A self-described "MAGA junkie" from West Virginia tearfully recanted her vote for Donald Trump after her job was eliminated by the Department of Government Efficiency.
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-job-cuts-treasury/

Raw Story · 7h'MAGA junkie' breaks into tears after DOGE eliminates her job: 'I expected better'By Travis Gettys

#News #Politics #Democracy

**Democracy Matters** @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 35m

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Democracy Matters @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social

Remember: they're destroying everything not because they want to right-size government; they want to destroy it all by making it unworkable.

#PresidentBystander #Signalgate #WhiskeyLeaks

**John** @autogestion@union.place · 40m

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Postal employees rally against #DOGE: "It’s about rich versus poor. Who built this country? It wasn’t people in suits. It was people in coveralls."

https://www.labornotes.org/2025/03/postal-workers-throng-500-rallies-save-postal-service

Labor Notes · 7hPostal Workers Throng to 500 Rallies to Save the Postal ServiceFrom big cities to small towns, postal workers organized hundreds of rallies across the country in the past week to defend a beloved public service—and the nation’s largest union employer—against privatization and DOGE attack. “Whose Postal Service?” workers chanted in New York: “The people’s Postal Service.” “U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale” was the rallying cry March 20 at 250 rallies organized by the Postal Workers (APWU). “Fight Like Hell” was the theme March 23 for another 210 rallies led by the Letter Carriers (NALC). A hundred people came out to the NALC rally in St.

#union #unions #privatization

**AnnaAnthro** @AnnaAnthro@mastodon.social · 51m

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AnnaAnthro @AnnaAnthro@mastodon.social

#Musk and #Trump win fight to keep #DOGE’s work secret - court rules that discovery rules don’t apply to them.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/elon-musk-and-trump-win-fight-to-keep-doges-work-secret/

Elon Musk wearing a T-shirt with the word "DOGE" printed on the front.

Ars Technica · 1dElon Musk and Trump win fight to keep DOGE’s work secretBy Jon Brodkin

**Alt FedNews Subreddit** @FedNewsReddit@mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org · 53m

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Judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling CFPB

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5220651-federal-judge-trump-cfpb/

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**Hacker News** @h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 59m

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US Securities and Exchange Commission beginning to bring on DOGE staff

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-securities-exchange-commission-beginning-onboard-doge-staff-email-says-2025-03-28/

#HackerNews #USSEC #DOGE

**William Lindsey** @wdlindsy@toad.social · 1h

William Lindsey @wdlindsy@toad.social

"The Trump regime is an endless recursion of propaganda generation to build more power to generate more propaganda to build more power… because as long as that perpetual motion machine is operating they can plunder undetected."

~ Brian Beutler

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #disinformation #propaganda #chaos #destruction #FederalGovernment #EconomicElites #billionaires #TaxCuts

https://www.offmessage.net/p/the-everything-scandal

Off Message · 9hThe Everything ScandalBy Brian Beutler

**sgt1372** @sgt1372@sfba.social · 1h *

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sgt1372 @sgt1372@sfba.social

#SocialSecurityFairnessAct

I just received a letter from the #SSA notifying me of a 40% increase in my Social Security benefits beginning March 2025 and the deposit of a lump sum payment for back payments due from Jan 2024- Feb 2025 under the Social Security Fairness Act (#SSFA).

Of course, this doesn't include the roughly the $50k in Social Security benefits that I previously earned but never received between 2015-2025, because my benefits were reduced by the #WindfallEliminatonProvision & #GovermentPensionOffset that reduced my benefits because I received a government pension that was not covered by Social Security, which is the problem that the SSFA was enacted to address.

Something is better than nothing & fortunately whatever #DOGE is doing to f*ck with the SSA didn't affect this increase in my benefits.

I hope that others of you here who were likewise affected have received a similar notice from the SSA.

**Texas Observer** @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social · 1h

Texas Observer @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social

“We don’t believe that this is right. We don’t believe this is legal. And we don’t believe that this will actually benefit the American public. So we are definitely fighting because we want these services restored. We want to make sure that our kids can have the best.” https://www.texasobserver.org/department-of-education-trump-union-cuts/

The Texas Observer · Mar 21'We're Not Just Some Bureaucrats': DOE Employees on How Their Work Helps Texas StudentsDepartment of Education workers and union leaders in Texas say kids will pay the price for Trump’s decision to “break this system.”

#education #schools #disability

**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 1h *

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

Guess we know why the #SEC was ordered to allow #DOGE into their offices now.

#Musk's #xAI buys #socialmedia platform #X for $45B ENTIRELY WITH STOCK

#ElonMusk said on Friday that his xAl has acquired X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock transaction for $45 billion, including debt.

#law #tech #finance #regulations
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/musks-xai-buys-social-media-platform-x-45-billion-2025-03-28/

**Touaregtweet** @touaregtweet@mastodon.social · 1h

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“In the middle of worsening nationwide outbreaks of bird flu and measles, not to mention a fentanyl epidemic, Trump is wrecking vital health agencies with the precision of a bull in a china shop,” said Senator Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat who has been a leader on health issues in Congress.
She called Mr. Kennedy’s comments about doing more with less an “absurd suggestion” that “defies common sense.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/health-department-job-layoffs-rfk-jr.html #Trump #RFKjr #healthcare #healthcrisis #DOGE #Project2025

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pitched the changes as a way to refocus the agency on Americans’ health, but did not outline any specifics on how he would reduce rates of diabetes, heart disease or any other conditions.

The New York Times · 1d10,000 Federal Health Workers to Be Laid OffBy Sheryl Gay Stolberg

**Alt FedNews Subreddit** @FedNewsReddit@mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org · 1h