individual attacks focused on political opponents. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...

The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.

Aside from the startling number of airline collisions... The state of the FAA is "complete chaos."

Contributing factors include depleted teams, low morale, confusing directives, and the sudden insertion of both Elon Musk and Ted Malaska, a SpaceX engineer.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Sullivan Under Siege A coordinated effort to dismantle press protections is gaining momentum, as journalist David Enrich explains in his new book on the fight to overturn NYT v. Sullivan.

For the Sunday edition of @status.news, I spoke with @davidenrich.bsky.social about his new book, "Murder the Truth," and how powerful right-wing forces are working to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan. www.status.news/p/new-york-t...

Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.

$38 billion

The Social Security Administration "eliminated" its civil rights office "Please wait for instructions from the agency to ... report harassment."

The Social Security Administration “eliminated” its civil rights office on Tuesday — a deputy commissioner-level office with several statutorily required functions within the agency — because it was “duplicative,” the acting commissioner said in a statement.

Is it bad if only 78 percent of Trump-loyal Republicans view democracy positively but 55 percent view an unchecked strongman positively? Asking for a fairly large nation.
Gift link: wapo.st/4hLudP3

So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.

Magic Disappearing DB Story About Spy Chief Allegations Trump Recruited as a Russian Asset in 1987. So earlier today, the Daily Beast’s Isabel van Brugen published a bombshell story about allegations by Kazakh Spy Chief Alnur Mussayev that the KGB had recruited Donald Trump as a Soviet Asset way bac...

Is Trump KGB story fact or fiction? Trump KGB story rapidly disappearing online per Daily Kos:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Map of the United States displaying hydrogen ion wet deposition levels from measurements taken in 1985 by the Central Analytical Laboratory. The map uses a color gradient from green (low deposition) to red (high deposition) to show varying levels of H+ deposition (kg/ha). The highest deposition levels are concentrated in the northeastern U.S., while the western U.S. has the lowest levels. Black dots indicate measurement locations. The map is sourced from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network

Map showing hydrogen ion wet deposition measurements across the United States and parts of Canada, indicating values in kg/ha for 2022. The color gradient represents different concentration levels, with a scale on the right. Sites not pictured are listed at the bottom. The map is mostly green, indicating that H+ deposition is no longer a environment issue that it once was.

Another dataset I like is from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which has maps of the US that show we fixed the acid rain problem by implementing stricter emission controls on power plants.

nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/nt...

Who Saved the World from Hitler—And Who’s Left to Save It If America Goes Full Fascist? A Look at the Players of the Past and the Uncertain Future

In the early 20th century witnessed the rise of history’s most destructive authoritarian regimes. Adolf Hitler, propelled by ultranationalist fervor and a vision of global domination, led Nazi Germany into a catastrophic war that reshaped the geopolitical landscape.
open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...

Zombie Ronald Reagan doesn't like this

RFK Jr., one-time environmentalist, kills NIH climate change programs He pulled HHS support from projects that aim to protect Americans' health.

SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats can claw them back.

The small city of Reading in central Pennsylvania is around 70 percent Latino.

In 2024, it shifted toward Trump by a staggering net 16 points.

I spent some time trying to figure out why that happened. The result is this piece. I hope you'll check it out:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...

MAGA/GOP hate women.
They fear us.
Why else would they need to control our bodies and stop us from voting.

Get documentation:
birth cert
marriage cert
divorce decree
US Passport

Be prepared and own your power.

(HR link below)

#WomenArePower

#SheShed

www.newsweek.com/save-act-pas...

Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.

Pope Francis' remarkable rebuke of JD Vance and Trumpism lays bare an essential truth: Trump is overseeing a massive and systematic abandonment of obligation to the global poor, and Vance's theological obfuscation can't make that disappear.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1914...

Did Elon Just Create a Secret IT Contracting Vehicle at OPM? Why is no one talking about this?

@infortheride.bsky.social
Maybe this will represent how alarming this is and my posting demonstrates my alarm!

www.muellershewrote.com/p/did-elon-j...
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Did Elon Just Create a Secret IT Contracting Vehicle at OPM?
Why is no one talking about this?

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Just got off the phone with Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who said Elon Musk's DOGE team is "actively dismantling" federal Department of Education programs today.

"They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."