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Hiring new people at the “regular rate” means training and benefits and pension eligibility. It’s cheaper to pay existing staff 1.5x overtime. Any new staffing needs can just be replaced by AI, or justify that services aren’t needed by denying visits at the field office and then fudging the numbers.

Such an impressive score that they want to do more testing, right? Just don’t make shit up.

I utilize SAVE all the time for work. I know three things: it’s often not updated by DHS for accurately verifying a person’s current status & documents, it’s prone to giving verifications even when there is midkeyed data, and getting a second-level verification on something could take several weeks.

DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.

People not getting food assistance. Flights being cancelled. National parks not staffed & patrolled. Services not being performed & workers not getting paid. And Congress won’t meet to stop the shutdown…all to protect *someone* from the Epstein files getting released.
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MAGA Mike is such a whining weak p$$y. CA voters overwhelmingly voted to pass Prop 50 as a direct response to election rigging in TX, for which he has zero to say. Unlike many states, we in CA believe in fair & nonpartisan drawing of congressional districts and that’s why this vote was necessary.

All green tiles today. Winning like Prop 50!
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The orange buffoon dicktator is fuming right now. Wait for the tweets crying foul against the will of American voters.

Fiserv’s performance over the past year, showing the overinflated value that Bisignano helped to create so he could cash out, and how it’s tanked since…

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Happy Halloween Friday!
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I have a very bad feeling about this...

CALIFORNIA Yes on Prop 50 Palm Springs Ariel Tramway Motel Butterfly Roof (Mid Century Modern) San Jacinto Mountains in the background

For a generation, we've held the line. But Republican gerrymandering in other states isn't just a political game; it's a theft of your family's future. They are rigging the system to permanently erase your vote, voice, and values. We have one chance to stop the bleeding.

Vegan pumpkin curry at Thotsakan Thai, downtown San Diego.

Wow, this is a Jeopardy clue! Topic: “Beer Me”….Vinnie started off brewing at Blind Pig Brewing in Temecula (where his parents owned Cilurzo Winery) and for the past 20+ years has owned and operated Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, producer of Pliny The Elder and Pliny The Younger.

Pam Bondi is just gonna roll over and fork over the $230M. And attack anybody who dares ask a question about it.

I try not to cellar my Pinot Noirs as long as this chart shows. And definitely a Napa bias as far as ageworthiness. Napa is overrated, too expensive, promoted to and for and by the top 1%, while there are cabs of equal or greater character coming out of Knights Valley (Sonoma) or Paso Robles!

All during a government shutdown, no less. A vanity project to impress fascist ballroom guests who don’t dance.

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House East Wing Facade Torn Down to Make Way for Ballroom

This is an abomination to a house that we, the people own. Misuse of millions of dollars for a vanity project during a government shutdown! For what, exactly? Fascists don’t dance.
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My artwork for today’s exhibit.

Instead of sending soldiers to Chicago, need to send air quality police to Bakersfield! But now the EPA stands for Environmental Pollution Advocates.

At The Roxy, where I attended my first SK show in 1993

Why aren’t more YES on 50 (California) TV ads taking 10 seconds to explain for uninformed voters exactly how and why Texas rigged its congressional districts, which CA 50 is a direct response to?!?! Don’t overestimate the number of voters that follow the issues and understand this. BTW…YES ON 50.

How are we supposed to attract smart, qualified people to work in the U.S. government with all the chaos, uncertainty, shutdowns, insults, and now illegal firings? Public servants go the extra mile to provide services to people and keep our government running, they don’t deserve this crap.

The level of corruption and open disregard for the rule of law or norms that ought to be adhered to by officials in this government just raises to new heights of moral rot. No point in even pointing out individual instances. If Obama or his cabinet member had done just even one of these things…

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I don’t know too much about Bad Bunny but I’m all for music being performed in whatever language. Music doesn’t have boundaries and the English-only bigots (barely literate morons who seem to have only a 2nd grade grasp of the English language) can suck it.
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Watch MSNBC Anchor Cut Off Mike Johnson With A Bruising Fact-Check Ana Cabrera forcefully corrected the speaker of the House during a press conference.

I thought Mike Johnson was some über-Christian, and last time I checked the Ten Commandments that the Republikkkans want posted in schools and public agency buildings (in violation of the First Amendment) contained one that said “Thou Shalt Not Lie”— can the “lamestream media” call this out??

Trump Administration Defunds Federal Watchdog Office

Authoritarian corruption, part 9,431
“No oversight needed, nothing to see here!!!” 😈 💸 🔩
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Likely to be some kind of loyalty oath thing…like between a certain malignant narcissist and the Constitution.