The Boy Genius Who Killed 14 Million Poor People What is the moral weight of responsibility for the men who carried out DOGE’s work?

i think i disagree with the idea that the ferritor should have been allowed to follow his own path during his schooling, neglecting assignments and being coddled for his apparent genius. i think, in fact, that this was the problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-boy-ge...

Killing Democracy—And Not Bothering to Hide It The assault is happening in plain sight, from the Epstein case to Texas reapportionment to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"We’ve reached a new stage in the attempted authoritarian takeover of American democracy. It’s not just that the assault on the truth, the rule of law, a free society has picked up steam. The assault, from our own government, now proceeds openly and unashamedly."

www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-de...

They don't care who knows it.

Department of Homeland Security Memo Here’s the text of a memo obtained by The New Republic, written by Philip Hegseth, senior adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and DHS liason to the Department of Defense.

We posted most of the text of the memo in this link, omitting logistical and biographical information:
newrepublic.com/article/1986...

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl Do Not Look Away

Try and make it through this. Really watch.
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Happy to report that I have read all those as well!

PAYING THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR TO KEEP HIM AT CECOT

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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

Plastic straw memo from US Justice Dept

Volunteer to.... Democrats Abroad strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.

We love @demsabroad.bsky.social, and there are a ton more voters overseas and in North America we can turn out in 2026.

Tons of great volunteer opportunities for you worldy sorts!

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Of course! Apologies for the late response. Kinda new to bluesky. Will be happy to answer questions about what we have learned here.

In our experience, Americans are quite well liked because the types of Americans settling here are usually very nice. There is a bit of disdain for the French and the Spanish because they frequently don’t treat the Portuguese with respect.
(Btw, we call ourselves immigrants rather than ex-pats)

We voted from Portugal where we moved in 2023. Democratsabroad.org

Bravo!

Unbelievably petty! The Spanish language version of the White House website was deleted after the inauguration yesterday.

Look what happens when you hit the “go home” button!

He is spiraling