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In the cabinet meeting Thursday, Musk said he expected to find $150 billion in savings from “reduction of waste and fraud” in fiscal year 2026. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/04/10/elon-musk-says-doge-will-produce-savings-of-150-billion-in-fy2026/ It's just an embarrassing...

It isn't like Trump and company didn't warn everyone that they would be anti free speech and weaponize the government against people who disagreed with them politically. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/post/3lk4lzcfbic2z As White points out, they aren't even...

Seems this got reported last week and I didn't even see it anywhere. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/27/nation/rising-border-tensions-threaten-library-straddling-vermont-quebec-line/

The opinion section will be very clear about what it will engage with. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qlnirjwff4ibiw3wchmleszo/post/3lj3q7nr2ec2d

The nakedly corrupt dismissal of charges against Eric Adams (where the DoJ explicitly reserved the right to revive the case later, and said they would after the election, making it clear that they control Adams now) resulted in 6 resignations from the DoJ...

Vought shuts down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/vought-orders-cfpb-to-stop-investigations-and-suspend-new-rules-from-taking-effect Can't let consumers think they are anything other than prey for the big money people.

Link to full article below. NEWS ANALYSIS: White Nationalist Forces Consolidate Power Alongside Musk’s Junta By William Boot Two weeks into a fast-moving coup by a South African tech oligarch, the United States — which was already deep into planning for its 250th birthday next year — hangs...

I remember getting into arguments with Moldbug back in the day. Scary that he is now so influential https://www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-musk-ceo-dictator-doge/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-instruct-homeland-security-pentagon-prepare-migrant-facility-2025-01-29/ I will admit that I had the over (I bet on "just after Valentine's Day").

It isn't like Trump didn't warn everyone he was going to impose a regime where fealty to the throne was the primary measure of worth. Remove people at the DOJ for doing their jobs in anticipation of the plans to weaponize it...

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/01/the-fossil-fuel-industry-spent-219-million-to-elect-the-new-u-s-government/ Even the researcher seems surprised by how lopsided it is.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113503150672865350

I've discussed before how much the weighting of a poll can affect the result, but its nice to see a piece lay it all out in an easy to see way. https://goodauthority.org/news/election-poll-vote2024-data-pollster-choices-weighting/ There's an 8-point shift in the result depending on the choices...

Interesting long-form article (gift link) on the meaning of genocide. Essentially an argument that guy who invented the concept (Raphael Lemkin) wanted a broader interpretation than the one international courts have used since its codification in international law.

We've got threads on tits and threads on fucking. Time to combine the two.

No Labels really exists to make its owners money in consulting fees, but they also support conservative causes. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/no-labels-coalition-government-electoral-college-rcna130709 There are a few ways to interpret this insanely stupid plan of theirs to...

Oh look, people can properly support first amendment rights if they try. (Full text of the tweet below) As many of you have become aware, last week a display was erected at the Iowa Capitol by the Satanic Temple of Iowa. As I have responded to concerns from Iowans about the display, I...

Cory Doctorow with a nice piece about the asymmetry between the Republican party's fear of its base and the Democratic Party's "balance the parts of the coalition" approach and how that approach by the Dems undercuts the Dems themselves...

Gonna get me some popcorn.

Study came out on molnupiravir in vaccinated patients. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02597-1/fulltext Summary of result: Molnupiravir did not reduce the frequency of COVID-19-associated hospitalisations or death among high-risk vaccinated adults in the...