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Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE.
As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE.
As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
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If this standard were widely applied a lotta PDs would go bye-bye.
Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
If this standard were widely applied a lotta PDs would go bye-bye.
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Iran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month, CBO says reut.rs/46Keegt
Iran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month, CBO says
The six-month-old U.S. war against Iran has cost $38 billion so far and that amount is projected to rise by $3 billion a month, Congress' nonpartisan bookkeeper reported on Tuesday, as the Trump administration searches for ways to end the conflict and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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September 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Iran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month, CBO says reut.rs/46Keegt
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It's like if Phillip Morris had told people that tobacco would destroy humanity so they could use regulatory capture to start a state sanctioned cigarette cartel to keep Russia from being the ones giving Americans cancer.
Not a single proposal for AI regulation seems serious to me, it's basically all "mandatory censorship" and "create a government-sanctioned cartel"
September 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
It's like if Phillip Morris had told people that tobacco would destroy humanity so they could use regulatory capture to start a state sanctioned cigarette cartel to keep Russia from being the ones giving Americans cancer.
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Triumphantly returning from Medbed Hypersleep to cast a vote on the Rural Hospital Abolition Act. That's beautiful.
Mitch McConnell in a social media post said that he will return to the Senate floor and cast his first vote since his hospitalization in June.
See more: https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/14/mcconnell-confirms-he-will-return-senate-cast-first-vote-since-hospitalization/
See more: https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/14/mcconnell-confirms-he-will-return-senate-cast-first-vote-since-hospitalization/
September 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Triumphantly returning from Medbed Hypersleep to cast a vote on the Rural Hospital Abolition Act. That's beautiful.
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If Paxton loses to Talarico after basing his entire campaign around trans people it will prove to the right that they can't squeeze any more blood from the stone. If he wins, the lesson is that hating trans people could even save even a loser like Paxton.
September 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If Paxton loses to Talarico after basing his entire campaign around trans people it will prove to the right that they can't squeeze any more blood from the stone. If he wins, the lesson is that hating trans people could even save even a loser like Paxton.
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Turns out, the author just ... made them up 🤷♂️. I can't get over this. It really doesn't seem ok to me for someone to draw some squiggles, claim that they're illustrative of something in the real world, then act as though it's akin to evidence. The vibes you feel aren't data!
September 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Turns out, the author just ... made them up 🤷♂️. I can't get over this. It really doesn't seem ok to me for someone to draw some squiggles, claim that they're illustrative of something in the real world, then act as though it's akin to evidence. The vibes you feel aren't data!
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man i bet the press would be going nuts now if they had made "is the president dangerously old" the biggest story of 2024 and covered papers in weeks of headlines about it
September 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
man i bet the press would be going nuts now if they had made "is the president dangerously old" the biggest story of 2024 and covered papers in weeks of headlines about it
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“For obscure reasons, Paris insisted that Québécois be known as ‘North Macedonian’”
France says that Quebec can join the EU but only on the stipulation that they stop speaking what they call French.
September 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
“For obscure reasons, Paris insisted that Québécois be known as ‘North Macedonian’”
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Just so we all understand the play here. Release initial polls showing Senate Dem candidates with modest leads. Release more in coming weeks showing the races "tightening," and their candidate gaining and ours losing ground.
It's 2022 red wave, redux. No one should fall for it this time.
It's 2022 red wave, redux. No one should fall for it this time.
September 14, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Just so we all understand the play here. Release initial polls showing Senate Dem candidates with modest leads. Release more in coming weeks showing the races "tightening," and their candidate gaining and ours losing ground.
It's 2022 red wave, redux. No one should fall for it this time.
It's 2022 red wave, redux. No one should fall for it this time.
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One thing that strikes me is about data centers is that communities that oppose them might have been able to organize earlier if we had robust local newspapers with reporters who had been reporting on the early approval and planning processes from the start. newrepublic.com/article/2149...
The Big Greedy Data Center Next Door
Data centers may be the perfect encapsulation of an economy built to benefit the already rich. After construction started on a vast facility in Vineland, New Jersey, residents didn’t just get mad; the...
newrepublic.com
September 14, 2026 at 2:07 PM
One thing that strikes me is about data centers is that communities that oppose them might have been able to organize earlier if we had robust local newspapers with reporters who had been reporting on the early approval and planning processes from the start. newrepublic.com/article/2149...
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A good rule of thumb is to assume there's at least one Nazi/Groyper working on every Republican campaign in the country. That is what the Teenage Republicans/College Republicans/Young Republicans have become. It's been this way for almost 10 years and people still don't get it.
I'm serious when I say I've lost track of all the recent revelations of literal Nazis working in high-level positions in Republican congressional campaigns and I would very much appreciate a journalist who took the time to detail as many of them as can fit into an article.
Ossoff: "Then there's the ex-staffer posting swastikas and Klan regalia. And the neo-Nazi with a million followers who produces neo-Nazi propaganda at Collins's house ... a man who won't take responsibility for what happens under his own roof can't be trusted with our national affairs."
September 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
A good rule of thumb is to assume there's at least one Nazi/Groyper working on every Republican campaign in the country. That is what the Teenage Republicans/College Republicans/Young Republicans have become. It's been this way for almost 10 years and people still don't get it.
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If you expect to retain your independence, you must do exactly what we tell you to do.
Hassett threatens Warsh: "I'd be wary of a rake hike. The Fed has had hiked rates ahead of an election only a couple times all the way back to 1913. So I think if you want an independent Fed, one thing the Fed does is stay out of the way of elections."
September 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
If you expect to retain your independence, you must do exactly what we tell you to do.
I feel like, historically speaking, if people feel the need to understand German politics, something bad is in store for the future
At some point I'm going to have to learn enough about German politics to understand these posts
September 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I feel like, historically speaking, if people feel the need to understand German politics, something bad is in store for the future
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we have a generation of trickle down economics we can look at now, it should just be accepted truth at this point that it doesnt work and the people who implemented it should never work in politics or the financial sector ever again
September 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
we have a generation of trickle down economics we can look at now, it should just be accepted truth at this point that it doesnt work and the people who implemented it should never work in politics or the financial sector ever again
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i need all of you to chill the fuck out more and, tied to this, go outside and do more things that solve problems instead of whatever the fuck the last 2-3 weeks of neurotic face picking has been
September 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
i need all of you to chill the fuck out more and, tied to this, go outside and do more things that solve problems instead of whatever the fuck the last 2-3 weeks of neurotic face picking has been
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you don’t have to have the conversation on their terms and in fact you shouldn’t have the conversation on their terms
more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch
more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
September 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
you don’t have to have the conversation on their terms and in fact you shouldn’t have the conversation on their terms
more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch
more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch
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"One more thing Miss Barlow... you were about 14 in 2001, and you grew up in the UK, so why did they dismiss your school at noon on 9/11, when the attacks would have happened around 2 pm your time? I just don't understand how the school knew the attacks would be happening later"
September 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"One more thing Miss Barlow... you were about 14 in 2001, and you grew up in the UK, so why did they dismiss your school at noon on 9/11, when the attacks would have happened around 2 pm your time? I just don't understand how the school knew the attacks would be happening later"
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boy, sure is awesome when Republicans are more interested in settling factional scores than beating Democrats. probably no larger lessons here
September 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
boy, sure is awesome when Republicans are more interested in settling factional scores than beating Democrats. probably no larger lessons here
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Pic unrelated, can't figure out how to delete, sorry
September 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Pic unrelated, can't figure out how to delete, sorry
This is a sloppy slop video made for and only appeals to the subject of the video.
He has completely and utterly lost whatever deranged showman appeal he at one point had.
His base is never going to vote for Dems but like you gotta hate your life to vote for whatever this insanity is
He has completely and utterly lost whatever deranged showman appeal he at one point had.
His base is never going to vote for Dems but like you gotta hate your life to vote for whatever this insanity is
Wow -- RNC video: "On June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump."
It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
It only gets more unhinged and culty from there.
September 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM
This is a sloppy slop video made for and only appeals to the subject of the video.
He has completely and utterly lost whatever deranged showman appeal he at one point had.
His base is never going to vote for Dems but like you gotta hate your life to vote for whatever this insanity is
He has completely and utterly lost whatever deranged showman appeal he at one point had.
His base is never going to vote for Dems but like you gotta hate your life to vote for whatever this insanity is
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EU watchdog flags risk of abrupt market correction reut.rs/4xcXKbf
EU watchdog flags risk of abrupt market correction
A disconnect between deteriorating macroeconomic conditions and upbeat valuations risks triggering a market drop, the European Union's financial watchdog said on Thursday, citing conflict in the Middle East and rising energy prices.
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September 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM
EU watchdog flags risk of abrupt market correction reut.rs/4xcXKbf
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“What’s his plan?”
“His plan?”
“His plan?”
September 8, 2026 at 11:41 PM
“What’s his plan?”
“His plan?”
“His plan?”
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freedom is worth fighting for.
September 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
freedom is worth fighting for.