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The Hungarian Model MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

Hungary shows us the endgame of autocratic populism: poverty and corruption
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Rates of pregnancy-related sepsis and deaths grow in Texas after abortion ban ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Texas: an abattoir for women.

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Hello? Is this thing on?! 🎙️

A French scientist flew to the USA. Border Patrol seized his phone, read his social media comments, denied him entry, sent him back to France

They did not like his THOUGHTS and WORDS. They refused him entry to the USA. Because of his thoughts. Orwellian Thought Police

Amazing timing. So perfect.

TDS "Trump Derangement Syndrome" indeed.

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Trump’s Plan to Control Elections Is Coming Into Focus Read more here.

🚨"In recent weeks, the administration has pulled back on efforts to fight racial discrimination in voting, weakened protections against foreign interference in our voting systems, and potentially laid the groundwork to increase Trump’s personal control over independent agencies, among other steps."

I was listening to a deep dive on him and apparently he's been this way since high school in Santa Monica CA. Vehemently anti-immigrant. Just wild.

Don't Look Up was a prescient mockumentary.

An Open Letter to White Americans with Trump Voter Remorse or Protest Voter Persecution Syndrome Greetings, fellow white people.

I found this mildly cathartic to read:

"An Open Letter to White Americans with Trump Voter Remorse or Protest Voter Persecution Syndrome":

chelle-truman.medium.com/an-open-lett...

How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.

Another banger from @propublica.org:

www.propublica.org/article/bill...

That will largely depend on where they're getting their information from. What are the content flows there being exposed to?

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Last Two Pages from Senators' letter to Acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek.

CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, NOW MORE THAN EVER IF YOU CARE ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO SUBSIST ON THE PROGRAM! 202-224-3121!

"If I am ever murdered, it will be because I said something absolutely perfect to someone with no sense of humor."

Pulling out the same type of device on a traffic stop that was used to beat police officers on Jan 6 is probably not the best plan.

To the @GOP senators and Congressmen who claim to support Ukraine, you do have some power… if you’re unwilling to exercise it then don’t pretend to care about your country more than your political career:

"Wikipedia is rolling out anonymity features piloted in countries with authoritarian governments in the US & is making a change to not show editor IP addresses in response to a global "increase in threats" from Elon Musk, Heritage Foundation, and governments"

Nach Migrationsdebatte: Bundesweite Demos gegen Rechtsextremismus In vielen Städten haben am Wochenende Menschen gegen Rechtsextremismus demonstriert. Allein in Berlin gingen mindestens 160.000 Personen auf die Straße. Auslöser war die von der Union initiierte Migra...

At least 160,000 people took the streets in Berlin alone, as well as many ongoing protests in other cities, against political collaboration with the extreme right AfD party. #3E www.tagesschau.de/inland/demon...

Image of protestors waving mexican flags protesting mass deportations Text reads: Sunday!! February 9th @10am 1630 E Chapman Ave Orange, CA 92866 United States

Protest mass deportation (and everything else) Sunday!
February 9th @10am
1630 E Chapman Ave
Orange, CA

See you there ✌️

#3E #orangeca #ocprotests #orangecounty #irvine #tustin #anaheim #protest

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Protest on Tuesday at Noon on Capitol Hill in DC. They're expecting thousands. Give 'em millions: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector."

Sending agents' names and classified information via unsecured emails.

a man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt and tie and looking at the camera . ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a blue shirt and tie and looking at the camera .

Nah.

Deferred Resignation Agreement This agreement is between [AGENCY] and the Employee identified below. WHEREAS, on or about January 28, 2025, OPM circulated a memorandum to all [AGENCY] employees (Fork in the Road Memo) offering them a voluntary deferred resignation option. The offer allows those employees who accept the offer by February 6, 2025 to retain all pay and benefits and exempts them from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025, or earlier if they choose to accelerate the resignation date for any reason (Deferred Resignation Program); and WHEREAS, [AGENCY] has received Employee’s voluntary request to be included in the Deferred Resignation Program; and WHEREAS, [AGENCY] accepts Employee’s request to be included in the Deferred Resignation Program; and WHEREAS, the parties wish to express the terms and conditions of the agreement between the parties concerning Employee’s participation in the Deferred Resignation Program. WHEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows: Employee is accepted into the Deferred Resignation Program. Employee agrees to continue working through February 28, 2025, in an effort to ensure a smooth transition of Employee’s duties, responsibilities and work assignments to other staff. Employee is exempt from all in-person work requirements. Employee agrees to turn in all [AGENCY] equipment and property on or before February 28, 2025, as directed by Employee’s supervisor.

By signing this agreement, the parties acknowledge that they have entered the agreement knowingly, voluntarily, and free from improper influence, coercion, or duress. Employee understands that this agreement cannot be rescinded, except in the sole discretion of the [AGENCY HEAD], which shall not be subject to review at the Merit Systems Protection Board or otherwise. Employee acknowledges that [AGENCY], in conjunction with all other federal departments, agencies and units, will immediately rely on the terms of this agreement in consolidating and reassigning roles and otherwise taking steps to reform the agency workforce. Consequently, Employee understands that this agreement is final and Employee’s decision to resign effective September 30, 2025, unless Employee resigns or retires earlier as set forth above, is final. [AGENCY] shall comply with all terms of this agreement even if Employee’s position is eliminated or reassigned prior to September 30, 2025. Employee shall not be subject to furlough, termination, reduction –in force or layoff as a result of an OPM or federal government reorganization or reduction –in force. Employee agrees to cooperate with steps taken by [AGENCY] (such as reassignment to a different component) to exempt Employee from any reduction in force. If there is a lapse in appropriations during the term of this agreement that requires Employee to be placed on furlough status, Employee shall be placed on furlough status during the lapse. Once the lapse is over, Employee shall be taken off furlough and shall receive back pay under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019.

Federal employees have received a copy of the deferred resignation agreement.

Contains a lot of brow-raising lines such as, "Employee waives any claim that could be brought on Employee’s behalf by another entity, including Employee’s labor union."

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