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DOGE for thee, but not for me

Trump was only supposed to hurt “those people”: “Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race. Now, after she was abruptly fired from her civil service job, her days of supporting the president are over. “Piggott is among more than 125 people dismissed in February […]

DOGE goes where the money is

When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton simply replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” DOGE is targeting the IRS for massive cuts. And that’s where the money is, to be sure. But robbing the IRS of personnel will ensure that the wealthy and corporations will keep the money they were supposed to pay […]

See no evil

Toddlers will sometimes cover their eyes, thinking they are hiding. They think if they can’t see you, you’re not there. Using that toddler logic at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, the Trump administration at the time tried to curtail reporting of infections and death, on the toddler-tested premise that if you can’t see it, […]

DOGE wants to control fired NIH employees

What does one do if they possess valuable skills and lose their job? Well, intelligent, ambitious and entrepreneurial Americans market their skills to other employers looking to hire talent. But the NIH Office of Defensive Counterintelligence and Personnel Security thinks the people they fired shouldn’t hire themselves out to the highest bidder in a free […]

RFK Jr comes to Jesus

As a lifelong member of The Church of the Second Chance, I get this: “Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep. ‘ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than […]

President Musk is coming for Social Security

Candidate Donald Trump promised not to touch Social Security if elected. But President Musk made no such promise, and is already spouting the usual lies to justify cutting Social Security benefits and privatizing the program: “The billionaire argued Friday on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that the United States government is “one big pyramid scheme” […]