Michael Fine

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And no, for the 150th time—150-year-olds are not getting Social Security benefits. www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #ElonMusk #FoxNews

Thanks, I hate it

NBC News: The Espionage Act contains a provision making it crime to disclose national defense secrets "through gross negligence."   The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."

Chris Murphy: "They're sitting there telling the American people that 2+2=7...those were attack plans, those were war plans, that was classified information, everybody knows it. The idea that they think they can get away with this level of gaslighting- it just strikes at the foundation of democracy"

I wrote this essay about Noem nearly a year ago. The week, the now “Secretary of Homeland Security”, made a video in front of what looked like a concentration camp, in which she wore a $60K watch and used imprisoned human beings as props. This was the goal. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Hey Bluesky, I was interviewed about the attacks on science for NPR’s All Things Considered. Listen, below! www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...

Wait! What?

What a photo. Green must be the start of something, not the end.

About 83,000 Veterans Affairs employees are facing the axe in the name of “efficiency” leaving those who served outraged.

David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist at JPMorgan on tariffs...

Shared to the WhiteHouse.gov X feed a short while ago. x.com/whitehouse/s...

Shameful.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

This is a must read!

James Comer had 2 years to dig into all this supposed govt corruption that Musk is “discovering.” That’s what Oversight Committee is supposed to do. Instead, he spent 2 years on Hunter Biden - which resulted in nothing except a James Comer book deal.

For those saying audits are good, you are absolutely right! On the other hand, 19- to 25-year-old computer geeks are NOT trained auditors! #JustSaying

“These stories should concern all Americans because they are our family members, neighbors and friends. No American can be proud of a government that carries out change in this way.” The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Another voice of reason is in the house! Welcome Pete.

(AP) - President Donald Trump said Palestinians won’t have right to return to Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’ of the war-torn territory. @apnews.com apnews.com/live/donald-...

BLUE VOTERS: we should all download this app 5 Calls- I’m using it each day to tell House and Senate reps that WE MUST FIGHT BACK! It’s easy, the staffers are nice but also it’s usually a voicemail so it’s Fast, it’s Effective! #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...

No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis."

Trump has spent literally half of his presidency at Mar-a-Lago.

“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

A critical showdown is coming.

Troubling conversation from a Vice-President. Americans must call out these kind of bizarre and fascist comments.

Board member of META asks a very good question.

We highly recommend y’all crack open a copy of the U.S. Constitution before you break anymore laws…

substack.com/@betoorourke...

While Musk runs the country, Trump had a productive weekend naming himself Chair of the Kennedy Center, picking the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, canceling pennies, demanding Google Maps rename Gulf of Mexico, invited only White immigrants from Africa, and saved plastic straws.

Cheney to Vance: “You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you’re losing. That’s tyranny.”

With Musk and his henchmen thumbing their nose at long established rules and regulations, will it work? These are unprecedented times. Only time will tell. Judge Halts Access to Treasury Payment Systems by Elon Musk’s Team

I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly.

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

The Senate’s phones were receiving 1,600 calls each minute, compared with the usual 40 calls per minute.

It's a coup.

Oops 😬

Despite Elon Musk's tweets, he cannot unilaterally remove entire departments from the U.S. government that were established by legislation. This is brazenly illegal.

True.

Normal U.S. Attorneys do not write like this. This is servile and buffoonish, light-years outside how federal prosecutors normally act. Ed Martin has gone Full Renfield. He’s a confessed lackey with vast federal prosecutorial power.

Letitia James of New York and 11 other state attorneys general said that they would sue over a cost-cutting initiative that had given young aides to Elon Musk broad access to the federal government’s most fundamental computer systems.

While encouraging news a forensic audit will likely need to be completed to determine what programing changes have been compromised for future access.

Epic by @wired.com

Watch Andy Beshear and share far and wide

FROM CNN: The FBI is preparing to disband a team of specialists charged with combating foreign threats to US elections, a source familiar tells CNN. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

Elon Musk's associates sought to use a critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending just days after Trump's inauguration, emails show

BREAKING