Dana Rashti

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” and Congress: Hypocrites Cutting Others But Not Themselves In 2011, when I was a freshman in Congress, we did something that should have become a habit—we cut our own budgets by 5%.

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” and Congress: Hypocrites Cutting Others But Not Themselves
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YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Trump’s programme is not going to deliver for the MAGA

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Trump administration was set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...

Oh, what’s surprise! Maybe DOGE should look into this….
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Trump Names Himself Principal Ballerina of Kennedy Center Ballet Trump took to Truth Social to announce a purge of the company's ballerinas.

Trump Names Himself Principal Ballerina of Kennedy Center Ballet
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Senator Chris Murphy (D -CT) is super smart and articulate. And he seems to be out in front a lot lately. The Dems need more leaders like him. Perhaps he’s testing the waters for 2028?

Is the Wordle bot just really weird and deceptive? I think so. I know this is small in the scheme of things, but focusing on things that are small and concrete is therapeutic at the moment.

How to Drink from a Firehose A former Obama speechwriter on Trump’s week-one rhetorical strategy—and how you can help beat it

For my strategic communication wonk friends, this is interesting.

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Winterscape

I had some leftover red wine – probably five dollars’ worth. What to do? Well, of course I had to spend twenty more dollars in the supermarket to make coq au vin! Pourquoi pas?
I think I can stretch it to four hearty, tasty meals. Do you think I’ve come out ahead in my culinary math?

I’m probably revealing my frugivore bias, but few things are better than scoring a beautiful, delicious cantaloupe in the winter!

@askorman.bsky.social Welcome Adrienne

What I think I’ll miss most on FB is my affinity groups. I might stay connected just for that, and there’s no AI junk or ads on those (yet).

You’ve often advocated for shorter, more concise films. Here’s your opportunity to put that into practice! You can always split a long message into two shorter ones?

Ah! I misunderstood. Mi dispiace. But for similar concerns about post-inaugural dysfunction, I applied earlier this week to commence social security payments. I was holding off till 70, but decided “a bird in the hand….”

Good advice! I didn’t know they kept a record of all my vaccinations. I’ll go to their website and take a look