A social media post by Vince Mancini (@VinceMancini ) reads: "hi what if we just did healthcare, childcare, and maternity leave instead." Below, a New York Post (@nypost ) article headline with a verified blue checkmark, posted 18 hours ago, states: "Trump mulls $5K ‘baby bonus’ for moms in bid to reverse declining birth rates: report" with a link (trib.al/JABTnI5). The post includes two images: a person in a suit with a red tie speaking (left) and a pregnant woman holding a fan of $100 bills (right).

What if, indeed.

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio ...

"Hegseth hasn't used the press room to brief reporters. But it has been a set for his TV appearances..."

www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

johnroycomic says: Right wing Star Wars fans at some level realize that throwing a wrongly accused man into an off shore mega prison where no leaves is literally what the Empire does in Andor, right?

EXACTLY.

The image is a screenshot of an X post by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar ). The text of the post reads, "holy shit -- Trump was reading from a literal Tesla sales pitch, complete with pricing, during his White House event with Elon Musk. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)." Below the text, there is a photograph of a person in a suit holding a piece of paper. The paper is titled "TESLA PRICING - Full Self Driving!" and lists various Tesla models with their prices, such as "Cybertruck $81,000," "Model X $112,400," "Model 3 $40,000 (Gray)," "Model Y $50,940 (Blue)," and "Model S $96,000 (Red)." The background of the image is dark, with a glimpse of a red object, possibly part of a vehicle, visible.

I’m shocked by this. Trump can read?!

Musk will now sue Bannon for not paying to use the Sieg Heil feature on Twitter

An upside-down American flag hangs from El Capitan near Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall on Saturday to protest the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration. Tracy Barbutes/Special to the Chronicle

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Nancy Pelosi Gets a Surprising New Primary Challenger Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's former chief of staff, thinks the Democrats need a bolder vision.

"The Democratic Party needs to stop acting like it’s competing against a normal political party that plays by the rules, and it needs a bold vision for how to raise living standards, quality of life and security for all Americans.”

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.

Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’ The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett continues to be on 🔥

#ResistTrump

More than 50 Reddit communities ban X links to protest Musk The cascade of link bans came after Musk made a hand gesture at a Monday rally that many compared to a Nazi salute, which many cited in their protests, among other things.

A protest movement has erupted across Reddit, where dozens of subreddits banned X links to protest Elon Musk.

We know what it is, stop defending it.

Gen. Milley on his pardon: "My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action today. After 43 years of faithful service in uniform to our Nation … I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights."

In fairness the resulting fire and explosion might have set off the sprinklers.

How the Trump administration celebrates MLK day

OMG @mrwilliamsprek.bsky.social

Oh, come on! At the inauguration? Are you f*cking ketamine with this?

Tomorrow will be hard, but we will stand tall.

And then, it will be our turn.

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For the people in the back…

To all of those who have asked, I will not be acknowledging the Inauguration on January 20th.

We could have had Tim.

He wants so desperately to be profound, but instead this stuff comes across as super weird and uncomfortable.

THIS!
100% this…

Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.

RIP TikTok