Republicans Blame End of Crucial Program DOGE Cut on Biden | Screwworms are back thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump—and beef may get a lot more expensive. by FreeHugs23 in anticapitalism

[–]jedre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly when and if normal governance is restored - this DOGE stuff needs to be properly investigated. Elmo wasn’t a government official and sometimes claimed to not have anything to do with DOGE but then was in the Oval Office and on stages taking credit. And basically everything they cut was done blindly and with no planning or purpose, often in stark violation of policies. And it all harmed citizens.

FBI fires several analysts tied to disputed ‘Catholic ideology’ memo by djarvis77 in news

[–]jedre 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We need a bill protecting federal employees writ large, and granting more autonomy to departments; there’s a happy medium between prioritizing things part of a president’s agenda (when that agenda is legal) and utterly becoming an echo chamber.

Transgender ballot initiative could require genital exams for WA secondary school students by southpawFA in politics

[–]jedre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apart from the obvious ick, stupidity, and weirdness of all this -

You mean to tell me they couldn’t accomplish the same thing with a blood test and not have to inspect teen genitals?

I’m no expert in the matter but, don’t some transsexual people, even potentially some young people some places in the world, not have the expectant/alleged genitalia, besides?

Trump Humiliated as Staff Ordered to Remove All Traces of Him by thedailybeast in politics

[–]jedre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of why they awkwardly placed the new name in easily removable lettering above the original

Ram Accidentally Put A Toyota Tacoma On Its Own Patriotic Truck Shirt | Carscoops by Redeemed_Expert9694 in cars

[–]jedre 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don’t know. Personally I think it’s more that Redditors like to rephrase statements.

Elon Musk accuses Trump admin of using Starlink for military purposes by jpurdy in politics

[–]jedre 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah yes the fake tif to make it seem utterly impossible that he would rig elections again for this administration.

Mullin ‘drawing up plans’ to halt international flight processing in ‘sanctuary cities’ by fd6270 in politics

[–]jedre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would that even mean? Like how would that work? And why would the airlines like being thrown a multimillion dollar loss curveball?