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So far, DOGE has fired more than 11,000 IRS employees and lost two agency commissioners, sparking fears that U.S. tax revenue could plummet by 10 percent, or $500 billion.
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So far, DOGE has fired more than 11,000 IRS employees and lost two agency commissioners, sparking fears that U.S. tax revenue could plummet by 10 percent, or $500 billion.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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I care deeply about who Michigan will elect as Governor and send to the U.S. Senate next year, but I have decided against competing in either race. I wrote more here about my decision and how I view the work required of us all in this moment:
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Whether you like or dislike what’s said at universities, free speech is at the core of our democracy, and protecting it should be one of the core missions of universities. Which is why America needs a new Free Speech Movement, similar to the one that broke out on college campuses 61 years ago.
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Our president transformed the White House into a car dealership to save Purger-in-Chief Elon Musk’s floundering Tesla stock—and to keep him from defaulting on his massive loans.
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Made a video this morning but will show this instead. What Steve Liesman says here about the Donald Trump regime is absolutely correct. It's important to note Liesman is not on our side of the isle. He is one of them. This call is coming from inside the house.
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
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Robert Morris—the televangelist who “spiritually advised” Trump during his 2016 campaign—has been indicted by an Oklahoma grand jury for indecent acts with a 12-year-old girl beginning in the 1980s.
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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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As DOGE continues to report "savings" without pointing to specifics (buff.ly/TJDO86s), a U.S. District Judge has ordered several federal agencies to reinstate all the probationary employees DOGE previously fired (buff.ly/jGow990).
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In 2019, the National Park Service had a budget of $4 billion but generated over $30 billion in economic activity. Firing federal workers and cutting public programs is going to end up costing us MORE, not less.
New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden. This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
Of course, start multiple Trump cryptocurrencies (there are at least 5 that I know of now!), pardon the money laundering head of Binance and partner up with him in their Crypto Ponzi Scheme!!!!
Trump family members are in discussions to take a financial stake into Binance, a cryptocurrency firm that pleaded guilty in 2023 to money laundering.
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They installed the TV... At his request... So he can play video games... In his office... In the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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@raskin.house.gov: "If Vladimir Putin himself had invaded America and come up with a plan to try to destroy our economy and wreck the cohesion of our society, he could not have done better than Donald Trump has done on his own with the help of Elon Musk."
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It's not just that Trump family might be considering an investment in Binance while company founder seeks a presidential pardon, an investment would make Trump a business partner with the UAE royal family www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I hope this gets quoted when Mr. Transparency appeals in order to keep DOGE's records from the public.
JUST IN: Judge rules DOGE is likely subject to #FOIA requests. Judge Christopher Cooper, Obama appointee: 'USDS’s actions to date demonstrate its substantial authority over vast swathes of the federal government' Doc: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Good! Bring the war to Russian soil, Russia started this war - they can end it by simply GOING HOME!
Ukraine targeted the Russian capital in what seemed to be the biggest drone attack so far, forcing the closure of two of the airports serving the city, sparking fires and damaging houses, officials and media said reut.rs/3FkYi9O
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A federal judge ordered the government-downsizing team created by US President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public, records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in ‘unusual secrecy’ reut.rs/3XB31KD
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I don't agree with Khalil, but the Constitution grants him the RIGHT to Free Speech and his arrest and threatened "deportation" (he's a legal Permanent Resident with a Green Card!!!) is a clear violation of the Constitution! Where's the ACLU? This is an EXTREMELY dangerous precedent!
A US judge ordered that Palestinian Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil not be deported for now as part of US President Donald Trump's crackdown on some anti-Israel protesters, and set a court hearing for the case for Wednesday reut.rs/3FhAseZ
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"They have borrowed directly from Nazi sources to make the very same points that the Nazis were making. They understand very well that the way to establish a form of government that is not bound by law or reason is to declare a state of emergency."
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An international airport during peak travel times. Thousands of possible exposures. This is going to get so much worse.
NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"