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Bite me, Musk. NOTE: NO BIO, NO POSTS = INSTANT BLOCK Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post a lot: breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. My mini Australian Labradoodle, Hamilton, has trained me well. Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇨🇦 #Progressive #USPolitics #VotingRights #legal #WomensRights #CivilRights #BLM #climate #Canada #journalists #politics #news #LGBTQ #DogsOfMastodon

1/2 Via Kyle Griffin:

#Trump is now directing federal law enforcement officials to seek sanctions against attorneys or law firms that challenge his actions in court.

The admin currently faces more than 130 lawsuits.

The move is the latest action that aims to punish judges and lawyers taking positions against Trump.

“Silenced…

Some of VOA’s local-language radio stations have stopped broadcasting news reports and switched over to music to fill the airtime, according to listeners.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/15/media/voice-of-america-trump-cuts?cid=ios_app

“Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75% of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.

US agencies responsible for preventing the global proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and building security capacity around the world are facing deep cuts, perhaps total abolition, as the #Trump administration continues its assault on any and all spending going overseas.”

https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-cuts-nukes-chemical-weapons-wmd/

Real shame

#Tesla’s shares were down 4.6% at 11:53 on Friday, on track to erase their entire $700 billion post-election advance—Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/tesla-erases-700-billion-trump-bump-as-sales-slide-globally

Via Angry Staffer:

Unreal. DOGE posted Natl Reconnaissance Office (NRO) headcounts

NRO budgets and headcounts are classified to prevent adversaries from using them to extrapolate our intelligence priorities

Stop giving kids who don’t know what the fuck they’re doing access to this shit

‪Federal Employee News‬:

#Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website

“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said fed intel employee.

Atrocities Inc.

Bloomberg:

#Trump’s Small Business Administration told probationary staff members it had mistakenly sent them termination notices, and then informed some of them the next day that they were fired after all

Bloomberg:

#India has agreed to jointly develop a new generation of #nuclear reactors with #France, signaling New Delhi’s intent to partner with other nations for cutting-edge technology as the US threatens to upend global trade

Oh please. Trump “promises” = Trump LIES

“ #Inflation picks up speed after #Trump promised to ‘rapidly’ bring down prices

Consumer price index rose by 3% in January as president has yet to fulfill pledge of tackling high cost of living” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/12/trump-january-inflation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other