@curiousjorgi.bsky.social
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The government has given shifting and conflicting answers on Elon Musk’s role, what DOGE is doing, and under what legal authority DOGE is operating.
We're suing for answers.
We're suing for answers.
We Found Elon Musk’s DOGE Email Address and We’re Fighting to Reveal His Messages
The Intercept is publishing Elon Musk’s government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest.
theintercept.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The government has given shifting and conflicting answers on Elon Musk’s role, what DOGE is doing, and under what legal authority DOGE is operating.
We're suing for answers.
We're suing for answers.
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Sorry not sorry, y’all. I will never ever never never ever support anything that diminishes trans rights - even if it’s just one tenth of one percent of their rights. Never. Because once you forfeit one tenth of one percent, that becomes 10%, then 100%. Every. Time.
March 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sorry not sorry, y’all. I will never ever never never ever support anything that diminishes trans rights - even if it’s just one tenth of one percent of their rights. Never. Because once you forfeit one tenth of one percent, that becomes 10%, then 100%. Every. Time.
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In high school, I spent a lot of time in Detention. A teacher proctering we miscreants used to describe New Yorker cartoons and ask us to supply the captions. The NYer currently now has such a contest. I think it's even more fun to look at the cover and think up what the title might be.
March 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
In high school, I spent a lot of time in Detention. A teacher proctering we miscreants used to describe New Yorker cartoons and ask us to supply the captions. The NYer currently now has such a contest. I think it's even more fun to look at the cover and think up what the title might be.
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Did any Americans vote for this?
"[Transportation Secretary] Duffy said the young staff of Mr Musk’s team was trying to lay off air traffic controllers. What am I supposed to do? Mr Duffy said. I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?"
"[Transportation Secretary] Duffy said the young staff of Mr Musk’s team was trying to lay off air traffic controllers. What am I supposed to do? Mr Duffy said. I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?"
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Did any Americans vote for this?
"[Transportation Secretary] Duffy said the young staff of Mr Musk’s team was trying to lay off air traffic controllers. What am I supposed to do? Mr Duffy said. I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?"
"[Transportation Secretary] Duffy said the young staff of Mr Musk’s team was trying to lay off air traffic controllers. What am I supposed to do? Mr Duffy said. I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?"
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All I'm saying is, if you ran a campaign on democracy being at stake and democracy lost, isn't it time to be massively freaking out instead of doing this
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
All I'm saying is, if you ran a campaign on democracy being at stake and democracy lost, isn't it time to be massively freaking out instead of doing this
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Incredible, the “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” is just Bitcoin that was already seized via forfeiture. No actual purchases.
March 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Incredible, the “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” is just Bitcoin that was already seized via forfeiture. No actual purchases.
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AOC was right.
It's probably the right time for a lot of people to start entering the fray and running establishment Dems out of office.
It's probably the right time for a lot of people to start entering the fray and running establishment Dems out of office.
March 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
AOC was right.
It's probably the right time for a lot of people to start entering the fray and running establishment Dems out of office.
It's probably the right time for a lot of people to start entering the fray and running establishment Dems out of office.
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Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl
x.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
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They hate him, they really hate him www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
They hate him, they really hate him www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
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RFK Jr. is going to kill Americans. And every Senator who voted to confirm him is complicit. newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
RFK Jr. is going to kill Americans. And every Senator who voted to confirm him is complicit. newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
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How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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More than one-third of the contracts DOGE is cancelling are expected to yield NO savings.
If Trump was serious about cost cutting, instead of empowering the world's richest man to cut contracts haphazardly, he'd turn to IGs and the GAO.
If Trump was serious about cost cutting, instead of empowering the world's richest man to cut contracts haphazardly, he'd turn to IGs and the GAO.
Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money,...
apnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
More than one-third of the contracts DOGE is cancelling are expected to yield NO savings.
If Trump was serious about cost cutting, instead of empowering the world's richest man to cut contracts haphazardly, he'd turn to IGs and the GAO.
If Trump was serious about cost cutting, instead of empowering the world's richest man to cut contracts haphazardly, he'd turn to IGs and the GAO.
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I'm late to pick up on this fact, but the lawyer who famously argued that President Trump would be immune from criminal charges if he ordered Seal Team Six to kill a political opponent, John Sauer, is going to be our new Solicitor General.
February 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm late to pick up on this fact, but the lawyer who famously argued that President Trump would be immune from criminal charges if he ordered Seal Team Six to kill a political opponent, John Sauer, is going to be our new Solicitor General.
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Scoop: In a tense off-the-record meeting with reporters that went off-the rails, the Pentagon's new press chief indicated they'll do away with the travel pool. He also scolded reporters for their coverage. "It was bleak and horrible," I'm told.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/pressed-at...
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/pressed-at...
Pressed at the Pentagon
Inside a tense off-the-record meeting, the Pentagon’s new press chief confronted reporters and indicated they will do away with the regular travel pool.
www.status.news
February 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Scoop: In a tense off-the-record meeting with reporters that went off-the rails, the Pentagon's new press chief indicated they'll do away with the travel pool. He also scolded reporters for their coverage. "It was bleak and horrible," I'm told.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/pressed-at...
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/pressed-at...
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NEW: Mint Plants. Lifesaving Devices. This Is the Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
www.propublica.org
February 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: Mint Plants. Lifesaving Devices. This Is the Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
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On the left:
Trump executive order BASHING diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility by private corporations
On the right:
Truth Social corporate governance guidelines, adopted by its Board, whole heartedly EMBRACING diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility
Scoop by @kfile.bsky.social
Trump executive order BASHING diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility by private corporations
On the right:
Truth Social corporate governance guidelines, adopted by its Board, whole heartedly EMBRACING diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility
Scoop by @kfile.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
On the left:
Trump executive order BASHING diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility by private corporations
On the right:
Truth Social corporate governance guidelines, adopted by its Board, whole heartedly EMBRACING diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility
Scoop by @kfile.bsky.social
Trump executive order BASHING diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility by private corporations
On the right:
Truth Social corporate governance guidelines, adopted by its Board, whole heartedly EMBRACING diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility
Scoop by @kfile.bsky.social
the hypocrisy gags me
No more work-from-home, government workers, except for Kash Patel, who will run the FBI from Las Vegas www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the hypocrisy gags me
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Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI
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Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
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WSJ Editorial Board:
"None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S. Attorney’s office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy. That deputy then showed awful political judgment"
www.wsj.com/opinion/dani...
"None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S. Attorney’s office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy. That deputy then showed awful political judgment"
www.wsj.com/opinion/dani...
Opinion | The Trump Trial of Danielle Sassoon
The young prosecutor behaved well in resigning, not so her bosses at the Justice Department.
www.wsj.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
WSJ Editorial Board:
"None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S. Attorney’s office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy. That deputy then showed awful political judgment"
www.wsj.com/opinion/dani...
"None of this reflects well on the Bondi Justice Department. Rather than accept a meeting with the leader of the most important U.S. Attorney’s office, the new AG passed the buck to her acting deputy. That deputy then showed awful political judgment"
www.wsj.com/opinion/dani...
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my take is that your willingness to accept this gulf of america nonsense is an indicator of your willingness to accept much worse things coming from this administrator
Trump’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico may be upsetting to some, writes @giladedelman.bsky.social, but “in a democracy, values are determined by majority rule, and they don’t shift in only one direction. They can shift back”:
‘The Gulf of America’ Is the Wrong Fight to Pick
The more that politicians mess around with place names, the more important it is to respond according to consistent principles.
www.theatlantic.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
my take is that your willingness to accept this gulf of america nonsense is an indicator of your willingness to accept much worse things coming from this administrator
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If the U.S. really does crumble into authoritarian dictatorship, let the history books remember that it was neoliberal/free market capitalism and the conservative movement that caused it.
It began with civil rights and the unleashing of money in politics.
It began with civil rights and the unleashing of money in politics.
February 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
If the U.S. really does crumble into authoritarian dictatorship, let the history books remember that it was neoliberal/free market capitalism and the conservative movement that caused it.
It began with civil rights and the unleashing of money in politics.
It began with civil rights and the unleashing of money in politics.
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“On the day of the vote, several senior aides to Mr. Trump and people close to Mr. Hegseth said they thought Mr. Tillis was too weak to hold out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
As Trump Threatened a Primary, a G.O.P. Holdout on Hegseth Flipped
Before Senator Thom Tillis voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, he worked with accusers to make the case against him in a bid to get G.O.P. leaders to scrap the vote altogether.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“On the day of the vote, several senior aides to Mr. Trump and people close to Mr. Hegseth said they thought Mr. Tillis was too weak to hold out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...