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Matt Gaetz resigned because the House Ethics Committee was going to release its report on those sexual allegations of having sex with a minor.

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The Onion buys InfoWars out of bankruptcy and intends to parody conspiracy theorists on the platform.

Well played, The Onion.
(gift article from The New York Times) nytimes.com/2024/11/14/busines

If you want to make your blood boil, I suggest reading proPublica's "How Lincare became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflaw." propublica.org/article/lincare?

Among his other deficiencies… Trump’s pick for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz, has been unable to practice law in Florida three times over the past five years due to failure to pay dues and failure to affirm compliance with trust account rules.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) tells reporters she was “shocked” by Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz as AG.

“… this is why the Senate's advice and consent process is so important.”

To this I am rolling my eyes and sarcastically asking “Has he learned his lesson yet?”

If Tulsi Gabbard becomes Director of National Intelligence, it would be better for US national security to close down all intelligence. The Russians have definitely got their moles in the White House, including Trump, Musk, and now Gabbard.

States that went to Trump stand to lose much more from his plan to abolish the Dept of Education. They receive more federal funds than blue states despite contributing fewer tax dollars.

Overheard on Twitter:
The Government Accountability Office (GAO, est. 1921) - saves $133 for every $1 of funding it receives. If all GAO recommendations were implemented, the financial benefit could be >$200 bil.

Basically, Musk’s DOGE effort is wasteful given that we already have the GAO.

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President-elect Trump has picked former Democratic congresswoman-turned Trump supporter Tulsi Gabbard to be his director of national intelligence. cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/tr

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off about 5% of its workforce on Wednesday. That's 325 jobs lost, on top of the 530 cut in February.

What the heck.

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"Let me state this is bluntly as I can, as a biographer of both Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Vladimir Putin is now inside the U.S. government, with visibility into absolutely everything. He has that access through Trump, Musk, and David Sacks.

We are fully infiltrated."

- Seth Abramson

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On November 15th, Twitter(X) will update its Terms of Service to remove the opt-out for allowing user content to be used to train their AI.

If you know anyone who's on Twitter and is tired of being a commoditized product, please let them know this change is coming, and suggest they move to an alternative social media service as soon as possible.

The alternative service? Isn't it obvous? 😉

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Headline: “ Special counsel Jack Smith looking at stepping down before Trump takes office and is discussing how to end prosecutions”

Democrats dragged their feet on Trump, & our justice system has failed us.

Now we have handed a criminal the keys to the White House & SCOTUS has guaranteed he can commit crimes with no worry of prosecution (plus, he can pardon criminals at his whim). But The US May not be a Banana Republic — but it is an Orange one.

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No Thanks to These 52 Dems, House Defeats Bill Enabling Trump Assault on Nonprofits

Legislation that would have handed President-elect Donald Trump sweeping power to investigate and shutter news outlets, government watchdogs, humanitarian organizations, and other nonprofits was defeated in the House on Tuesday

But 52 Democratic lawmakers apparently did not share the grave concerns, opting to vote alongside 204 Republicans in favor of the bill.

commondreams.org/news/trump-no

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