It's corruption here too.

And so it begins.

Exactly what we've been warning would happen.

The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.

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The President’s threats don’t hold legal water. The Maine Human Rights Act already makes it illegal to discriminate based on gender identity—including in education. As the Governor put it: We’ll see him in court. Until that day, Maine will continue to uphold federal and state law. (6/6)

Hello Flashes! Trying this out for the first time. I still wish it could be a private account. Sharing photos with strangers makes me uncomfortable. But Meta and Zuckerberg can fuck right off. Anyway, here’s a picture of me enjoying hot pot with my face obscured!

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No one should be surprised. But it’s still appalling.

The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.

813 US billionaires held a record $6.72 trillion in wealth at the end of 2024. The bottom 50% of Americans held roughly $3.9 trillion in wealth. When 813 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

The #FAA was understaffed to begin with. It's been a long-term problem. The last thing we need is LESS staff! There will be more #planecrashes if this happens. #trump #musk #doge Trump and Musk will get us all killed. apnews.com/article/doge...

“teachers had to remove all bulletin boards that reference Black History Month…Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks… Fort Campbell Schools are also canceling plans for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. There’s no word yet on Women’s History Month, set for March.”

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💰 Corruption Update 💰 While millions are losing medications provided by USAID, farmers are losing their land because of USDA cuts, and thousands of researchers are struggling to pay rent, Elon Musk has awarded himself $400m to sell the Army the dumbest truck every built.

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Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

USA had the foundation needed to put this together. Medicaid and Medicare. People in USA pay big insurance premiums and taxes. Say you pay 10,000$ a year for insurance plus 6,000$ a year for taxes. Even if your taxes go to 10,000$ a year for universal healthcare you still save 6,000$.

The House Republicans listed below are vulnerable in 2026. They will only vote to cut our benefits if they think no one is watching. If you live in these districts, or know anyone who does, CALL NOW and tell them to keep their hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!

The U.S. Labor Department has been temporarily blocked by court order from sharing data with Elon Musk and his staffers. 🥄

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

“What about her emails” seems so quaint in the company of nameless faceless random civilians taking over the coding of the US govt computer systems just cause”he said we could”.

House Democrats made an unsuccessful attempt to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk to testify about his efforts to radically reshape the federal government, only to be blocked by Republicans.

They want you so sad you give up. But people and nations are fighting back.

This is AMAZING news! Fuck Amazon www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

UPDATE: The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong.

Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are working with Trump for one very simple reason: They understand that Trump's policies are designed to make the wealthiest Americans even richer. These three men have become $232 billion richer since November. Not bad in a couple of months time!

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and- Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...

Meta's top lawyer on AI will no longer be defending the company due to Zuckerberg's decent into "neo-Nazi madness." "Mark Zuckerberg is, of course, free to do whatever he wants to do," Mark Lemley says, "but I decided that that wasn't something I wanted to be associated with." Exclusive w/ WIRED:

Who else felt that earthquake?!?

Just days after Trump returned to the White House, Instagram is censoring abortion content. This is what Aid Access' account looks like right now - posts about how to get abortion medication has been blurred out.

No matter who buys TikTok, It will from here on out have ties to Donald Trump. Staying on TikTok no matter how you justify it, is a form of taking a knee, same with Meta. Don't give Trump the win. #DeleteTikTok #DeleteMeta

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