Elon Musk appeared at President Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting of his second term Wednesday to talk about what the billionaire was doing with DOGE, the group that’s currently dismantling the federal government in an illegal powerplay that circumvents Congress. And while Musk repeated a line he’s said previously about how he would inevitably make […]
As DOGE Attacks Social Security, New Report Shows Elon is One of the Government’s Biggest Beneficiaries
A new report shows that tech billionaire Elon Musk’s companies have sucked at least $38 billion out of the federal government’s coffers. The report, published by the Washington Post, makes the case that Musk’s corporate empire would not exist were it not for a flood of taxpayer money from the very government that the billionaire […]
It’s a Republic of Shitposters, If We Can Keep It
The meme-addled brains of our leaders are collapsing in real time. Source link
Neo-Nazis Seek Bitcoin Donations as They Prepare to Return to Trump’s America
A notorious neo-Nazi group appears to be building up its membership in the U.S., and it’s using cryptocurrency as a way to crowdfund its growth, The Guardian has reported. “The Base,” which was founded by a former U.S. special forces officer, seeks the destruction of society so that a “white ethnostate can arise out of […]
Kash Patel, Trump Media Board Member and QAnon Conspiracy Theorist, Confirmed as FBI Director
Kash Patel has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the FBI on Thursday in a vote of 51-49. The vote to confirm Patel was mostly along party lines, with all Democrats voting against it and Republican senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine also voting no. Patel is a […]
Putin Dangles a Nuclear Arms Treaty While Accusing Ukraine of ‘Hysteria’
The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia will expire in February 2026. While answering questions in St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin dangled the possibility of extending it. The cost of the nuclear arms control treaty was subtle but clear. Putin wants everyone to ignore Kyiv’s “hysteria” over not being […]
Big Tech Hijacked Steve Bannon’s Movement
Steve Bannon is out and Elon Musk is in. A man who once had an office and a whiteboard in the White House now has a podcast. It’s not nothing, but it’s not an extra-governmental agency that has access to the backend systems that make America run and hum. Banon was once the darling of […]
Trump’s Pick for NASA Chief Hints at Expected Shift Toward Mars
If Jared Isaacman becomes NASA’s administrator, as he’s likely to do, the agency will prioritize Mars over the Moon under the Trump administration, judging by some of his first public comments on the matter. Jared Isaacman has been active on social media since Trump named him as his choice to become the U.S. space agency’s […]
RFK Jr. Wastes No Time Revisiting Childhood Vaccine Policies
Well that didn’t take long. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the just-enshrined director of the Department of Health and Human Services, has already signaled that he may try to change the country’s vaccination schedule for children. RFK Jr. made the remarks during his speech at a ceremony held on Tuesday welcoming him as the new HHS […]
Federal Judge Refuses to Halt Destruction of U.S. Government by Elon Musk
A federal judge in Washington D.C. refused to grant a request brought by 14 attorneys general to block Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing private information across a number of agencies and laying off huge segments of the federal workforce. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, acknowledged DOGE was causing confusion in […]