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I knew that was coming.

Sunday Read: What that leaked HHS reorganization document actually is—and what to expect next. What's a "passback," and how likely are these changes to occur? A former Acting Director of the CDC and other experts offer insights.

Sunday Read: What that leaked HHS reorganization document actually is—and what to expect next.
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What is an infodemic? An infodemic is when there is so much information that it becomes difficult to sort good information from bad.

What is an infodemic?
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Senators to Trump Social Security nominee: 'You will be responsible' if benefits are interrupted As the Social Security Administration cuts staff, that could impact the agency's ability to pay millions of benefit checks each month, Democratic senators warn.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are playing games with your Social Security benefits — money you've earned through a lifetime of hard work.

They want to fire workers responsible for processing checks and close hundreds of regional offices.

Not on my watch.

Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more. Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.

"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."

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I sure hope everyone is putting heat on the republicans, what’s left of them.

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.

We Can’t Give In to Fear From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.

Go ahead and stay silent. Let fear rule you. Watch injustice happen. Just don’t act like you did not know and accept that you are the latest in a long line of cowards who learned nothing from the past. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-c...

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Yes!! And their own news conferences since Trump is pushing out responsibile news agencies

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, what, you had to bring a guy from the Russian state media in to watch you try and beat up Zelenskyy—and you thought that would make you look good? It made you look like the crook you are. Zelenskyy is a man that you will never be; he’s a genuine hero.

Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

Why are American taxpayers going to bail out scam artists losing money in the crypto markets?

We are going to borrow more money to pump it into the crypto market to enrich scammers and leeches who produce nothing of value for humanity?

It bears repeating.

Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy.

Let that sink in.

Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com

AMANPOUR (with face in hands): “Never have I ever ever ever seen anything like it… the president and VP were taking all the Putin talking points.”

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGolFp-...

Yes

The richest man in the world has seized control of federal spending and is demonstrably lying to the whole cabinet on television.

Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true. USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.

Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone

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If you've never been part of a government procurement process, it might be hard to understand just how much of a "go to prison" thing this would have been at any point from 1946-2024.

And so tariffs on now back on.

Because you can never trust a deal you made with Trump. And because if you agree to blackmail, you'll be be blackmailed forever.

But you know, at this point I say do it.

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Watching trump’s first Cabinet meeting on TV. He’s on all the news channels.

Honestly, the Democrats should be holding a rebuttal conference after this and every time he has a a news conference.

It’s not just for the State of the Union anymore!

Good luck getting the funding back.

NO PUTIN
NO MUSK
NO KINGS

The news media being shut out by trump needs to continue to meet elsewhere and post videos on social media and substack.

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org