EDSowell

EDSowell

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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 should have been all over the news.. This is Trump’s America.. where violent criminals are promoted and heroes are threatened. Every Republican in Congress should be ashamed.

Karly Kingsley@karlykingsley.bsky.social

Proud Boy Leader Enrique Tarrio chasing down and harassing Michael Fanone. Tarrio is proof that dumb is dangerous. These are the “great people” that Trump pardoned. Fanone: “You’re a traitor to this country.” 🎯 (1/2)

Dear stage of chainsaw-wielding billionaires… did you know that 1 in 3 federal workers is a veteran? Do you care? Or is laughing at the suffering of your fellow Americans all you can hear now?

Not surprising news that DT’s supporters are threatening Republican congressmen.. but if you can’t do your job to protect our country.. step down!

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Federal workers make democracy work for all of us—but their hard work often goes unnoticed. Today, let’s change that. Share your stories of how civil servants have impacted your life in the comments below and use the #FedLove hashtag to spread the message! (1/2)

Exactly this!!!!!

Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social

Of course the Democrats will be going to Houston to find and interview voters who were laid off , to ask them what their expectations of the new administration were and how they feel they are doing at the moment. And posting here and everywhere. Right ?

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god this guy is an idiot. like, a stone cold idiot who sincerely believes that war fighting and preparedness is about having the biggest dick

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth at NATO summit: "We can talk all we want about values. Values are important. But you can't shoot values."

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DOGE head Elon Musk is set to win a $400 million government contract for armored Tesla Cybertrucks. This comes after securing a SpaceX contract for $38,858,978 yesterday.

Before they take another step toward dismantling the federal workforce, they need to show proof of work. Not something they cherry picked and fabricated. Not something that was approved by Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Actual fraud and corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

nytimes.comTrump and Musk Hunt for Corruption, Very SelectivelySpending that the White House does not like is being labeled fraudulent. At the same time, President Trump is rolling back anticorruption efforts and ethical standards for himself and allies like Elon...

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This says it all

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.” Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!

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This level of conflict of interest and lack of transparency is unprecedented and rife with opportunity for self-enrichment. This is unacceptable.

This should be the first program that doge is brought before Congress to show evidence of fraud. Actual fraud. Not one check that missed a cull. Fraud at the level requiring that it be gutted. It would be a great time for Dems to show what the agency has accomplished for consumers.

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov

It’s no secret that Chair Powell and I disagree on a lot, but today we agreed: without the CFPB, there is no federal regulator making sure giants banks don't cheat you.

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A federal judge ordered the nation’s premier health agencies to restore online access to several websites that monitor HIV, health risks for youths and assisted reproductive technologies, which were abruptly taken offline to ensure they complied with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.

wapo.stJudge orders CDC, FDA to restore websites taken down after Trump gender orderU.S. District Judge John D. Bates granted a restraining order temporarily reversing the Trump administration’s moves to remove scientific data.

Right wing media is losing its mind over reports that Musk just fired 4 FEMA workers over payments for immigrants’ housing. But weren’t these payments made by the Shelter and Services Program and approved by Congress? Wasn’t this program created in 2019 under Trump? www.foxnews.com/us/4-fema-em...

foxnews.com4 FEMA employees fired for paying for hotels for migrants in New York CityThe Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that “Four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New Y...

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There was a time in America when a Super Bowl ad from a self-declared Nazi touting a website that sells swastika t-shirts would have prompted widespread outrage and apologies from all involved. That time, however, is not February 2025. My newsletter today: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comAnalysis | Kanye West’s Super Bowl ad shows how speech bounds have shiftedGrowing tolerance of Nazi imagery online set the stage for the rapper to tout a Shopify website selling swastika T-shirts.

“I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters.” Pope Francis.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Pope Francis sharply rebuked President Donald Trump’s policy of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants and urged American Catholics not to lean into anti-immigrant sentiment in an open letter to U.S. Catholic bishops Tuesday.

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"Vance had a chance to defend his OWN family, and he opted to defend the Indian-hating bigot instead. Where are the balls on these Republican men? ... Elon wants his DOGE kid who hates Indians back and Vance does his bidding... Do they castrate these guys at the door of the RNC?"

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Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

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Breaking news: A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily paused the Trump administration’s buyout program’s deadline, which had been set for 11:59 p.m. Thursday, and set a new hearing for Monday.

washingtonpost.comFederal judge pauses deadline for Trump administration’s buyout programThe Trump administration gave most of the country’s federal employees just nine full days to decide if they want to resign with pay through the end of September.

Republicans seem to be dealing with a morality issue. There’s a sense that what is right doesn’t matter. Is it wrong for people to beat capitol police and send 140 of them to the hospital? Is it wrong to have the means to help a starving child or HIV patient in Sudan and gleefully deny them life?

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The Trump’s campaign promise was to finish the job they started on Jan 6 and this is what it looks like.

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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

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Breaking news: President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at eventually closing the Education Department and, in the short term, dismantling it from within, according to three people briefed on its contents.

washingtonpost.comTrump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes dataClosing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.

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1. Show up. Go to the places Musk is taking over, bring cameras, demand to find out what's going on and where it breaks the law. 2. Refuse to allow standard business to continue unimpeded. Deny unanimous consent, delay votes, etc. 3. Be public about how illegal all of this is 4. Lay out a plan

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