Since the beginning I’ve said that Elon and his DOGE tech bros know the real value in pillaging these federal agencies is in the data, but not to raid your bank accounts. It’s to influence the outcome of our elections.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · last yr.

“…members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access…” What kind of shady s**t is going on here?? www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

Every word he says here is a lie. Every single word. He lies because his voters let him lie.

They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 2y ago

Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus. -Turkish proverb

As a reminder that protests don’t end where they start: when news of the Stamp Act first arrived in America in May 1765, most printers reacted by advertising on the premise of “buy now before prices go up.” Took until August/September for even the people most affected to actively turn against it.

I’d love to know how many people in Trumps administration got out of the stock market before he started his trade tantrums

Even cars manufactured in the US depend on free trade. www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/...

Graphic Truth: Where US automakers get their parts

No matter the part, domestic US automakers import huge amounts of each vehicle from abroad.

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It’s a recalibration of economic control. Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way. When the dust finally settles, they will own more. The rest of us will own less. A lot less.

Stock market in complete limbo, retirement savings disappearing, farmers facing devastating uncertainty… and he went golfing. If he ran a company the way he ran the country this weekend, he’d be fired.

It’s only going to get worse, folks.

The government is slashing public health jobs, gutting vaccine programs, and fueling a measles comeback. This is not reform—it’s sabotage. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/make-ameri...

Make America Sick Again

RFK Jr.’s War on Public Health Is Putting Lives at Risk

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Last night I wrote about Abrego Garcia’s case. Today, SCOTUS confirmed it’s true. Even though their stay is just temporary, he remains in cruel & unusual conditions in a foreign prison with no recourse. It could happen to any of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

⚠️ United States Stock Market in Free Fall

United States Stock Market in Free Fall

It's only getting worse

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Respectfully my friend, it’s NOT just the fault of one man. It’s the fault of an entire political party that bowed like cowards to this one man. And it’s the fault of way too many of his voters who allowed him to lie to them every single day for the past 10yrs. They ALL own this.

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2y ago

As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.

Bill Ackman freaking out about tariffs and saying "this isn't what we voted for" is as clear a crystallization of conservative self-delusion as you could ever ask for. Yes it is you idiot, you voted specifically for this! He talked about this NON STOP

What will Fox cover tomorrow instead of the global financial meltdown? A Hillary Clinton serverghazi B Some kid at Oberlin spray painting a Tesla C Hunter Biden dickpix D Woke applesauce E MS13 caravan outside your house right now, Grandma!

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

A sudden drop like this—especially during a global selloff—isn’t a sign of strength. It signals collapsing demand expectations, fear of recession, and market instability. This isn’t prosperity, it’s a warning.

Not joking: as of today Donald Trump is the absolute greatest destroyer of wealth the country has ever had

Imagine if this was your kid

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head. He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison. Bring them back!

Stock market’s crashing, retirement savings are disappearing… and he’s out golfing.

What the hell are tariffs, and why is Donald Trump so bad at them? Also: is the president breaking the law by raising taxes, when it's *Congress's* power to raise taxes? (Yes.) It's all in today's episode of Law & Chaos with @lizdye.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Ep 121 — Trump’s Tariff Math … It’s Dumber Than You Think

Podcast Episode · Law and Chaos · 04/04/2025 · 1h 6m

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Behind the curtain is a very small man pretending to be a wizard. www.axios.com/2025/04/04/t...

Behind the Curtain: What you gotta believe for Trump to be right on tariffs

Trump is gambling with an issue that immediately hits every American who has investments.

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Children will die. Unvaccinated children can pass the disease to vulnerable too-young-to-be vaccinated babies: siblings, or strangers in the restaurant. This is all so so preventable and all so so predictable. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

How Kennedy is already weakening America's childhood vaccine system

The Department of Health and Human Services cut $2 billion from a program that supports vaccines for vulnerable children, forcing public health departments to lay off staff and cancel clinics.

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Either everyone has due process or no one has any rights.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

JD Vance claims the Maryland father the Trump administration mistakenly deported to a slave prison in El Salvador wasn't "father of the year" bc he had "traffic violations," and says "we do not ask permission from far left Democrats before we deport illegal immigrants." (He's talking about judges)

Why would a leader tank his own country's economy? It's a key part of the aspiring autocrat's playbook. Tariffs & chaos mean more power & control for Trump. But America has no king. The Republican-led Congress can stop this at any time. Let your reps hear from you. 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy? open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?

Trump’s tariffs are a disaster. His policy process is worse.

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No tariffs on Russia. See my Lucid essay about the priority of this admin to solve Putin's problems: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

How the U.S. May Collaborate with Russia

Solving Putin's problems by ending U.S. restrictions on Russian influence at home and by removing the footprint of U.S. power abroad

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2y ago

So weird how this keeps happening. www.axios.com/2025/04/02/t...

Important to remember that the reason most Trump voters think everything's fine is that their chosen media is telling them little more than that he's cutting government waste and frogmarching criminals out of the country. Real information doesn't reach them. An economic collapse? That might.

Economic Suicide by Dipshittery