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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

Best of Dying Twitter@bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social

“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”

Substitute a few words and these same comments could be made to every current sitting Secretary.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

WATCH: Chris Murphy gives a masterclass in how to dismantle the cosplay queen, AKA Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

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Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"

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"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA" "in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

talkingpointsmemo.comIRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USAThe Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...

This guy is like a walking AI 1.0. Speed>accuracy. In fact I'm failing to see what he's getting right.

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social

Elon Musk falsely accused prominent lawyer and CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen of leading a “crime family” after he discovered a woman with the same last name who worked for an organization that accepted funds from USAID. The only problem? The woman, Tamar Eisen, is of no relation to Norm Eisen.

Andrew Feinberg was a godsend in the press conference today, and thats reason enough, but please go follow him because he has the most hilarious cover photo of his dogs and I think he's my new favorite

Lawrence O'Donnell@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social

One White House reporter consistently asks Trump the best questions.

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“We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services,” they wrote. “We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE’s actions.”

apnews.com21 federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE slash size of governmentTwenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle ...

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That’s Tammy Baldwin — not me. You can keep track of all the hundreds of white men but it’s the 28 women in the Senate that trips you up, Fox News?

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Last week, DOGE posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts. Now it has deleted all of the 5 biggest “savings” on that original list, after NYT and other outlets pointed out errors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

nytimes.comDOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week (Gift Article)The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.

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The bonus will be that all the Mars-goers die of space cancer www.shesabeast.co/mars-radiati...

shesabeast.coWhy can’t a human body go to Mars? I’m glad you askedIf we sent Elon Musk, though, that'd be just fine. Plus: it's not "core strength," it's shoulder stability; Violet Beauregarde's body roundness index; the Paper Mate Flair conspiracy. This is Link Let...
Alejandro Alvarez@aletakesphotos.bsky.social

“You can build all the dick rockets you want to go to Mars while you try to leave the rest of us on the burning Earth. We’re gonna take control. This is our world, and it’s our government, and it’s our money.” — Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants president

It's really true. Going offline is so much less stressful. I can't tell of it is because it takes me back to a simpler time or if lack of unwanted interaction was the point of the fun. ‘There’s no stress’: gamers go offline in retro console revival | Games | The Guardian search.app/dWNFyQq7wTKH...

search.app‘There’s no stress’: gamers go offline in retro console revivalTrend to fix or buy consoles such as Game Gear or Nintendo 64s may reflect a desire for internet-free fun

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!

Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)

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Somebody wrote “Silicon Valley built the world”. No. No you didn’t. The world was here before big tech, and we are currently figuring out how to manage the mess made by hyper connectivity. ->

More effective frame: DOGE is creating so much waste by not using tools we already have and by doing things out of order. There was so much time to appropriate funds for the fork offer but they didn't do it because they don't know how. Waste.

Feeding the justification for the things they are trying to close are just feeding their narrative that the left wants waste to continue. They don't care about the merits of the programs because of the propaganda they are seeing.

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I cannot tell you fucking dumb these statements are. The US govt spends a ton on contractors (including NGOs) to do stuff. Anything deemed not inherently governmental *by law* is legally required to be outsourced (see Circular A-76). This is how we have structured out govt forever!

If anyone knows what time it is and isn't, it's Flav.

FLAVOR FLAV ⏰@flavorflav.bsky.social

This is not a thought and prayers post,,, this is heartfelt hurt for the families and friends and US Figure Skating and DC School District and everyone who is affected. This is bout politicians who need to stfu bout trying to blame women and black people for this absolute tragedy,,, Not the time!!!