Jonathan Cruz

The Diseases Are Coming Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.

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Republicans have been screaming that DOGE and the elimination of federal agencies and employees is necessary to reduce the deficit and get the national budget in order. It was all a LIE. It was NEVER about the budget or deficit. Fiscal hawk Republican Thomas Massie today:

Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.

Trump has made it clear that the only peace he is working for in Ukraine is a complete Russian victory.

US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

Today, the US joined Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Hungary in voting against this resolution, which said Russia began an unprovoked war with Ukraine and that a proper end to the war should include a return to Ukraine’s pre-invasion borders. This may be the biggest geopolitical shift since WWII.

1. US Attorneys are not the president's lawyers.
2. That you feel comfortable spouting this gross misrepresentation on social media brings shame to our profession.
3. This is a disgusting attack on the free press, more shame.
4. * "President Trump's" thankfully there's only one.

The term “DEI hire” is racist, because it rests on the assumption that a Person of Color is not qualified to do the job for which they were hired - without ANY evidence, except for the color of their skin. You are assuming their incompetence solely based on their race. Stop it.

DOGE asked what federal employees did last week. Here’s how I replied.

There are many more excellent books on Christian Nationalism by historians, sociologists of religion, and theologians as well!

To be clear, the Vance/Musk intervention did not change the outcome. Still, the fact that it happened changes German and European politics forever

Southern Baptists Abandon Abuse Database - Christianity Today The Executive Committee’s major focus is now recouping $3 million in legal fees related to the crisis.

"The proposed database has been derailed by denominational apathy, legal worries and a desire to protect donations to the Southern Baptist Convention’s mission programs"

Anyone who has run or managed an organization, institution, or company knows how important strategy is to achieving goals and outcomes. Elon Musk is self-admittedly taking a chainsaw to everything in the Fed Gvt. Musk is definitely being strategic - but NOT toward the goals of a more efficient Gvt.

There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars:

1) Profiting from a monopoly

2) Insider-trading

3) Political payoffs

4) Fraud

5) Inheritance

Don’t believe the self-made myth.

We live in a police state now.

Politico’s owner liked Vance cozying up to the Nazi-tainted AfD. Good to know.

I cannot express how dangerous and utterly stupid this is.

Putin getting his money’s worth.

It’s so cold outside, we went to Dairy Queen for some ice cream to warm us up!

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Trump (and a whole lot of y’all) needs to go back to Schoolhouse Rock!!!

MAGA and the far-right moved into office by convincing the people that Democrats and liberals (and even moderates) hate America, and want to destroy America. Today, Trump did more to destroy the idea of America than all the equal rights protections Democrats have enacted combined. 🫤

Musk is still trying to buy political influence. Get big money OUT of politics NOW!!

USDS Engineering Director Resigns: ‘This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve’ “I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” wrote Anne Marshall in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday.

SCOOP: The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE Service—has resigned from her position. “I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” she said.

Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud? Some researchers have cast doubt on the record of the celebrated supercentenarian.

When Jeanne Calment was born, in 1875, the life expectancy for a French woman was 45. In 1991, Calment became the oldest person in the world. But two researchers don’t believe her story.

How would Republicans be acting if it was Biden (or any other Dem President) taking these sorts of power grabs?