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NEW: Just weeks after being named chair of the House subcommittee overseeing Elon Musk’s efforts to slash what he deems wasteful spending, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) bought thousands of dollars of shares in Tesla.
"Look, buddy, you’re in no condition to be getting behind a desk at the Defense Department right now." theonion.com/concern...
Musk’s supporters believe that, through tech wizardry and sheer willpower, he’s slashing the federal deficit in a way that has eluded politicians for years. But this narrative has a glaring flaw: The Economist’s review of official data shows that his efforts have scarcely made a dent in spending.
“Why were so many people born Jan 1, 1970 at midnight? It makes no statistical sense! Clear evidence of FRAUD!!!”
When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted.
Yet somehow Musk isn't.
I lost my job. USDA Forest Service. My probation was up next week. I did everything right. I took a GS-7 role with a master’s degree just to get my foot in the door. I spent years doing seasonal fieldwork for low pay, working in remote places, gaining experience, and building skills, just for a chance at a permanent position. I was about to be a GS-9. I wrote NEPA reports. I conducted field surveys. I worked fire support. I dedicated myself to this work because I believed in it. Public lands don’t manage themselves. The wildlife, watersheds, and forests we protect don’t just stay protected without people on the ground making it happen. My coworkers and I took on that responsibility, often in places most people never think about but that matter more than they know. And now? Just like that, I’m out. Edit: I’ve consistently supported progressive policies and have voted Democrat in every national and local election since I was 18. I do appreciate folks asking, I have some coworker having a serious 'leopards ate my face' moment right now.
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
democrats discovered the power of polling in the 90s under clinton and in the next 30 years convinced themselves that they can't do anything unless the polls "say they can." they give up on the notion that they can actually tweak public opinion via... leadership.
The DOGE "force of super-geniuses" reinventing our $6 trillion government forgot to password-protect their website. Here's what it looks like right now www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
“Why won’t Black folks help!!!l”
Oh I don’t know might have something to do with the constant centering of the people who enabled this moment
So they can say
“Well I know it was bad when it was happening to you.. but now it’s real people”
Being treated as a “call to action”
I am not a white woman and I’m past the point of trying to reach them. Not my ministry. White women need to take care of their own house. They need to do the work of reaching their friends and family members.
Someone needs to talk to white women. That someone is not Imani Gandy. Not her ministry.
White women need to talk to their friends and family. And stop excusing them with “they voted for Tr*mp but they’re really a good person.”
It’s their usual way of brushing things off so they don’t have to actually do anything.
Responding "under his eye" to the things I post is not doing a thing to convince these white women you think I should be talking to that abortion is a necessary good. Go talk to them yourselves.
people are telling me that I need to speak to WW in a way they can relate to because 54% of WW voted for Trump.
The Handmaid's Tale premiered in 2017. The majority of WW voters in 2020 and 2024 voted Trump.
Time to let go of the idea that it is nonwhite people's responsibility to hold WW's hand.
I think they are bitter people didn’t vote Harris and now they are washing their hands of it. Also, there are no consequences for them so why care at all?
Make Preventable Diseases Great Again!
The goal of organizing is not to convince your opponent. The goal of organizing is to defeat your opponent.
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
These people are in full capacity of their judgment when, in an act of free will, they choose to do the wrong thing. This may appear to be insane because the effect is damaging on USA and Americans. It is sane, just evil.
the thing people are clumsily sniffing towards is that fascism has its own distinctive pattern of *ideation* (how beliefs are formed rather than just the beliefs themselves) — the fascist worldview feels like delusion because it's not built on factual knowledge at all, but that is done *on purpose*
What’s interesting ti me is we already know this but people insist on it anyway. We never learn from history, to our detriment.
HI HELLO TO MY INSTITUTION WHO MADE THIS OUR ONE READ
New Yorker cartoon showing a cookie factory executive in front of a company podium with the Cookie Monster Frome Sesame Street by this side. Caption: “Let me assure you that as an unpaid ‘special factory employee’ Mr. Monster stands to gain nothing personally from his work.”
From the New Yorker
