Posts by Michael Fine
And no, for the 150th time—150-year-olds are not getting Social Security benefits. www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #ElonMusk #FoxNews
Thanks, I hate it
NBC News: The Espionage Act contains a provision making it crime to disclose national defense secrets "through gross negligence."
The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."
Chris Murphy: "They're sitting there telling the American people that 2+2=7...those were attack plans, those were war plans, that was classified information, everybody knows it. The idea that they think they can get away with this level of gaslighting- it just strikes at the foundation of democracy"
I wrote this essay about Noem nearly a year ago. The week, the now “Secretary of Homeland Security”, made a video in front of what looked like a concentration camp, in which she wore a $60K watch and used imprisoned human beings as props.
This was the goal.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Hey Bluesky, I was interviewed about the attacks on science for NPR’s All Things Considered. Listen, below! www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...
Wait! What?
What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
About 83,000 Veterans Affairs employees are facing the axe in the name of “efficiency” leaving those who served outraged.
David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist at JPMorgan on tariffs...
Shared to the WhiteHouse.gov X feed a short while ago.
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Shameful.
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
This is a must read!
James Comer had 2 years to dig into all this supposed govt corruption that Musk is “discovering.” That’s what Oversight Committee is supposed to do. Instead, he spent 2 years on Hunter Biden - which resulted in nothing except a James Comer book deal.
I’m reminded - play silly games, win silly prizes.
These are high tech hoodlums … that can’t rent a car. 🙃
For those saying audits are good, you are absolutely right! On the other hand, 19- to 25-year-old computer geeks are NOT trained auditors! #JustSaying
“These stories should concern all Americans because they are our family members, neighbors and friends. No American can be proud of a government that carries out change in this way.”
The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Another
Another voice of reason is in the house. Welcome Pete.
Another voice of reason is in the house! Welcome Pete.
(AP) - President Donald Trump said Palestinians won’t have right to return to Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’ of the war-torn territory.
@apnews.com
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BLUE VOTERS: we should all download this app 5 Calls- I’m using it each day to tell House and Senate reps that WE MUST FIGHT BACK!
It’s easy, the staffers are nice but also it’s usually a voicemail so it’s Fast, it’s Effective!
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis."
Trump has spent literally half of his presidency at Mar-a-Lago.
“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.”
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A critical showdown is coming.
Troubling conversation from a Vice-President. Americans must call out these kind of bizarre and fascist comments.
Board member of META asks a very good question.