Froannie
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cost was never a consideration
Dept of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) program to shrink the federal work force, by paying people not to work, increased administrative leave costs by 435%, costing taxpayers $9.5 billion
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
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 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
cost was never a consideration
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Census Bureau tells staff not to talk publicly about its new rule, which would dramatically shift how the survey is conducted and redistribute political power from blue states to red ones.
Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule
Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Census Bureau tells staff not to talk publicly about its new rule, which would dramatically shift how the survey is conducted and redistribute political power from blue states to red ones.
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RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.
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The Smithsonian does not belong to the President, to the Administration, or to any politician. It belongs to the American people.
Period.
We’re here today to say Hands Off the Smithsonian!
Period.
We’re here today to say Hands Off the Smithsonian!
Reps. Stansbury, Jackson, and Mfume Introduce Bill to Defend the Smithsonian
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
youtu.be
September 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Smithsonian does not belong to the President, to the Administration, or to any politician. It belongs to the American people.
Period.
We’re here today to say Hands Off the Smithsonian!
Period.
We’re here today to say Hands Off the Smithsonian!
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You can keep the culture wars.
I’m fighting for working people to have a real say in our communities and our economy. That includes LGBTQ+ folks too.
Everybody means everybody.
Thanks for having me on @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
#AngieForFlorida
I’m fighting for working people to have a real say in our communities and our economy. That includes LGBTQ+ folks too.
Everybody means everybody.
Thanks for having me on @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
#AngieForFlorida
September 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM
You can keep the culture wars.
I’m fighting for working people to have a real say in our communities and our economy. That includes LGBTQ+ folks too.
Everybody means everybody.
Thanks for having me on @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
#AngieForFlorida
I’m fighting for working people to have a real say in our communities and our economy. That includes LGBTQ+ folks too.
Everybody means everybody.
Thanks for having me on @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social
#AngieForFlorida
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Asked whether OpenAI should face legal ramifications for the Hugging Face incident, Lina Khan tells @cwarzel.bsky.social, “It seems that this was not just an outlier incident … There is a very real question around intent and when that should actually attach.”
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September 18, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Asked whether OpenAI should face legal ramifications for the Hugging Face incident, Lina Khan tells @cwarzel.bsky.social, “It seems that this was not just an outlier incident … There is a very real question around intent and when that should actually attach.”
theatln.tc/t9IwiQTz #TAF26
theatln.tc/t9IwiQTz #TAF26
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75% of truckers and 75% of farmers and ranchers voted for Trump. For this.
And a ballroom and triumphal arch.
And a ballroom and triumphal arch.
September 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM
75% of truckers and 75% of farmers and ranchers voted for Trump. For this.
And a ballroom and triumphal arch.
And a ballroom and triumphal arch.
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It is a mistake to assume this election is just about affordability. People are pissed off about a whole bunch of things.
September 18, 2026 at 12:22 PM
It is a mistake to assume this election is just about affordability. People are pissed off about a whole bunch of things.
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
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Huge issue in the northeast as well.
I live in a rural state and lots of people heat with oil. I promise you, people are already suffering. If it goes higher, people will freeze. This isn’t about politics anymore, it’s existential.
September 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Huge issue in the northeast as well.
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While RFK Jr.'s been shouting "Make America Healthy Again" from the rooftops, over 160 foods have been recalled so far this year.
There’s nothing healthy about food-borne illness.
There’s nothing healthy about food-borne illness.
September 18, 2026 at 2:38 PM
While RFK Jr.'s been shouting "Make America Healthy Again" from the rooftops, over 160 foods have been recalled so far this year.
There’s nothing healthy about food-borne illness.
There’s nothing healthy about food-borne illness.
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⚡️ Putin envoy Dmitriev, AfD prepare meeting on restarting Russian gas supplies to Germany, Reuters reports.
Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and the leadership of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are preparing to meet as early as March, Reuters reported, citing undisclosed sources.
Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and the leadership of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are preparing to meet as early as March, Reuters reported, citing undisclosed sources.
Putin envoy Dmitriev, AfD prepare meeting on restarting Russian gas supplies to Germany, Reuters reports
Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and the leadership of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are preparing to meet as early as March, Reuters reported, citing undisclosed sources.
kyivindependent.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
⚡️ Putin envoy Dmitriev, AfD prepare meeting on restarting Russian gas supplies to Germany, Reuters reports.
Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and the leadership of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are preparing to meet as early as March, Reuters reported, citing undisclosed sources.
Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and the leadership of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are preparing to meet as early as March, Reuters reported, citing undisclosed sources.
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Gas prices hit $4.46 a gallon today — a gain of 17 cents over the previous week and $1.26 higher than the same point last year.
Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago.
Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed.
Meanwhile...
Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago.
Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed.
Meanwhile...
September 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Gas prices hit $4.46 a gallon today — a gain of 17 cents over the previous week and $1.26 higher than the same point last year.
Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago.
Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed.
Meanwhile...
Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago.
Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed.
Meanwhile...
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September 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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She could be there. But she didn’t want to take the stage with Vance because the Trump admin is so unpopular in Iowa now that she’s hiding from him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
JD Vance in Iowa on Ashley Hinson, who recently has been trying to distance herself from Trump: "She couldn't be here today, but ... "
September 18, 2026 at 5:36 PM
She could be there. But she didn’t want to take the stage with Vance because the Trump admin is so unpopular in Iowa now that she’s hiding from him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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They really should be explicit in the headline that the rise in South Asian hate rhetoric is stemming directly from the united states government.
September 18, 2026 at 1:08 PM
They really should be explicit in the headline that the rise in South Asian hate rhetoric is stemming directly from the united states government.
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DUKE ENERGY ASKS CAROLINAS CUSTOMERS TO REDUCE POWER USE
September 18, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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* VIRGINIA GOVERNOR SAYS STATE IS BANNING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA CENTERS, REQUIRING STRICTER PERMITTING AND CLEAN ENERGY MANDATES FOR THE SERVER WAREHOUSES
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
September 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
* VIRGINIA GOVERNOR SAYS STATE IS BANNING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA CENTERS, REQUIRING STRICTER PERMITTING AND CLEAN ENERGY MANDATES FOR THE SERVER WAREHOUSES
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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SpaceX to fly more NASA crews to space station under expanded $5.92 billion deal reut.rs/4hAH5K4
SpaceX to fly more NASA crews to space station under expanded $5.92 billion deal
NASA said Friday that the agency had given SpaceX a $946 million contract to fly three more astronaut missions to the International Space Station, extending the company's crewed flights to the station through 2030.
reut.rs
September 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
SpaceX to fly more NASA crews to space station under expanded $5.92 billion deal reut.rs/4hAH5K4
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it's amusing that JD Vance went all the way to Iowa to campaign for Republicans, only to have the most prominent Republican on the ticket in the state stiff him because he's so toxic
JD Vance in Iowa on Ashley Hinson, who recently has been trying to distance herself from Trump: "She couldn't be here today, but ... "
September 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
it's amusing that JD Vance went all the way to Iowa to campaign for Republicans, only to have the most prominent Republican on the ticket in the state stiff him because he's so toxic
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The Constitution belongs to all of us.
This Constitution Day, we’re launching The Oath Project—a nonpartisan invitation to record and share an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution.
They’re adding their voices. We invite you to add yours.
#TheOathProject
This Constitution Day, we’re launching The Oath Project—a nonpartisan invitation to record and share an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution.
They’re adding their voices. We invite you to add yours.
#TheOathProject
September 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The Constitution belongs to all of us.
This Constitution Day, we’re launching The Oath Project—a nonpartisan invitation to record and share an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution.
They’re adding their voices. We invite you to add yours.
#TheOathProject
This Constitution Day, we’re launching The Oath Project—a nonpartisan invitation to record and share an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution.
They’re adding their voices. We invite you to add yours.
#TheOathProject
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Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
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Q: You're speaking to the United Nations next week. What is your message?
TRUMP: Well, last year my teleprompter operator was banned from the room. So I was standing there without a teleprompter. Isn't it nice?
Q: But what's your message?
TRUMP: Do you remember that? They turned off the escalator
TRUMP: Well, last year my teleprompter operator was banned from the room. So I was standing there without a teleprompter. Isn't it nice?
Q: But what's your message?
TRUMP: Do you remember that? They turned off the escalator
September 18, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Q: You're speaking to the United Nations next week. What is your message?
TRUMP: Well, last year my teleprompter operator was banned from the room. So I was standing there without a teleprompter. Isn't it nice?
Q: But what's your message?
TRUMP: Do you remember that? They turned off the escalator
TRUMP: Well, last year my teleprompter operator was banned from the room. So I was standing there without a teleprompter. Isn't it nice?
Q: But what's your message?
TRUMP: Do you remember that? They turned off the escalator
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Q: But why do you want you name on the memorial for President Kennedy?
TRUMP: Because we should be recognized, the Trump administration
TRUMP: Because we should be recognized, the Trump administration
September 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Q: But why do you want you name on the memorial for President Kennedy?
TRUMP: Because we should be recognized, the Trump administration
TRUMP: Because we should be recognized, the Trump administration
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Buffalo Bills' home opener more than 60,000 NFL fans stood together as the iconic Canadian band Barenaked Ladies performed "O Canada", marking the first time in franchise history that the Canadian national anthem was performed at a Bills home opener.
September 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Buffalo Bills' home opener more than 60,000 NFL fans stood together as the iconic Canadian band Barenaked Ladies performed "O Canada", marking the first time in franchise history that the Canadian national anthem was performed at a Bills home opener.