Some More News: Yes, DOGE and Elon Musk Killed a Lot of People #blogpost

Some More News: Yes, DOGE and Elon Musk Killed a Lot of People

Hi. On today's episode of Some More News, we look at the lasting impact of Elon Musk's DOGE: all the jobs and programs they slashed, plus USAID and how feeding it "into the woodchipper" resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 2:23 - Perhaps Putting A Nazi in Charge of Government Efficiency Was A Bad Idea 9:23 - All the Things DOGE Did To Us 23:27 - What Actually Happened With USAID? 32:28 - Who Is Responsible For All The ...

littlegreenfootballs.com

NEW: DHS wants to pay private contractors bounties to hunt down people who already left the country, photograph their homes, and demand money. It told them leaving the US would wipe out fines. It was the pitch for self-deporting. Experts tell WIRED this is a pointless escalation of tactics.

DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.

wired.com

This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 16h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.

They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.

Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · yesterday

Susan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics

"Weird" was actually way too mild a term to describe these people.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

"Nymphettes" They were CHILDREN, David.

Schitt's Creek: David's Disgusted Reaction

Alt: Schitt's Creek: David's Disgusted Reaction, saying "that's disgusting"

static.klipy.com

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2d ago

Top JPMorgan Chase executives had knowledge of the pervasive presence of young women or underage girls at Epstein’s homes.

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

bloomberg.com

Top JPMorgan Chase execs coached Epstein on how to withdraw cash through shell companies instead of his personal accounts, helping him conceal information from compliance personnel and government regulators.

Holy hell.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

WHAT DID THEY DO TO HER

Roberto Baldwin@strngwys.bsky.social · 3d ago

Important crossover event

Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.

CNN interviewing James Carville in 2026 about the midterms

Amanda Litman@amandalitman.bsky.social · last yr.

If you have not won an election in a year that starts with a 2, I beg of you: Shut the fuck up.

Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Yeesh. Amazing quote in this story by Kathy Gilsinan: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Raise your hand if you're a respectable adult who would 100% let Hannah Waddingham step on you.

Ted Lasso Rebecca Welton

Alt: Ted Lasso Rebecca Welton -- Hannah Waddingham says, "I heard that!"

static.klipy.com

Oh ... OK, then.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d ago

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. no sitting American president has ever raised these amounts for his pet projects. .. Trump has been demanding large checks .. telling executives and lobbyists that their companies should give $25 million or $50 million.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

NEW: Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with President Trump intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sign of relief.

As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice

Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sig...

propublica.org

Some Like It Hot (1959) Director: Billy Wilder

As we lose these bastions of local news and community information — through factors mostly related to macro media consumption and economic trends — nothing in our brave new world is replacing them. What remains are often deaf to what’s happening right in our own neighborhoods. Hollower cities.

Global Halifax's morning news show to be replaced by centralized program: report

A major programming change is coming to Global Halifax's morning news show

saltwire.com

Right on, Stefanie.

The Cut@thecut.com · last wk.

Seattle Storm center Stefanie Dolson wore a pointed “Trans Rights” shirts before facing off against Sophie Cunningham Tuesday night.

Not just bond investors. I expect the media will also manage to unearth their spines just in time to criticize the Dem president for the mess Trump left.

Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m really worried that bond investors are going to suddenly decide to notice we’re in a debt crisis the second the next Dem takes office

Someone who says something as dumb as this shouldn‘t be allowed to operate heavy machinery, even less to operate the Supreme Court of the US. This American tradition of being OK with blatant stupidity is just exasperating.

Jason Linkins@dceiver.bsky.social · last wk.

the extent to which Republicans of all stripes have been marinating their brains in conspiratorial slop is undersung www.axios.com/2022/06/30/c...

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

Money already has too much influence in politics. Tobi's attitude is obscene and completely anti-Canadian.

Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦@sschwinghamer.bsky.social · last wk.

*looks at the US* Great idea, equating money with political voice. Look where Citizens United has landed that poor former democracy. If you are a citizen, you have the right to vote and the responsibility to contribute back to the state according to your means. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Oh, my God. Nicest guy. Was on the Pogues bill at Carnegie with him. His love of music was palpable, infectious, radiant. I’ve seldom seen a musician as connected to the moment of the song as he was that night, in deep communion with the song & the people playing it. So many felt it. Hard loss.

Stereogum@stereogum.com · last wk.

Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash at age 56